2017 NBA Second Half Preview - Eastern Conference
With the NBA season more than half over, Eastern Conference teams prepare for the playoffs or the draft.
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With the NBA season more than half over, Eastern Conference teams prepare for the playoffs or the draft.
NBA teams always have room for improvement. Here are 2017 New Year's resolutions for the Eastern Conference.
DeMar DeRozan is showing no signs of slowing down.
The Miami Heat took the second-seeded Toronto Raptors to seven games in the Eastern Conference semifinals last spring in a series that featured three overtime games.
The 2016-17 NBA season tips off October 25. Preview the Eastern Conference elite, contenders, on the rise and rebuilding teams.
Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan combined for 63 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 116-89 on Sunday in Game 7 to reach the conference finals for the first time in franchise history.
Adversity and the Miami Heat go together like pots and pans, beaches and bikinis, or cafecitos and croquetas.
The Miami Heat went small, and came up big.
It's do or die time for the Miami Heat when they take on the Toronto Raptors Friday night in Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Miami may or may not have the services of small forward Luol Deng for Friday's game, as his left wrist injury – which he sustained in the first half of game five – has been diagnosed as a deep bruise and will be evaluated closer to the game's tip to whether or not Deng can play.
The NBA has assessed Dragic a technical foul and the corresponding $2,000 fine after reviewing his "swing" at Raptors guard Cory Joseph during game four of the now-tied series.
Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside did not accompany his team to Toronto for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Dwyane Wade continues to "turn back the clock" this playoffs, willing the Heat to a 94-87 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors Monday night to even the series at 2-2 as it heads back north of the border.
The Toronto Raptors visit the Miami Heat for Game 4 on Monday night.
The Miami Heat will look to even its Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Toronto Raptors Monday night in the American Airlines Arena, but they will have to do it without Hassan Whiteside.
Dwyane Wade's pregame shootaround routine has set off a bit of an international incident.
In a game in which both starting centers did not return after sustaining leg injuries, Kyle Lowry scored 33 points as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Miami Heat 95-91 on Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Suffering a right knee injury, Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside left Saturday's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Toronto Raptors in the second quarter.
The shooting woes of Toronto Raptors stars Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan continue to persist, but the team is finding ways to stay in games during the postseason.
Game 2 became a big missed opportunity for Miami but going home should help ease the disappointment.
DeMarre Carroll scored 21 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 96-92 in overtime on Thursday night to even the Eastern Conference semifinals at one game apiece.
The Toronto Raptors and the Miami Heat both had more trouble in the first round than they intended and ended up battling through seven games to reach the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Having dispatched the Charlotte Hornets in Round 1, the Miami Heat now face the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Conference Semi-Finals.
LeBron James has made the NBA Finals five years straight. Will it be six? More competition in the East could make it hard.
Newly elected All-Star Kyle Lowry kissed a fan on the forehead after accidentally falling on her Friday night, then gave the Toronto Raptors a boost in a 101-81 victory over the Miami Heat.
No active shooter was found, no shots were fired and no injuries were reported after the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said it investigated reports of a "potential armed subject" on campus.
The Caribbean-themed restaurant's parent company announced that its remaining 28 locations, including 2 in South Florida, will be permanently closing or converted into another restaurant in April.
The disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, is being investigated as a crime.
Warm temperatures are expected in South Florida on Wednesday, but don't put those jackets away just yet.
The Fort Lauderdale City Commission said it approved updated alcohol-related regulations within the city's Special Entertainment Districts.
No active shooter was found, no shots were fired and no injuries were reported after the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said it investigated reports of a "potential armed subject" on campus.
The disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, is being investigated as a crime.
Warm temperatures are expected in South Florida on Wednesday, but don't put those jackets away just yet.
The Fort Lauderdale City Commission said it approved updated alcohol-related regulations within the city's Special Entertainment Districts.
A fire broke out at an apartment building in Hollywood early Wednesday morning.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn — who emerged as a national figure after the Jan. 6 riot — announced a second bid for Congress on Wednesday.
Federal authorities are releasing fourth-grader Elizabeth Zuna, the first of several students detained by immigration officers in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, school officials said.
A Senate panel is backing legislation to ensure massive data centers pay their full share of electricity and water costs.
A Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds has formally pleaded not guilty nearly three months after her indictment.
A federal court in Florida has thrown out a lawsuit by Republican groups that challenged statistical methods used to produce the results of the 2020 census.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
Jim DeFede discusses Governor Ron DeSantis' eighth and final State of the State address with House Speaker Danny Perez.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
Carlos Migoya announces his retirement as CEO of Jackson Health System after serving the public hospital system for over a decade.
U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 - the highest mark in American history. But the U.S. still ranks below dozens of other countries.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The sheriff says the note was sent to a local Arizona news station, which agreed not to report on it, following the disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie.
Josh D'Amaro, who oversees Disney theme parks and dozens of resort hotels worldwide, will become the next Disney CEO.
Many Super Bowl 60 ads are already online, along with teasers for commercials that will be unveiled during the NFL championship on Feb. 8.
Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.