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Heat-Pacers Preview: Five Key Factors
With defensive tenacity and a punishing, menacing front line, the Indiana Pacers have reached the Eastern Conference finals. But if vanquishing the New York Knicks in six games seemed like a tall task,...
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StatBox Playoff Breakdown: Some alarming Pacers stats from a game they should...
For the Indiana Pacers, the game was theirs for the taking. Dwyane Wade fouled out. They won the free throw and rebounding battles while forcing 21 Miami Heat turnovers. Yet when the final buzzer...
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Tweet of the Day: Ira Winderman
Miami Sun Sentinel beat writer, Ira Winderman, gets the nod for Tweet of the Day for this clever quip about the Heat’s 2013 NBA Playoffs run. #bbpBox_338051241273856002 a { text-decoration:none;...
View ArticleSheridan: VIDEO: Closer look at Pacers-Heat series
The referees for tonight’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals are Danny Crawford, James Capers and Marc Davis. Their assignment is to call two fouls on Roy Hibbert within the first 90 seconds....
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Five Key Factors for Game 5 of Pacers-Heat
This Eastern Conference finals between Indiana and Miami could go down as one of the best in the past decade. It has been filled with drama and great action. With the Pacers tying the series with a...
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SH Blog: Chris Paul upset with Clippers, Pacers players call Battier dirty
Well played, T.J. Simers. It was reported late Thursday evening that Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul is very upset with the organization for linking his name to the firing of Vinny Del...
View ArticleVideo: Which Role Players Will Play the Biggest Roles?
Shane Battier was benched in Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers. Will he re-emerge as a key component for the Miami Heat, or will his minutes be handed over to Norris Cole — perhaps the only guard on...
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SH Blog: Rockets after Chris Paul; Pacers covet Korver and Redick; Birdman...
While the Rockets have made their intentions to pursue Dwight Howard loud and clear, one other superstar should also expect to get a call from Houston on July 1. Jonathan Fiegen of the Houston...
View ArticleVideo: Hamilton on Heat’s Game 7 victory
In a way, history repeated itself in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. In addition to MVP LeBron James’ dominance and the Spurs’ struggles down the stretch, there was an unlikely hero. Shane Battier knocked...
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StatBox NBA Finals Breakdown: LeBron and Wade finally coexist to lead Miami...
Through the first six games of the NBA Finals, there was just one really important thing the Miami Heat just could not seem to accomplish offensively: successfully integrating Dwyane Wade and LeBron...
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Tweet of the Night: Battier says “hell no” at the idea of him making it to...
Miami Heat reserve Shane Battier held a random “Friday night question time” on twitter for his fans and addressed one particular question with brute honesty: Hell no. But very satisfied with my...
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Five Things To Watch: Miami Heat
As the back-to-back defending NBA champions, one could say that the Miami Heat stand in the best position of any team in the league. That’s probably true, but the 2013-14 campaign also stands as one of...
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Tweet of the Night: Steve Kerr and Shane Battier don’t support the idea of...
The NBA is a business, and every year, it doesn’t hesitate to try something new and bold to see what various business opportunities may be out there. They’ve tried working in ideas like microfiber...
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The Numbers Say… The Pacers’ Defense and Lakers’ Bench Joined Rare Company
After months of agonizing anticipation, the 2013-14 NBA regular season has finally begun. Three games ushered in the new year, and as one might imagine, the numbers were quite astonishing. No team...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: NBA Thanksgiving Edition
Thanksgiving Day. A day that many people assess their lives and give thanks for whatever — whether it is to the god of their faith or to other people in their lives — they may be grateful for. Studies...
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Bernucca: Cap Room, Exceptions, Expiring Deals: Who Has What as NBA Trading...
The NBA holiday shopping season is upon us a little early this year. It usually starts December 15, the first day players who were signed in the offseason become eligible to be traded. But after seeing...
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Tweet of the Day: LeBron James Now Available in Thigh Form
That’s right. You can now have Miami Heat All-Star forward LeBron James on your thigh. Not literally—like a child sitting on Santa’s thigh. Figuratively, however … most definitely. Just ask Shane...
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How to Beat the Heat: Opposing Players Spill the Secrets
How you gonna beat the Miami Heat? For the last three seasons, that was the most important question for the other 29 NBA teams — and it remains the case this season, too. But the Knicks and Nets did it...
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Bernucca: Fixing the Fans’ All-Star Mistakes
NBA fans do an awful job of protecting the image of their favorite sport. This is not the NFL, which has been America’s pastime for a generation and can do no wrong in the eyes of its fans. The only...
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Sprung: Heat admit lack of urgency, aggressiveness in Game 3 loss to Nets
Miami relatively cruised through its first six playoff games, with only one of their wins coming by fewer than 11 points. After trailing by two at halftime in Saturday night’s Game 3 against the...
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