Heat push past 76ers in absences of Adebayo, Wiggins 117-105 behind Ware double-double

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 8, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — While you were watching college basketball, the Miami Heat were playing a game Monday night that no one should have had to watch. No Bam Adebayo or Andrew Wiggins for the Heat, no anyone and everyone for the Philadelphia 76ers, with Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey out of the mix amid yet another tankathon from the City of Brotherly Lottery. Against that backdrop, in arguably the worst of basketball counterprogramming against the NCAA Final Four championship game, the Heat did enough to move forward with a 117-105 victory that made it seven wins in the past nine games for...

Winderman’s view: After loss to Bucks, Heat mandate simply is to not lose again

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 6, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 121-115 overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks: – For a team that only recently snapped a 10-game losing streak, this might come off as wishful or even hubris. – But the Heat cannot lose another game the balance of their regular season. – Not if they want to make a statement in the play-in round. – Not if they want to maximize their positioning in that round. – Granted, only four regular-season games remain. – But then consider those games. – A 76ers team desperate to lose. – A Bulls team the Heat need to beat for...

Heat again close but not close enough, fall 121-115 in OT to Giannis and Bucks

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 6, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – At a time when more is needed than good job, good effort, that is what the Heat wound up Saturday night for a second consecutive game at Kaseya Center. A game after falling to the Memphis Grizzlies on a Ja Morant buzzer-beating jumper, the Miami Heat this time blew a seven-point lead late in regulation and fell 121-115 in overtime to Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. Two nights after being locked into the franchise’s first losing record since 2018-19, the Heat could have arrived with heads bowed. Instead, for the third consecutive game Erik Spoelstra’s...

Winderman’s view: Locked into losing record and play-in, Heat now need bounceback

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 4, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Thursday night’s 110-108 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies: – A stinging night for sure. – Locked now into a losing record for the first time since 2018-19. – With the Bucks winning on Thursday, locked into the play-in round for a third consecutive season. – And the six-game winning streak over. – This one very much for the Heat had the look of a team not only completing a back-to-back set, but also returning from a week on the road. – Who the heck schedules that? – But there also was constant pushback when Grizzlies made their runs. –...

Ja Morant’s buzzer-beater ends Heat’s winning streak at six

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 4, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Tyler Herro scored 27 second-half points, but it was not enough for the Heat. Miami still fell to Memphis 110-108 at the Kaseya Center on Thursday night, snapping the Heat’s six-game winning streak. The Heat tied the game with a basket by Bam Adebayo with 2:34 left in the fourth, and Davion Mitchell drained a 3-pointer with 2:01 left in the quarter to put Miami up 106-105. Jaren Jackson Jr. three pushed Memphis up by two with 1:07 left in the game, and then Herro tied the game with 13.8 seconds left. But Morant, waiting for the final shot, sunk a last-second floater to win the game...

Winderman’s view: Heat school Celtics as part of productive learning experience

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 3, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

BOSTON — Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 124-103 victory over the Boston Celtics: – Yes, the goal is greater than learning experiences. – And, yes, victories are paramount at this stage. – But it sure helps going forward to know what you have going forward. – That’s what made this one matter regardless of result. – Pelle Larsson? Willing to stand up defensively to the likes of Jayson Tatum. – Kyle Anderson? Still can slow play his way to meaningful scoring. – Davion Mitchell? Won’t back down (even if that can be to his detriment). – Bit players in the bigger...

Heat extend win streak to six with 124-103 statement victory in Boston

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 3, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

BOSTON – So what if this is who the Miami Heat are, or at least can be, in the post-Jimmy Butler era? What if the 10-game losing streak was, as coach Erik Spoelstra insisted, a period of discovery? What if from the depths of the play-in round there can be yet another postseason breakout? Why those questions now? Because now there has been a statement victory, one against Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics. Wednesday night the winning streak reached six with a 124-103 victory at TD Garden, a statement win even if the Celtics were without Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis and Al...

Winderman’s view: Heat take care of business in Philadelphia, which still matters (at least for them)

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

PHILADELPHIA – Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 118-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers: – These are the traps that need to be avoided to maximize the possibility of a home play-in game. – Which basically is the only reality that remains for the Heat to chase over their final eight games of the regular season. – Especially with the Magic on Saturday defeating the Kings, to further secure their grasp on No. 8 in the East (they also hold the tiebreaker). – So if the Heat at least want to host the Nos. 9-10 play-in against the Bulls (a matchup where this...

Heat match season’s longest winning streak, pound 76ers behind Herro’s 30

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

PHILADELPHIA — The reality is that with one loss over their remaining eight games, the Miami Heat will have the team’s first losing record since 2018-19. For now, though, for the first time in a long time, they are feeling like winners, with Saturday night’s 118-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center extending the winning streak to four, matching the longest of the season for Erik Spoelstra’s team, Granted, this latest victory against the carcass of what remains of the 76ers hardly was a statement win. But for a team that a week ago was mired in a 10-game losing...

Winderman’s view: Heat dig in defensively, show Warriors the bite, bark still there

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 26, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 112-86 victory over the Golden State Warriors: – This was a reminder. – No, not of a certain forward who once played here. – Fortunately, we appear to be over the Jimmy Butler overkill. – Instead it was a reminder of what the Heat can be defensively at their locked-in best. – We’ve seen it over the years before, the Jeremy Lin singlemindedness. – When the Heat decide a specific player and his team will face 48 minutes of torment. – This was another of those nights. – Granted, the results likely would have been far...

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