Category: Miami Heat

MIAMI — Erik Spoelstra began the night by insisting the night had to be about his team, not the sideshow of a former disgruntled player being back in town. So the Miami Heat made it about both. Combining stifling defense with stout 3-point shooting, the Heat further distanced themselves from the 10-game losing streak that was snapped Sunday, with a second consecutive victory. The fact that the 112-86 decision Tuesday night at Kaseya Center came over the Golden State Warriors and Jimmy Butler made it all the more satisfying. “I mean the energy in the building was great,” Spoelstra said. “If...

MIAMI — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra cracked a joke, asking if his pregame press conference Tuesday night was full of media members because the Heat were on a one-game winning streak. No, it was not because Miami snapped its 10-game skid. It was for the awkward reunion between Spoelstra’s team and estranged superstar Jimmy Butler, who the Heat dealt to the visiting Golden State Warriors after a highly publicized dispute between Butler and the front office, which suspended Butler three times before trading him. “Obviously, there’s a great storyline for everybody out there,” Spoelstra said....

MIAMI — Finally, an exhale. For the first time since March 3, the Miami Heat tasted success, with Sunday night’s 122-105 victory over the Charlotte Hornets at Kaseya Center. The 10-game losing streak is over. The seven-game home losing streak is over. For at least one night, misery put on hold. Yes, it came against an opponent that now stands 18-53, but also against an opponent that less than two weeks ago won on the Heat’s court. So the Heat take it and move on to a Tuesday night game with far more juice, with Jimmy Butler returning in the colors of the Golden State Warriors. “I mentioned...

MIAMI – No, not the type of double digits of choice. But the double digits of reality. So make it a 10-game losing streak for the Miami Heat, this time done in by an opponent with a streak of its own, the Houston Rockets extending their winning streak to nine with a 102-98 decision Friday night at Kaseya Center. At 29-41, it officially means the Heat will go without a winning season for the first time since 2018-19, when they closed 39-43. Combined with the Orlando Magic’s Friday night victory over the Washington Wizards, it makes it further likely that the Heat will be playing in the...

MIAMI — The search for a win, any win, continues. Something that last happened for the Miami Heat on March 3. For a team that often talks about relief points, not enough were forthcoming for Erik Spoelstra’s team in Wednesday night’s 116-113 loss to the Detroit Pistons at Kaseya Center, a game decided by a banked-in 3-pointer by Cade Cunningham just before the final buzzer. “The only thing we have to do now is you just stay the course, you stay with it,” Spoelstra said. “There’s no way to explain some of this. The banked shot at the end, there’s no way to explain that. “We’re all getting...

NEW YORK – It might get worse for the Miami Heat, but it hasn’t ever been worse for Erik Spoelstra, with the Heat’s eighth-consecutive loss now the longest losing streak of his 17-season coaching career. How bad has it gotten with Monday night’s 116-95 loss to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden? This is the longest Heat losing streak since they went 15-67 in 2007-08. It is only the second time the New York Knicks have swept the season series in the Heat’s 37 seasons and the first time since 1992-93. And it came after blowing yet another double-digit lead, albeit this one almost...