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Hyde5: Lowry, Heat’s bench come up big against Knicks in Game 4 win
On a night the stars on both teams put up numbers, Game 4 was decided by a place the Miami Heat remains surprisingly (and strategically) strong: The bench. The Heat lost Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo to injury earlier these playoffs. Coach Erik Spoelstra still played 10 players in the Heat’s 109-101 win and the impact was obvious.
Heat bench scoring: 32 points.
Knicks bench: 10 points.
There’s your game, folks. That’s the short answer to why the Heat moved to a 3-1 lead and one win from the Eastern Conference finals.
Kyle Lowry continues to be Playoff Kyle, or Healthy Kyle, with 15...
How the legend of ‘Lead Us Kevin’ became the Miami Heat’s ultimate talking point
MIAMI – The legend of “Lead Us Kevin” dates only to late February, but it already has become lore in the Miami Heat locker room, replete with accompanying T-shirts.
It also has spawned “Lead Us Max” and “Lead Us Kyle” and, this past Saturday, “Lead Us Cody.”
But the leading man with the team’s new catchphrase is veteran power forward Kevin Love and it started in the most innocuous fashion by the most trite of comments from assistant coach Chris Quinn.
“It was like a shooting drill that Chris Quinn was running in practice,” Heat forward Max Strus told the Sun Sentinel ahead of Monday...
Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks in Game 3 | PHOTOS
The Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks in Game 3 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series 105-86.
Heat fight the good fight in injury absence of Butler, fall 111-105 to Knicks
NEW YORK – It was the leading men against the replacements.
Julius Randle, Jalen Brunson and R.J. Barrett were in place for the New York Knicks.
Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo were out for the Miami Heat.
No, not optimal, the Heat ailing and the Knicks healing as the teams headed into Tuesday night’s Game 2 of this best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Still, even with the Knicks moving to a 111-105 victory at Madison Square Garden and a 1-1 series tie, it was a game that showed what the Heat have in support of Butler, who well could be back from his sprained...
Winderman’s view: It could have been Adebayo’s night; instead, a Heat loss
NEW YORK — Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 111-105 NBA playoff loss to the New York Knicks:
– It could have been a Bam Adebayo game for the Heat.
– And perhaps, in his own way, it was.
– The issue with Adebayo, at least with this roster, hasn’t been about such an immediate ascension.
– The leading man is in place, even if absent Tuesday night.
– So even with Jimmy Butler out, coach Erik Spoelstra stressed perspective, at least when it came to Tuesday’s expectations.
– “They don’t change dramatically,” Spoelstra said of Adebayo. “He doesn’t need to score 50 for...