Category: NBA

Norman Powell’s first appearance at the NBA All-Star Game afforded the Miami Heat forward the opportunity to play in two All-Star Games, under the World vs. USA format adopted for Sunday’s round-robin event at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Ultimately, it left the Miami Heat forward at a double loss, with his Team World falling in a pair of games against domestic talent. Although born in San Diego, Powell played for the World team because of his time with the Jamaican national team, the country of his father’s heritage. Scores aside, Powell said it was a memorable experience. “The...

Delivering the same energy to the All-Star Saturday dunk contest he has delivered the past two years on the practice court and during mop-up duty in games, second-year forward Keshad Johnson on Saturday became the third player in the Miami Heat’s 38 seasons to win the competition. “I dreamed of every year I was watching the NBA Dunk Contest, I dreamed of being out there, putting on a show for everybody,” Johnson said. “I learned from all the people that came before me, paying homage to them.” Joining former Heat champions in the event Harold Miner and Derrick Jones Jr., Johnson defeated San...

MIAMI – Perhaps it was the return of Davion Mitchell. Perhaps it was the humiliation of falling 18 hours earlier to a team that scheduled it as a day of rest. Or perhaps there is rekindled hope of the move into February leading to a move out of nearly permanent residence in the play-in bracket. Looking far more cohesive and connected than in either of the previous two games in this unusual three-game head-to-head series, the Miami Heat made quick work of the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night at Kaseya Center in a 134-91 victory, tying for the third-most-lopsided victory in the Heat’s 38...

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Miami Heat’s five-game  western swing has turned into a no-game western swing for center Kel’el Ware. After missing the first two games of the trip – Monday night’s loss to the Golden State Warriors and Tuesday night’s victory over the Sacramento Kings – Ware again was out for Thursday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center due to his hamstring strain. The Heat then announced two hours prior to Thursday night’s tip-off that Ware would return to Miami for additional treatment, leaving him unavailable for the final two stops of the trip – Saturday...

MIAMI — As the Miami Heat took flight Sunday for Monday night’s start of their five-game western swing against the Golden State Warriors, the most intriguing aspect might have been what was under lock and key. Because no sooner did the Heat shock the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 122-120 Saturday night at Kaseya Center, than guard Norman Powell noted a super-secret stat that he said provided the motivation to bounce back from Thursday night’s discouraging home loss to the Boston Celtics from 19 up. “We have a goal in mind,” Powell said, “Coach gave us a stat from last year, and we...

MIAMI — Two days after issuing a harsh rebuke to the approach of second-year center Kel’el Ware, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra walked back some of those comments prior to Saturday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Kaseya Center. “I didn’t articulate that in a great way, and that wasn’t fair to Kel’el,” Spoelstra said. “What I’ll say is I’m fully invested and invigorated about the opportunity to develop Kel’el, and our staff feels the same way and we’re gonna give him everything we have to make sure he becomes the player that he wants to become, that we need him to...

The end came as expected, the Miami Heat on the second night of a back-to-back set running out of gas in Sunday night’s 124-112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center. Against the team with the best record in the league, it’s not as if even the best of Heat nights might have been enough against the rested defending NBA champions. But it was the cumulative of the weeklong trip that has the Heat teetering, the record down to 20-19, after yet another inability to sustain. In the end, a week that wasn’t. First, the 122-94 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, when coach Erik Spoelstra...