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Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Miami fell behind by as many as 27 points in an ugly setback. An ugly first half for the Miami Heat ultimately led to their doom in a 113-99 road loss to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. By the time the halftime buzzer went off, Chicago was up 70-45 led by DeMar DeRozan with 13 points and Patrick Beverley leading with 14 points and … [Read more...] about Heat unable to mount comeback in 113-99 loss to Bulls

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Miami has won 5 of their last 7 games. Game Story: The 38-33 Miami Heat are back on the road for a matchup in Chicago against the struggling Bulls. Each game is getting more and more important during this final regular season stretch, as Miami is just 1.5 games behind the 6th seeded Brooklyn Nets. They are also 3 games behind the 5th seeded … [Read more...] about GAME PREVIEW: Heat travel to Chicago for a matchup against Zach Lavine, Demar Derozen and the Bulls

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Miami is in desperate need of a win streak. In the closing seconds of the Miami Heat’s March 11 overtime loss to the Orlando Magic, Jimmy Butler walked off the court. Butler had scored 38 points, including a buzzer-beating 3 to score the extra period. But he got no help to defeat a team headed for the lottery. A referee whistled the … [Read more...] about Jimmy Butler blasted Nickelback. The Heat won two straight.

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports The nylons HEATed up on Wednesday. The Miami Heat poured on their best offensive game of the season Wednesday evening against the Memphis Grizzlies, scoring a season-high 138 points in its 138-119 victory over Memphis inside Miami-Dade Arena. The Heat had seven double figure scorers, including three 20-point scorers, shooting 59.8 percent … [Read more...] about Heat pour on best offensive performance of season, beat Grizzlies 138-119

Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports Miami must take advantage of the absence of All-Star Ja Morant when they host Memphis tonight. This is our GAMETHREAD: Chat live about the game here! The Miami Heat (37-33) host the Ja Morant-less Memphis Grizzlies (41-26) Wednesday night at the Miami-Dade Arena. Injury Report: Heat Kyle Lowry, questionable - Left Knee; Soreness Cody … [Read more...] about NBA GAMETHREAD: Memphis Grizzlies (41-26) @ Miami Heat (37-33)