Topic: Erik Spoelstra

Heat give Spoelstra contract extension

Coach Erik Spoelstra, who is entering his 17th season with the Miami Heat, has been given a contract extension by the National Basketball Association club.This is the 41-year-old Spoelstra's fourth season as the team's coach but he has been with the organization ...

Heat's Riley gives Spoelstra vote of confidence

Miami Heat president Pat Riley expressed confidence in his coach Erik Spoelstra on Tuesday, saying he had no plans to return to coaching."It doesn't mean that I don't have the fire," Riley said. "But we have a great young coach here and ...

Miami's "Big Three" fall short of title in first year

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Heat's 'Big Three' failed to deliver the NBA title in their first year together with the team's inconsistency and at times lack of cohesion, costing them in their defeat to the Dallas Mavericks in the finals.Those American ...

Erik Spoelstra vows Heat will rebound from late slump

MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra described Thursday's dramatic 95-93 defeat to the Dallas Mavericks in Game Two of the NBA Finals as one of the toughest losses he has had to endure.The Heat squandered a 15-point lead in the ...
Who shoots the technical? Guy on a roll or one in a rut? The coach might not make the choiceRaymond Felton walked quickly and confidently to the line, ready to shoot the technical free throw the New York Knicks had just been ...
Getting closer: A 15-1 record in December has Miami Heat flying high as calendar flips to 2011For the Miami Heat, July was about putting the roster together. August was about new faces getting to know each other. September was about conditioning. October ...

Miami's "Big Three" click and Heat scorch Wizards

MIAMI (Reuters) - Finally, the "Big Three" made big contributions and the Miami Heat crushed the Washington Wizards 105-94 on Monday with LeBron James scoring 30 points and Dwyane Wade adding 26.With Chris Bosh, the third member of the Heat's leading trio, ...
With Heat struggling, LeBron James and Erik Spoelstra have pregame meeting to talk offenseLeBron James says his shoulder-bump of Erik Spoelstra carried no hidden meaning."Incidental contact," James said.Regardless, James and Spoelstra met for about 30 minutes before the Miami Heat hosted the ...
Chris Bosh was the No. 1 scoring option in Toronto for most of his seven seasons, just as LeBron James was in Cleveland and Dwyane Wade was in Miami over that span.. So Bosh sought out James on the Heat charter flight ...

Miami's big three ready to work

Miami's three SuperFriends couldn't even claim top billing in their own city on their first official day at work together. You had to go to the BankUnited Center on the University of Miami campus to get that must-have shot of LeBron James ...
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