Topic: Miami Heat

Nowitzki's Mavs get their revenge over Miami

The National Basketball Association season started with "The Decision" and ended with vindication.The Los Angeles Lakers were chasing history by pursuing another title and the Miami Heat were partying on South Beach even before the season started, but it was the Dallas ...

For Miami's "Big Three", winning the only option

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Heat stumbled at the final hurdle last season and for the team's 'Big Three', whose stunning formation transformed the franchise, the 2011-12 National Basketball Association (NBA) campaign simply has to be the year.All-Stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade ...

Cohesiveness, fitness favors Miami Heat in 2011-12

(Reuters) - The starter's gun sounds Christmas Day on an National Basketball Association (NBA) sprint of a season that will reward cohesiveness and fitness in a compressed 66-game campaign that has the Miami Heat as clear front-runners.Miami's 'Big Three' of LeBron James, ...

Heat give coach Spoelstra new contract

(Reuters) - The Miami Heat have rewarded coach Erik Spoelstra with a contract extension, team president Pat Riley said Friday.Spoelstra, Riley's hand-picked successor in 2008, coached the LeBron James-led Heat to the NBA Finals last season where they lost to the Dallas ...
Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are putting last season's heartbreaking loss in the NBA Finals behind them and rededicating themselves toward capturing a championship."We have to get over it and move on," James said on Monday. "We can't replay ...

"I am myself again" says relaxed LeBron

MIAMI (Reuters) - LeBron James became the man U.S. sports fans loved to hate when he left Cleveland for the Miami Heat last year and many celebrated when he stumbled in the NBA finals, losing to the Dallas Mavericks.Prior to the 2010-11 ...
The NBA champion Dallas Mavericks opened training camp, but like all the league's teams their excitement at finally getting on court was tempered by uncertainty.A day after owners and players ratified a new 10-year contract to end a lockout that delayed the ...

NBA releases schedule ahead of ratified labor agreement

(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) does not yet have a ratified labor agreement but the league moved full speed ahead Tuesday by announcing a provisional schedule.The NBA's 66th season will be comprised of 66 games, 16 less than the norm ...

Five NBA matches planned for Christmas Day

The NBA released the first portion of its shortened schedule Friday with the 2011-12 lockout-hit season now set to open with five games on Christmas Day.And for the first time since the shortened 1998-99 season, the NBA champion from last year will ...

Mavericks and Heat to clash again on Christmas Day

(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) confirmed on Friday that the 2011-12 season will start on Christmas Day with five high-profile games, including a blockbuster showdown between the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat.The New York Knicks will also host the Boston ...
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