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Heat hope to take show on the road when they battle Pistons

The Miami Heat's offense has been firing at peak efficiency at home lately. "I just feel like we're making the right plays and we're playing together," he said. "As a coach, you always kind of think back," Spoelstra said. "All the reminders, protocols, you can't do those kind of scenarios enough, whether they're in watching film, walking through stuff with …

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5 months, 1 week ago

LeBron James at 39 still is the center of attention for USA Basketball. That won’t change in Paris

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — This is how the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team took the floor for warmups before an exhibition game in Abu Dhabi: Stephen Curry opened with a layup, followed by ones from Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards and Derrick White, and then a short jumper from Devin Booker. “He’s still LeBron,” U.S. assistant coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And from …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Gabe Vincent, Max Strus are great fits on new paths. They can all thank the Miami Heat

New York Times

Follow our live free-agency news and analysis from our entire NBA staff, and sign up for The Bounce to get basketball content delivered straight to your inbox. So before we even get into the generational wealth these two players, Strus and Vincent, entered into this weekend, they found their way to teams that, OK, maybe aren’t quite “home,” but close …

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1 year, 6 months ago

On the Miami Heat, a crushing Game 6 loss and a plan to avoid infamy in Game 7: ‘We are never to be denied’

New York Times

MIAMI – There is the weight of what happened to the Heat Saturday night, and then there is the weight of what could happen in Game 7. “Ideally, you would think, you hope you do the right things,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said as he began to try to explain the last play of Game 6. “Honestly looked like the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Heat’s Tyler Herro cleared to resume basketball activities ahead of NBA Finals push

New York Times

MIAMI — With the Heat on the precipice of another NBA Finals, they are also closer to getting back one of their top players. Tyler Herro, a 20-point scorer during the regular season and the league’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2022, has been cleared to resume basketball activities, coach Erik Spoelstra said Tuesday. It is unclear when he …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NBA: Eastern Conference finals coaching matchup as intriguing as the action on court

The Hindu

The latest Eastern Conference finals pairing between the Heat and Celtics will be a matchup that ultimately turns on the play stars like Jimmy Butler and Jayson Tatum. But Miami’s 123-116 Game 1 victory also showed how the tactical battle between rookie coach Joe Mazzulla and veteran counterpart Erik Spoelstra will also play a big factor. “I don’t think it’s …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Miami Heat haven’t rebounded all season, on or off the court

New York Times

MIAMI — What’s wrong with the Miami Heat? The Heat were wretched at corralling their opponent’s missed shots all season, and it was this particular undesirable trait that sank them in their 116-105 loss to the Atlanta Hawks in the Play-In tournament Tuesday. I think our guys were battling, for sure, but you also have to do things right.” Heat …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Miami Heat try to draw motivation from the pain of falling inches short of NBA Finals

New York Times

The TV mounted on the wall inside the main room of Tyler Herro’s vacation suite on Turks and Caicos Island, roughly the size of a ping-pong table, was turned to the NBA Finals. “I couldn’t really push off, you know, laterally,” said Herro, who, along with the other members of the Heat quoted in this story, spoke to The Athletic …

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2 years, 7 months ago

For Heat, stopping James Harden and Joel Embiid, letting Jimmy Butler ‘be me’ all a matter of trust

New York Times

MIAMI — Some love is just a lie of the soul. It’s why Spoelstra constantly says “we’re not for everybody.” More is typically asked of Heat players at practice and on defense than at other NBA stops. But between Games 4 and 5 of this Sixers series, Tucker said, Spoelstra’s defensive adjustments were predicated on conversations between Tucker, Jimmy Butler …

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3 years ago

USA Basketball announces Kerr as next Olympic men's coach

The Hindu

Steve Kerr saw everything that Gregg Popovich went through as coach of the U.S. men’s national team, saw exactly how difficult it was last summer for the Americans to emerge from the Tokyo Olympics with another gold medal. Kerr was formally announced as the next coach of the U.S. men’s team on Monday in San Francisco, a not-very-well-kept secret in …

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4 years, 2 months ago

NBA Finals: Heat coach LeBron's longevity is 'testament to his greatness'

The Hindu

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on Tuesday paid tribute to his former player LeBron James, who will make a 10th NBA Finals appearance this week but in a different jersey than when the duo were celebrating titles together. The Los Angeles Lakers' James spent four seasons under Spoelstra in Miami where he reached the NBA Finals each year and …

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Heat hope to take show on the road when they battle Pistons

LeBron James at 39 still is the center of attention for USA Basketball. That won’t change in Paris

Gabe Vincent, Max Strus are great fits on new paths. They can all thank the Miami Heat

On the Miami Heat, a crushing Game 6 loss and a plan to avoid infamy in Game 7: ‘We are never to be denied’

Heat’s Tyler Herro cleared to resume basketball activities ahead of NBA Finals push

NBA: Eastern Conference finals coaching matchup as intriguing as the action on court

Miami Heat haven’t rebounded all season, on or off the court

Miami Heat try to draw motivation from the pain of falling inches short of NBA Finals

For Heat, stopping James Harden and Joel Embiid, letting Jimmy Butler ‘be me’ all a matter of trust

USA Basketball announces Kerr as next Olympic men's coach

NBA Finals: Heat coach LeBron's longevity is 'testament to his greatness'