Ira Winderman
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Udonis Haslem was just physically restrained from going after Jimmy Butler, with Butler pointing back heatedly.
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Udonis Haslem announces he is returning for an 18th Heat season.
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Udonis Haslem on the impact of Meyers Leonard's words on the Jewish community, "We apologize. That won't tolerated here. I felt that. I have a lot of Jewish friends. They call me Udonis Haslem-berg at times."
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NBA officiating report says only missed calls in last two minutes of Sunday's Heat-Celtics were a travel that should have been called on Kyle Lowry and a defensive 3-seconds that should have been called on Jimmy Butler.
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Spoelstra on LeBron, "In the Finals, he was making adjustments to our adjustments to the adjustments. And not making an adjustment to the adjustment I thought about making an adjustment, but I bluffed the adjustment, and he knew I was making a bluff." . . .
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Jimmy Butler also tells ESPN's Rachel Nichols that his plan is to have Goran Dragic as the first spokesmodel for Big Face Coffee. Adds that it is an unpaid position.
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Turns out the NBA says that Jimmy Butler’s game-tying basket at the end of regulation in Milwaukee could have been part of the three-point play.
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Doc Rivers on Omer Yurtseven, “I don’t know where they keep finding these guys from. It pisses me off.”
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NBA report says Heat. fouled twice on final possession vs. Lakers. Says Jimmy Butler was fouled by LeBron on inbound attempt, which should have resulted in free throws and ball. Says Butler was fouled on potential tying three pointer, which would have resulted in free throws.
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Goran Dragic (foot) is active for tonight's game vs. Lakers.
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Spoelstra says Jovic is still doing his final exam over Zoom to graduate from high school.
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Word from NBA source is Jimmy Butler injury is not considered serious. Monday's Game 4 certainly in play for Butler.
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Why, yes, the Heat are alone in first place in the NBA East:
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Duncan Robinson, on free agency, "First, and foremost, a fit."
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Wade said his All-Star goal is one last lob from LeBron.
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Spoelstra says Payton Pritchard grabbing Jimmy Butler’s knee was not a basketball play. Says too late to go to league.
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For those who prefer their information from actual me:
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Tyler Herro says he remembered Heat’s White Hot playoff theme from when he was 10, watching the Heat Big Three.
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For a really, really, really big person, Nikola Jokic sure falls a lot.
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How the heck is Chris Bosh not a Hall of Fame finalist? Debate induction all you want . . . but not a finalist? For four seasons -- four seasons in the NBA Finals -- he sacrificed his game in the name of victory. Basketball Reference has him as a 99.51 probability for induction.
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DeMar DeRozan vowed his loyalty in very public and personal ways to Toronto and got traded. No more vitriol when a player opts to sign elsewhere as a free agent.
#TwoWayStreet
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As many thought, NBA rules Jimmy Butler did not foul Kemba Walker on that three-shot foul with 9.1 seconds left Wednesday, "Walker (BOS) gathers the ball and begins his upward shooting motion and Butler (MIA) reaches in and makes hand on ball contact to deflect the ball away."
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Duncan Robinson has received his formal invitation to the 3-point contest during All-Star Weekend.
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NBA total points preseason:
1. Tyler Herro, 112
2. Jordan Poole, 109
3. Stephen Curry, 98
4. Zach LaVine, 90
5. Jordan Nwora, 89
6. Ja Morant, 84
7. Max Strus, 81
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NBA officiating report says Butler should have gotten 2 free throws with 24.2 seconds left with Heat up 107-106 in 4th Sunday. Instead Bucks tied it and forced OT. NBA: "Hill (MIL) moves laterally into Butler's (MIA) shoulder and initiates contact that affects his shot attempt."
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Per NBA: "Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler has been fined $15,000 for making an obscene gesture, it was announced today by Byron Spruell, President, League Operations. The Heat organization has also been fined $15,000 for posting the act on social media."
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TNT bypasses Dwyane Wade's final home game, instead will air Celtics-Wizards on Tuesday night.
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Heat's Jimmy Butler does not make All-NBA. No representative on any of the three All-NBA teams from the No. 1 seed in the East.
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Victor Oladipo says his interactions with Dwyane Wade helped him learn about Heat culture.
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Officiating errors cited by NBA in last two minutes of Friday's Heat-Celtics:
-- Two uncalled 3-second violations on Adebayo.
-- Two fouls on Celtics' White that should not have been called.
-- An uncalled Tatum travel.
-- An uncalled Celtics 5-second inbound violation.
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So apparently Jimmy Butler wasn't kidding about the up-charge for the use of his French Press at Disney. (From Meyers Leonard's Twitter):
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This is how crazy it has been with the NBA seasons running together. This is from one year ago . . . and two seasons ago.
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The Heat are .500 in every way:
24-24 overall.
12-12 on the road.
12-12 at home.
15-15 vs. East.
9-9 vs. West.
6-6 in last 12.
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Tyler Herro now has passed Damian Lillard on the all-time rookie playoff scoring list.
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Dragic on Herro, "First of all, I don't believe he's 20."
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Whatever Jimmy Butler took to get to this . . . where do I get some?
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Heat target Dwyane Wade jersey retirement for Feb. 22 vs. Cavaliers. Plans for Arena ceremony night before, as well.
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Ray Allen at Heat practice, now talking with Duncan Robinson and Max Strus after practice.
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Bam Adebayo on wrist, "I'm good." Said he just twisted it.
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Erik Spoelstra on the nonsense (my word) of the Celtics having won 10 of the 12 quarters in this series the Heat lead 2-1, "At the end of the game, the clock turns to zero, did we win or did we lose? That's what our focus is on."
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Erik Spoelstra has been named NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for December.
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Looks like Jimmy Butler will break LeBron James' Heat career record of nine triple-doubles . . . against LeBron.
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So the NBA thought Strus was too close to the 3-point line, so they triggered a review to see if it was a two, and then determined he was too far from the 3-point line, so determined he was out of bounds. So checked for one thing, then determined the exact opposite?
Official Review (Kirkland): if Strus' made field goal was a 2 or 3-point field goal in Q3 of
#BOSatMIA
. Ruling: Overturned to no basket as Strus alighted from out of bounds on his shot attempt.
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Goran Dragic has now scored more Heat playoff points than . . . Tim Hardaway.
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Among "virtual fans" expected for tonight's Heat-Lakers:
Bill Walton
Clyde Drexler
Dirk Nowitzki
Dwyane Wade
Isiah Thomas
James Worthy
Julius Erving
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Manu Ginobili
Pau Gasol
Ray Allen
Robert Horry
Robert Parish
Shaquille O’Neal
Chauncey Billups
Paul Pierce
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The Heat are hiring Udonis Haslem as Vice President of Basketball Development.
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Having watched an endless loop of ESPN while flying today, it appears the 76ers lost the series instead of the Heat winning it. Basically, today is the first day Harden dominated the series.
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Tyler Herro has now scored as many points as a playoff rookie . . . as Dwyane Wade did.
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Tyler Herro now has more playoffs points for the Heat than Shane Battier.
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Victor Oladipo said he would be ready if called Sunday.
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Tony Brothers is happening and Gabe Vincent now has three fouls that weren't fouls.
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Heat uniforms in NBA Finals:
Game 1: Black Icon
Game 2: White Association
Game 3: Black Icon
Game 4: Black Icon
Game 5: White Association
Game 6: Black Icon
Game 7: White Association
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Erik Spoelstra not with Heat tonight. He has returned to Miami for the birth of his second son. Dan Craig will coach.
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NBA source confirms to Sun Sentinel that Caron Butler has been hired by the Miami Heat as an assistant coach.
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Jimmy Butler, "I'm not giving anybody free coffee, ever."
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ESPN adds March 9 Suns at Heat to national broadcast schedule.
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Suns coach Monty Williams on Omer Yurtseven, "I'm trying to figure out how they found that guy. . . . That guy is skilled and he's tough. He's certainly a Miami DNA guy."
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So some of this televised commentary on the Heat is absurd. Now they’re saying trade Jimmy Butler? Why do you think Kyle Lowry is here in the first place? Package deal. They are in the Eastern Conference finals, one of the final four teams. Milwaukee isn’t. Philadelphia isn’t.
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Trae Young, today, on his Hawks returning home in the playoffs to State Farm Arena, "The regular season, sometimes it's a lot more Heat fans than Hawks fans. So hopefully we turn that around."
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Per Turner: NBA on TNT will feature a tribute to Kobe Bryant with a one-hour pregame show Tuesday at 7 before 8 p.m. Heat-Celtics, with Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith joined by Dwyane Wade, Candace Parker, Steve Nash and other guests.
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Both Dwyane Wade and Pat Riley will be at the Heat-Lakers game Friday at Staples.
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Erik Spoelstra on Udonis Haslem "That's my favorite moment of the season so far."
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Jimmy Butler on Playoff Jimmy Butler, "I think I'm stupidly locked in."
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Jimmy Butler's first steal was the 1,000th of his career.
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Bam Adebayo and Kendrick Nunn have arrived at Disney for the Heat.
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No. 8 Heat def. No. 1 Bucks
No. 8 Panthers def. No. 1 Bruins
A Heat-Panthers Finals now appears inevitable.
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Caleb Martin on his impending free agency. "I want to be here. I've gotten better here."
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Special stuff.
Dwyane Wade being introduced by his son wins a share of the ESPY for Best Moment.
Rob Gronkowski and Lindsey Vonn will take home the award as well.
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Erik Spoelstra, on Heat being down 3-1 to Lakers, "There's a lot of narratives out there. We don't give an S-H-I-T what anybody says." Says he doesn't care what those on "comfortable couches" think about his team's chances.
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Bam Adebayo on not being a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year, “disrespectful, obviously.”
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Heat update that Erik Spoelstra is away from the team due to a medical procedure for one of his two sons.
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Spoelstra says the toughest part of today is figuring out what to do for the next eight hours.
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The math of Winslow, James Johnson and Waiters in three-team trade for Gallinari and Iguodala works, likely with draft sweetener to Thunder. Amazing if Heat can do without including any young player, prospect.
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Been told that Goran Dragic is coming to tonight's game vs. Nets. So there's that.
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Jimmy Butler just reached 1,000 career offensive rebounds.
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While the Celtics did indeed win 3 of the 4 quarters Saturday, it probably is also worth noting that they led for 0.0 seconds of the game. So while Heat are down 10-2 in quarters won, they did enhance their position in seconds won. Ultimately, figure this goes to judge’s cards.
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Adebayo is killing the Heat at the moment. 1 of 6 for four points. Seemingly no confidence.
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Jimmy Butler, on his health seven weeks later, "Nobody really cares. I've got a job to do."
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The Heat have converted Caleb Martin’s two-way contract to a standard deal, NBA source confirms.
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Caleb Martin, best contract in NBA? (Three years, $20.4 million total.)
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Per Heat: Dwyane Wade has 1,050 blocks when including the regular season and postseason, one from tying Michael Jordan (1,051) for the most ever by a guard. Wade has blocked 875 regular-season shots, 175 postseason. Jordan blocked 893 regular season shots, 158 in the postseason.
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PJ Tucker on Heat confidence, “Because we’ve faced adversity all year.”
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And NBA rules Jayson Tatum should have been called for travel on 3-point conversion with 46.3 second left, "Tatum (BOS) lifts his pivot prior to the start of his dribble."
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Bam Adebayo, who entered NBA health-and-safety protocols on Sunday, has been cleared to return and is back with the Heat in advance of Sunday's Game 1 vs. Hawks.
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Duncan Robinson's 8 3-pointers the most in a Heat playoff history.
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