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2023 NBA playoffs: Odds, picks, betting tips for Monday’s Game 4s
The New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors seek to even their respective series against their lower-seeded foes on Monday night. The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers, meanwhile, seek commanding series leads, as history tells us teams positioned 3-1 go on to win that series 95% of the time. If you have a feel […]
Continue readingWhy Nickelback (yes!) means so much to Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat’s title run
Somebody’s problem, but that ain’t minnnnnne, Butler croons. As he breaks down the game, and his heated, forehead-to-forehead exchange with Celtics forward Grant Williams, after which he led the Heat on a game-winning 22-9 run, Butler pivots, and acknowledges the unique song playing from his phone. “I’m kind of like the DJ, so I get […]
Continue readingSpoelstra, Heat bow out with ‘no regrets on our end’
DENVER — Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra didn’t hide from the truth after watching the Denver Nuggets end his team’s championship dream following a 94-89 loss in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. “There’s no regrets on our end,” Spoelstra said after the Nuggets hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy. “There’s just sometimes […]
Continue readingNBA Finals 2023: A one-finger salute and the deep ties that bond Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat
AS JIMMY BUTLER and Max Strus prepare for each Miami Heat game in the 2023 NBA Finals, they have a ritual. It’s one that Butler has gone out of his way to cultivate with all his teammates. Sometimes, it’s a handshake, sometimes it’s a series of handshakes — but in Strus’ case, it’s just one […]
Continue readingNBA Finals 2023: What Kyle Lowry and Jimmy Butler’s grouchy friendship means to the Heat
At 37, Lowry is in his 18th NBA season. He’s on his fourth team. He’s a six-time All-Star and an NBA champion. His Heat teammates and coaches believe he will be a Hall of Famer. And in his second full season in Miami, he desperately wants to win another title — for the Heat, but […]
Continue readingMiami-Dade seeks removal of FTX name from Heat arena
In a motion filed Tuesday, the county — which owns the arena and negotiated the naming rights deal with FTX — said continuing to refer to the building as FTX Arena will only add to the “enduring hardships” brought on by the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. “It does not appear that the Debtor will […]
Continue readingNBA media days: The best quotes from around the league as teams kick off the 2022-23 season
NBA training camps and the 2022-23 season are right around the corner, and players and coaches are set to preview their team’s upcoming campaigns with their respective media days this week. For some teams, this year’s media day will be the first introduction of some of their big offseason additions. These include the Atlanta Hawks’ […]
Continue readingThe 10 veteran ex-Lakers from 2021-22 still looking for work this offseason
“I think we’ve gotten younger, I think we’ve gotten faster, I think we’ve gotten hungrier,” new Lakers coach Darvin Ham said of his team’s free agency class headlined by Lonnie Walker IV (23), Troy Brown Jr. (23), Thomas Bryant (25), Damian Jones (27) and Juan Toscano-Anderson (29). Contrast that to 2021, when nine players the […]
Continue readingAs NBA Finals await, Draymond Green fueled by ‘slight’ of not making All-Defensive First Team
The Golden State Warriors’ defensive leader is vexed that he was voted NBA All-Defensive Second Team earlier this month. Green was the front-runner for Defensive Player of the Year until he suffered a back injury in early January and only played in 46 games this season. “For me, it’s a slight,” Green said when asked […]
Continue readingNBA Playoffs 2022: Jimmy Butler lifts Miami Heat with a picture-perfect performance
That’s the name for the path from their home court to the locker room that is filled with wall-sized memories of greatness from Miami’s past. Gary Payton’s jumper that started their 2006 Finals comeback. Blood dripping down Udonis Haslem’s face in the fourth quarter of a vital playoff game. LeBron James’ icy stare in the […]
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