At precisely 8pm Eastern standard time, the Miami Heat showed up to their home stadium, the American Airlines Arena. They were welcomed by the usual sights – the buzzing home crowd shuffling in (well after the tip off but wrapped in white garb), the neon lights, the glitz, the celebrities, thumping hip-hop and the smell [...]

The Heat finally dispatched the Bulls in Game 6 on Thursday and although the Heat are moving on, they have some kinks they must still work out. With Pat Riley’s harsh system which grades individual players on offense and defense, the Heat were average. Defensively, the graded out around the mid 60′s and 70′s. And [...]

So, the Heat have taken the lead in the series with a Game 5 win over the Bulls in Miami. And things are back to somewhat normal in Heat Nation. How did the Heat do it? With improved defensive intensity and by attacking the Bulls offensively. The best illustration of this was James Posey – [...]

Firstly, I apologize to all of you out there for the sensational title. After several hours of recovering from today’s loss to the Bulls, evening up the series at 2-2, I couldn’t help but feel that this game was stripped from the Heat before they had a chance to claim it for themselves. Look, I [...]