With under 6 minutes to go, the Heat’s season looked to be getting blacker. Everything was starting to collapse. The Heat was being stifled of valuable oxygen, what it needed to combust – and the culprit was mostly themselves. Then Dwyane Wade happened. Faced with 5 fouls and a banged up left knee, after a [...]

Let’s stop the insanity, ok? I mean, this isn’t something new – it has been going on since the early 90′s, when Shaq first stepped out into the NBA spotlight. Here was this physical anomaly, a seven footer with the agility of a gazelle. He could muscle you inside and dunk on you. And just [...]

With the NBA Finals having begun, I thought it would be a good time to compare the Heat to the Mavericks, using Dean Oliver’s offensive and defensive ratings, among other things. I’m going to use a lot of information from my “Year-end analysis of the Heat” to analyze the Heat. So, without further adieu… Dwyane [...]

Written by Brandman316 When all was said and done, the Miami Heat could obviously thank Shaq for his performance in the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, but it was their star guard who they could thank the most for the win. Shooting 83% from the field and ending up with 21 points, 6 [...]

Game 6, American Airlines Arena, Miami. The Heat held the series to a 3-2 advantage, and they never looked back. They shot 55% from the field, and kept the pace open to a double digit lead for most of the game. Shaq dominated. 28 points on 12-14 shooting, 16 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. So [...]