MIA - Heat

Dwayne Wade with18-5-6 : "Out of all the games in the playoffs, this is the best I’ve felt, so hopefully I’m headed in the right direction.” Heat beat Bulls 94 to 91.

.LeBrawn on Game 5: We have to come out with the same intensity that we came with tonight, both offensively and defensively. Heat beat Bulls 88 to 65.

Thibodeau on the series: "They're a great team and we're capable of playing better. We're going to have to play our best game Monday."

Tom Thibodeau: "If you have a point to make to the official there's an appropriate time to do that.'' Said it should be on dead ball.

Nate Robinson said he got 10 stitches, 5 on outside of lip and 5 on inside. Bulls

What is Brandon Jennings suppose to say, "LeBron and thems finna bust our ass?"...we all knew the end was near for Bucks

Spoelstra on Wade not having his shot: "I didn't even care." Must be nice to have one of the world's best go 1-for-12 and not sweat it.

Brandon Jennings backed up his prediction tonight by just backing up -- 0 for 7 from three.

SPOELSTRA ON LEBRON: “He really let the game come to him. It was a very mature, high-IQ game. That’s about as efficient as you can get."

Shane Battier promises Heat will play with desperation. "A lot of us know we won't get many more chances."

Byron Scott a little defiant in the post game press conference

Spoelstra said Wade unlikely to play Monday.

A Jeff Green injury update: http://t.co/V5ecEoCtbr|Jeff Green POSTERIZES Birdman|Jeff Green dunks on Chris Andersen during the Miami Heat's 109-101 win over the Boston Celtics.

Heat long bombers tonight w/a season high TRA & tied season high TRM 17-41 #WOW in a 103-98 win over Wizards

.Udonis Haslem on tonight's Heatwin: With Chris Bosh out I knew I had to pick it up. This is a game we took very seriously tonight.

Everyone needs to stop fronting, @kaj33 is the best player in the history of basketball, until LeBron completely fulfills the prophecy

And does anyone know what Hubie's record is when he does Heat games this season? Poor guy. Heat must be like something-and-0.

On the flip side, guy who had least fun in Miami is Battier. Heat would have to go James on Melo in a playoff matchup. Melo wears Shane out.

2 big plays of the night ... Udonis Haslem "D" on Tim Duncan to force the miss and RB .. Allen finds Chris Bosh w/gm winner 1.1secs left.

Heat beat Hornets on the road, 108-89.

Bulls beat Heat at home, 101-97.

Heat beat Magic on the road, 108-94.

Juwan Howard grabs rebound and dishes out an assist in first sequence of action. #theHowardeffect

Heat with 20 assists tonight but also 19 turnovers. Wade with six turnovers to go along with his 19 points.

In other words, LeBron tallied 18 points, 5 assists, and 10 rebounds in about 18 minutes. Most players can't even do that in an entire game.

Pierce missed the three-pointer. Heat got rebound and timeout. 1.9 seconds left. Heat 105, Celtics 103. Probably it.

Heatgame Final: Heat 108 - Raptors 91. D-Wade 24pts 9asts, LeBron 22 pts 12rebs 8asts, Ray Allen 20pts

Heat beat Bucks on the road, 107-94.

With a 10-4 run in 3:07, Heat take a 94-91 lead against 76ers, with 29 sec left!

Heat beat Hawks at home, 98-81.

LeBron will finish with 13 points (season low).

Damien Wilkins may very well have been the 4th best Sixers since the all-star break. Maybe even higher. How sad is that?

Heat retake the lead. Up 97-96 with 0 sec left.

The Heat win a franchise-record 15th straight. D-Wade with a HUGE night in win (32 Pts, 10 Ast, 7 Reb).

LeBron James isn't an 18 year old girl on Twitter, but JR Smith quickly gave up the ball to him anyway. #GameBlouses

Heat beat Grizzlies at home, 98-91.

LeBron has 7 points & an assist in 2nd OT, now has 38 points & 15 asst plus 7 rebs in this marathon. Wade has 37.

LeBron giving himself a hard time for blowing that layup. Got away with a little push on screen. Wade dunks. Heat, 105-101.

LeBron has triple-double of 16 pts 11 ast, 10 reb. But interestingly just his 2nd game of season without 20 pts. Other: Jan. 10 at Portland.

That Joakim Noah shot was the worst thing I've seen all night. And this game has been really ugly.

Heat threatening the third quarter at Brooklyn on Jan. 30 for their best quarter of the season.

Another sensational nite by LeBron. Score much closer than game actually was. But don't love LeBron shooting so many jumpers, tho hot tonite

Heat beat Blazers at home, 117-104.

Way too many turnovers in fourth by Lakers, playing almost exclusively through Kobe in the post since he returned.

LeBron has struggled in garbage time, but still having a good offensive game with 30 pts (9-11 FG), 4 treys and an o-reb.

Rockets finally got stop Harden needed to finish the job. Chalmers stopped in front to draw a charge. Rockets get last chance on LBJ travel.

Heat beat Bobcats at home, 99-92.

Erik Spoelstra to coach All-Star Game, and I'd think Chris Bosh starts. As he should.

It's been a slow paced game. Heat have only taken 67 shots (33-67 FG) and Pacers have only taken 70 shots (39-70 FG). Pacers beat Heat 102-89.

Heat beat Nets on the road, 105-85.

LeBron is keeping Heat in the game with 34 pts (14-31 FG), 3 treys and 7 assists. Celtics lead 100-98, 2nd OT.

Heat beat Pistons at home, 110-88.

Heat take their biggest lead of the game with a Ray Allen trey. Up 7 pts, 99-92 early Q4.

Lakers can't score in the final 3 minutes of a 99-90 loss to Miami. LeBron drops 39, Wade 27. Kobe has 13 of 22 in 4th. Heat 9-0 run ends it

Heat lead 52-38 over GSW at half. LeBron over 20,000pts & 5,000AST, both marks hit tonight. #HUGECONGRATS #DBLWOW

Not sure why the Jazz didn't let Millsap go right at Joel Anthony a few times, then dish from there. then again, drive/dish not really..

If Chalmers is done, he'd finish with career-high 7 threes and 28 points, two off his career high set in 2009.

Wow. I'm all for open looks, but Chalmers barely shot all game. I'd rather LeBron drive or Bosh pump fake and take shot instead of pass.

Pacers beat Heat at home, 87-77.

Ray Allen with 20 points. He's 3 of 4 from three-point range.

Bulls beat Heat on the road, 96-89.

LeBron with a spinning and-one over Dirk. Mavs down 118-109 with 48.6 left.

Bad things happen when Afflalo is in a decision making role. Give the ball to Redick or Turk and let them make the plays.

Bango handing out tissues to Heat fans int he crowd - great mascot move? OR GREATEST MASCOT F YOU OF ALL TIME!? Obvious answer.

Pistons beat Heat at home, 109-99.

That'll do it in Charlotte. Kemba Walker led the team tonight with 27 points in a 105-92 loss against the Heat. BobcatsHeat #NBA

Gaffe by Scott Brooks not going offense/defense and using Thabo on that possession instead of Martin.

X-rays were negative on Mo Williams' right thumb. He's been diagnosed with a sprained thumb and won't return. #UTA

Andre Miller gets inside of 7 feet, where the Nuggets are actually allowed to make shots tonight.

Heat beat Timberwolves at home, 103-92.

Heat beat Wizards at home, 102-72.

LeBron misses a critical jumper to tie the game at the buzzer. Warriors win a close one on the road 97-95!

Heat beat Hawks at home, 101-92.

Heat beat Hornets at home, 106-90.

Is there really a difference between Pop sending his best players home and the Heat not showing up at all tonight?

LeBron dropped a triple-double, but the Heat get dropped by the 2-13 Wizards. Jordan Crawford the LeBron James killer 22 Pts, 6 Ast, 3 Reb

Heatgame FINAL STATS: D-Wade 34pts (season high) 7asts, LeBron 21pts 9rebs 6asts, Ray Allen 13pts, Norris Cole 12pts.

Heat wins 105-100, as LeBron finishes with 23 and Allen 20. LeBron and Wade share a laugh with Popovich at the end. Does Stern still fine?

Again, it's almost unfair that Ray Allen comes off Heat bench. He hits 3 to give Heat 109-108 edge - 1st of game - with 18.2 left.

Heat outscore Bucks 15-8 in overtime to get 113-106 win. LeBron and Wade each with 28pts, Bosh gets 24 pts and Heat career high 18 boards.

FINAL: Suns 97, Heat 88. Miami ends game on 7-0 run. Suns shot 43%, fall to 4-7. Bosh: 24 pts, 9-11. James: 21 pt, 7 reb. Morris: 16 pts.

McGee was 9/12 and giving Miami fits. So the obvious move for Karl was to bench him and go small.

Clippers adjusted defense so far is top-5. Knicks adjusted defense is...still #1. Still need more data though. CAN'T GET TOO HYPE.

Harden goes on on everyone, misses jumper then forced drive. LeBron takes it to rim. Heat up 111-110, 18.6 left.

Heatgame Final: Heat 86 - Grizzlies 104. Chris Bosh 22pts 8rebs, LeBron 20pts 10rebs 6asts, D-Wade 8pts 8rebs.

"Quick like a cat, man." Bosh on his defense (I think it was on his defense. was more concerned w/ 2chainz)

Probably the first time I've seen Joel Anthony shoot a jumpshot.

Ray Allen with 15 points, 6 assists and 6 boards. Matched those numbers in a game once during his time in Boston. Once.

Miami just beat Denver thanks to a 4-point play from Ray Allen. I will now light my 2008 NBA championship t-shirt on fire.

Garden crowd asks for Sheed, Woodson sends Wallace to the scorers table. #humanvictorycigar Knicks

Gotta give it up to Ray Allen. Comes up with 19 points off the bench in his Heat debut. Has to be a bitter pill for Celtics to swallow.

The expression Anthony Davis has on his face at the free throw line is everything.

So Shelvin Mack has come in & hit big shots. How about that. Jan Vesely has 11 rebounds, too.

Heat beat Bobcats on the road, 100-90.

There's small ball, and then there's "Josh Powell is your biggest big on the floor" small ball.

Heatgame: FINAL Heat 105 - PistonsPistons 78. D-Wade 21pts 5asts, Chris Bosh 17pts 6rebs, LeBron 13pts 8asts.

This second unit will let up some offensive boards, but I promise Ryan Hollins doesn't help you with that. Nice early recognition by VDN.

Heat beat Clippers on the road, 94-80.

Heatgame Final: Heat 79 - HawksHawks 92. Chris Bosh 22pts 6rebs, @PG30_MIA 13pts, LeBron & Ray Allen both with 10pts each.

As a fan, and someone rooting for the Thunder...they were flat out outplayed, out hustled by the Miami heat all series

The Thunder fall to the Heat 104-98 to fall behind 3-1. Westbrook led all scorers with an amazing 43 points.

That's the second straight possession from the side with no movement, forcing Thabo to throw it to Westbrook in the corner...

Give LeBron James credit. With the pressure on, he hit a difficult bank shot and two huge free throws. He silenced the crowd. That's clutch.

Kevin Durant scores 36 points, Thunder take game 1 105-94. Thunder lead the #NBAFinals 1-0. Game 2 on Thursday.

Props to the Heat. They needed 7 games to beat an old, injury riddled team. Celtics

Pretty cool "Let's go Celtics" chant going on here with the fans who remained. Consider this their send-off.

Miami loses 94-90. Now it has to win in its house of horrors. LeBron and Wade combine for 57. Celtics play with poise down stretch.

Boston is playing Marquis Daniels, Keyon Dooling and Mikael Pietrus right now.

Re @JCameratoNBA's last tweet about Marquis: Last season in Toronto Doc said biggest surprise of Marquis was his bball IQ/vision. Celtics

Two crazy Rondo threes, then Ray Allen airballs one. Lawler's Law was contradicted. 2012 is upon us. Abandon all hope.

LeBron has three 32+ pts and 13+ reb games in this postseason. Last player to do that? Amare Stoudemire in 2005.

In the last three games of the series, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 197 points.

The Heat established a franchise playoff record tonight shooting 61%. Previous hi 59% vs NJ in 2005. 1 pt shy of Heat playoff record.

What a response from Miami. Got some chaos points in the 3rd, kept it simple for the stars and found out Haslem has something left.

LeBron pulls his teammates and coaches off the bench, nods on way out. Pacers 94-75. Game 4 is Sunday.

Chalmers misses the 3, Pacers steal the game & homecourt advantage, 78-75. Series 1-1 going to Indy.

Pacers drop Game 1 95-86. Game 2 back here in Miami on Tuesday. It was the LeBron-Wade show in the 4th quarter.

Excellent ball movement out of timeout ends in dunk from Bosh. That probably does it.

LeBron should probably have come within 10 feet of the ball there. Not sure if that's on LBJ or Spo, but that was ugly.

HeatAllDay #XVI2012 LeBron D-Wade Chris Bosh ✔ 1, ✔ 2, ✔ 3, ❒ 4, ❒ 5, ❒ 6, ❒ 7, ❒ 8, ❒ 9, ❒ 10, ❒ 11, ❒ 12, ❒ 13, ❒ 14, ❒ 15, ❒ 16

Mike Miller has attempted 7 more free throws this season than you have.

Woodson fight for your job, Carmelo fight for your name, and Stoudemire fight to avoid becoming the worst contract in basketball lets go

.... Reminds me of back in the day writing about Ryan Gomes and pre-"living-in the-shadows" Tony Allen.

#HEATgame: The @MiamiHEAT extend the lead over the @houstonrockets to 10, 95-85 w/ 38 seconds remaining in the game. #LETSGOHEAT #LETSGOHEAT

John Wall dishes it to Nene for the go-ahead layup with :00.5 on the clock. No, LeBron isn't coming in for the last shot.

Wade was at the scorer's table. Didn't need to re-enter. Heat wins 83-72. LeBron with 27, 11, 6. Heat in play for top seed.

#Heat beat #Raptors at home, 96-72. #TORvsMIA

Lebron James 37 PT 11-19 FG 14-15 FT 1-2 3P 6/1 RB 7 AS 1 BL 2 ST 4 TO 2 PF 35 MN (Final, Nets)

If you were hooping in high school in la in the mid-90s, you didn't go a day without hearing about how great Baron Davis was gonna be.

WHAT A FITTING WAY TO END THE GAME. EDDY CURRY DUNKS AFTER GETTING WIDE OPEN FROM MULLENS

Taj fouls out, gets big ovation...Jo back in after sitting since 1/2way through 3rd

#HEATgame Final: @MiamiHEAT 107 - @celtics 115. @KingJames 36pts 7asts & 7rebs, @DwyaneWade 20pts & 5asts, @ChrisBosh 13pts & 9rebs.

James Jones has tied his career high with six 3-pointers, the fifth time he has done it.

#HEATgame Final: @MiamiHEAT 82 - @memgrizz 97. @KingJames 21pts 6asts & 6rebs, @DwyaneWade 20pts & 7rebs, @ChrisBosh 19pts & 4rebs.

Great game. LeBron made great plays for his team all game long.

Headline should be: "LeBron clutch in random regular-season game." Headline will be: "IS LBJ BETTER W/O WADE OMG!!!!!!!!!?!!!!"

#HEATgame Final: @MiamiHEAT 72 - @Celtics 91. @KingJames 23pts & 4rebs, @DwyaneWade 15pts 8rebs & 3asts, @ChrisBosh 4pts 11rebs & 4asts.

In the 4th quarter: Dwyane Wade 11, Toronto Raptors 10.

Good Times had Bookman. One Day at a Time had Schneider. And the Dallas Mavs have Brian Cardinal, the greatest Custodian of all time!

Norris Cole on road trip: 1-for-12. Think I know whose minutes Mike Miller will take. Which only takes LeBron out of the post even more.

The Heat sit Wade and Lebron, waving the proverbial white flag. Chris Bosh is mad it wasn't made out of flowery lace.

#Pistons made the Heat play their starters to the end..but. Miami wins 88-73. Wade with 24. Knight 18 for Det. We are on 97.1 FM in minutes.

I'm fine with Sessions coming off the bench, though, if Mike Brown keeps him there. Doesn't matter who starts; it's who finishes.

The Heat wins 13th straight on a night that LeBron goes 4-of-14. Did have 12 rebound, 7 assists. 31 for Wade. Good night for Bosh.

Sixers tried forcing an 8-second violation. They probably did. But the refs didn't see it.

Hard to believe no foul called on Paul George on Wade. Doesn't matter as Wade hits winner.

#Heat close the game on a 12-6 run to win 89-86 over #Hawks.

#Heat beat #Nets at home, 108-78.

Mike Brown preaching defense pays off for L.A. tonight. Heat just 37.9% from the field. LeBron 12-for-26, Wade 7-for-17.

LeBron is keeping #Heat in it with 35 pts (16-24 FG), 6 assists and a trey. #Jazz lead 99-98, 0 sec left.

So miami is good eh? LeBron and wade demolish Portland and show how far Portland is from the top. #ripcity #blazers

If anything I wish Melo gunned harder sooner. The pick & roll was not coming back. Let him attack, take pressure off the point guards.

I'm supposed to know this, but when was the last time LeBron was the Heat's fourth leading scorer in a game?

Hedo Turkoglu final line: 1 point, 0-4 shooting, 3 assists, 0 rebounds and 3 turnovers in 24 minutes.

If Eddy Curry's not playing in this game, you've gotta think Spo is close to ending the experiment.

#HEATgame Final: @MiamiHEAT 105 - @Pacers 90. @KingJames 23pts 9rebs & 7asts, @DwyaneWade 16pts, @ChrisBosh 13pts & 7rebs, @ThisIsUD 9rebs.

The Heat get the best of the Bucks tonight and beat Milwaukee 114-96. Delfino 24p/4a Gooden 12p//7r & Jennings 12p/4a #BeMilwaukee

#Heat beat #Hawks on the road, 107-87.

Juwan Howard still getting some courtesy boos in D.C. -- probably just a habit after all these years.

twHEAT fans, be sure to stay tuned to @SunSportsHEAT for #InsideTheHEAT @ShaneBattier coming up after #HEATLive. You won't want to miss it.

Wade and Haslmen have combined for 18 pts in fourth quarter. Heat lead 104-91

Good effort by the Raptors, but Heat wins 95-89. LeBron w/ 30, Wade w/ 25. Haslem leads w/ 8 boards. Now they can watch the Super Bowl.

Heat wins 99-79. Wade leads with 26, LeBron with 19, Miller & Cole combine for 23 off bench. Toronto at home on Sunday.

#Bucks beat #Heat at home, 105-97.

He hasn't played well, but still getting into shape.The chance is there. RT @TrentKyle why can't Xavier get more mins? Has it all over Marco

If Heat loses this game, one critical possession: where LeBron had 2 O-boards but didn't kick it out.

Bill Walker just fouled out. He played well with 21 pt (7-12 FG), 7 treys and 6 turnovers in 30 min. #Knicks

#Heat beat #Pistons 101-98. Young guys looked good but Miami (LeBron) scored last six from the line