The East is getting tighter. With Miami losing again (to the Knicks no less), they've lost three straight. The top three seeds in the East now all have 27 ...
They can help themselves Saturday with a win ... and hurt the Heat. They could fall out of first with a loss and the Nets would get closer to the seventh seed. Durant played in two without Irving. Irving played only one and that was without KD. Saturday night will be the first time the “Big Two” will be on the court together vs. The Heat played it down and Butler played well through the rest of the contest but they lost to Golden State. In fact, Goran Dragic said Friday, “That’s normal. This helps because he happens to be one of the best and if not the best player in the world at the moment. Figuring out his routes to get open will be key (Saturday as well as in a playoff match-up). As for Herro, a defensive presence on the perimeter by one of the bigs and some on-ball pressure could be enough. The Nets will hopefully have the luxury of sending both players and at the Heat star. With ALL that being said, the Nets should try playing the current top seed Miami Heat in the first round. In the three games so far the season, all losses for the Nets, Miami did not have to face the two superstars at the same time. Tempers flared and teammates had to separate the two forwards before anything escalated. And yes, Brooklyn does remember they were the first seed in the Eastern Conference before one of their stars, Kevin Durant, got injured. Yes, Brooklyn has to accept the fact that they will be a lower seed heading into the playoffs. With Miami losing again (to the Knicks no less), they’ve lost three straight.
-- The nightmare would be an opening-round playoff series for the Heat against the Nets. -- They certainly aren't stopping Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
And it was about the only thing Heat fans could cheer about. Kevin Durant scored 23 points, Seth Curry added 17 and the Nets overwhelmed Miami 110-95 on ...
... The Nets are now 20-0 in games in which they hold a lead of 17 points or more. The Heat are now 0-3 in those games, which go on Spoelstra's record. The Heat led New York 90-73 with 11 minutes to go on Friday, then got outscored 38-13 the rest of the way. Brooklyn outscored Miami 40-21 in the second quarter to take a 21-point lead into the half. ... Before Saturday, the largest deficit Miami had faced this season was 32 at Boston on Jan. 31. ... Butler spent some time Saturday at the Miami Open, watching tennis several hours before the Nets-Heat game. ''One of the best point guards to put on the jersey,'' Quinn said. The Heat were without coach Erik Spoelstra, who missed the game because of a family matter, and assistant Chris Quinn took his place. Nets: Brooklyn spent basically three full days in Miami on this trip, after flying in from Memphis on Wednesday night. ... We had a blast, but right now, my focus is in Brooklyn.'' ''Anytime we get to see him, we love seeing him. ''It means a lot,'' Dragic said.
MIAMI (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 23 points, Seth Curry added 17 and the Brooklyn Nets overwhelmed Miami 110-95 on Saturday night, sending the Heat to their ...
... The Nets are now 20-0 in games in which they hold a lead of 17 points or more. The Heat are now 0-3 in those games, which go on Spoelstra’s record. The Heat led New York 90-73 with 11 minutes to go on Friday, then got outscored 38-13 the rest of the way. Brooklyn outscored Miami 40-21 in the second quarter to take a 21-point lead into the half. ... Before Saturday, the largest deficit Miami had faced this season was 32 at Boston on Jan. 31. “One of the best point guards to put on the jersey,” Quinn said. ... Butler spent some time Saturday at the Miami Open, watching tennis several hours before the Nets-Heat game. The Heat were without coach Erik Spoelstra, who missed the game because of a family matter, and assistant Chris Quinn took his place. Nets: Brooklyn spent basically three full days in Miami on this trip, after flying in from Memphis on Wednesday night. “It means a lot," Dragic said. ... We had a blast, but right now, my focus is in Brooklyn." “Anytime we get to see him, we love seeing him.
It's officially time to panic for the Miami Heat. After losing a third-straight game, this time by blowing a 17-point lead against the New York Knicks, ...
In clutch situations this season, the Heat has the fifth-worst offensive rating in the league – and worst among projected playoff teams. However, it’s hard not to look at how the team has played the last couple of weeks and not have that sense of feeling. It was either a combination of the late-game issues are fixable or that the players need to step up with effort and execution late, specifically, that’s what Jimmy Butler echoed.
Kyrie Irving - who entered averaging 38.8 points per game in six games in March - scored only 11 on 4-for-11 shooting but ignited the Nets' second quarter run ...
He was named an All Star once during his time with the Heat, in 2018. Oladipo was a minus 11 in eight first half minutes. He scored 13 points in his 16 minutes. “We’re not concerned in the sense of panicking but we have to fix some stuff. He scored six points and dished out four assists in 21 minutes in his first game in Miami since the Heat sent him to Toronto last July as part of the sign-and-trade for Lowry. We want to be playing our best basketball at this point... “I couldn’t have foreseen it,” Kyle Lowry said of this four-game losing streak. Spoelstra missed the game - for only the third time in 14 seasons - because one of his two sons was undergoing a medical procedure. He drained a corner three-pointer in the final seconds of the third quarter and finished the night with nine points (3 for 9 shooting), six assists and five turnovers in a season-high 25 minutes. A Heat team that entered permitting just 40 points per game in the paint (best in the league) was outscored 36-20 in the paint in the first half alone and 46-34 for the night. Also problematic: The Heat was a step slow defensively, allowing the Nets to shoot 58 percent in the first half and 47 percent for the game. That was a byproduct of Durant getting wherever he pleased, Brooklyn dominating the Heat in transition, and centers Andre Drummond and Nic Claxton abusing the Heat in the basket area.
The game will be played at the United Center in Chicago. It has an announcing crew of Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner and Reggie Miller, with Dana Jacobson as a ...
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The win by the Miami basketball team over Iowa State made Jim Larranaga the first coach to take double digit seeds from different programs to the Elite 8.
George Mason won its four games to get to 2006 Final Four by an average of 6.25 points per game. George Mason reached the 2006 Final Four as an 11 seed. Larranaga led George Mason to the 2006 Final Four.
The Miami Hurricanes are one win away from getting to the Final Four for the first time in program history, and Jim Larranaga is close to making some ...
In his media availability before the Elite Eight, Larranaga revealed that he has talked to his team about that George Mason squad quite a bit of late. Miami can counter that with Charlie Moore, Isaiah Wong, and Kam McGusty. Miami has the chops and the personnel to win this game.” I know I live in a little bit of a cave when it comes to college basketball, but people tell me Miami and George Mason are not supposed to go to the Final Four. He’s taken two double-digit seeds to the Elite Eight. He wins this one, and he cements his place in college basketball history.” Miami has the horses to match up with a very talented Jayhawks team. “If Jim Larranaga wins this game, he would have taken two teams to the Final Four as double-digit seeds. In 2006, Larranaga led George Mason to the Final Four on an incredible NCAA Tournament run.