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PHOENIX — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 104-96 win over the Phoenix Suns (20-20) on Friday night at Footprint Center to close its five-game West Coast trip at 3-2.

It is one thing being forced to play to every last breath. The Miami Heat seemingly have built their season on such a close-game premise.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Based on the trend, the Heat will blow a 23-point lead on Thursday night against the Houston Rockets.

MIAMI — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said before Saturday’s matchup with the San Antonio Spurs that he did not reference the Spurs’ poor record when talking to his team.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s disappointing 101-93 loss to the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies (15-9) on Monday night at FedExForum to close its four-game trip at 2-2. The Heat (11-13) now returns to Miami to begin a three-game homestand on Tuesday against the Detroit Pistons (6-19) (7:30 p.m., Bally Sports…

If you aren’t sure of what to make of the Heat, who stand just 10–11 a quarter of the way through this NBA campaign, don’t worry. Really, none of us do at this point. Over their last 16 games, the Heat—coming off a run to Game 7 of the Eastern…

MIAMI — Bam Adebayo gave all he had.

CLEVELAND — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 113-87 blowout loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers (10-6) on Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse to fall to 0-3 on its four-game trip. The Heat (7-10) closes the trip on Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves (8 p.m., Bally Sports Sun) on the…

WASHINGTON — There have been similar moments in Miami Heat lore, including Rex Chapman going 9 of 10 on 3-pointers and a roster short-handed at the 1996 NBA trading deadline beating Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, or more recently, the Heat signing an entire bench on emergency COVID-19 contracts…