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Dave Hyde: No title, no shame, no regrets, nothing but thanks to Heat for this great run

It wasn’t until Jimmy Butler made the play he shouldn’t, the one pass he couldn’t, that you sensed the end was finally coming for the Miami Heat. You’d sensed it so many times before this spring you wanted to discard it even then Monday night.

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The Heat Owe Jimmy Butler a Contender. Can They Afford It?

In a normal summer, Miami would be looking for the right piece to complement its best player. But a ballooning payroll will make that more difficult than usual.

Sports Illustrated

Nikola Jokić’s Legacy Is Forever Changed By Winning a Title, But He Was Already One of the Greats

The Finals MVP added an NBA championship to his résumé, quieting any doubters who deemed his career incomplete.

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Udonis Haslem: the Miami Heat’s doyen of grit and keeper of the flame

The Miami lifer and Methuselah of the NBA finals, who turns 43 on Friday, has done more to define the Heat’s unimpeachable culture than any other figure

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NBA finals predictions: Nuggets or Heat? Our writers share their picks

Denver or Miami? Our contributors pick the winner, key players and dark horses before the NBA’s grand finale tips off

The Guardian - US

Miami Heat achieve 24-year NBA first by reaching Finals with win over Boston Celtics

The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics to reach the NBA Finals and in doing so achieved a feat that no team has managed to accomplish since the New York Knicks in 1999

Daily Mirror

The Heat’s Emotional Rollercoaster Ride Has Reached Its Latest Drop

A Celtics buzzer beater to win Game 6 was the latest nail-biting chapter in what has been a drama-filled year for Miami.

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Greg Cote: Miami Heat embarrasses Celtics for 3-0 series lead and it’s all over but excuse-making for Boston

How much misery should one city be made to endure at the hands of Miami?

Miami Herald

Ira Winderman: Unlike NBA’s scapegoating, Heat turn stability into success

MIAMI — In an alternate universe, the Miami Heat might have been guided at the moment, and in recent seasons, by Doc Rivers, Tom Thibodeau, Billy Donovan or a number of recycled coaches.

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Joe Mazzulla Is Under Pressure Against a Coach Who Understands His Position

Erik Spoelstra recognizes what the Celtics coach is facing, having been in a similar situation early in his career with the Heat.

Sports Illustrated

The Stories Behind the Knicks’ Seemingly Never-ending Title Drought

Nearly everyone tied to the franchise, from its former players, executives and coaches, will tell you the exact same thing when it comes to one of the league’s longest title droughts.

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Ira Winderman: Heat feeling a draft, and already a bit lucky

MIAMI — Even before last Monday’s tiebreaker drawing for position in the NBA draft, even before this playoff run comes to a close, the Miami Heat’s draft room appreciated the work ahead.

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Ira Winderman: Thinking big led to losses, but Heat likely will do it all again

MIAMI — After an uneven season and rocky play-in ride, beyond debate has been that the Miami Heat have pushed through with a roster that has been lacking, needing a Friday high-wire act against the Chicago Bulls to advance.

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Greg Cote: ‘Fat kid from Liberty City’ to Miami legend: A tribute to Udonis Haslem’s 20-year Heat reign

MIAMI — He did all right for himself, the “young fat kid from Liberty City.”

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Ira Winderman: In metrics of misery, this Heat season one for the ages

MIAMI — To the Miami Heat’s credit, there at least has been candor about just how trying a season this has been.

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Spoelstra, as Heat honor Haslem: ‘Our forever captain, our forever mentor, our forever leader’

MIAMI — It is with mixed emotions, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said, that he approaches moments such as Saturday’s Udonis Haslem Night at Miami-Dade Arena.

Miami Herald

Greg Cote: Late Valentine’s Day gift? Looks like Miami Heat will find Love in the buyout bargain bin.

Where does the Miami Heat stand at the All-Star break of this NBA season?

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Ira Winderman: If you insist, possible Heat deals that could make sense at Thursday’s NBA trading deadline

The exercise ahead of the NBA trading deadline, which this season comes at 3 p.m. Thursday, typically is to get a read on what a team is looking to add.

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Catching Kareem: How LeBron James chased down the NBA points record

Records are made to be broken, the saying goes. But how did the kid from Akron chase down what seemed like an unbeatable number?

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Dave Hyde: If the NBA doesn’t care about the regular season, should you?

The Boston Celtics injury report early Tuesday afternoon sure made it sound unfortunate, as if random and rotten luck with injuries kept three starters and five players out of their game against the Miami Heat.

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Pat Riley Says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Will ‘Always Be’ His GOAT

The Heat president said his choice is based on the ‘longevity’ of their careers.

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Ira Winderman: LeBron not so passive about wanting more, creating heat amid Heat

In the Miami Heat’s 35 seasons, it can be argued that no player did passive-aggressive as well as LeBron James.

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Ira Winderman: Heat’s Bob McAdoo views possible Messi move through unique transatlantic perspective

MIAMI — International star, at age 35, coming off a championship and linked to an overseas move to a lesser league offering lesser competition.

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Heat icon Dwyane Wade nominated for Hall of Fame on inevitable path to August induction

MIAMI — The formality came Wednesday: Dwyane Wade was named a candidate for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The coronation for the iconic former Miami Heat guard will come Aug. 12 at the Springfield, Mass., shrine.

Miami Herald

20 years after the Sol, how could Miami fit in the WNBA’s next wave of expansion?

MIAMI — Sheri Sam, an All-Star with Miami in 2002, works as the scouting manager for the Portland Trail Blazers. Guard Sandy Brondello played five years in the WNBA (two with the Sol) before she became head coach of the Phoenix Mercury and now the New York Liberty. Debbie Black…

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