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MIAMI — The face of desperation was the face of the Miami Heat on Friday night when they went down 14 in the third quarter.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 104-100 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers (42-26) on Wednesday night at Miami-Dade Arena to drop to 2-3 on its six-game homestand. The Heat (35-32) closes the season-long homestand with another game against the Cavaliers on Friday:

PHILADELPHIA — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 101-99 win over the the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center to snap a four-game losing skid. The Heat closed its three-game trip at 1-2 and now returns to Miami to open a season-long six-game homstand on Wednesday with…

MILWAUKEE — Although two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo played just six minutes before leaving with a knee injury, the Heat started the crucial second half of the season with a dud.

The path for the Miami Heat to sign Kevin Love was cleared Saturday, with the Cleveland Cavaliers agreeing to a buyout with a veteran big man.

To say any of this involves clearing hurdles would be exaggeration, considering Dwyane Wade’s ascension to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame seemingly was inevitable from the moment he stepped on the court for the Miami Heat in 2003 as a first-round pick out of Marquette.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 112-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets (40-18) on Monday night at Miami-Dade Arena. The Heat (32-26) now travels to face the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday before heading into the All-Star break:

Giannis and the Bucks are closing in on the Celtics. Plus, the Mavs receive a boost from Kyrie Irving.

It could be argued that on the quietest of NBA trade deadlines for the Miami Heat that they actually pushed all of their chips to the middle of the table.