Heat will try to keep sizzling despite NBA playoff lull
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Shaquille O&#039;Neal and the Miami Heat are enjoying a week off before resuming their National Basketball Association playoff title quest, hoping the break does not cool their hot shooting touch.
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Once Dwyane Wade got rolling, things seemed almost easy for the Miami Heat. Wade -- virtually silent offensively for the first three quarters -- had 18 of his 26 points in the final period and the host Heat held San Antonio without a field goal for more than seven minutes down the stretch on the way to beating the Spurs, ...
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Dwyane Wade missed two open jumpers in the final 67 seconds to cap a bad shooting night, and the Detroit Pistons held off the Miami Heat 87-85 on Thursday to extend their winning streak to seven games.
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Seattle and Miami are among the NBA's four winningest teams so far this season, ranking just behind Phoenix and San Antonio. Yet when the Heat put their 14-game winning streak on the line Monday night against the SuperSonics, Miami won't be looking at the matchup as a potential NBA Finals preview or a measuring stick to see where it ranks against one of the Western Conference's elite clubs.
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Alonzo Mourning waited 13 years to win his first NBA championship. Now, the Miami Heat center wants to see what defending a title is like.
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The Suns are perfect in the East, where the Nets and Heat are trying to keep playoff hopes alive despite losing records.
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Dwyane Wade had 18 points and seven assists, and the Miami Heat built a 25-point first-quarter lead on the way to an easy 97-68 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday night. Shaquille O'Neal added 12 points and eight rebounds in 23 minutes for the Eastern Conference-leading Heat (30-12), who won for the third time in seven games and improved to 9-9 against teams from the West.
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Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning  bristles at the thought of the defending NBA champions having  to sneak into the postseason.
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The Miami Heat's arena has become a shrine to last season, with their NBA championship celebrated on rafter banners, in hallway photos, in a larger-than-Shaq portrait by the entrance and even on the locker-room carpet.
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The brick wall came tumbling down Saturday. But that didn't stop the Miami Heat from beating the Los Angeles Lakers in Shaq vs. Kobe I. With Shaquille O'Neal watching from the bench after fouling out late in the fourth quarter, Dwyane Wade and Eddie Jones scored four points each in overtime and the Heat beat the Lakers 104-102 to extend their winning streak to 11 games, equaling a franchise record.
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The Dallas Mavericks used a strong fourth quarter to rally for their eighth straight win. The Miami Heat are rolling, too, and when they return to the court after the All-Star game, coach Pat Riley will be back on the sideline for the first time since Jan. 3.
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The Heat are a mess. The Bulls are a mess. The Nets are a mess. Those three, all thought to be legitimate playoff teams, were 18 games under .500 entering last night, with Miami, less than two years removed from an NBA title, holding down the cellar. None would even make the playoffs if the season ended today.
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Seldom has an NBA regular-season game drawn the attention of Saturday&#39;s Heat-Lakers matchup. And when it was over, most agreed that Shaq-Kobe I had lived up to expectations.
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For the first time in nearly a month, the Miami Heat failed to win. Ray Allen scored 35 points, Rashard Lewis added 17 points and 13 rebounds and the Seattle SuperSonics snapped the Heat's franchise-record 14-game winning streak Monday night with a 98-96 victory.
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Dwyane Wade turned the ball over more than any Miami Heat player in history last night. Teammates likely will forgive him.
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The Miami Heat look to finish off the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Eastern Conference finals tonight. The Heat lead the best-of-seven series 3 games to 1. Last night, the Phoenix Suns knotted their Western Conference final series at 2-2 with a 106-86 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
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Dwayne Wade has 18 of his 26 points in the final period and the Heat holds San Antonio without a field goal for more than 7 minutes to win, 100-85, on Sunday.