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NBA: Heat Look to Burn Magic in Miami

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Miami can move within a game of the Celtics with a home win tonight but Dwight Howard and the Magic won’t be in the giving mood this close to the playoffs. The road is long Miami may be at home tonight but the next three weeks are going to feel like an epic journey for...

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NBA: The Heat Can Fix This

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Miami Heat fell to a fourth straight defeat but Al Dannity says not to worry. There’s no need for a Pat Riley miracle cure to fix a team that isn’t really broken. Still loaded The Miami team that lost to the Chicago Bulls last night, giving the Bulls a sweep of the season series,...

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NBA: Heat Under Pressure Against Lakers

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Having lost five straight, the Miami Heat have given plenty of fuel to feed their critics. Tonight they get a chance to strike back but it’s going to be tough against the Los Angeles Lakers Lakers looking for payback Way back on Christmas Day, the Lakers met the Heat in the Staples Center and for...

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NBA: Historic Night for Heat’s Big Three in Miami

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh all had at least 30 points and 10 rebounds each as the Miami Heat beat Houston 125-119 in Miami. A rare feat LeBron James had 33 points and 10 rebounds, Chris Bosh added 12 boards to his 31 point haul, while Dwayne Wade had 30 points and 11...

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NBA: Two Big Days in Eastern Conference Action

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Three of the Eastern Conference’s four playoff series stand at 2-0 but Al Dannity says the next set of games could have implications deep into the post-season. Heat and Bulls can build momentum What if the process was real? That’s the question fans of the 15 teams not called the Miami Heat are asking themselves...

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NBA: Heat Can Exorcise Demons Against Celtics

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

LeBron has never beaten Boston in a playoff series. Bosh doesn’t know what a deep post-season run feels like. D-Wade and the rest of the Heat are also hurting for payback after last season’s 4-1 loss to the Celtics. Whatever else you might say about Miami’s big three, don’t question their thirst for victory when...

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NBA: Time for the Heat to Finish Off the Celtics

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Al Dannity says Boston’s day is done. Having won Game 4 in OT, the Miami Heat should finish the job at home tonight. Heroism only goes so far Rajon Rondo’s decision to re-insert himself into Game 3 has been, without question, the gutsiest act of the NBA Playoffs this year. It was up there with...

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NBA: Depth Proves Decisive as Bulls Down Heat

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Miami stayed with Chicago for most of the first three quarters but the Bulls’ strength in numbers eventually proved a decisive factor. Al Dannity breaks down the big stories from Game 1 and analyzes what it means for the rest of the series. Taj Gibson busts a move Did anyone expect the story of Game...

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NBA: LeBron Emerges From the Shadows for the Heat

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It’s been a long road but finally LeBron James has delivered the clutch performance he needed to give fans belief in Miami. King James stood tall when it counted, scoring the final 10 points as the Heat ended the Celtics’ season in Game 5. Winning is the best redemption It’s easy for fans and scribes...

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NBA: Dirk’s Big Finish Redfines Heat-Mavericks Series

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Dirk Nowitzki took over in the final few minutes of Thursday’s thrilling Game 2 to bring the Mavericks level with the Heat at 1-1 in the NBA Finals. Al Dannity says the big German’s performance has radically altered the direction of this series. This game was over Actually scratch that. This series was over. Dallas...

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NBA: Miami Hold Slender Edge in Game 1 Against Dallas

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Al Dannity likes the Mavs to win the series but he doesn’t expect them to get off to a winning start in Miami tonight. The Heat hold a slight edge for the opening clash of the NBA Finals. A question of adapting Miami have the hot hand for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Big...

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NBA: Mavericks in Must-Win Territory Against Heat

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

A loss in Game 3 means the Mavericks are in desperation mode tonight against Miami. Al Dannity says defeat tonight would spell certain doom for Dallas in the NBA Finals. Not a good place It may be stating the obvious but blowing their first game at home was not what the Mavericks needed. Defeat to...

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NBA: Mavs and Heat Ready for Round 5

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

This has been the closest NBA Finals series in living memory and Al Dannity says that after the drama we’ve seen so far, expect some explosive offerings in Game 5. Time to take over? Did Sylvester Stallone direct Game 1 and Game 2, with Dallas playing Rocky to finally climb the mountain top in one...

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NBA: Dirk Delivers For Dallas Mavericks

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

He can no longer be called Dirk NoRingski. The greatest player to ever come out of Europe is called Dirk Nowitzki and he cemented his legacy by coming up big late for the Mavericks as they clinched their first ever NBA Championship. Al Dannity reflects on a great redemption story. Terry leads the charge For...

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Heat vs. Raptors: NBA Picks, Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 3, 2016

It’s the second playoff rematch of the young season for the Toronto Raptors on Friday night as the new-look Miami Heat visit Air Canada Centre. Of course the Raptors reached their first Eastern Conference Finals last season by knocking out Miami in Game 7 of the conference semifinals, 116-89, behind 35 points from Kyle Lowry...

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Wizards for the W? It's Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 5, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Washington Washington stomped the jeepers out of Oklahoma City, the best of the West, on Saturday but that doesn’t mean the Wizards will be able to repeat the dose when the Spurs visit the Verizon Center tonight. Oklahoma got beat...

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Heat Cooling Down? Thursday Night NBA Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 2, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Golden State at Miami Two of the hottest teams in the NBA take the court at Biscayne Bay tonight when the Golden State Nuggets take on the World Champion Miami Heat. Golden State’s form had been patchy before the holidays but the Warriors...

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Tuesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 10, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Miami at Indiana The Pacers didn’t beat the Heat when they met in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, but they sure scared them. Indiana put more pressure on the two-time Champions than anybody else could manage last year and this year Indiana...

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Thursday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: December 5, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! New York at Brooklyn The battle of New York hasn’t turned out to be quite the epic that the schedulers would have wished back in the summer, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t money to be won on the game. The Knicks...

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Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 27, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Oklahoma City If anybody doubted that both teams had marked big red circles on their calendars for today, the Spurs’ and Thunder’s bench strategy in their previous games pretty much rules it out. The Spurs were very careful to limit...