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Indiana Pacers – A Step Towards Home Court Advantage
Having home court advantage, among other things, means you get NBA referees on your side. The Indiana Pacers enjoyed plenty of that preferential treatment to come away with the 84-83 win over the Miami Heat, even though Paul George struggled keeping up with LeBron James.
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Miami Heat – Ray Allen Helping Out the Stars
While few teams, if any, can put on three players like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the floor at the same time, the Miami Heat and its title hopes rely on the ability of role, bench and fringe players as well, like Ray Allen, someone who has seen a thing or two in his NBA days, and proving his worth in a 91-86 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Celtics Over Heat – Rajon Rondo Enjoying the LeBron James Absence
The Boston Celtics aren’t a very good team, but once in a while they can do a bit better than everyone expects of them, as Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh weren’t enough to carry the Miami Heat through a game without LeBron James, while Rajon Rondo looked like a point guard worth keeping for the future.
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Miami Heat – Renewed Signs of Greatness
At the moment, the Miami Heat don’t look like a team good enough to win the NBA championship. However, their 113-104 win over the Houston Rockets brings back some sort of confidence not just in them as a group, but in Ray Allen as a capabale sidekick of the Big Three, outscoring the trio of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.
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Miami Heat – It’s Officially a Crisis
In a long NBA season, there always seems to be time to fix things. But the Miami Heat are in the last stretch of this one, with the playoffs looming around the corner. A fifth loss in six games, this time to the pretty bad Denver Nuggets, shows us all there are quite a few problems with the defending NBA champions, maybe even too much to fix in time for the more serious battles.
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Miami Heat – Plenty to be Worried About
Losing four games out of five, the problems stopping the Miami Heat from reaching the top of the standings in the Eastern conference are more than just complacency and taking it easy on opponents. LeBron James has rough nights and isn’t getting enough help from his bench and role players, or maybe not doing enough himself to try and make them work.
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Miami Heat – Big Three Feel Great at Home
It was a rough road trip for the Miami Heat, losing three games in a row. There’s nothing like going back home to regroup, recharge and simply look much better and getting on the winning path again, with the big three of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade paving the way to victory.
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Bulls Over Heat – Energy Makes All The Difference
The Miami Heat, in a series, should do away with the Chicago Bulls, just like they have in recent years. But in regular season games, especially in the United Center, quality makes less of a difference and the slump the NBA champions and their MVP LeBron James are in continues after an overtime loss.
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Heat vs Rockets – LeBron James Goes Through Bizarro Night
Coming off the best scoring performance of his career, LeBron James looked very ordinary against the Houston Rockets as the Miami Heat lost 103-106 with some terrible defense throughout the game and a big night for James Harden and Dwight Howard on the other end.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James & The No Fun Mask
The NBA didn’t approve of LeBron James wearing a black mask to protect his face, so he donned a less entertaining version. The result was the same: A good game for the league’s defending MVP, while the Miami Heat won again, having no trouble whatsoever beating the Orlando Magic 112-98.