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NBA Rumors: Miami Heat Probably Re-Signing Michael Beasley
When the Miami Heat signed Michael Beasley a year ago, it seemed like they made the bargain of a lifetime. A talented and troubled forward who will give them some vital scoring off the bench and LeBron James some minutes of rest. It turned out he became nothing but garbage time material in the playoffs, although that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a place to come back to.
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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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Raptors vs Heat – LeBron James Does Most of the Heavy Lifting
The red hot Toronto Raptors gave the Miami Heat plenty of problems, but they couldn’t handle the biggest one: stopping LeBron James. Despite trying with five different defenders, not being able to limit the best player in the NBA was just a bit too much for them.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Gives Himself a Happy Birthday
There was nothing to expect but a big game from LeBron James as he returned to the lineup for the Miami Heat, on his 29th birthday nonetheless. It wasn’t one for the ages, but good enough to cover for another Dwyane Wade injury and lead the NBA champions to a 97-94 win over the Denver Nuggets.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Not Afraid of Clutch Moments
The Miami Heat in the big three era have shown that big deficits late in the game don’t mean much to them, as LeBron James carried the team on his back, without Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh, to force overtime and eventually win 121-119 against the Atlanta Hawks, on the way destroying Paul Millsap with another dunk that’s going to be remembered for quite a while.
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Miami Heat – Rebounding a Problem, But Nothing to Panic About
Even though the Miami Heat have been a terrible rebounding team for the last three years, the key to beating them usually hasn’t been by simply winning on the boards. It’s been about moving the ball quickly against them on defense, and preventing the Heat from doing the same on offense, trying to turn their offense into a one on one gimmick through LeBron James or Dwyane Wade.
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Even LeBron James Gets Lazy Sometimes
The 82-game long NBA season allows you to take nights off while playing. Dwyane Wade got some rest by sitting out the Miami Heat’s loss to the Detroit Pistons in order to give his knee some scheduled rest, while LeBron James had a rest of his own, setting a bad example in a game that was about not thinking, and not even trying that hard for plenty of minutes.
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Heat vs Cavs – LeBron James Doesn’t Offer Hometown Discounts
Over the last few years, LeBron James has saved some of his best performances as a Miami Heat player for his returns to Cleveland and facing his former team, the scorn Cavaliers, who suddenly want their old franchise player back. That isn’t happening anytime soon, and so isn’t having it easy against the NBA champions, strolling to a 95-84 win, their 8th in a row.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Isn’t Slowing Down
It was going to take something bigger and better than the Charlotte Bobcats to take LeBron James out of the impressive scoring run he’s currently going on, scoring 30 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 97-81 win, winning for a third consecutive time and a sixth in their last seven games.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James at His Best For NBA Milestones
Playing without Chris Bosh, the Miami Heat needed the best of LeBron James for the first time this season. As expected, the MVP delivered, coming with quite a lot of attitude and taunting, further infuriating the Toronto Raptors crowd.