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Steve Mitchell/US PresswireMario Chalmers and the Heat defense kept Jeremy Lin in check during a 14-point win on Thursday.Two of the hottest teams in the NBA met as the league prepared for the All-Star Break, with the home-standing Miami Heat claimin...

Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Dirk Nowitzki has been smothered by a Heat defense that was established back in September. DALLAS -- Even before the doors opened to the basketball courts at Aderholt Fitness Center on that military base that late Septem...

The Heat's big three are playing defense that wins championships.

MIAMI -- The Dallas Mavericks know the 3-pointer must be a money ball for them if they have any shot of dinging a quick and rugged Miami Heat defense. Dallas has been dominant from beyond the arc all postseason, shooting it at 38.8 percent -- two ...

ESPN Radio NBA analyst Hubie Brown says the Heat defense has the perfect strategy to stop the Bulls' Derrick Rose. Listen Michael Wilbon weighs in on Dirk Nowitzki's performance during the postseason, Heat-Bulls and more. Listen ESPNChicago.c...

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose and coach Tom Thibodeau have spent plenty of time over the past few days breaking down tape, trying to find driving lanes in the Miami Heat defense. Read the entire story....

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose and coach Tom Thibodeau have spent plenty of time over the past few days breaking down tape, trying to find driving lanes in the Miami Heat defense.

The Heat's reward for good defense? Free-flowing offense.

Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images Sport One of the rare times on Friday that Orlando got anywhere near the basket area. Editor's note: This is the first installment of Hoop Schemes, in which TrueHoop editor Kevin Arnovitz takes apart NBA strate...

Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images Sport One of the rare times on Friday that Orlando got anywhere near the basket area. Editor's note: This is the first installment of Hoop Schemes, in which TrueHoop editor Kevin Arnovitz takes apart NBA strate...

LeBron James and Memphis guard Tony Allen headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team.

LeBron sets team-first tone in Game 1; Bucks guards get only themselves involved

Al Iannazzone of Newsday: Carmelo Anthony didn't have to deal with LeBron James on either end of the floor Tuesday night. It made his night much easier and infinitely more difficult for the Heat. Anthony shredded the Heat's defense and matched his ca...

No. 2 seed Kentucky will bring the heat with its relentless defense while Delaware will try to play smart and composed facing the most on-ball pressure it has ever seen in the Bridgeport regional.

Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images Joakim Noah anchors the NBA's fifth-best defense, but it has been nothing like as effective lately. You may have heard something about the Miami Heat's win streak, which has lasted since February 3. As the Bulls pr...

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