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I'll certainly enjoy Tuesday's Boston Celtics-Miami Heat game, but it won't have the deed to my attention span. Last season's Celtics-Heat opener owned my anticipation, attention and, later, my ruminations. I sat bolt-upright in a musty, saw-dusted s...

Shaquille O'Neal sat out the Celtics-Heat opener, but coach Doc Rivers says his return is 'very close.'

ESPNBoston.com's Chris Forsberg and ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst preview tonight's Celtics-Heat opener in the video clip above. Forsberg says whoever wins tonight between the Celtics and Heat at TD Garden gets to wear the Eastern Conference crown -- fo...

MIAMI -- Before the Miami Heat try to take a 2-0 series lead Friday in the Eastern Conference finals against the Indiana Pacers, Chris Bosh had a confession to make about the closing seconds of his team's overtime win in the opener. He was never a...

The Heat squeak through Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Pacers thanks to weird tactical stuff including the crunch time benching of Roy Hibbert. ESPN's Tom Haberstroh and Israel Gutierrez discuss the lessons of the opener, and nam...

Our 5-on-5 panel looks back at a Game 1 OT thriller between the Heat and Pacers.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Marcus Camby sat out of the Knicks' first three games, but he said after Wednesday's practice that he was ready for action against the Heat in the season opener. "I was ready to play in the Miami game, but I don't make those de...

Carmelo Anthony had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Knicks gave suffering New Yorkers something to cheer with a 104-84 victory over the Miami Heat in their storm-delayed season opener Friday night.

The New York Knicks and Miami Heat are ready to renew their rivalry, Friday night at 8 p.m. (on ESPN). The Heat already know what to expect at Madison Square Garden, especially considering it's the Knicks' season opener. "We know how it is not ...

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Heat guard Dwyane Wade says it's not appropriate for Friday's game between Miami and the New York Knicks to go on.

Celtics coach Doc Rivers dismissed Dwyane Wade's suggestion that Rajon Rondo's flagrant foul at the end of Tuesday's season-opener against the Miami Heat was a "punk play."

Jim Rassol/Sun Sentinel/Getty ImagesRay Allen shares a quick embrace with former coach Doc Rivers on Tuesday.MIAMI -- After arriving in Miami for the Celtics' season-opener against the Miami Heat, Kevin Garnett was asked if he planned on chatting wit...

Dwyane Wade accused Rajon Rondo of committing a "punk play" in the closing seconds of the Heat's 120-107 victory in the season opener Tuesday night.

LeBron James scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while missing much of the second half with leg cramps, Dwyane Wade scored 29 points and the NBA champion Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 120-107 on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams.

LeBron James held his index finger aloft, then turned and took a walk nine years in the making.

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers joked that his team would be watching the hit series "Homeland" in the locker room while the Miami Heat had their ring ceremony prior to Tuesday night's season opener between the clubs, but said LeBron James and compan...