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In the 2011-12 playoffs, the Indiana Pacers were the team that forced the Heat to implement Erik Spoelstra's title-winning vision. If Chris Bosh's injury was the fuse, the size of the Pacers provided the gunpowder to make it all happen. Spoelstra's b...

Rick Havner/Getty Images MIAMI -- Erik Spoelstra laughed at the question. The coach was asked at Heat practice on Friday if he feels pity for the video coordinators these days. After all, they have to prepare not one, but two, full scouting re...

The Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat appear on a collision course to the NBA Finals writes Tom Haberstroh.

Story | Conversation | May 16, 2013

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You wouldn't know it by the chatter, but the Miami Heat are up 3-1 against the Chicago Bulls with a home game Wednesday night. The Heat could wrap up the series in a few hours, but that's not the focus of the conversation these days. The buzz is a...

The center position is a dying breed in the NBA, right? Not so fast points out Tom Haberstroh.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2013

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty ImagesBurdened with a bruised knee, Dwyane Wade has been a shell of his former self in these playoffs. Is it time for the Heat to be concerned about Dwyane Wade yet? It seems like a fair question in a vacuum, but o...

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Issac Baldizon/Getty Images Neutralizing Carlos Boozer is one of the many subtle "plus plays" from Shane Battier so far. MIAMI - Every so often you'll glance at the official box score after a game and see a number that is so extreme that you'll fee...

Who has exceeded expectations? Who has underperformed? Tom Haberstroh weighs in.

Story | Conversation | May 09, 2013

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MIAMI -- Heat coach Erik Spoelstra finally could celebrate. He didn't win the 2012-13 NBA Coach of the Year award. As Spoelstra walked to the lectern to do his normal morning news conference before Game 2 against the Chicago Bulls, he was info...

Getty Images LeBron James unveiled a new free throw routine in Game 1 and it looks very familiar. MIAMI -- In his quest to perfect the game of basketball, LeBron James now appears to be perfecting the Ray Allen free throw. Did you catch it in Ga...

Here is how the Grizzlies, Heat and Knicks can come back.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2013

In Game 1 on Monday, the Chicago Bulls will not only have to figure out how to deal with LeBron James, but they will have to do so without their primary James defender, Luol Deng. It's possible that Deng won't play at all during the series, and th...

MIAMI - Shane Battier remembers it like it was yesterday. He was on the Memphis Grizzlies back in 2011 and his team had just upset the mighty San Antonio Spurs in the first-round of the playoffs in six games. The Grizzlies were the eighth-seed tha...