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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...

Tom Haberstroh/ESPN.comShane Battier's new look.MIAMI -- How do we know that the Miami Heat are bored? Just look at the above photo of Shane Battier, which was taken after Miami's practice Wednesday. "I don't know what this is, to be honest wit...

The Miami Heat have heard Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings loud and clear. But they plan to let the game do the talking.

Miami Heat forward Shane Battier, who has played several pickup basketball games with women over the years, predicts that the NBA is not far away from having its first female player.

Minor nicks, as Heat coach Erik Spoelstra put it, will keep Miami starters LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers from playing against the New York Knicks.

Tom Haberstroh shows how the Miami Heat have been utterly dominant in clutch time, which has made all the difference during their win streak.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2013

The Miami Heat have won 16 games in a row. When will their streak end?

Story | Conversation | March 07, 2013

Editor's note: Throughout the 2012-13 NBA season we'll be asking our colleagues at The Heat Index to weigh in on the progress of the Lakers' newly minted super group. This week, Tom Haberstroh wonders whether Mike D'Antoni's style for the Lakers does...

Issac Baldizon/Getty Images How come Erik Spoelstra's defense has been so bad? Ray Allen might have a lot to do with it. You have probably heard the Sesame Street sing-along, "One of these things is not like the others ..." That's what should ring ...

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky The story behind LeBron James, Erik Spoelstra and the Heat's "position-less" basketball philosophy. MIAMI -- There are times when Erik Spoelstra doesn't recognize LeBron James. They usually occur in the film room, when the ...

Jim Rogash/Getty Images A lineup featuring Ray Allen, Shane Battier and Miami's Big Three could be a nightmare to guard. The rich get richer. Those were the words, on Twitter, from Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley upon hearing that Ray Allen d...

Quick takes at the buzzer on Celtics-Heat.

Pacers coach Frank Vogel says the Heat are the biggest floppers in the league.

AP Photo/Frank Franklin II Erik Spoelstra has refused to switch Shane Battier off Carmelo Anthony, but there are alternatives. Shane Battier signed with the Miami Heat for moments like the one that came in Game 4. When Battier announced his fre...

What have you done in the past 24 hours? Chris Bosh has flown from Miami to New York to Miami to New York and watched his wife deliver their first child in between. No big deal. The Heat are expecting Bosh to be in the lineup against New York on Thur...

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Dwyane Wade and the Heat have been pitiful against the zone so far this season. MIAMI -- When Heat coach Erik Spoelstra exited the locker room and sat down at the postgame podium, all he could talk about was the zone. "We g...