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Miami Herald: Miami Heat Check (5 unread)

• Here's that ridiculous no-look alley-oop from Wade to LeBron

  LeBron's six three-pointers in the first half against the Hornets was a sequence you'll likely never forget but it didn't include the best highlight of the game.

  The no-look alley-oop from Dwyane Wade to LeBron James was one of the best highlights of the season, but it happened so early in [...]

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• PAT RILEY: 'Danny Ainge needs to STFU'

  The career-long beef between Pat Riley and the Celtics rages onward.

  On Friday, Riley delivered a message through the media to Celtics general manager Danny Ainge that needs no interpreting.

  "Danny Ainge needs to 'STFU' and manage his own team," said Heat spokesman Tim Donovan, who passed along Riley's message to Heat [...]

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• LEBRON: 'Nothing that comes out of Boston surprises me'

  LeBron James spoke up passionately about what he perceived as unnecessarily hard fouls against him in Wednesday's game against the Bulls. For Boston GM Danny Ainge, LeBron's complaining was "almost embarrassing."

  "I don’t think either one of those were flagrants, and I think the one — LeBron against Boozer — was [...]

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• Streak over, LeBron upset about hard fouls

  Kirk Hinrich wrapped both arms around him and pulled LeBron James to the ground. Taj Gibson clubbed James in the head. Later Gibson grabbed James by the neck to prevent a layup.

  It seemed the only way to stop James on Wednesday in Chicago was with a little violence. For James, [...]

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• With streak on line, Dwyane Wade back against Bulls

  Dwyane Wade couldn't miss an opportunity to make history against the Bulls, his hometown team.

  After missing a pair of games with a sore right knee, Wade is back in the starting lineup for tonight's game at Chicago's United Center. The Heat is gunning for its 28th victory in a row. [...]

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• Notes from Sunday night's Heat win

  A few notes from Sunday's 109-77 win against Charlotte:

  ### This was Miami's largest margin of victory of the season, and it came without Dwyane Wade, who missed the game with soreness in his right knee. Win No. 26 in a row featured another double digit deficit (Charlotte went ahead by [...]

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• Notes from Sunday night's Heat win

  A few notes from Sunday's 109-77 win against Charlotte:

  ### This was Miami's largest margin of victory of the season, and it came without Dwyane Wade, who missed the game with soreness in his right knee. Win No. 26 in a row featured another double digit deficit (Charlotte went ahead by [...]

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• Saturday Heat notes

  Jeff Van Gundy quipped on ABC last weekend that setting the NBA's all-time win streak record would be a bigger accomplishment than winning a championship, before clarifying that he meant to say that breaking the record would be a more difficult feat, but that he would rather win a title.

  Heat [...]

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• Postgame notes from Heat's 25th win in a row

  A few tidbits from the Heat's 25th win in a row, against Detroit:

  ### Miami has won its last nine games in which it trailed at halftime -- including the last three.

  ### Eleven times this season, the Heat has overcome a double digit deficit to win. And it has happened three times this [...]

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• 24-game winning streak returns home but first a look back at that crazy game

  First, here's an excellent video I found on YouTube reviewing the Heat's come-from-behind victory against the Cavaliers. Sure, the Cavs were grossly undermanned, but considering the circumstances and the size of the deficit (27 points), it has to rank up there with on of the most memorable regular-season games of [...]

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