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• Numbers Game: Heat 113, Rockets 110

  This seemed like a good night to bring this back…. 6: The point total for LeBron James at halftime. 32: The point total for James in the second half. Fifteen of those 32 came on three-pointers, as James started to get in what he called a “zone.” But when he [...]
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• Battier warmly welcomed in Houston

  Dwyane Wade saw the media scrum around Shane Battier in the locker room prior to Monday’s game, and couldn’t resist a quip. “He’s back,” Wade said. This was the second night of the Battier back-to-back, with the veteran forward making returns to the two cities (Memphis and then Houston) where [...]
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• The legend of the Battier behind-the-back dribble

  There were some strange sights Thursday night in Denver: Ty Lawson going scoreless, Ray Allen missing a clean late look, Norris Cole being counted upon to make up for that, and Mike Miller darting into the lane to create a jumper for Shane Battier. The latter looked like Memphis, circa [...]
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• Late result: Heat 98, Nuggets 93

  They pulled up to the Denver hotel at 3:58 a.m. local time, after a loss, after Dwyane Wade aggravated his foot injury, and just 16 hours before they would face a rested team in a mile-high building where their franchise hadn’t won in 10 years. Then, in the first quarter, [...]
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• Ah, memories: Lakers’ troubles were predictable

  Why did anybody think it would be easy? Two years after the Heat stumbled out of the gate at 9-8, with younger, healthier parts, the Lakers started 1-4 with their collection of superstars. And so Mike Brown has been fired. This time, instead of “BumpGate,” all the talk was about [...]
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• LeBron James tired of the too-small talk

  Miami leaves Thursday on a six-game road trip, during which which it will play four 2012 playoff teams, just about all of which — especially Memphis — have bigger frontlines. LeBron James was asked whether it was an opportunity for his team to prove itself. “Every team is taller than [...]
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• Wade, James at practice, expect to play Sunday

  LeBron James’s left knee was still somewhat stiff, and Dwyane Wade was still not entirely over a virus, but both participated in a light Saturday practice, and both said they expected to play Sunday against the Grizzlies. Wade, who couldn’t get the local feed of the Heat-Hawks game from his [...]
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• Beas is back, as the Heat tries to tighten up D

  Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be the ideal time to face the Phoenix Suns. Miami’s defense has been much too lenient, and the Suns traditionally like to push the tempo. Steve Nash is gone, though, and Phoenix is averaging just 90.3 points through the first three games, two of which have been [...]
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• Miami Heat season prediction: 62-20

  It’s that time, to predict a team’s record, with no way to know all the adversity that’s to come over the next six months. So here’s my blind stab: 62-20, first in the East. And here’s why it could be low, or high. Low: Washington, Charlotte, Orlando. Those are three [...]
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• Down to 16: Heat cuts Varnado and Carney

  As expected, the chase for roster spots is down to three, for two. Josh Harrellson still likely has the inside track for one of them, leaving Terrel Harris and Garrett Temple with one more night (tonight vs. New Orleans) to make an impression before final cuts. As for Jarvis Varnado [...]
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