Miami just had the challenge of defending the league's top scorer. Now it has to try to stop No. 2. Kevin Durant came to Miami on Wednesday and scored 33 points against the Heat as his Thunder walked away with a 17-point win. Saturday's challenge is to
The last time Miami played on the road, the defense was in disarray. The Heat gave up 121 points in an ugly loss to the Hawks on Jan. 20. That performance came on the heels of a 114-97 loss to Washington the week before when Miami allowed 43 points in
And when it was over, the tally was 21 Miami turnovers, leading to 25 Oklahoma City Thunder points and a 17-point loss. At times, the Heat made passes that felt routine to them, but resulted in either a deflection or an outright turnover. Other times
We've known for months that the Eastern Conference was going to come down to the Indiana Pacers versus the Miami Heat. Well, Indiana may have just grabbed the upper hand by signing free-agent center Andrew Bynum. According to ESPN's Brian
That wasn't the case after the Miami Heat's Thursday practice. For once, James had little interest in a statistical question posed because it dealt with his performance the previous night against Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant. The focal