11-29-13 Heat vs Raptors

Miami's Shane Battier is starting in tonight's game after missing the Heat's previous game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.This road game is sure to be exciting as the rolling Miami Heat try to improve to 13-3 while the young talented Toronto Raptors try to improve to 7-8.

Miami Heat Starting Lineup:

PG:Mario Chalmers

SG:Dwyane Wade 

SF:Lebron James

PF:Shane Battier

C:Chris Bosh 

Toronto Raptors Starting Lineup:

PG:Kyle Lowry

SG:DeMar DeRozan

SF:Rudy Gay 

PF:Amir Johnson

C:Jonas Valanciunas

11-27-13 Heat Vs Cavaliers

Miami Heat (11-3) at Cleveland Cavaliers (4-10) Quicken Loans Arena 

7:30 

Fox Sports Cleveland,Suns Sports & ESPN

Miami Heat Inactive's: 

Shane Battier(sick) & Greg Oden(knee)

Cleveland Cavaliers Inactive's:

Henry Sims,C.J Miles(calf)

Miami Heat Starting Lineup:

PG:Mario Chalmers

SG:Dwyane Wade

SF: Lebron James

PF: Rashard Lewis

C:Chris Bosh

Cleveland Cavaliers Starting Lineup:

PG:Kyrie Irving

SG:Matthew Dellavedova

SF:Alonzo Gee

PF:Tristan Thompson 

C:Andrew Bynum

Heat vs Suns Post-Game

Both the Heat and Suns strived offensively in the opening quarter.The game was close throughout the 1 st quarter.Miami finished the first period up 3 points 24-21,mainly due to 9 Dwyane Wade points and 7 by Lebron James.After a made free throw by Ray Allen with 6:44 left in the 2nd quarter the Heat formed their largest lead of the half 9 points 38-29.With 0:16 left in the first half the game was tied 47-47,but Miami closed the half up 50-47 after a made three by Lebron James.By the end of the first half Dwyane Wade had 13 points,Lebron scored 12 points and Chris Bosh struggled with just 3 points.Lebron and Wade continued to do well offensively in the third quarter.With 4:00 left in the 3rd the Heat went up 8 points

72-64.The score was Miami up 8 79-71 after the third quarter.Lebron finished with 11 third quarter points while Wade scored 6 points.Dwyane Wade finished the game with 21 points and a season high 12 assists.In the last 3:51 of the game Lebron James scored 12 points to bring his scoring total to 35 points. 

After a nine point 4th quarter,Ray Allen gave the Miami Heat a game total of 17 points off the bench.Chris Andersen gave Miami an efficient 11 points from the bench as well.Lebron's 35 points came from 11-14 shooting , 11-11 from the free throw line.Wade and Lebron combined for 56 points on 20 for 27 shooting.The Miami Heat defense held the Suns under 40% shooting at 39.8% while Miami shot 49% from the field.The Heat improved to 11-3 while the Suns went to 7-7.

11-25-13 Heat vs Suns

Tonight the Miami Heat are going to take on the young fast breaking Phoenix Suns. The Heat need to win this game

without starting point guard Mario Chalmers due to a hip flexor injury he sustained during Miami's previous game against the Orlando Magic.

Miami Heat Starting Lineup:

PG:Norris Cole

SG:Dwayne Wade 

SF:Lebron James

PF:Shane Battier

C:Chris Bosh

Phoenix Suns Starting Lineup:

PG:Goran Dragic

SG:Gerald Green

SF:PJ Tucker

PF:Channing Frye

C:Miles Plumlee

Heat Vs. Magic Post-Game

Saturdays game against the Orlando Magic was Dwyane Wade's first game back from missing two games due to knee soreness. The Miami Heat's offense was slow throughout the first quarter. By the end of the first quarter Miami was down four points 16 to 20. The Heat continued to struggle in the second quarter. Miami went into halftime down 16 points 39-55. During the first half the Miami Heat shot 0-10 from the 3 point line. The Heat steped up offensively in the third quarter. Eventually Miami tied the game 66-66 with 4:09 remaining in the quarter.But they couldnt take over the lead from the Magic.Miami was down 6 points 71-77 by the end of the 3rd quarter.The Heat took the lead with 2:35 in the final quarter 93-92.The game was tied 99-99 with 37 seconds in the 4th quarter.But with 15 seconds remaining in the game Lebron James knocked down a game winning contested jumper to bring the score to 101-99.In the final play of the game the Heat got a defensive stop to seal the victory.Dwyane Wade finished with 27 points while Lebron scored 22 points in the victory.Miami improved to 10-3 while the Magic fell to 4-8.

 

 

11-23-13 Heat vs Magic

Dwayne Wade is back in the starting lineup after missin the last three Miami Heat games.Tonight the Heat are playing for 6 victories in a row, while the Magic trying to end a two game losing streak.

Miami Heat Starters:

PG:Mario Chalmers

SG:Dwayne Wade

SF:Lebron James

PF:Shane Battier

C:Chris Bosh

Orlando Magic starters:

PG:Jameer Nelson

SG:Victor Oladipo 

SF:Arron Afflalo

PF:Maurice Harkless

C:Nikola Vucevic

Heat vs Magic Post-Game

Miami Heat
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Shane Battier, SF	25	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	+18	6
LeBron James, SF	29	5-11	0-2	11-11	1	5	6	7	1	1	4	0	+23	21
James Jones, SF	20	5-8	5-7	2-3	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	+20	17
Chris Bosh, C	24	7-10	1-2	3-4	2	3	5	0	2	1	2	2	+27	18
Mario Chalmers, PG	28	3-5	1-1	2-2	1	2	3	8	2	0	2	4	+19	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Udonis Haslem, PF	6	1-1	0-0	3-4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Chris Andersen, PF	18	4-6	0-0	2-2	4	1	5	0	1	2	2	2	+1	10
Rashard Lewis, PF	25	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	2	3	2	0	2	1	+15	2
Michael Beasley, SF	21	4-10	0-0	6-6	1	6	7	0	0	1	2	4	+9	14
Norris Cole, PG	20	3-6	3-3	0-0	0	4	4	5	1	0	3	1	+9	9
Roger Mason Jr., SG	5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-4	3
Ray Allen, SG	20	2-8	2-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	+3	6
Joel Anthony, C	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		38-74	15-24	29-32	12	28	40	27	12	6	21	15		120
		51.4%	62.5%	90.6%
Fast break points:   16 Points in the paint:   38 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   23 (18)

Orlando Magic
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Maurice Harkless, SF	31	2-7	0-2	1-2	1	1	2	3	4	0	2	3	-25	5
Nikola Vucevic, C	23	2-7	0-0	2-2	3	3	6	1	0	0	1	6	-18	6
Jameer Nelson, PG	35	5-13	4-9	3-4	2	3	5	5	0	0	5	2	-25	17
Arron Afflalo, SG	35	9-16	7-9	5-5	0	2	2	2	0	1	3	2	-28	30
Victor Oladipo, SG	36	5-12	2-5	8-8	0	4	4	2	5	2	8	1	-19	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Andrew Nicholson, PF	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jason Maxiell, PF	21	2-6	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	-3	4
Solomon Jones, PF	17	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	2	1	1	2	-16	2
E'Twaun Moore, PG	16	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	1	-2	2
Ronnie Price, PG	6	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
Doron Lamb, SG	15	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	-4	3
Kyle O'Quinn, PF	DNP SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE
Tobias Harris, SF	DNP SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		29-71	15-29	19-21	7	18	25	19	13	5	24	23		92
		40.8%	51.7%	90.5%
Fast break points:   12 Points in the paint:   20 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   24 (30)

During the opening 4:30 minutes in the 1st quarter the Miami Heat started hot offensively going on a 16-0 run.From 7:30 to 6:05  the Magic went on a 10-0 run to bring the score to 16-10 Miami up six points.The Heat finished the quarter up 5 points 25-20 fueled by 6 points by Lebron James.Miami went into halftime up 5 points 55-49 behind 14 1 st half points by Lebron James.By the end of the third quarter Miami was up 90-71.The Miami Heat once again rested their starters in the 4th quarter and closed out the game with reserves.The Heat improve their record to 9-4 while the Magic went to 4-7.