Goldberg: On Sunday, the Miami Heat will make history
Younger fans might not realize this, but it wasn’t long ago that the Miami Heat were considered an upstart expansion franchise. The Heat joined the NBA in the 1988-89 season and competed in the Western Conference for a year before moving to the more appropriate Eastern Conference. It took them six seasons to post their first winning record. Then, in 1995, Pat Riley left the New York Knicks to coach the Heat.
From ’embarrassing’ opener (one of franchise’s all-time worst), Heat look to regain footing
MIAMI — Bam Adebayo summed it up in two words. “It’s embarrassing,” the eighth-year center said of the Miami Heat’s 116-97 season-opening loss Wednesday night to the Orlando Magic. And humbling. And concerning. And troubling. As a matter of perspective, it was the Heat’s worst season-opening loss in 18 years, the fifth-worst loss on opening night in the franchise’s 37 seasons. “I mean,” ...
Heat returns to practice, tries to regroup after defensive debacle in season-opening loss
Neither Kevin Love nor fellow center Kel’el Ware traveled with the Heat to Charlotte this weekend, leaving Miami down a pair of post players for Saturday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets.