A big challenge was issued to Heat big man Kel'el Ware.

The Miami Heat’s newest first-round pick already seems like a natural fit in South Florida — and not just because of his game.

It was Dec. 4, 2021.

Gregg Popovich stepped down.

The Heat are now staring at a long offseason.

All-Star guard Darius Garland was ruled out by the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Saturday against the Miami Heat because of a sprained left big toe.

The Miami Heat returned to the practice floor Tuesday with a clear focus: effort, intensity and physicality — all of which players say were lacking in their Game 1 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers go into the NBA Playoffs as the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the highest-scoring offense during the regular season and one of the favorites for the championship.

Tyler Herro scored 30 points while sinking two 3-pointers in overtime and the Miami Heat regrouped after losing an early lead to beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-114 on Friday night and make NBA Play-In Tournament history.

It was the year of the long winning streak in the NBA.

Tyler Herro went from raising eyebrows with a shot he missed to turning heads one week later with all the baskets he made.

The fifth full season of the NBA’s play-in tournament starts Tuesday.

Michael Malone, who coached the Denver Nuggets to the NBA title in 2023 and has led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons, was fired in a stunning move that comes with less than a week in the regular season.

Tyler Herro had 25 points and nine assists and the Miami Heat extended their season-best winning streak to six games with a 124-103 victory over the Boston Celtics.

Tuomas Iisalo has won as a head coach.

Jimmy Butler has been through these first-game-back matchups against former teams before.

The last time a Miami Heat team lost eight consecutive games, before now, was 2008.

Mikal Bridges scored 28 points, Josh Hart tied a franchise record with his eighth triple-double this season and the New York Knicks beat Miami 116-95 on Monday night, sending the Heat to their first eight-game losing streak of coach Erik Spoelstra’s career.

The Heat's losing streak keeps on going.

This fall will mark the 10th anniversary of the NBA changing its playoff rules and not guaranteeing a division champion a top-four seed regardless of their record.

Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Darius Garland had 10 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers survived some sloppiness in the final two minutes to win their 12th straight game, 112-107 over the banged-up Miami Heat.

Trae Young had 11 points and 14 assists, and the Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 98-86 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night.

Tyronn Lue and Doc Rivers said they were saddened.

Things rarely happen in the NBA at 8:57 a.m. on a Sunday.

Terry Rozier declined to answer questions Friday about the investigations by federal prosecutors into unusual betting patterns surrounding his play in a game when he was with the Charlotte Hornets in 2023.

Tyler Herro spent All-Star weekend last year vacationing.

Jimmy Butler has been suspended by the Miami Heat for the second time in three weeks, this time for two games.

Jimmy Butler returned to the Miami Heat as planned on Friday, going through the team’s walkthrough in advance of their game against the Denver Nuggets.

Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets, a game that would be his first since the Heat confirmed that he wants a trade and that they are trying to accommodate that request.

The Lakers and the Clippers both went back to work Monday night in Los Angeles’ first two NBA games since catastrophic wildfires killed at least 24 people and destroyed significant sections of their hometown.

Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months.

Jimmy Butler says he needs to find joy again on the basketball court.

The New Orleans Pelicans were in Miami when they learned of a deadly terrorist attack in New Orleans' famed French Quarter.

When LeBron James broke another NBA record earlier this month, the one for most regular-season minutes played in a career, his Los Angeles Lakers teammates handled the moment in typical locker room fashion.

If Jimmy Butler wants a trade, the Miami Heat have no plans to make him happy.

Miami Heat guard Dru Smith has suffered another season-ending injury, this one a torn Achilles in his left leg.

Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra is hosting a special charity event this weekend.

Jimmy Butler knows there are tons of questions about his future with the Miami Heat.

Jimmy Butler’s name has recently surfaced in trade rumors, but the Miami Heat star is focused on basketball as his team rides a three-game winning streak.

There's a lot of basketball left to be played in this NBA season.

Bam Adebayo scored 30 points and had 11 rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 124-111 on Friday night in NBA Cup play.

Erik Spoelstra is blaming himself for a “horrendous mistake” after calling a timeout the Miami Heat didn’t have with 1.1 seconds left in overtime.

Here are some of the awards that Victor Wembanyama received over the last 12 months: the NBA rookie of the year trophy, a spot on the All-Rookie team, a first-team All-Defense selection, three rookie of the month awards and most recently an Olympic silver medal.

Grant Hill will be back for another stint as managing director of the U.S. senior men's national basketball team.

LeBron James didn’t need another Olympic experience to complete some missing box on his resume or add to a legacy that was secured long, long ago.

The Boston Celtics ran away from the rest of the NBA in the regular season.

Tyler Herro hit six of Miami’s franchise playoff-record 23 3-pointers to lead the Heat to a 111-101 victory over the Boston Celtics and tie their first-round playoff series at one game apiece.

The Miami Heat are getting ready for Game 2.

The Boston Celtics had almost no trouble at all with the 14 teams that didn’t make the playoffs this season, going 35-4 against those squads.

Tyler Herro scored 24 points and was an assist shy of a triple-double, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 21 points and the Miami Heat grabbed the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, running away from the Chicago Bulls 112-91 in a play-in tournament elimination game.

The results are in: Jimmy Butler is out.

All four teams in the finales of the NBA play-in tournament on Friday night are dealing with injury issues.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are staying in New Orleans for a couple more days.

Contrary to popular belief, there has been some defense played in the NBA this season.

Bam Adebayo made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Miami Heat to a 104-101 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.

The Miami Heat scored a big win off the court on Sunday.

Jimmy Butler had 23 points and nine rebounds before being ejected after a fourth-quarter melee and the Miami Heat held off the New Orleans Pelicans 106-95 on Friday night before a hostile and emotionally charged crowd.

Bam Adebayo had 23 points and 14 rebounds to help the Miami Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-104 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams before the NBA All-Star break.

Bam Adebayo had 23 points and 14 rebounds to help the Miami Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-104 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams before the NBA All-Star break.

Jayson Tatum had 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Boston Celtics withstood a late rally to beat the Miami Heat 110-106.

The Heat are trying anything to snap out of their funk.

There are few surprises in USA Basketball’s men’s player pool for the Paris Olympics that was announced Tuesday, with most of the big names like LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant on the list.

Erik Spoelstra was hosting a clinic in the Philippines this past summer while the Miami Heat coach was there as an assistant with USA Basketball for the World Cup.

The Heat are keeping around head coach Erik Spoelstra.

Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat have agreed on a long-term contract extension.

Kyle Lowry got hurt and left the game while he was still in the game. He didn’t even wait for play to stop, simply exiting the floor and temporarily having Miami play 5-on-4 for a few seconds.

Tyler Herro scored 21 points, Duncan Robinson had 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter and the Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers 110-96 on Wednesday night.

Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member, assistant coach or head coach in his first 20 seasons with the Miami Heat.

Sweeping a two-game set hasn’t been easy for the Miami Heat, and changing that was on coach Erik Spoelstra’s mind Wednesday night.

Duncan Robinson had five 3-pointers and scored 24 points, Kevin Love provided a big boost off the bench with a season-high 19 points and the Miami Heat overcame a huge game from Charlotte’s Terry Rozier to defeat the Hornets 116-114 on Monday night.

Let’s put what the Indiana Pacers did on Saturday night in perspective. They missed 15 shots in the first quarter, then 14 shots in the next three quarters combined.

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and his wife, Nikki Spoelstra, have decided to divorce after seven years of marriage, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday.

Miami Heat players did more than dish out baskets on Wednesday. The organization hosted its 23rd annual Heat Thanksgiving Celebration and assisted over 600 underprivileged families.

The Miami Heat were short-handed, playing the second night of a back-to-back and playing against the most hyped prospect in decades in San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama.

Bam Adebayo scored 26 points with 17 rebounds and rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. added a career-high 20 points as the short-handed Miami Heat beat the Atlanta Hawks 117-109 on Saturday night for their fourth straight win.

LeBron James is in town.

LeBron James couldn’t help but notice the new floor in Miami on Monday, the one with the word “Culture” splashed across midcourt and with team president Pat Riley’s long mantra painted in each of the lanes.

Mikal Bridges scored 21 points, Lonnie Walker IV and Armoni Brooks each added 17 and the Brooklyn Nets erased a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the Miami Heat 109-105 on Wednesday night.

Victor Wembanyama's rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs is set to begin.

The Miami Heat are wrapping up the preseason this week.

The Heat returned to practice on Tuesday without a Captain.

After a summer where the Miami Heat were hoping to land Damian Lillard, the reigning Eastern Conference champions reported for training camp on Monday with a familiar refrain in mind.

The World Cup is over.

Erik Spoelstra has never lived in the Philippines so returning as an assistant coach for USA Basketball at the World Cup this summer is not, technically, a homecoming for the Miami Heat coach.

Maximizing player rest and limiting travel demands were again part of the NBA’s formula for the coming regular season.

There are some rising star players on this U.S. roster for the Basketball World Cup.

Tyronn Lue has waited a long time for this trip.

Miami Heat President Pat Riley held his annual end-of-season media availability on Tuesday at the Kaseya Center.

The Miami Heat's run came to an end in the NBA Finals

Everything from the history books to the way they’ve played through most of the postseason suggests the Denver Nuggets are on the verge of capturing their first NBA title in 47 years in the league.

The Denver Nuggets have shown a lot of poise in their first NBA Finals.

Erik Spoelstra has preached about the value of adversity for months, not shying away from saying that it helped the Miami Heat get to these NBA Finals.

The Denver Nuggets' playoff run has been fueled by the two-man game of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.

Nuggets rookie Christian Braun gets high praise from coach Michael Malone, and his star teammates Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray also rave about the rookie.

For the Miami Heat, shooting at Denver’s 5,280 feet of mile-high altitude during Game 1 of the NBA Finals wasn’t a problem.

The Heat are going to continue to take their open looks.

The NBA Finals will end in six games.

The Miami Heat took the court in Denver for the first time on Wednesday, the eve of the NBA Finals.

Cancel that flight plan, Denver.

With a chance to sweep the Boston Celtics on Tuesday at home in game four of the Eastern Conference Finals, head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke with the media on Monday looking to keep his white-hot heat humble.