Miami Heat's Path to Playoffs Is Officially Set

Heat looking to add to a record book that for the most part doesn’t exist

MIAMI — It is not the record book of choice, one for teams not good enough to directly make the playoffs, but one in which the Miami Heat are about to add a fifth entry. Wednesday night’s game between the Heat at Chicago Bulls at the United Center, will mark the Heat’s fifth game in the play-in round over the past three years. With the NBA counting the play-in tournament neither in the regular-season record book nor the postseason record book, t…

Miami Heat's Path to Playoffs Is Officially Set

The Miami Heat have officially finished the NBA season as the 10th seed in the Eastern Conference. As such, they will enter the play-in tournament, where they will face the Chicago Bulls in the opening round.Erik Spoelstra’s team has failed to beat the Bulls on all three occasions this season. As the 10th seed, the Heat must defeat the Bulls before then facing the loser of the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic. Therefore, Miami has to win two cons…

Southeast Notes: Heat Roster Changes, Wizards Young Talent, Magic Injuries

The Miami Heat are strategizing to enhance their roster ahead of the play-in tournament against the Bulls, emphasizing the necessity for an elite scorer and a better floor leader to mitigate late-game collapses. Meanwhile, Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware's promising partnership is seen as crucial for the team's future. In the Southeast Division, Wizards GM Will Dawkins is optimistic about his young players' development, while the Magic, despite a ch…

Southeast Notes: Heat Needs, Dawkins, Play-In Tourney, Nance Jr.

There’s lots of moves the Heat, who face the Bulls in the play-in tournament on Wednesday, need to make to become true contenders again, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald writes. Not only do they need to add an elite scorer, they also need an elite shot creator and a better floor leader to prevent the late-game slides that plagued the team this season. However, the pairing of Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware worked well and should be the team’s power…

'Problem': Chicago Bulls have troubling injury news surface before Play-In Tournament

The Chicago Bulls are set to play in the Play-In Tournament on Wednesday night against the Miami Heat. They have bad injury news.

Heat rank on opposite end of Bulls in 1 key stat that could decide play-in

We are over 48 hours away from the Miami Heat’s play-in game against the Chicago Bulls. This will mark the third-straight year both teams made the play-in tournament–having met up in both seasons. Miami ended Chicago’s season and clinched trips to the playoffs both times, but now the odds are stacked against the Heat. Miami […] The post Heat rank on opposite end of Bulls in 1 key stat that could decide play-in appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - M…