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Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers: Six Best Places to Watch the Game

Wednesday evening's playoff game was a true nail-biter. With the clock ticking down in overtime, LeBron James dunked did a layup and won the game for the Miami Heat with two seconds on the clock! That was just game one! Tonight at 8:30 p.m. the Heat face the Pacers for another white-knuckle game. ... More >>

Miami's Five Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend: Memorial Day Edition

It's Memorial Day weekend. The "Official Unofficial" start of the summer. Which, in Miami, doesn't mean all that much since most of our days are filled with beach outings (try surfboarding in Minneapolis in January -- it's not working so well)! But still, we have a three day weekend to look forward ... More >>

Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers: Eastern Conference Finals Preview

A year ago the Indiana Pacers gave the Miami Heat quite the scare. The Heat found themselves down 2-1 and without Chris Bosh, who left with an abdomen injury early in game 1, in addition to a banged up Dwyane Wade -- things looked bleak. The Heat would go on to outscore the Pacers by 52 points in ta ... More >>

Road To the Finals: Your Miami Heat White Hot Playoffs Primer

If you're anything like me, you already have butterflies. The Miami Heat are ready to defend the throne, in what should be another fantastic few weeks of some of the best sports entertainment this town has ever witnessed. The Miami Heat enter the NBA Playoffs as the clear-cut favorite to repeat as c ... More >>

The Heat's Winning Streak Hits 22, the Second-Longest Ever, With Victory Over Raptors

For a moment on this lazy Sunday afternoon in Toronto, it seemed as though it might all end for the Miami Heat exactly where it began. For a moment. With the game tied at 77 early in the fourth, the Heat turned on, well, the heat, blasting off on a 28-4 run to help secure a win for the 22nd straight ... More >>

Heat Beats Hawks 98-81 for 19th Straight Win

Right now, winning is the Miami Heat's business, and business is good. For the 19th straight time, the Miami Heat won, this time 98-81 over the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night. The Heat never trailed in this game, because trailing is the cousin of losing, and losing is not an option in this dojo.As ... More >>

Heat's Win Streak Hits 18 as Bosh, Wade Crush Pacers 105-91

Eighteen have entered. Zero have gone home victorious. The Indiana Pacers became just the latest victim of the Heat's insane win streak as Miami defeated the Pacers 105-91 Sunday night. The win also gave the Heat victories over every other team in the NBA this season, a franchise first. BUT THIS CRA ... More >>

LeBron's Last-Second Drive Gives Miami 97-96 Win Over Orlando, 16th Straight Victory

Down 96-95 with 12.3 seconds left, LeBron James took the ball with the weight of Miami's win streak on his shoulders. And 12.3 seconds later, the Heat had a 97-96 win -- their 16th in a row. Phewwww.James last-second drive and layup not only saved Miami's winning streak but also saved them from what ... More >>

Heat Wins 14th Straight, Rallies to Beat New York 99-93

Down 16 in the first half to the Heat's most hated rival, it looked as if Miami's 13-game winning streak was in a boatload of trouble. Good thing for the Heat it happens to have the B.O.A.T., AKA the man Pat Riley calls the "Best of All Time." Captain Cobra Dick to the rescue, once again. Hissssssss ... More >>

LeBron James, Heat Shut Up Smack-Talking Nets with 105-85 Win

During shootaround prior to last night's game, Brooklyn's pedestrian, no-rings, Dopey-headed fool of a starting power forward, Reggie Evans, ran off his mouth about how the Heat's championship "didn't count" because of the lockout and how LeBron James was no different then a lot of other players in ... More >>

Heat Fall to Pacers 87-77 As Rebounding Woes Continue

Before last night's game, LeBron James said the Heat would 'be ready' to face a Pacers team that had done a ton of trash talking against the Heat dating back to last year's Eastern Conference Semifinals when the Heat started that series down 2-1. Then the Pacers came out and dominated the boards en ... More >>

"Whereas... LeBron James Decided to Take His Talent to South Beach": The Awesome Congressional Resolution Congratulating The Heat

It seems that Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen went all fan girl when drafting up a Congressional resolution to congratulate the Miami Heat on their NBA championship, because the thing is actually the rare Congressional measure that's a pleasure to read. It's basically a manifesto on why the Heat are just s ... More >>

MIAMI HEAT ARE 2012 NBA FINALS CHAMPIONS

Get your pots and pans out, Miami. Your Miami Heat are 2012 NBA World Champions!

Miami Heat Let First-Half Lead Slip Away, Lose Game 1

Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals was a tale of two halves.The Miami Heat shot out of the gate strong, hitting shots, making threes and getting a huge game from *record scratch* Shane Battier!But the second half was a whole other bag of salted cock n' balls as Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook did to t ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Scores 41 as Heat Advance to Eastern Conference Finals

Remember when Dwyane Wade crapped the bed last week and we all wrote him off, like a bunch of assholes? Pffft.Wade dropped 41 points in Miami's 105-93 beatdown of the Indiana Pacers. MV3 scored 20 of his 41 in the second quarter, going 8-for-11 from the floor, and leading the Heat past what had bec ... More >>

After Rick Ross Offered $10K to Streak at Heat Game, Orlando Man Arrested for Trying It

Kyle Morrison, 22, has been arrested for trying to storm the American Airlines Arena court without pants during the Miami Heat's win against the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night. He now faces charges of disorderly conduct, resisting an officer with violence, battery on an officer, trespassing, and ... More >>

Heat Take 3-2 Lead As Things Get Physical

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 58 points and the Miami Heat shot a franchise-best 61 percent from the field as they blew out the Indiana Pacers 115-83 last night. The series now heads back to Indiana with Miami up 3-2.But because this is the Miami Heat and because everyone needs a reason ... More >>

Miami Heat Watch Parties Tonight: Free Drinks at Haven, Wings at Moe's

The Miami Heat play the Indiana Pacers tonight with an 8 p.m. tip-off. With a 2-2 tie, fans not lucky enough to have scored tickets will be glued to the television for this game.There are several options for you to get out and cheer on the team to white-hot victory. Here are a few of the places offe ... More >>

LeBron Makes History and D-Wade Bounces Back as the Heat Tie Series 2-2

What's better than having one face-cleaving rim wrecking badass mother cow on your basketball team? TWO face-cleaving rim wrecking badass mother cows.In front of a capacity crowd of Indiana fans waving a golden shower of yellow towels, and a Pacers team that had gotten a little too cocky for its own ... More >>

Mugshots Friday: The Lost Tenenbaum and Madam Ginger

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Implodes as Heat Fall Into 2-1 Hole Against the Pacers

Up until last night, the story of this Eastern Conference semi-final was Chris Bosh's abdominal strain and how much the Heat would miss him. But after last night's 94-75 blowout loss to the Pacers, the story is now how Dwyane Wade magically transformed into an amorphous blob of basketball shittiness ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

The Miami Heat better show up tonight and do work against that group of underpaid unknowns collectively referred to as the Indiana Pacers. Despite losing by only a single possession, Tuesday's game was incredibly embarrassing. Home losses suck. But on the bright side, we don't live in Indianapol ... More >>

Heat Drop Game 2 to the Pacers

Here's a stat that you can print out, crumble into a ball, and shove up your ass: No team has ever won an NBA playoff game when their third-leading scorer dropped five or fewer points. Last night, Mario Chalmers scored five points on 2-of-10 shooting, Shane Battier scored five points on 1-of-2 shoot ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Won't Be Suspended for Last Night's Flagrant Foul

Last night's playoff game between the Heat and Pacers was more tense than a Basketball Wives reunion episode, and Dwyane Wade exhibited some very un-Wade like sportsmanship when he got called on a flagrant foul for colliding with the Pacers' Darren Collison. Some are calling for a suspension, but an ... More >>

Heat vs. Pacers: Five Reasons Indiana Is the Butthole of America, From a Guy Who Lived There

The Miami Heat take on the Indiana Pacers tonight in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. It promises to be a fine basketball contest. The Heat are without the advantage of Chris Bosh. LeBron James is gonna go cobradick, and Rony Turiaf has promised to do more dancing. Nobody knows who's ... More >>

LeBron, D-Wade Rally Heat Over Pacers After Bosh Leaves With An Injury

A lot happened before the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers even got their Eastern Conference semifinals going. For one thing, Pacers head coach Frank Vogel put on a fancy hat and proclaimed himself captain of the SS Douchetanic, and started inexplicably bitching about how the Heat are a bunch of floppe ... More >>

Chris Bosh Out Indefinitely With Abdominal Strain

Heat forward Chris Bosh went down with an abdominal injury during yesterday's Eastern Conference Semi-finals Game 1 against the Indiana Pacers.And today, the Heat have announced that an MRI reveals Bosh has a strained abdominal muscle and is "out indefinitely."

LeBron James and the Heat Extinguish Knicks, Move on to Eastern Conference Semis

After losing Game 4 in New York, and after the Knicks celebrated with streamers and threw a parade down the Canyon of Heroes after winning their first playoff game in 4,024 days, the Miami Heat reminded everyone that they, in fact, are the better team and finally extinguished the Knicks from the pla ... More >>

Miami Heat's All-Time Record at .500 for First Time in Team History

​Remember when the Miami Heat sucked? Good golly, did they suck. This was a team so horrible they didn't get a single win until the 18th game of their inaugural 1988-89 season. In fact, the team's all-time record had never been above .500. Yep, when taking into consideration every single regular-s ... More >>

Chris Bosh Tells Fox TV How It Felt To Beat the Bucks: "It Was Good Sh#t!"

Chris Bosh Interview Bomb. Good Shit.For a time there, it seemed as if the Miami Heat would never find a way to beat the Milwaukee Bucks as long as we all lived. But last night, the Heat finally won against that pain in the ass team, taking them out with extreme prejudice 114-96, and avoiding the se ... More >>

LeBron James Ain't Care: Behind LBJ's 33, Heat Dismantles Pacers

​LeBron James overcame not having Dwyane Wade by his side, as well as a badly rolled ankle, and dropped 33 points in the Heat's 118-83 jack up of the Indiana Pacers last night.LBJ also added 13 assists and was two rebounds shy of recording a triple-double on the night. Chris Bosh added 22 points w ... More >>

Hannibal Buress Talks Stand-Up, Sitcoms and the Miami Heat

​Hannibal Buress has a big year ahead of him. His one-hour stand-up special is scheduled to premiere on Comedy Central this spring. He is also developing his own sitcom for FOX, which will feature Jonah Hill as executive producer. And he's kicking it all off with a headliner at the Miami Improv ne ... More >>

D-Wade Drops 41 as Heat Stave Off Pacers

​After turning in a few lackluster performances of late, the never-ending news cycle and knee-jerk brigade turned its attention to Dwyane Wade and his sudden and abrupt downfall as a the alpha dog on this Miami Heat team, while LeBron James took center stage as The Man With The Biggest Nuggets.&nb ... More >>

Downtown Miami's no-panhandling zone displaces homeless

Cavlier Attitude

Pat Riley, It's Time to Get Back in the Game

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke recommends Pat Riley pull a Stan Van Gundy on Erik Spoelstra.Pat Riley needs to stop wasting time writing love poems to h ... More >>

Isiah Thomas struggles to reshape FIU hoops

News Roundup: Grandmother Killed Over $5

A grandmother in Lauderdale Lakes was killed after she refused to give her teenage attacker $5 to buy marijuana. [Herald]A former Miami cop who devised a scheme to steal $15,000 from Crime Stoppers will get only two months in jail. [Herald]A University of Miami doctor who led much of the early medic ... More >>

Controlling the Pace

News Roundup: Jimbo's on Fire

A trailer near Jimbo's caught fire after Jimbo's son, Bubba, hooked up a water heater. [JustNews]The Epic Hotel's water has been deemed safe. [FoxNews]After warming up just a bit for Christmas, the temperature might drop to the 40s. [CBS4]SportsTime to pop champagne: The Indianapolis Colts pulled th ... More >>

The Other O’Neal

News Roundup

A county program that helped low-income people pay their utility bills will be shut down because the county was overwhelmed by the amount of applications that came in. [CBS4]Whiney Fidel Castro says America is infecting Cuba with swine flu, but not intentionally. [CBS4]For the 21st time this year, a ... More >>

The Prozac Peninsula

The Heat tries to turn our frown upside down.

Wayman Tisdale

Big-Bucks Benchwarmer

A straight-from-high-school phenom stays intimate with the Heat bench

Pace Yourselves

The Pluck of the Irish

Paint by Numbers

Heard the One About Perry Mason Trying to Scalp Heat Tickets?

Hey! Looking to score some great seats for tomorrow night's game - cheap? Check out the files in bankruptcy court.