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.

Tyler Herro scored 38 points, and the Miami Heat dominated the Chicago Bulls 109-90 on Wednesday night to advance in the Play-In Tournament.

Ja Morant showed off an imaginary gun.

Ja Morant made a 12-foot jumper in the lane as time expired, lifting the Memphis Grizzlies to a 110-108 win over the Miami Heat and giving interim coach Tuomas Iisalo his first victory with the team.

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.

Cade Cunningham insisted he called bank.

Tracy Morgan says he is doing OK and that food poisoning was to blame for his taking ill during Monday's Knicks-Heat game.

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

Former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban says he wouldn’t have traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers without receiving much more in return.

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.

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

Jimmy Butler has gotten his wish.

Jimmy Butler remains part of the Miami Heat, for now.

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 scored 30 points, Bam Adebayo finished with 26 and the Miami Heat erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter before beating the Orlando Magic 125-119 in double overtime.

Jimmy Butler was suspended by the Miami Heat.

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 walked out of the Miami Heat locker room on Friday night wearing a Michael Jordan jersey.

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 NBA has rescheduled two games postponed due to catastrophic wildfires in Southern California.

NBA games are scheduled to return to wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Monday night, with the Clippers planning to resume their schedule when they play host to the Miami Heat and the Lakers set to host Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs.

The Golden State Warriors are soul searching after another embarrassing defeat at home, this time to the Miami Heat two days after a 30-point pounding from the Sacramento Kings.

Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months.

For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat played a game without him.

The Miami Heat have suspended Jimmy Butler for seven games and say they will seek to trade him.

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

Rockets forward Amen Thompson threw Heat guard Tyler Herro to the floor to trigger an altercation that resulted in six ejections in the closing minute of Miami’s 104-100 victory over Houston on Sunday.

Tyler Herro scored 27 points before being one of six people ejected after a fight in the final minute of the Miami Heat’s 104-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.

Anothert Heat-Magic game, another late comeback.

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

The Miami Heat are listing Jimmy Butler as doubtful for their game Thursday at Orlando, saying he needs time to recondition before returning to the lineup.

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

Cole Anthony scored 27 of his 35 points in the second half and the Orlando Magic tied their largest comeback in franchise history to beat the Miami Heat 121-114 after trailing by 25 points.

Here’s how the last few days have gone for the Oklahoma City Thunder: Lose the NBA Cup final to Milwaukee in Las Vegas on Tuesday, spend time airborne over four different time zones on Wednesday, win in Orlando on Thursday, win in Miami on Friday.

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

LeBron James will sit out Sunday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers due to left foot soreness, the NBA career scoring leader’s first missed game of the season.

A 29-point loss in Minnesota on Monday.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, the league’s leading scorer this season, was unexpectedly held out of the Milwaukee Bucks’ NBA Cup game at the Miami Heat on Tuesday night with swelling in his left knee.

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

The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena.

The Denver Nuggets were without star center Nikola Jokic and coach Mike Malone for their NBA Cup opener Friday night against the New Orleans Pelicans.

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.

Bam Adebayo scored 20 of his 32 points in the first half and the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 118-98 on Saturday night in the 14th NBA regular-season game in Mexico.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 44 points and 13 rebounds, Jalen Brunson scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half and the New York Knicks rallied to beat the Miami Heat 116-107 on Wednesday night.

Dwyane Wade is now the first Miami Heat player with a statue outside the team’s arena.

While more are set to be introduced, Florida already has over 170 different specialty plates for drivers to choose from.

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

Jaylen Brown and Derrick White each scored 25 points and the Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the short-handed Miami Heat 118-84 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Derrick White scored a career-high 38 points, Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 102-88 to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Lionel Messi took a night off to watch the Miami Heat.

There’s been a notion in the NBA for years, one that says the game changes when the postseason rolls around.

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 22 points, and the Boston Celtics soundly beat the Miami Heat 104-84 to a take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on Saturday night.

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.

Jayson Tatum notched his first career playoff triple-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Boston Celtics past the Miami Heat 114-94 to open their first-round playoff series.

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.

Miami guard Jimmy Butler says he will need an MRI on his right knee after he was injured in the first half of the Heat’s play-in tournament loss to the 76ers.

Joel Embiid is again dealing with injuries headed into the NBA playoffs.

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

Julius Randle needs surgery on his right shoulder and will miss the rest of the season, a crushing blow for a New York Knicks team that was surging before the All-Star forward was hurt in January.

Klay Thompson scored 28 points, Jonathan Kuminga added 18 and the Golden State Warriors pulled away in the second half to beat the still-shorthanded Miami Heat 113-92.

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets.

Miami’s Jimmy Butler and New Orleans’ Naji Marshall have both been suspended for one game for instigating an on-court altercation that happened during the Heat-Pelicans game on Friday night.

Miami’s Jimmy Butler was among four players ejected after a scuffle early in the fourth quarter in the Heat’s 106-95 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.

A new honor is awaiting Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat: He’ll be an All-Star starter for the first time.

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.

OG Anunoby has undergone right elbow surgery and the New York Knicks say the starting forward will miss at least three more weeks.

Jimmy Butler scored 23 points to lead seven Miami players in double figures, leading the Orlando Magic to lose to the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.

Kyle Lowry has been traded by the Miami Heat to the Charlotte Hornets for Terry Rozier in a swap of guards.

A federal appeals court has ordered the appointment of an independent examiner in the bankruptcy case of FTX.

Paolo Banchero led five Orlando starters in double figures with 20 points and the Magic handed the Miami Heat their third straight loss 105-87.

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.

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

Goran Dragic, a former All-Star guard with the Miami Heat and the leader of Slovenia’s team that won the EuroBasket championship in 2017, has announced his retirement.

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.

The Orlando Magic lost to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night after Tyler Herro scored 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

The NBA added and tweaked some policies this season with hopes of getting players to appear in more games and take fewer nights off to rest.

Oklahoma City voters have approved a 1% sales tax for six years to help fund a new downtown arena for the NBA’s Thunder that is estimated to cost a minimum of $900 million.

The NBA's In-Season Tournament is down to its final eight teams.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Damian Lillard added 32 and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 131-124 on Tuesday night and clinch a home quarterfinal game in the NBA In-Season Tournament.

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.

Former UFC champion Conor McGregor will not face sexual assault charges following an investigation of allegations that surfaced during the NBA Finals last June in Miami, his lawyer and police said.

Jimmy Butler had a new look for Media Day and the NBA world immediately took notice.

Jrue Holiday has been traded to the Boston Celtics.

Shaneco.com compiled data on 32 of the most famous Chrises, including figures like actor Christ Pratt or singer Chris Daughtry, to figure out which Chris was most popular in each state.

Damian Lillard’s position has not and will not change: The seven-time All-Star wants to be traded to the Miami Heat.

Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had surgery on his left knee during the offseason.

Brazilian soccer star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million for violating local environmental rules during renovations at his mansion in the city of Mangaratiba outside Rio de Janeiro.

The New York Knicks are trading Obi Toppin to the Indiana Pacers, dealing away a former lottery pick who was loved by fans but never as much by coach Tom Thibodeau.

Draymond Green and Kyrie Irving are among the top players to watch when NBA free agency begins Friday.

Pat Riley isn't sleeping well these days.

The NBA and the Miami Heat are investigating an allegation that former UFC champion Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman inside an arena bathroom after Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

This may be just the start for the Denver Nuggets.

The Denver Nuggets' first NBA championship cements Serbian center Nikola Jokic as one of the game's preeminent player.

Confetti flying in Denver.

Miami guard Tyler Herro was available to play in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, nearly two months after breaking his right hand and with the Heat facing elimination against the Denver Nuggets.

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.