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Greg Cote: Change may be ahead for Heat, but for now celebrate Max Strus leading Miami into playoffs

MIAMI — Max Strus? Max Strus!

Miami Herald

Bulls let late lead slip away in 102-91 loss to Heat, ending their season 1 win shy of playoff berth

MIAMI — The Chicago Bulls season crumbled to a close Friday night with a 102-91 loss to the Miami Heat in the second game of the NBA play-in tournament.

Chicago Tribune

Jimmy Butler, Max Strus push Heat into playoffs in harrowing 102-91 comeback against Bulls

MIAMI — There will be playoffs instead of lottery for the Miami Heat, as they punched their ticket into the fist round with a 102-91 victory Friday night over the Chicago Bulls at the Kasaya Center.

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Bulls hit by reality as the season ends, and his name was Jimmy Butler

Despite keeping Butler under wraps through the first three quarters in Friday’s play-in elimination game, the visiting team watched the former Bull come back to haunt them, with Butler scoring 13 fourth-quarter points.

Chicago Sun-Times

Takeaways from Heat’s regular-season finale and Udonis Haslem’s memorable milestone day

MIAMI — The days ahead for the Miami Heat will be all about finding a way into the playoffs through the play-in tournament. But Sunday’s regular-season finale was all about celebrating Udonis Haslem’s 20-year NBA career.

Miami Herald

Heat rest regulars, fall to Wizards to lock in Tuesday home play-in game

WASHINGTON — There wasn’t much to be learned from this game for the Miami Heat, with Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Kyle Lowry and Kevin Love given the night off.

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WASHINGTON — The move last season came with seven games to go in the regular season. This time around, it came with five left. But here Max Strus is again, poised to open the postseason as a Miami Heat starter.

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Heat assure themselves of home postseason appearance with 129-101 rout of 76ers

PHILADELPHIA — There will be postseason basketball on the Miami Heat’s homecourt, no matter what name the facility goes by these days.

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Jimmy Butler to rescue again as Heat survive harrowing victory in Detroit

DETROIT — For weeks, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has acknowledged that little has been easy about this season.

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‘What in the world happened to Duncan Robinson?’ also a talking point beyond Heat realm

DETROIT — The subject was underachieving, the playoff race, but mostly 3-point shooting. Of the latter, both arguably could be considered experts, as Tim Legler made a recent appearance on JJ Redick’s Old Man and the Three podcast.

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Jimmy Butler’s 35 help Heat survive Luka Doncic’s 42 in 129-122 victory over Mavericks

MIAMI — For extended stretches Saturday night at Miami-Dade Arena, defense was optional, which for the Dallas Mavericks has become the story of a season gone sour.

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Takeaways from loss to Knicks, as Heat sinks deeper into play-in tournament territory

NEW YORK — Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 101-92 loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden to close a quick two-game trip winless at 0-2. The Heat now returns to Miami to face the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday:

Miami Herald

Heat collapse at moment of truth in 129-100 loss to Nets

MIAMI — For the Heat, these consecutive home games on Wednesday and Saturday nights crystallize the season.

Tribune News Service

Heat unable to sustain, wilt in 113-99 loss to weary Bulls

CHICAGO — The good news for the Miami Heat is that to advance out of the play-in round, you only have to win one game in a row.

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Heat in cruise control in 138-119 rout of Grizzlies

MIAMI — An Easy Button? Who knew?

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Jimmy Butler seizes a needed moment as Heat hold off Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell 119-115

MIAMI — The face of desperation was the face of the Miami Heat on Friday night when they went down 14 in the third quarter.

Miami Herald

Takeaways from Heat’s turnover-filled loss to Cavaliers to fall to 2-3 on important homestand

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 104-100 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers (42-26) on Wednesday night at Miami-Dade Arena to drop to 2-3 on its six-game homestand. The Heat (35-32) closes the season-long homestand with another game against the Cavaliers on Friday:

Sports Illustrated

The Heat Are the East’s Most Confounding Team

A season ago, Miami was on the verge of making the NBA Finals. This time around, things are different.

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Heat bench with needed burst when needed most

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night’s 130-128 victory over the Atlanta Hawks:

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Ira Winderman: Heat have a Tyler Herro problem, and it’s not Tyler Herro

MIAMI — The Miami Heat have a Tyler Herro problem. And yet that doesn’t mean that Tyler Herro is the problem.

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Ira Winderman: Heat’s lesson same as it ever was, overachieve or bust

MIAMI — There is something particularly honorable about a professional sports team overachieving. It is a way of telling fans that no matter what appears to be missing, there is a willingness to go above and beyond.

The Times of India

Jimmy Butler stars in Miami Heat's close win over Philadelphia 76ers

It required a top all-round effort by Jimmy Butler on Monday to keep Miami Heat in front and win 101-99 in the end at Philadelphia 76ers.

Miami Herald

Heat’s home winning streak ends, as defense struggles to stop Nuggets

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 112-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets (40-18) on Monday night at Miami-Dade Arena. The Heat (32-26) now travels to face the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday before heading into the All-Star break:

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Ira Winderman: NBA trading deadline was money for nothing for Heat

It could be argued that on the quietest of NBA trade deadlines for the Miami Heat that they actually pushed all of their chips to the middle of the table.

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Ira Winderman: If you insist, possible Heat deals that could make sense at Thursday’s NBA trading deadline

The exercise ahead of the NBA trading deadline, which this season comes at 3 p.m. Thursday, typically is to get a read on what a team is looking to add.

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