Sentences with phrase «game against a heated»

To be fair they didn't have their best player the first two games against the heat.

In a February game against the Heat, they start Iman Shumpert even though he has a sprained ankle.

In 2012, then - commissioner David Stern fined the San Antonio Spurs a whopping $ 250,000 for sending Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Danny Green home for a TNT game against the Heat.

Was it an away game against a heated rival?

Not exact matches

Despite not having Joel Embiid, despite playing its first playoff game, despite going against a cagey Miami Heat team, they won Game 1 easily, 130 - game, despite going against a cagey Miami Heat team, they won Game 1 easily, 130 - Game 1 easily, 130 - 103.

like who really expects not just a rookie, but a 19 year old rookie with only a dozen professional games under his belt, to just come into the playoffs against a veteran and physical team like the Heat and play really well?

Couper Moorhead mentioned on twitter that two years ago the Heat opened up the playoffs with a franchise record setting offensive performance against Charlotte in a game 1 win.

Reading material: Detroit Bad Boys breaks down Kentavious Caldwell - Pope's defensive impact, Blog a Bull previews the game while reflecting on the win against the Heat

LeBron James and the Miami Heat pulled out a dramatic Game 1 victory against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night, thanks in part to a brilliant overtime play by the MVP.

Wit the news that Celtics starting point guard Rajon Rondo has a torn ACL, Boston fans couldn't have been all that happy about Sunday's game against the Miami Heat.

You can get two high seeds playing each other in the first round or the second round and perhaps that's not fair but I think ultimately it's good for the game to have heated playoff series against teams that don't like each other and see each other a lot.»

After surprisingly dropping the first game of the series, the Miami Heat have made a statement early in Game 2 against Chicago by taking a 55 - 41 lead into the hgame of the series, the Miami Heat have made a statement early in Game 2 against Chicago by taking a 55 - 41 lead into the hGame 2 against Chicago by taking a 55 - 41 lead into the half.

The Chicago Bulls go for back - to - back road wins to open their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against the top - seeded Miami Heat, and they'll kick off Wednesday's NBA schedule that closes with the San Antonio Spurs seeking a Game 2 victory against the Golden State Warriors.

Duncan had a field day in Game 1 and really looked unbothered by whatever the Heat tried to do schematically against him.

The Miami Heat pulled off a spectacular comeback victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday to extend their winning streak to 24 games, but the bizzare circumstances of the game pushed talk of the streak and even LeBron James» triple - double to the background.

The Chicago Bulls play Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in South Beach against the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs cap the evening by hosting the Golden State Warriors.

The Heat answered back against the Bulls with a blowout win in Game 2.

The NFL loves the athleticism of a small forward who guarded Kentucky star Tayshaun Prince in an SEC hoops game, who in a game against Florida dunked over current Miami Heat starting forward Udonis Haslem and who had a seven - point, seven - rebound, seven - assist, zero - turnover game against Tennessee.

The 35 - year old Ginobili has struggled against the Heat in this series to a significant degree, averaging just 7.5 points per game on 34 percent shooting from the field.

Luol Deng has still not joined his teammates in Miami and is out for Game 1 against the Heat due to an illness.

In the middle of a game against the Rockets on NBC, Bowen, who just two days earlier had been called up from the CBA by the Heat, heard coach Pat Riley bark his name, so he bounded off the bench, nervously fumbled with his warmups and sprinted onto the court.

The Chicago Bulls have ruled starting point guard Kirk Hinrich out for Game 1 of the second round series against the Miami Heat, head coach Tom Thibodeau announced prior to the gGame 1 of the second round series against the Miami Heat, head coach Tom Thibodeau announced prior to the gamegame.

@ Mohawk no you are not wrong, WENGER slightly changed his subs policy, when he was feeling the heat of angry fans, critics from the owners (Uzmanov), losing incredible games or letting ANDERLECHT ran us over at the Emirates, it was only then when he realized that he needed to bring SUBS and not just sit there petrified playing with his zipper or mumbling fruitless complaints against he 4th official.

The Chicago Bulls are without Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich again in Game 4 against the Miami Heat on Monday.

Early in the Indiana Pacers Game 6 win against the Miami Heat, Paul George showed his flying talents, yet again.

He was listed as active for Game 4 against the Heat, but he was never in uniform and didn't play in the series.

The Heat romped through their first - round series against the Milwaukee Bucks, sweeping them away in four games despite a limited Dwyane Wade.

Despite coming into Wednesday's Game 5 against the Bulls as day - to - day, the Miami Heat guard will «give it a go.»

The NBA has suspended Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers for one game without pay after he threw an elbow to Dirk Nowitzki's head during Friday's game against the Dallas Mavericks.

Our games against Chelsea are always a heated affair I would rather we protect Sanchez and bring him on when the game settles a bit even though I also want to see him on the pitch again asap.

Heat basically used a tried and true defensive scheme against Ben, and designed their whole game plan around Ben Simmons.

The win over the Lakers gave the Heat a sweep of the two - game season series, though it did nothing to improve Miami's 0 — 9 mark through Sunday against the Spurs, Celtics, Bulls and Mavericks, the other four teams in the league with better records.

The Heat's last game of the regular season is April 11 against the Raptors, but the team is currently holding onto the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.

His shot has been the major point of concern for obvious reasons, but it was on the defensive end where Fultz ended up struggling the hardest against the Heat in Game Two.

I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years

-- The Miami Heat, who suffered a 107 - 96 loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, are currently receiving 77 % of spread bets as a 2.5 - point favorite tonight against the Indiana Pacers.

NBA - The Miami Heat, who suffered a 107 - 96 loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, are currently receiving 77 % of spread bets as a 2.5 - point favorite tonight against the Indiana Pacers.

The game winner against the Heat has to be the more impressive one, though.

After sitting out Game 3, he's playing for the New York Knicks against the Miami Heat in Game 4 with a bulky wrap around his left hand, and playing well.

Miami Heat F Shane Battier is expected to play tonight against the New York Knicks after missing the last three games due to injury.

The Miami Heat have won each of their last six home games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

On Saturday, the Miami Heat honored victims of the shooting before their game against the Memphis Grizzlies, including a pre-game tribute.

We have had two games against top Australian opposition to break us in softly, then we have had two very difficult matches in the blistering heat of China against Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

Joel Embiid will play in Game 3 of the 76ers» first - round series against the Heat Thursday, Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports reports.

After hanging 50 points on the Miami Heat, «Melo scored 40 in his following game against the Atlanta Hawks.

The NBA's two most recognizable faces are pitted against each other Sunday afternoon, but the Heat will likely run over a Lakers team that has had a really rough season, despite winning four of five games.

Don't look at heat maps and actually watch him on the wing then rematch the game against villa the difference is very clear.

In a 104 - 87 victory, the game was particularly significant for the Spurs, who had bounced back from their heartbreaking defeat in the 2013 finals against ongoing rivals Miami Heat.

Since taking his talents to South Beach in 2010, the Heat have gone 49 - 33 against the spread (ATS) during the playoffs including a 9 - 6 mark in Game 2's.

This factor could be particularly effective against fellow Europeans Italy who should struggle with the heat as much as England — the powerful, explosive Barkley could be useful in the final minutes of a tiring game.