Butler, Heat force winner-take-all with gutsy Game 6 win over Celtics

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 05:45:01 +0000

NEW YORK (AFP) – Jimmy Butler scored a career playoff high 47 points and the Miami Heat forced a winner-take-all showdown for an NBA Finals berth by defeating Boston, 111-103, on Friday. The Heat leveled the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals at 3-3 to set up a seventh-game clash with the Celtics on Sunday at Miami. […]

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Tatum scorches Heat as Celtics level Eastern series

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 03:49:47 +0000

MIAMI (AFP) – Miami Jayson Tatum scored 27 points as the Boston Celtics roared back to level the NBA Eastern Conference finals series with a 127-102 thrashing of the Miami Heat in game two on Thursday. Bolstered by the return of Marcus Smart and Al Horford, who both missed Tuesday’s 118-107 game one drubbing, Boston […]

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Butler essays role of ‘butcher’ as Heat beat Celtics in opener

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 04:58:49 +0000

MIAMI (AFP) – Jimmy Butler scored 41 points as the Miami Heat produced a devastating comeback to defeat the Boston Celtics 118-107 in their opening Eastern Conference finals series clash on Tuesday. Butler led a revitalized Miami second-half display as the Heat transformed an eight-point half-time deficit into a double-digit lead against a depleted Celtics […]

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Heat beat 76ers to reach East finals; Mavs force Game 7 vs Suns

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 06:20:44 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The Miami Heat punched their ticket to the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals with a 99-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday as the Dallas Mavericks staved off elimination in the West. Jimmy Butler scored 32 points to fuel the Heat against his former team, the victory in Philadelphia giving Miami […]

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Miami, Phoenix score blowout wins over rivals for 3-2 leads

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 07:01:56 +0000

MIAMI (AFP) – Top seeds Miami and Phoenix moved to within one win of the NBA conference finals on Tuesday after scoring blowout victories against Philadelphia and Dallas. In Miami, Jimmy Butler scored 23 points in a balanced offensive effort as the Heat thrashed the Philadelphia 76ers, 120-85, to seize control of their best-of-seven Eastern […]

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Butler drops playoff-high 45 as Heat beat Hawks; Grizzlies tie series

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:02:56 +0000

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Jimmy Butler scored a career playoff-high 45 points, and the Miami Heat held off Atlanta, 115-105, on Tuesday, seizing a 2-0 lead in their first-round NBA playoff series. The Hawks had pulled within 104-101 in the final minutes before Butler answered with a slam dunk, a 3-pointer and a layup to give […]

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NBA: Thompson staying in Dub City

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 07:08:52 +0000

Thompson announced his decision to stay with the Golden State Warriors for $190 million over the next five years, meaning the five-time reigning Western Conference champions have their ‘Splash Brothers’ backcourt of Thompson and Stephen Curry locked up long-term. Thompson made the announcement on social media, using the hashtag “Warrior4life.”

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‘Supermax’ for Damian Lillard

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 14:50:47 +0000

Free agency opened Sunday with more than $2 billion in deals getting struck in the opening hours — and that’s even without Kyrie Irving officially joining Brooklyn, as has been expected, or any word from Kawhi Leonard about his future plans to either stay with NBA champion Toronto or move elsewhere.

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