News -- March 2013
3/15 HoopsHabit: New York Knicks: Why They’re In Serious Trouble : To say the New York Knicks have had a rough week would [...]The post New York Knicks: Why They’re In Serious Trouble appeared ...
3/13 Pick and Pop Diaries: NBA Trade Deadline Buzz : 3:24NYK have sent Ronnie Brewer to OKC for a second round pick.3:17A. Sherrod Blakely reports Jason Collins will be included ...
3/12 StoopSports.com: Zero to Hero: New Orleans Hornets : Anton Odqvist- In this series I will be looking at teams currently in the NBA’s basement and evaluating their potential, while ...
3/1 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Nuggets (3/1/13) : With Oklahoma City dominating the Hornets in rebounding, OKC may be starting to turn a corner on its main weakness. The real test ...
News -- February 2013
2/27 HoopsHabit: New York Knicks: How Kenyon Martin Signing Changes Game for the Knicks : The New York Knicks made a bold move for their roster. [...]The post New York Knicks: How Kenyon Martin Signing Changes Game ...
2/23 NBA Jerks: A Jerk’s In-Depth Take On The NBA Trade Deadline : Anemic is a good way to describe the Washington Wizards’ offensive rating which comes in last in league rankings. But if the ...
2/22 NBA Jerks: Winners and Losers at the NBA Trade Deadline : The NBA’s trading deadline has come and gone, and the stories on this day are not who was traded, but who wasn’t traded. ...
2/22 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Timberwolves (2/22/13) : Ronnie Brewer may not provide anything offensively, but the struggling Thunder desperately needed his defense.See More
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2/21 StoopSports.com: Breaking News: NBA Trades : The NBA trade deadline came to a close at 3:00 p.m. today and it was not as exciting of a day as many had hoped. A few mid-level ...
2/21 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Milwaukee Bucks Acquire J.J. Redick : The Orlando Magic have traded lethal shooter J.J. Redick to the Milwaukee Bucks. In return the Magic will receive Doron Lamb, ...
2/21 The Wages of Wins Journal: Trading the wrong Brewer Dre recaps the Ronnie Brewer trade and how the Knicks messed this one up....
2/16 NBA Jerks: 2012-13 NBA’s Worst Shooters Through Week 16 : Determining who the league’s worst shooters are isn’t a clear task. One might think to look simply at percentage, ...
News -- January 2013
1/19 NBA Jerks: 2012-2013 NBA’s Worst Shooters Through Week 11 : In keeping with tradition, from time to time Sports Jerks Network provides its readers with information on the worst performers ...
News -- December 2012
12/28 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 29 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. New York Knicks Looking ahead to tonight's Kings and Knicks match-up...
12/26 HoopsHabit: NBA Preview and Prediction: New York Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns : If you don’t have NBA League Pass, then you are left with just one nationally televised game to watch tonight. Don’t worry! ...
12/26 The City: A Post-Christmas Post about the Knicks Offense : Let's take shooting efficiency from the field (points per shot) and see how it is affected by having Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, ...
12/22 Como Juega: La Importancia De La Identidad : EL PARTIDO Antes que nada hay que decir que el marcador fue sumamente mentiroso, con una diferencia que estuvo siempre en los ...
12/22 HoopsHabit: Chicago Bulls: Tom Thibodeau’s Bulls Overcoming All Obstacles : The Chicago Bulls opened the 2012-13 season with lowered expectations after finishing first in the Eastern Conference the last ...
12/11 Nets Take Over: Nets vs Knicks Recap: The Ex Net Kills : The second edition of this new rivalry starts with a new player in the starting lineup for the Nets,which was Reggie Evans. His ...
12/11 Hickory-High: More On Shot Selection : Last Thursday I put up a post unveiling a new way of evaluating shot selection. The system is called Expected Points Per ...
12/10 Hickory-High: Game of the Week: Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks : Suddenly, we are a quarter of the way through the season. It’s been weird. The Knicks have looked much better than ...
12/6 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 05.12 : 30 tys. punktów Kobe Bryanta, minimalna wygrana New York Knicks i zwycięski powrót na parkiet Rajona Rondo. To najważniejsze ...
12/2 Z krainy NBA: Jabłuszko do zera : New York Knicks zachowali miano niepokonanych na własnym parkiecie. Kolejną ich ofiarą okazali się Phoenix Suns, ale nie oddali ...
News -- November 2012
11/27 Z krainy NBA: Jak na derby przystało : Nie dało się lepiej uwiecznić pierwszych od 1977 derbów Nowego Yorku, podczas gdy Nets są gospodarzami, jak dogrywką. Brooklyn ...
11/26 Brooklyn Sports Daily: Game 13: Clash of the Boroughs : Tonight is the start of the Brooklyn Nets/New York Knicks rivalry and it’s a big game as the Nets could tie the Knicks for ...
11/21 Z krainy NBA: Thibodeau znów musi się adaptować : Włączając telewizje zostajecie momentalnie uderzeni przez przykrą rzeczywistość XXI wieku, który miał świat jednoczyć, ...
11/19 Z krainy NBA: Niszczący i zniszczeni tygodnia #3 : W tych niepewnych czasach czasami lepsze efekty daje krok w paszczę szaleństwa, niż robienie wszystkiego według podręcznika. ...
11/19 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 18.11 : Debiut Mike’a D’Antoniego odsunięty, triple-double Kevina Duranta i Kobe Bryanta, wreszcie Detroit Pistons niespodziewanie ...
11/16 Z krainy NBA: W Memphis o palmę pierwszeństwa : Nie ma w NBA skuteczniej grających drużyn niż Grizzlies i Knicks. Obie mają na koniec 6 wygranych z rzędu, a Nowojorczycy ...
11/12 Miami Heat Index: Week 3 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Coaching Edition :
Which coaches will do the best job of getting their teams to successfully execute their philosophies in the third week ...
11/5 Miami Heat Index: Week 2 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Game-Winners Edition :
It helps to have players that can knock down a winning shot when games appear closer than they should while teams figure ...
11/5 Z krainy NBA: Niedzielne emocje w całości : Pełne mecze cieszą się u was dużą po**** zatem kontynuujemy nasz cykl, korzystając z dobrodziejstw internetu. Dzisiaj specjalnie ...
11/5 Z krainy NBA: Lakers wreszcie z wygraną : Premierowe zwycięstwo Lakers, fatalna porażka Suns i niespodziewana wygrana Hawks nad Thunder. Niedziela upłynęła w NBA pod ...
News -- October 2012
10/30 Hickory-High: The Leap : Happy Opening Day! It’s just a few hours now until the regular season begins, but we’re still pushing deadlines ...
10/11 Hickory-High: The Previews Of The Roundtable: Central Division : The preseason is in full swing and the regular season is fast approaching. The staff here at Hickory-High is previewing ...
10/9 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #14 New York Knicks : #14 - New York Knicks2011/12 Record: 36-30, lost Eastern Conference First Round2012/13 Projected Record: 42-40, playoffs ...
10/9 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #14 New York Knicks : #14 - New York Knicks2011/12 Record: 36-30, lost Eastern Conference First Round2012/13 Projected Record: 42-40, playoffs ...
10/5 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #16 Chicago Bulls : #16 - Chicago Bulls2011/12 Record: 50-16, lost Eastern Conference First Round2012/13 Projected Record: 41-41, playoffs ...
10/5 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #16 Chicago Bulls : #16 - Chicago Bulls2011/12 Record: 50-16, lost Eastern Conference First Round2012/13 Projected Record: 41-41, playoffs ...
News -- September 2012
9/21 HoopsHabit: New York Knicks 2012-13 NBA Preview : New York Knicks 2011-12 Vitals: 36-30, 2nd in Atlantic Division, 7th in Eastern Conference 97.8 PPG/94.7 OPP PPG 2012-13 Roster: ...
News -- August 2012
8/27 The Wages of Wins Journal: Grading the Chicago Bulls Offseason Vivek sheds some light on the train wreck of the Chicago Bulls' offseason. Continue reading →...
8/3 The Wages of Wins Journal: The NBA Geek gives us the Ten Worst Signings of the 2012 Off-Season (so far!) Dre reviews Patrick's list of the 10 worst off-season signings of 2012. Continue reading →...
News -- July 2012
7/31 The Wages of Wins Journal: Update to the Nets-Knicks post Vivek changes his Knicks vs. Nets prediction in light of the Knicks recent moves. Continue reading →...
7/27 The Wages of Wins Journal: NBA Summer League 2012: The Numbers James goes over some big names in the summer league. Continue reading →...
7/25 Hoop Focus: Knicks To Sign Ronnie Brewer
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News -- June 2012
6/14 The Wages of Wins Journal: Underrated Draft Prospects: Will Barton James reviews Will Barton, who could be the gem of the 2012 draft. Continue reading →...
News -- May 2012
5/13 Hickory-High: Chicago and Philadelphia: Game 6 Video Playbook A video look at how the Sixers were able to close out the Bulls in Game Six. Continue reading →...
5/11 The Wages of Wins Journal: Chicago loses its top three and the series Dre reviews the Bulls-76ers series and how #1 could fall so far. Continue reading →...
News -- March 2012
3/22 BBR Blog: BBR: PI+ Plus/Minus Finder : By po**** demand, we have added a Player Plus/Minus Finder to the Basketball-Reference Play Index+. This new tool allows you to ...
News -- February 2012
2/25 BBR Blog: PI+ Stat of the Day: Most Effective Lineups in a Game : Thanks to the PI+ Lineup Finder, here are the 5-man units with the best +/- in a single game this season: Net (Totals) Rk Lineup ...
2/4 Z krainy NBA: Knicks nie sprostali wyzwaniu :
Mike D’Antoni obiecywał poprawę i słowa dotrzymał, niestety lepsza forma jego zespołu zbiegła się z chęcią udowodnienia ...
2/1 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 1/31/12 : Last Night’s Numbers is a mostly daily recap of some impressive individual and unit performances from around the NBA. Today ...
News -- January 2012
1/30 Z krainy NBA: Dziki finisz na Florydzie :
LeBron James zdobył 35 punktów i poprowadził Miami Heat do zwycięstwa nad Chicago Bulls 97:93 w spotkaniu na szczycie Konferencji ...
1/27 Z krainy NBA: Runął chicagowski mur :
Czwarta porażka w sezonie, pierwsza na swoim parkiecie, a zwycięstwo przeciekło Bykom przez palce. W najważniejszym posiadaniu ...
1/3 Z krainy NBA: Niedźwiadki dostały z Byka :
Pisząc zapowiedzi spotkań z dzisiejszej nocy ten mecz wybrałem na mecz dnia, sądząc, że będzie najbardziej wyrównanym. ...
News -- December 2011
12/13 The Wages of Wins Journal: Rip Hamilton is not the answer in Chicago : Rip Hamilton was once a decent player. The Bulls are thinking of acquiring him in an effort to correct their “problems” ...
News -- November 2011
11/10 Z krainy NBA: Rudy **** i LeBron James gwiazdami meczu charytatywnego :
Za nami kolejny mecz charytatywny, rozegrany w Memphis. Jego pomysłodawcą i organizatorem był Rudy **** który wraca po kontuzji ...
News -- October 2011
10/24 Z krainy NBA: Ranking ESPN, miejsca 260-241 :
Przed nami kolejna 20 notowania dziennikarzy ESPN. Znajdziecie w niej obecnego mistrza NBA, byłego króla wsadów i graczy z ...
News -- August 2011
8/4 The Wages of Wins Journal: The NBA Underappreciated Team Dre and Devin list their starting lineup for their team of under-appreciated players....
News -- July 2011
7/26 BBR Blog: Who Ruled the Top Defenses in 2011? : Which players excel against the best defenses, and which ones get their numbers by feasting on the weakest Ds? To answer those ...
7/12 BBR Blog: 2012 APBRmetric Player Rankings: By Position : As a follow-up to this afternoon's list of the Top 593 Players of 2012, here's a positional breakdown for the 452 players who ...
7/4 The Hoops Manifesto: NBA Draft Data: Five Biggest Steals : Last week we released our all-time NBA Draft franchise rankings, a ranking of which franchises consistently made the correct choices ...
7/3 The Hoops Manifesto: NBA Draft Data: Five Biggest Steals : Last week we released our all-time NBA Draft franchise rankings, a ranking of which franchises consistently made the correct choices ...
News -- June 2011
6/16 The City: 2011 NBA Playoffs Summary (Sorry, in advance, Dirk) : Very simple post today. Here is a summary table of the 2011 post-season according to ezPM. The table is sorted in descending order ...
6/1 The City: Did you hear? Miami beat Chicago in 5 : Sorry, I’m late to the party. I depend on the play-by-play and matchup files from basketball-value, and they weren’t ...
News -- May 2011
5/31 Miami Heat Index: Heat Produced: How the East Was Won : The Miami Heat got to the NBA Finals, which begin Tuesday at 9 PM, by defeating the Chicago Bulls 83-80 in Game 5 of the Eastern ...
5/28 Chasing 23: 7 Things the Chicago Bulls Must Do During The 2011 Offseason : If the Chicago Bulls are to keep pace with the Miami heat, they will need to make some very strategic moves during the offseason. ...
5/26 Load O' Bull: Bulls Lose in OT to the Heat, Fall to 3-1 in the Series, Might Consider Short-Term Alcoholism : The Bulls fell in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals 101-93 in OT to the Heat. Down 3-1 in the series, they face elimination ...
5/25 Miami Heat Index: Heat Check: Trading Places with Derrick Rose and LeBron James : Chris Perkins published an article for FoxSports Florida that compared the 2011 edition of Derrick Rose and the Chicago ...
5/25 Load O' Bull: Bulls Stand Around on Offense, Play Lazy D, and Somehow Lose to the Heat in Game 3 : The Bulls were well stopped by the Heat defense, but made it easier for Miami with bad offense in their 96-85 loss in Miami in ...
5/22 Miami Heat Index: Miami Heat Podcast: The Eastern Conference Finals Comes to Miami 1-1 : Bloggers from the Miami Heat Index, Hot Hot Hoops and HeatFreak.com review Games 1-2 and preview Games 3-4 of the Eastern Conference ...
5/21 Load O' Bull: The Bulls Defense Functions as a Gang and Only Works at High Energy : The Bulls defense was at the top of the NBA this season under rookie head coach Tom Thibodeau, Lee Jenkins highlights in a feature ...
5/20 Load O' Bull: Bricktastic Bulls Fall to Some Strong Heat Defense in Game 2 : The Bulls shot like schoolchildren, as the Heat took homecourt advantage, winning 85-75 in Game 2 to tie the series at 1-1.
The ...
5/18 Miami Heat Index: Off the Index: You Might Need to Hit the Lottery If... : ...Your starters are worse than the reserves on the Chicago Bulls. That was the point made on the ESPN 980's John Thompson ...
5/17 Load O' Bull: Bulls Blew Out the Heat in Game 1 With Big Boy Basketball : The Bulls dominated the second half of Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Heat 103-82.
The Bulls' 103-82 ...
5/16 Miami Heat Index: Heat Check: Previewing the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals by the Numbers in the Matchups : I’m the lone member of the Wages of Wins Network that thinks the Miami Heat will defeat the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference ...
5/15 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #1 Chicago vs. #2 Miami : Chicago Bulls 62-20, 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Tom Thibodeau (62-20) PTS/G: 98.6 (20th of 30) ▪ Opp ...
5/14 The City: Eastern Conference Semifinals: Bulls Trample Hawks in 6 : While the West is upside down this post-season, the East is going according to plan. Chicago led by Derrick Rose managed to quite ...
5/12 Load O' Bull: Bench Mob Tossed Hawks in the Trunk to Take a Ride in Game 5 : The Bulls' 93-85 win in Game 5 over the Hawks gives them a strong 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
After a 13-5 Hawks run ...
5/11 Z krainy NBA: Świetny mecz Rose'a, Bulls znów na prowadzeniu : Piotr Zarychta
Nie od dziś wiadomo, że mecze w playoffs wygrywa się obroną. Tak też było dzisiaj gdy Bulls w czwartej ...
5/11 Load O' Bull: Horny Notes: May 10, 2011 -- Rose Needs to Pounce Early, Deng's Lack of Limits on D, J-Smoove 'Love-Hate' Relationship with Atlanta : I'm going to start uploading NBA.com and Bulls.com videos to my YouTube channel. My first experimental upload was for today's ...
5/11 Load O' Bull: Catch n' Shoot: May 10, 2011 -- Epic 3OT OKC-Grizz Battle, Sore-Losing Lakers & Slow Celts Marking End of NBA 'Ruling Class' : #2 Heat 98#3 Celtics 90 (OT)Heat lead series 3-1Box Score | Recap#2 Lakers 86#3 Mavs 122Mavs win series 4-0Box Score | Recap#4 ...
5/3 Load O' Bull: Hawks Shot Passive Bulls Out of the Gym to Steal Game 1 : Despite homecourt advantage, the Bulls find themselves down 1-0 in their series against Hawks after losing 103-95 at the UC.
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News -- April 2011
4/30 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #1 Chicago vs. #5 Atlanta : Chicago Bulls 62-20, 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Tom Thibodeau (62-20) SRS: 6.53 (2nd of 30) ▪ ...
4/28 The City: Round 1 Recap: Chicago 4 – Indiana 1 : Chicago won its first playoff series since 1998, beating the Pacers in 5 games (3.51 vs. 1.21 WARP). Noah, Rose, and Bogans were ...
4/28 Z krainy NBA: Bulls wreszcie w formie, czas na półfinał konferencji :
W Chicago mieliśmy podobną historię jak w Los Angeles. Najlepszy gracz faworyta serii miał problem z kontuzjowaną kostką. ...
4/27 Chasing 23: Who Was the Better 3rd Year Point Guard: Derrick Rose or Chris Paul? : All signs point to Derrick Rose winning MVP in 2011 in his 3rd year in the NBA. How does his season compare with Chris Paul's ...
4/27 Load O' Bull: Horny Notes: April 26, 2011 -- D-Rose Playing Game 5, Bench Mob Benched, Boozer's Downs, Coach Korver : Derrick Rose is "definitely playing" Game 5 on Tuesday. He parti**** in Tuesday's walk through, did some shooting, but didn't ...
4/26 Load O' Bull: Injured Rose on Game 5: "I'm Definitely Playing" : Though he sat out Monday's practice, D-Rose was out of the walking boot and said he'll play Game 5, despite a sprained ankle.
Derrick ...
4/23 Z krainy NBA: Bulls o krok od awansu :
(8) Indiana Pacers – (1) Chicago Bulls 84:88 (0-3)
Derrick Rose nie zagrał wielkiego meczu, a mimo to zadecydował ...
4/22 Load O' Bull: Horny Notes: April 21, 2011 -- Plays of the Year, Deng's 1st Half Brick-iness, Korver's Gun-Shy-iness, Method to D-Rose Penetration Madness : BullsTV posted their Plays of the Year. Highlights of Ronnie Brewer, Joakim Noah, Kyle Korver, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, ...
4/22 BBR Blog: Playoff RAPM Power Rankings : What happens if you create power rankings using Jeremias Engelmann's 4-year Regularized Plus-Minus ratings (the most predictive ...
4/19 Load O' Bull: Hoop Doctors: Top Ten D-Rose Plays of the Year (Video) : Not sure if I have an absolute #1 best Derrick Rose play of the year. The alley-oop from Ronnie Brewer against the Pistons and ...
4/17 The City: Eastern Conference Round 1 Preview: Bulls vs. Pacers : For each playoff series I calculated ezPM for the regular season matchup between the two teams (4 games in each sample, except ...
4/16 Load O' Bull: Horny Notes: April 15, 2011 -- Previewing the Bulls-Pacers is Boring, Bulls Immense Favs, Props to Bogans : Please accept that it's a great team against a terrible team. The objective needs to be kicking them in the nuts, shoving them ...
4/16 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #1 Chicago vs. #8 Indiana : Chicago Bulls 62-20, 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Tom Thibodeau (62-20) SRS: 6.53 (2nd of 30) ▪ Pace: ...
4/15 Load O' Bull: Bench Mob Heroics Bring Thibs Record-Tying Win to Close Regular Season With NBA-Best 62 Wins : The Bulls closed out the regular season with a 97-92 win over the Nets.
Tom Thibodeau finished the season tying Paul Westphal's ...
4/14 The City: The City 2011 6th Man : A lot of folks get enraged when “the stats” suggest that Derrick Rose is not MVP. When “the stats” say ...
4/14 Load O' Bull: Catch n' Shoot: April 13, 2011 -- Pruiti's Playoff Previews, Kobe & the Homophobic F-Word, Why LeBron is MVP : For the best NBA playoff previews, go to NBAPlaybook.com. Sebastian Pruiti posted his complete Bulls-Pacers preview -- which I ...
4/14 Load O' Bull: D-Rose Dunks All Over MSG; Bulls Beat Knicks, Tie Spurs for Best Record : After game #81, the Bulls are tied for the best record in the NBA after handling the Knicks 103-90. It also marks the first season ...
4/13 The City: The City 2011 DPOY : Dude. Just, dude. Uh, it’s Dwight Howard. No suspense there. To determine DPOY, I blended the defensive component of ezPM ...
4/13 Chasing 23: The Forgotten King: 6 Reasons Why Lebron is the 2011 NBA MVP Derrick Rose may be the po**** pick, but it is Lebron James who deserves to walk away with his 3rd consecutive MVP award. ...
4/13 Back Picks: The NBA’s Top Defenders in 2011 : Defense is boring. Defense is ugly. Most people don’t pay attention to defense. Actually, most stats don’t pay attention ...
4/13 Load O' Bull: Catch n' Shoot: April 12, 2011 -- Fails of the Year, Pre-Playoff Pandamonium, Awards, Alley-Oop Value, Wafer's Monster Fail : HELP SBNATION SELECT THE '**** PLAY OF THE YEAR" FOR THE 2010-11 NBA SEASON. Even if you don't want to parti**** it's one ...
4/13 Load O' Bull: Horny Notes: April 11, 2011 -- Bulls at the Top, the Rest Question, Brewer's Immense Defensive Value, the "MVP Conversation" : The Bulls are #1 in the Schedule-Adjusted Offensive and Defensive Ratings. (Neil Paine, Basketball-Reference) Everything besides ...
4/13 Load O' Bull: Awful Rebounding, Coughing Up the Rock Required Late Game Heroics for Bulls to Beat Dwight-less Magic : The Bulls shot the Magic out of the gym and forced the misses, but gave the Magic too many mulligans to blow them out.
Are the ...
4/11 Back Picks: The NBA’s Top Defenders in 2011 : Defense is boring. Defense is ugly. Most people don’t pay attention to defense. Actually, most stats don’t pay attention ...
4/8 Load O' Bull: Horny Notes: April 7, 2011 -- Thibs on Boston, Struggles vs. Smaller Lineups, D-Rose's Honor, Bad Music : The Bucks win over the Heat puts the Bulls' magic number at one for a top-two seed. MIA can only max out at 58 wins and the Bulls ...
4/7 Load O' Bull: Despite Almost Blowing 22-Point Lead, Bulls Shrink Magic No. to 3 After 'Fortunate' Win : With five games remaining in the season, the Bulls shrunk their magic number to three to clinch the East with a 97-94 win over ...
4/5 Load O' Bull: Despite No Noah, Shaky Defense, Bulls Maintain 2.5 Game Conference Lead : The Bulls defense was bad in ways against the Pistons and Raptors last weekend, but won the back-to-back set. The Heat moved into ...