The Heat’s bench receives such derision, such scrutiny at times that Charles Barkley cracked at halftime Wednesday, “I didn’t even know they had a bench. If Miami’s bench plays well against you, that lets you know you have issues

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MIAMI (AP) Jeremy Lin knows he would have been rusty and probably not in great shape if he tried to play for the New York Knicks in this playoff series against the Miami Heat. He could handle those things

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The New York Knicks will try to avoid elimination tonight (May 09, 2012) against the Miami Heat. Game 5 of their NBA playoff series will be difficult.

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(Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Heat’s loss in Game 4 left the team angry, but the numbers give the team and Heat fans plenty to be optimistic about. Out of the 101 teams to lose the first three games in a best-of-seven series in the NBA playoffs, none won the series and only 10 managed to avoid elimination twice. The Heat have dominated the series until Game 4 when everything fell apart.

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MIAMI— It will be the Indiana Pacers next for the winner of this best-of-seven first-round NBA playoff series between the Miami Heat and New York Knicks.   The Pacers eliminated the Orlando Magic 4-1 with Tuesday’s 105-87 victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

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It’s not about whether LeBron James or Shane Battier guards Carmelo Anthony.

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Game 5 of the New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat series will play out Wednesday night (May 9) at AmericanAirlines Arena

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NEW YORK — Consider this one a stay of execution. The Heat was afforded every conceivable advantage on Sunday at Madison Square Garden but Miami still couldn’t put away the bandaged and beleaguered Knicks, losing to New York 89-87 in Game 4 of the best-of-7, first-round series. Miami is up 3-1 in the all-but-over series

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NEW YORK (USA TODAY) — It was a game the Miami Heat had no business losing and the New York Knicks had no business winning. Yet, the Knicks — short-handed and facing a another first-round sweep — won, defeating the Heat 89-87 in Game 4 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoffs series Sunday. New York persevered, with an unexpected return of Amar’e Stoudemire from the self-inflicted hand injury to get 20 points and 10 rebounds and Carmelo Anthony breaking out with 41 points

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New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, right, tangles with Miami Heat forward Shane Battier (31) as they fight for the ball during the second quarter of Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday, May 3, 2012. Anthony was called for a technical foul after the play. Kathy Willens, Associated Press NEW YORK — LeBron James had more turnovers and fouls than baskets, and still the Miami Heat were ahead

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POSTED: 5:39 am PDT May 4, 2012 Playing their first playoff game at Madison Square Garden, Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade made it a memorable one.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – LeBron James woke from a third-quarter slumber to lead the visiting Miami Heat to an 87-70 thumping of the New York Knicks on Thursday and a commanding 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series.

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NEW YORK – It took the better part of three quarters, but the Miami Heat finally got hot.

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Oh my Bosh — it’s a boy! Chris Bosh and his Miami Heat may be facing the New York Knicks in the first round of the NBA playoffs right now, but the star power forward has already made a slam dunk of his own. A rep for the basketball player, 28, confirms exclusively to Us Weekly that he and his wife Adrienne Bosh welcomed their first child together on Thursday morning. The little one, who joins half-sister Trinity (Bosh’s three-year-old daughter from a previous relationship), weighed in at 8 lbs.

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