The Atlanta Hawks will host the Miami Heat in an elimination game of the play-in tournament at 6 p.m. CT Friday (TNT). The winner will secure the Eastern Conference's No. 8 seed in the NBA playoffs.

In recent years, the Miami Heat have fallen into the latter category, trading away numerous first-round selections over the last decade in exchange for pieces meant to help them remain playoff ...

The Miami Heat will have their third consecutive playoff game on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers, after two Play-In Tournament victories. After being accurate on his prediction about the ...

Emotional. Infuriating. Riveting. Fluctuating. Chaotic. These are a few adjectives used to describe the Miami Heat's play-in victory over the Atlanta Hawks. But even more so to illustrate Miami's ...

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley (4) during the first half at Rocket Arena. Ken Blaze Ken Blaze-Imagn Images The Miami Heat ...

Against the Heat, the Cavs lost 122-113 on Dec. 8 in Miami and won 126-106 on Jan. 29 in Miami and 112-107 on March 5 in Cleveland. In the regular season, the Heat were 21st in offensive rating ...

The Miami Heat made NBA history Friday night, becoming the first No. 10 seed to reach the playoffs since the play-in tournament was introduced. They sealed their spot with a gritty 123-114 ...

For years, the Miami Heat were in conversations to acquire star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell. Now, they face him in the postseason as they square off against the No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers ...

The No. 8 seed Miami Heat and No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers play April 20 in Game 1 of their first-round 2025 NBA playoffs series. The game is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. MST (7 p.m. Eastern ...

The Miami Heat, who were the last team into the Eastern Conference play-in bracket with the 10th-best record in the regular season, knocked off the Atlanta Hawks with a 123-114 overtime win to ...

"He's a dog, he's a pitbull," said Tyler Herro about teammate Davion Mitchell, who exploded in OT of the Eastern Conference play-in tournament on Friday and lifted the Miami Heat to a playoff spot.

Do you, Miami? Do you, Heat fans? “No!” says America. “No!” say the pragmatists, probably laughing at the notion. But these last two games by the Heat have made plausible at least asking ...