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| All Games | 48-42 | +7 | 46-43 | 45-40 | 98.3 | 49.2 | 45.9% | 46.0 | 99.3 | 49.1 | 45.8% | 50.8 | | Road Games | 18-28 | -3.8 | 21-24 | 22-21 | 96.7 | 47.5 | 44.3% | 46.1 | 101.8 | 50.7 | 46.8% | 51.7 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3 | -1.4 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 95.8 | 50.4 | 46.9% | 46.6 | 99.0 | 50.6 | 46.4% | 45.2 | | Playoff Games | 4-4 | +0.2 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 96.2 | 48.7 | 46.2% | 44.4 | 97.5 | 48.6 | 45.7% | 47.9 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 98.3 | 49.2 | 36-78 | 45.9% | 9-23 | 36.5% | 19-25 | 75.1% | 46 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 4 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100.6 | 50.4 | 37-82 | 45.4% | 8-22 | 36.0% | 18-24 | 75.6% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 96.7 | 47.5 | 35-79 | 44.3% | 8-24 | 34.7% | 18-24 | 75.3% | 46 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 99.3 | 49.1 | 36-79 | 45.8% | 8-22 | 36.4% | 19-25 | 76.7% | 51 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 100.3 | 50.2 | 37-83 | 45.2% | 8-21 | 35.8% | 18-24 | 75.7% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 101.8 | 50.7 | 37-79 | 46.8% | 8-22 | 37.5% | 19-25 | 77.6% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
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| All Games | 59-28 | -11.1 | 41-43 | 47-40 | 102.2 | 52.0 | 50.1% | 43.8 | 97.1 | 49.6 | 45.7% | 48.2 | | Home Games | 35-9 | +4.3 | 20-23 | 25-19 | 104.3 | 52.0 | 51.3% | 44.2 | 96.9 | 49.3 | 45.9% | 46.7 | | Last 5 Games | 5-0 | +5 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 102.8 | 52.4 | 49.5% | 44.2 | 90.8 | 46.4 | 45.3% | 46.8 | | Playoff Games | 5-0 | +5 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 102.8 | 52.4 | 49.5% | 44.2 | 90.8 | 46.4 | 45.3% | 46.8 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 102.2 | 52.0 | 38-76 | 50.1% | 8-22 | 36.7% | 18-23 | 76.0% | 44 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 4 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100.5 | 50.2 | 37-83 | 45.3% | 8-22 | 36.1% | 18-23 | 75.7% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 104.3 | 52.0 | 39-76 | 51.3% | 8-22 | 37.3% | 18-23 | 75.6% | 44 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 97.1 | 49.6 | 36-79 | 45.7% | 8-23 | 36.3% | 17-22 | 74.7% | 48 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 3 | | vs opponents averaging | 99.9 | 50 | 37-83 | 45.0% | 8-21 | 35.8% | 18-24 | 75.4% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 96.9 | 49.3 | 36-79 | 45.9% | 9-24 | 36.3% | 15-20 | 75.0% | 47 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
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| 3/30/2014 | MINNESOTA | 114-99 | W | -4 | W | 211 | O | 43-86 | 50.0% | 50 | 20 | 39-83 | 47.0% | 52 | 20 | | 4/1/2014 | HOUSTON | 105-96 | W | -3.5 | W | 210 | U | 44-83 | 53.0% | 49 | 13 | 32-84 | 38.1% | 54 | 15 | | 4/2/2014 | @ NEW YORK | 81-110 | L | 2.5 | L | 195 | U | 26-65 | 40.0% | 33 | 16 | 42-70 | 60.0% | 46 | 15 | | 4/4/2014 | DETROIT | 116-104 | W | -9.5 | W | 206 | O | 46-76 | 60.5% | 31 | 10 | 41-88 | 46.6% | 56 | 9 | | 4/5/2014 | @ PHILADELPHIA | 105-101 | W | -11 | L | 207 | U | 41-80 | 51.2% | 48 | 12 | 36-79 | 45.6% | 48 | 13 | | 4/8/2014 | @ MIAMI | 88-87 | W | 7.5 | W | 192 | U | 36-68 | 52.9% | 44 | 15 | 33-69 | 47.8% | 36 | 13 | | 4/9/2014 | @ ORLANDO | 111-115 | L | -5 | L | 192 | O | 38-79 | 48.1% | 51 | 13 | 43-77 | 55.8% | 45 | 14 | | 4/11/2014 | ATLANTA | 88-93 | L | -5 | L | 199 | U | 34-80 | 42.5% | 54 | 14 | 36-79 | 45.6% | 47 | 12 | | 4/13/2014 | ORLANDO | 97-88 | W | -11.5 | L | 195 | U | 34-73 | 46.6% | 52 | 23 | 35-74 | 47.3% | 36 | 19 | | 4/15/2014 | NEW YORK | 98-109 | L | -7.5 | L | 194 | O | 33-75 | 44.0% | 50 | 19 | 32-67 | 47.8% | 42 | 16 | | 4/16/2014 | @ CLEVELAND | 85-114 | L | 8.5 | L | 197.5 | O | 30-79 | 38.0% | 43 | 15 | 46-87 | 52.9% | 56 | 12 | | 4/19/2014 | @ TORONTO | 94-87 | W | 4 | W | 192.5 | U | 34-80 | 42.5% | 44 | 8 | 28-71 | 39.4% | 52 | 17 | | 4/22/2014 | @ TORONTO | 95-100 | L | 5 | T | 190.5 | O | 34-77 | 44.2% | 39 | 10 | 37-78 | 47.4% | 58 | 20 | | 4/25/2014 | TORONTO | 102-98 | W | -5 | L | 190.5 | O | 33-67 | 49.3% | 39 | 11 | 31-67 | 46.3% | 47 | 17 | | 4/27/2014 | TORONTO | 79-87 | L | -4 | L | 193 | U | 28-68 | 41.2% | 51 | 16 | 31-75 | 41.3% | 47 | 10 | | 4/30/2014 | @ TORONTO | 113-115 | L | 3 | W | 189 | O | 40-75 | 53.3% | 44 | 14 | 37-77 | 48.1% | 46 | 11 | | 5/2/2014 | TORONTO | 97-83 | W | -4.5 | W | 192 | U | 36-77 | 46.8% | 51 | 12 | 30-78 | 38.5% | 48 | 14 | | 5/4/2014 | @ TORONTO | 104-103 | W | 3 | W | 189 | O | 37-81 | 45.7% | 51 | 8 | 35-73 | 47.9% | 43 | 9 | | 5/6/2014 | @ MIAMI | 86-107 | L | 8 | L | 192 | O | 33-70 | 47.1% | 36 | 11 | 42-74 | 56.8% | 42 | 10 | | 5/8/2014 | @ MIAMI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/10/2014 | MIAMI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/12/2014 | MIAMI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3/29/2014 | @ MILWAUKEE | 88-67 | W | -9 | W | 198 | U | 32-74 | 43.2% | 51 | 11 | 27-79 | 34.2% | 52 | 14 | | 3/31/2014 | TORONTO | 93-83 | W | -6 | W | 192 | U | 34-66 | 51.5% | 39 | 15 | 35-70 | 50.0% | 37 | 14 | | 4/2/2014 | MILWAUKEE | 96-77 | W | -13 | W | 194 | U | 39-77 | 50.6% | 39 | 9 | 32-73 | 43.8% | 45 | 17 | | 4/4/2014 | MINNESOTA | 121-122 | L | -8 | L | 201 | O | 43-99 | 43.4% | 61 | 16 | 43-93 | 46.2% | 61 | 17 | | 4/6/2014 | NEW YORK | 102-91 | W | -6.5 | W | 186.5 | O | 34-61 | 55.7% | 45 | 16 | 33-88 | 37.5% | 48 | 10 | | 4/8/2014 | BROOKLYN | 87-88 | L | -7.5 | L | 192 | U | 33-69 | 47.8% | 36 | 13 | 36-68 | 52.9% | 44 | 15 | | 4/9/2014 | @ MEMPHIS | 102-107 | L | 5 | T | 180.5 | O | 38-73 | 52.1% | 31 | 15 | 43-78 | 55.1% | 47 | 14 | | 4/11/2014 | INDIANA | 98-86 | W | -5.5 | W | 181 | O | 35-75 | 46.7% | 48 | 9 | 31-65 | 47.7% | 35 | 16 | | 4/12/2014 | @ ATLANTA | 85-98 | L | -6.5 | L | 195.5 | U | 35-73 | 47.9% | 53 | 20 | 36-78 | 46.2% | 40 | 12 | | 4/14/2014 | @ WASHINGTON | 93-114 | L | 5.5 | L | 190 | O | 36-80 | 45.0% | 36 | 12 | 46-78 | 59.0% | 49 | 17 | | 4/16/2014 | PHILADELPHIA | 87-100 | L | -6 | L | 207.5 | U | 30-73 | 41.1% | 43 | 19 | 38-74 | 51.4% | 43 | 18 | | 4/20/2014 | CHARLOTTE | 99-88 | W | -10.5 | W | 185 | O | 35-76 | 46.1% | 46 | 7 | 36-79 | 45.6% | 50 | 13 | | 4/23/2014 | CHARLOTTE | 101-97 | W | -9.5 | L | 187.5 | O | 35-67 | 52.2% | 43 | 17 | 37-88 | 42.0% | 52 | 13 | | 4/26/2014 | @ CHARLOTTE | 98-85 | W | -4.5 | W | 187 | U | 36-83 | 43.4% | 48 | 6 | 27-65 | 41.5% | 49 | 14 | | 4/28/2014 | @ CHARLOTTE | 109-98 | W | -7.5 | W | 187.5 | O | 39-78 | 50.0% | 42 | 8 | 35-69 | 50.7% | 47 | 16 | | 5/6/2014 | BROOKLYN | 107-86 | W | -8 | W | 192 | O | 42-74 | 56.8% | 42 | 10 | 33-70 | 47.1% | 36 | 11 | | 5/8/2014 | BROOKLYN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/10/2014 | @ BROOKLYN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/12/2014 | @ BROOKLYN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | BROOKLYN: GUARDS: DERON WILLIAMS will surely take on more of a distributor role this year, but he's still this team's best option from three-point range, as well . . . JOE JOHNSON started to break down last season, so along with fewer shots (with the upgrade to the rest of the roster), he figures to play fewer regular-season minutes as well . . . JASON TERRY is clearly in the decline phase of his career, but is still the top scoring option among Brooklyn's second unit . . . ALAN ANDERSON gives them another shooter off the bench . . . SHAUN LIVINGSTON steps into the back-up point guard spot vacated by C.J. Watson. The injury-prone vet will be one of the more rarely used back-up PGs . . . TYSHAWN TAYLOR will be a non-factor. FORWARDS: PAUL PIERCE still has something left in the tank. While his athleticism is fading, he's still a cagey scorer who can also play some point forward to set up Williams . . . ANDREI KIRILENKO will be a Swiss army knife sixth man and should see plenty of starts as new head coach Jason Kidd rotates which veterans rest . . . REGGIE EVANS was retained for his rebounding ability and willingness to look ridiculous while flopping . . . ANDRAY BLATCHE will continue to settle in as a second-unit big. He's a name to remember for the future, as Kevin Garnett doesn't have much left in the tank . . . MIRZA TELETOVIC will be a seldom-used option as a stretch four . . . TORNIKE SHENGELIA is still years away from contributing, and the influx of veterans will further delay his development. CENTERS: Last year did a lot to assuage durability concerns for BROOK LOPEZ. He's highly skilled, and he may be forced to grab more rebounds now that Reggie Evans is on the second unit . . . KEVIN GARNETT will start at power forward. He's still an effective pick-and-pop shooter and pick-and-roll defender, but he'll have to rest often during the regular season . . . MASON PLUMLEE is in no position to help this season. | | MIAMI: GUARDS: DWYANE WADE will continue to take a smaller role during the regular season, as the Heat try desperately to keep him fresh for the playoffs. He's attacking the rim far less than he used to . . . MARIO CHALMERS will continue to start, playing off the ball more than any other point guard . . . RAY ALLEN will once again serve as sixth man, providing long-range shooting off the bench. He didn't start a single game last year, and at age 38, he'll rarely play full-time minutes as Miami looks toward the postseason . . . NORRIS COLE continues to inch up on Chalmers' starting role, improving nicely between his first and second seasons. But as long as Chalmers is the superior shooter, Cole will play behind him. FORWARDS: LEBRON JAMES is the best player in the league by a wide margin. There's no reason he shouldn't win his third straight MVP award . . . SHANE BATTIER is back as a glue guy, flopper and corner-three shooter. He'll play part-time minutes, often coming off the bench . . . UDONIS HASLEM will likely start, but he rarely stays on the floor for even half of a game. The Heat will continue to rotate big men alongside Chris Bosh . . . MICHAEL BEASLEY provides this team with an athlete who can put the ball in the basket coming off the bench. He must prove he can stay focused and out of trouble . . . RASHARD LEWIS may step into a slightly bigger role now that Mike Miller is gone. His troublesome knees won't allow him to play a lot of minutes, but he still shoots it well enough to help for a few minutes a night . . . JAMES JONES might have to do more than enjoy a courtside seat now that Miller is gone. CENTERS: CHRIS BOSH plays center in the Heat's small-ball lineup. He'll do his thing in the high post, and he's one of Miami's rotating rim protectors . . . CHRIS ANDERSEN did enough last postseason to earn a part-time role this year . . . The Heat hope GREG ODEN and Birdman will stagger their injuries. Oden should be part of a rotation alongside Bosh . . . JOEL ANTHONY is a half-step above team mascot. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NBA PLAYOFF PREVIEW (BROOKLYN-MIAMI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Updates with quotes, details, background. Should stand. With AP Photos.)
*Nets-Heat Preview* ===================
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer
Brooklyn At Miami, Game Two, 7:00 p.m. EDT
MIAMI (AP) -- Dwyane Wade knows the Brooklyn Nets will have something up their collective sleeves.
He's just not sure what.
And there's the challenge of the playoffs. Miami knows Brooklyn will be tweaking something - maybe lots of somethings - before the teams meet Thursday night in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series, with the Heat holding a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven matchup.
"The biggest thing we're going to have to do is make adjustments to their adjustments, and do it fast," Wade said Wednesday after the Heat practiced. "They're going to come out, obviously, having seen some things that worked that maybe they didn't do much and we have to come out and make adjustments to that."
The Heat had all the answers in Game 1, shooting 57 percent, getting 22 points from LeBron James to lead a balanced scoring effort and pulling away in the second half for a 107-86 win. After going 0-4 against Brooklyn in the regular season, Miami led virtually the entire way and scored 61 points after halftime.
The margin looked comfortable. Talk of said margin made Heat coach Erik Spoelstra seem decidedly uncomfortable.
"They're a veteran-enough group, Brooklyn, to know that the final score doesn't mean anything in the playoffs," Spoelstra said. "It's a long series. Throw that one away, you still have another opportunity to do what you came for. We had very good urgency and focus coming into that same game. We cannot have a letdown."
Spoelstra's right, of course, in that Brooklyn can get what it came for by winning Game 2 - for that would give the Nets home-court advantage and quickly change the complexion of the matchup.
For that to happen, Brooklyn needs to fix quite a bit. But this isn't the first time the Nets are having their resiliency tested.
Having short memories when things go wrong is typically paramount to a team's success, and the Nets have shown a propensity for forgetting troubled times quickly. They were 10-21 on Jan. 1, then went 34-17 to close the regular season. Plus, in games immediately following a loss of 15 points or more, Brooklyn has gone 12-4.
The margin in Game 1: 21 points.
And while Nets coach Jason Kidd was a player on the last team to beat the Heat in a playoff matchup - Dallas rallied from down 1-0 to win the 2011 Finals - it's obvious that Game 2 looms large, especially since neither James nor Wade have ever lost a series after going up 2-0.
"We've been tested, beginning of the season, middle of the season, late in the season and in the first round," said Kidd, whose team has gone 5-8 since finishing off its four-game regular-season sweep of the Heat. "It's nothing new to us. Hopefully we can draw from that experience and help us find a way to win Game 2."
There were elements of Game 1 that Brooklyn probably liked, such as keeping James in some sort of scoring check, keeping him and Wade mostly off the line (they combined to shoot only two free throws all night) and finishing the evening with only 13 turnovers. But Brooklyn also allowed five Miami players to reach double figures, and that was big.
"That hurt," Nets guard Joe Johnson said. "Defensively, that's not us, man. We can't let the other guys around LeBron and Wade have 15, 17 points. To beat this team, you can't allow that."
Johnson and Deron Williams combined to make 14 of 21 shots for the Nets. Everyone else on Brooklyn's roster went 19 of 49 from the floor, and Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were just 3-for-10 for eight points.
"Game 2's going to be entirely different from Game 1, with all the adjustments and what-not," Miami forward Shane Battier said. "If you've been around the block long enough, you understand that. What we took away from those four games in the regular season was we didn't play with much energy. We tried to be cool about it. You don't win in the playoffs by being cool. You win in the playoffs by being tough and playing with energy."
NOTES: Heat F Chris Andersen, who left Game 1 with a right knee contusion, insisted he would play Thursday. Spoelstra said he's not deciding until then, though. ... James, on Game 2 and how Brooklyn will almost certainly be desperate to avoid an 0-2 hole: "We understand what type of aggression they're going to come with." ... The Nets haven't shot 50 percent in 12 of their last 13 games.
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