Bam Adebayo

“We always said, 'We’re not a regular eighth seed,'” Adebayo said. “And people know that for some reason.”

To be the captain of the Miami Heat is to carry on a tradition unlike any in the NBA. It's a role Bam Adebayo has been groomed to fill.

“I think the biggest takeaway from last year is just (that) anything can happen,” says Heat guard Tyler Herro.

The Knicks, Clippers and Timberwolves each had two reserves named Thursday night.

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The Blazers and Heat had multiple conversations in July, but the sides never engaged in substantive negotiations, sources told The Athletic.

Are Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo & company still the class of the NBA's Southeast?

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The Heat are up against it after losing Game 3 at home to Denver. But there is reason to believe they can bounce back. Here's a closer look.

Denver's duo of stars tops Miami's, so the Heat need their rotating cast of secondary stars to give them a chance in these Finals.

Shoulders are metaphoric for the ability to carry weight. They represent burden, responsibility, capacity. And Adebayo's are broad.

As the Nuggets-Heat series continues, midrange field goals could be the ultimate cheat code.

The Nuggets enter the NBA Finals as heavy favorites. What players will the Heat lean on to prove people wrong?

To win a title, the Nuggets will have to play great hoops, no matter what the oddsmakers and NBA Twitter seems to think.

The Heat were flying high with the series 3-0. Now they've got some serious problems to fix to survive a Celtics comeback.

The Celtics fought off the sweep in Game 4. They attacked throughout Game 5. They are awake now. They have hope.

Derrick White, who opened the conference finals as a reserve, went off with 24 points on six 3s with two steals.

If there was any concern that the Celtics could build momentum to make this a series, the Heat weren't showing it after their Game 4 loss.