Miami Heat >>

While many NBA coaches routinely tinker with rotations based on the opponent, Frank Vogel believes in keeping matchups and lineups consistent....

Heat coach says he delays lineup announcements because he can, not to gain strategic advantage. "It's not a subterfuge on my part," he says. Of such gamesmanship, Pacers coach Frank Vogel says, "I'm typically against it."...

Q: Do you think Erik Spoelstra was overthinking/overcoaching by starting Shane Battier instead of Udonis Haslem, which would have been the obvious move? Small ball only works if the big men can hit shots. To some degree, it doesn't matter who starts if Chris Bosh, Battier and Haslem can't make Indiana pay. -- David....

It was considered a huge victory when the Indiana Pacers defeated the Miami Heat Sunday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals....

  The curious case of Greg Oden continues to grow more curious....

Heat whiffed on getting LeBron help — so he's the help The Heat face more questions than answers as LeBron James wasn't happy with how he was used in Game 1 and Erik Spoelstra was picking between players he often discarded in big moments last year....

  In a season of revolving lineups, changing rotations, unique approaches, this might have been as dramatic as any shift, certainly when considering the stage....

OK, some perspective. The Heat have lost the opener of a series four times in The Big Three Era. They've won all of those series. So we'll see what Sunday's loss in Game 1 to Indiana means. Here are five changes they need to make, though:...

GUARDSEDGE: HEAT The Heat has the edge here based on Dwyane Wade’s current health and playoff experience. Even with the emergence of Paul George this season, Wade is still arguably the second best player in this series next to LeBron James. Wade scored 28 points in the Heat’s closeout game of the Brooklyn Nets in […]...

Q: Of course somebody has to lose, but after all the games these two teams have played, how could the Heat look so overmatched? Dwyane Wade looked good offensively, but the team settled for jump shots instead of attacking, and Chris Bosh and Mario Chalmers looked awful. I've learned to never doubt this team. They always figure it out. But maybe this is just who they are. -- Chet....

Todos los juegos de los Playoffs pueden ser escuchados en inglés y español en las emisoras líderes de la cadena radial del HEAT...

Recap of HEAT.com's live chat as the HEAT fall to the Indiana Pacers in game one of the Eastern Conference Finals....

Sports Network - Sun Sentinel Home Subscriber Services Classified Ads Jobs Real Estate Rentals Cars Merchandise Obituaries Reader Rewards Crossword, Sudoku, Games Public Notices Place An Ad Contact Us News Weather Forecast Lottery Schools Nation & World Obituaries Crime & Safety Mug Shots Columnists Traffic Weird Politics Blogs Medical Marijuana Florida Hurricane HQ Surveillance Videos CBS12 El Sentinel...

Miami Heat: Heat fall to Pacers in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals - Sun Sentinel   77° F, Partly cloudy Sunday, May 18 , 2014 11:56 PM EDT Home Subscriber Services Classified Ads Jobs Real Estate Rentals Cars Merchandise Obituaries Reader Rewards Crossword, Sudoku, Games Public Notices Place An Ad Contact Us News Weather Forecast Lottery Schools Nation & World Obituaries Crime & Safety Mug Shots...

Lance Stephenson was completely caught off guard by the question....

  Signed in the offseason with the expectation of providing a playoff counter to Roy Hibbert, Greg Oden could only watch from behind the bench in a suit during Sunday's 107-96 loss to the Indiana Pacers, the hulking Miami Heat center inactive for Game 1 of these Eastern Conference finals....

   When/Where: 8:30 p.m., Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis....

Indiana takes Game 1 behind some uncharacteristic shooting Everyone in the quiet Heat locker room explained their miserable day with the same number. Everyone. LeBron James. Chris Bosh. Udonis Haslem stood at his locker tapping the number on the statistics sheet for emphasis....

Indiana takes 1-0 lead in best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals by scoring early from outside and late in the paint. The balanced attack is more than enough to offset 27 points from Dwyane Wade and 25 LeBron James....

With Shane Battier remaining in Heat starting lineup and with Greg Oden inactive, a look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Sunday's 3:30 p.m. Eastern Conference finals NBA playoff game between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse (TV: ABC. Radio: 790-AM, 104.3-FM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM-Spanish):...