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Thursday, May 16

Tom Haberstroh

*in* duck costumes.

Tom Haberstroh

Just watched a video of my dad and his rotary club doing the Harlem Shake I'm duck costumes. Still better than this game.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Desert thirsty. Honey nut Cheerios. The NBA playoffs will miss the Knicks when they're done.

Bill Reiter

Dirk's I'll-take-less-money pitch is fascinating. Be very interesting to see what others stars - DWade, Kobe - do in 2014 in that regard.

Ethan J. Skolnick

If it's not stocked at your Barnes & Noble, just ask and they will order it. Could be in family & childcare or sports section of store.

Ethan J. Skolnick

If you live in Ft Lauderdale, the Barnes & Noble on 2501 Federal Highway is spotlighting raisingyourgamebook.com in parenting & childcare

Tom Haberstroh

Last nerdy thing I promise: go find this bad boy if you're curious about NBA analytics. http://t.co/w2oy4hOti2

Chris Bosh

We're honored 2 announce that the #ChrisBosh FB page hit 1M likes 2day. Thx 4 the love & support. - #TeamBosh say.ly/rbe5Q2W

Tom Haberstroh

And now, back to your regular NBA programming.

Tom Haberstroh

Once we can measure defensive value (like baseball's UZR and plus/minus runs saved) it will change the game.

Tom Haberstroh

Some basic hoops concepts we haven't quantified yet, but know are important: screening, spacing, ball pressure, 'shell drill' angles, etc.

Tom Haberstroh

Goes to show that the NBA world is just getting started in this whole analytics thing. Sooo so much we can't quantify yet.

Tom Haberstroh

How do you turn a ball into a strike? A fundamental concept that has HUGE value. Sabermetrics, after years of work, can now quantify it.

Tom Haberstroh

It's been a few years since I "left" baseball's sabermetrics world, but I remember a catcher's value being a giant ?.

Tom Haberstroh

This feature by @ben_lindbergh on catchers and pitch framing blew my mind. Sabermetrics at its best. es.pn/12AxoNv

Ethan J. Skolnick

Appreciate all my friends in business -- and others -- who have helped get word out about "Raising Your Game." It's making a difference.

Ira Winderman

Heat notebook: Heat shooters never shook free against Bulls sunsent.nl/10IEe1y plus Battier's quote of the postseason, some numbers.

Ira Winderman

At least for the moment, the Heat turn their thoughts to the Pacers sunsent.nl/10Bm7ti and wait and watch.

Tom Haberstroh

Not sure know why I'm so surprised by this but I am: LeBron has already reached the Eastern Conference Finals more times in MIA than in CLE.

Ethan J. Skolnick

LeBron is 3-1 in Conference Finals. Put up his best stats in series (2009 vs Orlando) he lost.

Surya Fernandez

FYI, Derrick Rose says he's thinking about coming back for Game 6 but still listing himself day-to-day.

Chris Tomasson

Dwyane Wade comes up big when after many doubt his effectiveness due to bad knee. Story at foxsportsflorida.com/nba/miami-heat…

Chris Tomasson

SI lists Chris Bosh's endorsements at $1 million, well behind LeBron's $39M/Wade's $11.5M Wouldn't mind making more sulia.com/my_thoughts/46…

Tom Haberstroh

At Per Diem: We're headed for a Grizzles-Heat NBA Finals, right? Why I'm not so sure. es.pn/YMrr0z [$]

Chris Tomasson

Chris Bosh says he wasn't thrilled to have made Sports Illustrated's Fortunate 50 and his income publicized: sulia.com/my_thoughts/c4…

Chris Tomasson

Chris Bosh is not keen on his income being publicized in Sports Illustrated's Fortunate 50. See story at foxsportsflorida.com/nba/miami-heat…

Chris Bosh

Shoutout to all the teens who made the promise to graduate #HS! Now, it’s your turn-join #GRAD4MAS graduateformas.com

Tom Haberstroh

Look, PER isn't the end-all, be-all. But holy smokes was he awful. 24 TOs vs. 24 pts. 39 fouls vs. 5 blocks. -40 for playoffs.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Projecting out to minutes he used to play, Haslem would be averaging 12.4 points and 7.8 rebounds on 63.4 percent shooting

Tom Haberstroh

Kendrick Perkins finished with a NEGATIVE PER in the playoffs. -0.7 = worst ever with 200+ mins. bkref.com/tiny/78uvJ

Ethan J. Skolnick

Three Heat players are shooting over. 60 percent in playoffs: Andersen, Haslem, Cole. One shooting under 30 percent: Battier.

Tom Haberstroh

Somehow Jason Kidd's 5.4 posteason PER still isn't as bad as Mike Bibby's during the Heat's 2011 run (3.6). #neverforget

Ethan J. Skolnick

Then again, I don't watch much ESPN anymore. So maybe it was done there.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Agree w @ShandelRich ... Don't think maj of media were "counting Wade out." Rather, expressing concern about knee issue he's acknowledged

Ira Winderman

Would the Pacers be a tougher challenge for the Heat this season than they were last season? Latest "Ask Ira" at sunsent.nl/103TnKP

Tom Haberstroh

Carmelo Anthony has a 58.2 percent usage rate in clutch situations this postseason per StatsCube. 5-13 FG in 15 mins.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Column repost: Wade's late surge finishes Bulls mypalmbeachpost.com/news/sports/ba…

Tom Haberstroh

A quick word about momentum: Spurs swept through the first two rounds last playoffs and went up 2-0 vs. OKC in the WCF. Yeah.

Tom Haberstroh

I, for one, still can't believe the Grizzlies are doing this without Hamed Haddadi.

Chris Tomasson

Nate Robinson said it doesn't matter what people said about Dwyane Wade and being injured. sulia.com/my_thoughts/7c…

Chris Tomasson

Guard James Jones says #Heat players laugh about media stories about always writing off an injured Dwyane Wade. sulia.com/my_thoughts/0a…

Ira Winderman

Rip Hamilton a Heat next season if Miller is amnestied? No way he's back with Thibodeau.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Very possible that the team Durant had in the Finals last June will be the best he ever has

Ethan J. Skolnick

So, should Sam Presti have held onto Harden and let it play out? Would it have mattered once Westbrook went down?

Joseph Goodman

LeGAMER: Resurgent Wade and reserves lead Heat into Eastern Conference finals. hrld.us/182UVdg

Tom Haberstroh

Thinking back on that post-2012-Finals moment when KD-RW-Harden stood arm-to-arm watching Heat. Less than a year ago, feels like a decade.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Listening to OKC radio. They are taking it rather well, all things considered.

Tom Haberstroh

Marc Gasol daggers are more like guillotines.

Bill Reiter

What more do you need to see? Pat Riley got it two years ago: You need multiple stars to compete for a championship. Period.

Ethan J. Skolnick

LeBron said he needed 24 hours. He'll get them. Heat not practicing Thursday.

Wednesday, May 15

Chris Tomasson

Chris Bosh said he didn’t expect that Bulls guard Derrick Rose ever would return to face the Heat in the playoffs. sulia.com/my_thoughts/42…

Ethan J. Skolnick

In summary of the series: Chicago deserves great respect for how it competed. Miami can't have similar lulls against Pacers.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Pacers logo coming soon, possibly Monday http://t.co/DKabXaf7bH

Ethan J. Skolnick

Column (final): Wade's strong finish ends a nutty night, and series mypalmbeachpost.com/news/sports/ba…

Tom Haberstroh

All that with Nick Collison at the 5. Hmmm...

Chris Tomasson

LeBron will do nothing next 24 hours except rest. “I need at least 24 hours after going against those guys. They’re very tough mentally.’’

Chris Tomasson

LeBron James: "It was a tough series. Tonight we gave everything we had. I got no energy left.''

Chris Tomasson

Dwyane Wade talks about taking a mental day yesterday and preparing for tonight’s game on his bad knee. sulia.com/my_thoughts/92…

Chris Tomasson

LeBron James said this might be the toughest close-out game he’s ever had. sulia.com/my_thoughts/b4…

Chris Tomasson

Here’s Dwyane Wade talking about the doubters and how he tries to overcome them. sulia.com/my_thoughts/a4…

Chris Tomasson

Here’s LeBron's passionate talk on how much respects DWade and how much he doesn’t respect those questioning him: sulia.com/my_thoughts/8a…

Ethan J. Skolnick

Column (early): In close-out, Dwyane Wade again shows it's nuts to count him out. bit.ly/14quMTL

Ira Winderman

Quick thoughts on a night the Heat look good, look bad and finally can look past the Bulls sunsent.nl/19vLmma with the East finals next

Ira Winderman

Both up and down in the same game, the Heat finally finish off the Bulls sunsent.nl/12cAFCh in five not-so-easy games,

Chris Tomasson

LeBron on Wade 'I really don't care for the trash talk he receives' great stuff will soon tweet his full comments

Ethan J. Skolnick

LeBron on Wade: "I can go on and on about how great he is. I really don't care for the trash talk that he receives."

Ethan J. Skolnick

LeBron with a spirited defense of Wade: "He doesn't have to prove himself to anyone."

Ethan J. Skolnick

Wade on doubt: "That's my life. I'm not supposed to be sitting up here at this podium right now."

Ethan J. Skolnick

LeBron: "I need at least 24 for sure. I need at least 24 hours."

Ethan J. Skolnick

LeBron: "Tonight we gave everything we had. I've got no energy left."

Ethan J. Skolnick

Wade said he felt better tonight than he has felt in a while

Ethan J. Skolnick

Wade said he took a "mental day" yesterday. Said LeBron told him before the game: "I need one from you."

Ethan J. Skolnick

LeBron: "This is probably one of the toughest (close out games) I've had in my career."

Ethan J. Skolnick

Wade got the knee re-taped before 4th quarter: "I wanted it tight. I didn't go back because it wasn't feeling good."

Ethan J. Skolnick

Wade in the final 5:28: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block, 1 possession saved, 1 smothering closeout on Jimmy Butler.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Bosh on Wade: "He was just waiting, waiting, watching. And he see opportunity, he seized it, he really grabbed it by the throat."

Tom Haberstroh

Overheard in the hallway outside the Heat lockerroom. "Look, I'm not D-Wade. This is my suburban dad look." It was Shane Battier, of course.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Boozer said Bulls weren't healthy during a playoff run. They were in 2011.

Surya Fernandez

I'd suggest to Stern that the NBA move the Bobcats to Seattle but that would be just cruel to their basketball fans.

Tom Haberstroh

Miami 94, Chicago 91 | Heat Reaction grades: es.pn/182IQon

Tom Haberstroh

Thibodeau on rallying back from early deficit: "Story of the season."

Tom Haberstroh

Spoelstra on Bulls' health: "It's a shame."

Tom Haberstroh

Jimmy Butler 48:00

Surya Fernandez

It's crazy how the Heat pulled this one out. They did it with some timely baskets by Wade & Cole, solid team defense and lots of luck.

Joseph Goodman

FINAL: Heat 94, Bulls 91. Heat takes series 4-1. Onto the Eastern Conference finals.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Miami wins 94-91. Wade saves best for last, all over Butler. Finished with 18/5/6. Indiana or New York next, Monday or Wednesday.

Chris Tomasson

Looks like another session with Tom Crean has done wonders for Dwyane Wade. My story from yesterday. foxsportsflorida.com/nba/miami-heat…

Ethan J. Skolnick

Yes, Wade's been great the past 3 minutes. Norris Cole started this.

Tom Haberstroh

Whatever Wade did in that lockerroom, probably a good move.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Tonight, it's OK for Spoelstra to cite Wade's plus-minus.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Thibodeau did a great job with this group. But I don't understand going only 6 deep tonight (Gibson just 8 minutes). Team's tired.

Ethan J. Skolnick

Wade with two floaters, now with 16 on 6/12, plus 6 assists. You know what he does with doubts.

Tom Haberstroh

Norris Cole was Carlton at midseason and now he's Will Smith.

Ethan J. Skolnick

The point guard minute distribution tonight is beyond comprehension.