Miami Heat big man Kevin Love missed the NBA Finals after making the playoffs for the first time in his 16-year professional career. The Heat's first-round loss to the Boston Celtics marks the first non-Finals appearance in Love's half-dozen postseason visits.
The 35-year-old is in his 16th NBA season and his first full year with Miami.
Miami Heat forward Kevin Love has made it clear he has no plans to retire from basketball just yet. Ahead of Game 5 against the Boston Celtics, the 35-year-old said he “would like to keep playing” in the NBA.
The moment was exactly why the Miami Heat made center Bam Adebayo their team captain at the beginning of the season. The Heat were disappointed after Saturday's loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Miami Heat center Kevin Love is a realist. He knows his days as a superstar are over. Minutes are hard to come by these days, so he understands why his playing time has dipped against the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
While the Miami Heat look ahead to Game 4 against the Boston Celtics Monday night, part of the preparation is looking back at the previous three games and seeing how to respond.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are in cruise control so far in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Two games into their series against the Orlando Magic, and they have as many wins already.
Tuesday night was exciting for a number of reasons when it comes to the Miami Heat as besides getting a quality win against the New York Knicks with seven games left in the season, it also marked the first minutes of action for star Kevin Love.
The first rule of fight week is you have to win fight week. Consider this Miami Heat fight week due to its play-off positioning significance and games against two position-battling squads.
The NBA announced the 2023-24 finalists for a pair of awards on Tuesday.
The Miami Heat made a surprise run to the NBA Finals last season as the eight seed. They could find themselves in a similar predicament entering this year’s playoffs as they are currently seventh in the Eastern Conference standings.
According to NBA reporter Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com, Miami Heat veteran Kevin Love helped Max Strus sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer. Love, who played 489 games with the Cavaliers, built a close relationship with Strus on the Heat. “I just told him the truth,” Love told cleveland.com in a sit-down earlier this season.
The Miami Heat have announced major injury and status updates to the likes of star Tyler Herro, Kevin Love, and the newly acquired signing of Patty Mills.
After the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers last night (2/27), NBA star Kyrie Irving took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and sent a message
The New Orleans Pelicans and Miami Heat starred in a controversial moment following an unfortunate play between Zion Williamson and Kevin Love.
The Heat and Pelicans starred in one of the scuffles (yes, there were more) on Friday night in the NBA, shocking everybody after a play between Zion Williamson and Kevin Love.
Kevin Love and the Miami Heat have been on a bit of a roll lately, having won seven of their past 11. That includes six of the last eight games in which Jimmy Butler has missed with a sprained big toe.
On Saturday evening, the Miami Heat are hosting the Chicago Bulls in Florida. During the game, Kevin Love made NBA History by becoming the 39th player
In the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 111-99 victory over the Miami Heat last night, one of Miami’s main factors was a familiar face. Off the bench, Heat forward Kevin Love had one of his best performances of the season against the team he won the 2016 NBA Championship with.
The Heat have reached agreement with power forward Kevin Love on a two-year contract, per Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press. The second year of the deal will consist of a player option.
Love played 20 postseason games with Miami, including 18 starts, and produced an average of 6.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 17 minutes.
It’s quite the revival for Love, who got a buyout from Cleveland after they informed him he was out of the rotation.
Head coach Erik Spoelstra said it was a bit surprising that Kevin Love was available. Love had been out of Cleveland’s rotation for the final 12 games leading into the All-Star break.
Donovan Mitchell admits to being “shocked” by Kevin Love‘s buyout with the Cavaliers, which occurred while players were scattered for the All-Star break.
Kevin Love reached a buyout agreement with the Cleveland Cavaliers over the weekend, and the former All-Star has found a new team. Love’s agent on Sunday told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that Love will sign with the Miami Heat.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Miami Heat have emerged as the "front runner" for Love, but the former first-round pick also plans to speak with the Philadelphia 76ers.
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