http://www.mail.com/people/3618-dwyane-wade.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/3618-dwyane-wade.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2160836-james-heat-beats-spurs-103-100-ot-game-7.html MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James saved a championship reign, canceled a celebration. The toughest part now might be topping this performance in Game 7. "It's by far the best game I've ever been a part of," James said. He wouldn't let the Miami Heat lose it — or their NBA title. If the San Antonio Spurs want that, they'll have to fight just a little harder to get... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:57:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2160836-james-heat-beats-spurs-103-100-ot-game-7.html 2013-06-19T05:57:41Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2159844-spurs-coach-puts-pop-news-conferences.html MIAMI (AP) — During his team's Game 3 rout of the Heat, Gregg Popovich was shown on TV talking to his players while they were in the process of burying Miami with a stirring offensive display. "When you're open, let it fly," the Spurs' coach told them. "Put your name in the paper." A day later, San Antonio guard Gary Neal was asked about that bit of encou... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:48:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2159844-spurs-coach-puts-pop-news-conferences.html 2013-06-18T17:48:31Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2158832-heat-room-error-versus-spurs-game-6.html MIAMI (AP) — They lost three times in three months in one of the most overpowering stretches the NBA has ever seen. Now the Miami Heat have lost three times in five games. So superb during the regular season, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Heat have to be something even more for the rest of the NBA Finals. They have to be perfect. ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:37:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2158832-heat-room-error-versus-spurs-game-6.html 2013-06-18T07:37:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2157820-heat-familiar-shaky-ground-finals.html MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James has been here before, with dire results. It was two years ago, the end of the first season of "Big Three" basketball in Miami. The situation: Heat down 3-2, hosting Game 6 of the NBA Finals, only two home wins separating them from what would have been James' first title. Then, thud. James had six turnovers in ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:05:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2157820-heat-familiar-shaky-ground-finals.html 2013-06-17T20:05:15Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2156950-home-heat-try-to-5th-spurs-nba-title.html MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway. Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it. But this season... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:34:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2156950-home-heat-try-to-5th-spurs-nba-title.html 2013-06-17T17:34:21Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2156008-manu-ginobili-sparks-spurs-to-game-5-win.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Across three NBA championships and more than 100 playoff victories together, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have built a bond most teammates will never share. So maybe Ginobili could ignore it when he was suddenly being criticized around San Antonio. You better believe it bothered the others. "Yeah, of course," Parker said. "... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:15:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2156008-manu-ginobili-sparks-spurs-to-game-5-win.html 2013-06-17T07:15:10Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2155926-game-5-ginobilis-spurs-game.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Win or lose, Sunday marked the final home game of this season for the Spurs. The series shifts back to Miami for Game 6 on Tuesday night, and the winner will be decided on South Beach. That also means that Spurs fans may have had their last chance to cheer for Manu Ginobili in the black and silver. Ginobili will turn 36 in July and is a... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:53:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2155926-game-5-ginobilis-spurs-game.html 2013-06-16T23:53:54Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2155732-spurs-heat-defined-stability-top.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Front offices across the NBA seem to be panicking a bit these days. Job security has long been an oxymoron for coaches in this league, but even by that what-have-you-done-for-me-lately standard, this offseason has been a particularly volatile one. Twelve coaches have been fired since the season ended, including the coach of the year and... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:13:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2155732-spurs-heat-defined-stability-top.html 2013-06-16T21:13:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2154568-heat-spurs-set-pivotal-game-5-nba-finals.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker's hamstring, not Dwyane Wade's knee, is the current chief injury concern. Manu Ginobili, not Chris Bosh, is mired in the slump of the moment. Things change quickly at the NBA Finals, and with everything suddenly seeming right with the Miami Heat, it's up to the San Antonio Spurs to change them back Sunday night in Game 5. ... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:20:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2154568-heat-spurs-set-pivotal-game-5-nba-finals.html 2013-06-16T00:20:13Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2154458-nba-finals-stacks-up-game-5.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The swings in momentum in these NBA Finals have been so wild that it has been difficult to grasp just who is in control of the series. Maybe that's because with San Antonio and Miami tied at two games apiece, neither team really is, or feels like it has, any semblance of control. The Heat won Game 2 by 19, lost Game 3 by 36 and then cru... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:56:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2154458-nba-finals-stacks-up-game-5.html 2013-06-15T20:56:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2152874-tied-nba-finals-wade-game-5-best.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Dwyane Wade has never gone the distance in three previous NBA Finals trips. His first two appearances, a win and a loss, both went six games. The Miami Heat needed only five to finish off Oklahoma City last year, when LeBron James won his first title. Wade talks now as if he expects this series with the San Antonio Spurs to reach a Game 7. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:10:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2152874-tied-nba-finals-wade-game-5-best.html 2013-06-15T08:10:06Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2152182-heat-nba-finals-with-spurs-109-93-win.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — LeBron James wanted the responsibility on his powerful shoulders. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh proved Thursday it doesn't have to be that way. James can win the Miami Heat plenty of games, but even he can't win a title alone. "We're not going to win this series if myself, Chris and LeBron don't show up to play on a consistent basis," Wade... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:47:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2152182-heat-nba-finals-with-spurs-109-93-win.html 2013-06-14T14:47:31Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2151164-fla-sports-bar-deck-collapses-dozens-water.html NORTH BAY VILLAGE, Fla. (AP) — A packed outdoor deck behind a popular Miami-area sports bar partially collapsed during the NBA Finals on Thursday night, sending dozens of patrons into the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay. Miami-Dade Fire Chief David Downey said 24 people were taken to area hospitals. Many had cuts and bruises, though one person suffered a f... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:44:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2151164-fla-sports-bar-deck-collapses-dozens-water.html 2013-06-14T06:44:48Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2150922-heat-change-game-4-lineup-miller-haslem.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Mike Miller's uncanny play in these NBA Finals has earned him a spot in the Miami Heat's starting lineup. The Heat switched their rotation for Game 4 against San Antonio on Thursday night, electing to have Miller open the game in place of Udonis Haslem. It's a move that also puts LeBron James in the post more than he was during the firs... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:41:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2150922-heat-change-game-4-lineup-miller-haslem.html 2013-06-14T00:41:05Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2150880-wade-complete-nba-finals-game.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — There have been times in these NBA Finals that Dwyane Wade has looked like the Dwyane Wade of old, attacking the rim, dropping the unblockable floater in the lane and jumpstarting the Miami Heat offense. There have also been times during the finals when he's simply looked old, disappearing from the offense, clanking open jumpers and bei... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:18:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2150880-wade-complete-nba-finals-game.html 2013-06-14T00:18:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2147852-lebron-backing-vow-game-4.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A day later, LeBron James didn't back down. When the Miami Heat were embarrassed by 36 points in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, James took all the blame and even lauded his teammates for playing great. Shortly after that 113-77 debacle of a Spurs' victory ended Tuesday night, James insisted that he would do enough to change the way the Heat ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:06:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2147852-lebron-backing-vow-game-4.html 2013-06-12T22:06:12Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2147290-parker-mild-hamstring-strain-hopeful-gm-4.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker, along with all of San Antonio, really, spent a restless night worrying about a gimpy right hamstring that hampered him in Game 3 of the NBA Finals and threatened the momentum the Spurs seized with a drubbing of the Miami Heat. A day later, Parker said he got some good news. Just how good the news is likely won't be known un... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2147290-parker-mild-hamstring-strain-hopeful-gm-4.html 2013-06-12T20:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2146030-5-things-learned-game-3-nba-finals.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Five things to take away from the San Antonio Spurs' 113-77 win over the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night: NBA GM'S ARE BAD: OK, that's an overstatement. Sort of, anyway. Danny Green was the 46th pick in the 2009 NBA draft. Gary Neal wasn't drafted by anyone. And they were the absolute heroes fo... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:34:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2146030-5-things-learned-game-3-nba-finals.html 2013-06-12T07:34:39Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2145696-spurs-rout-heat-113-77-game-3-nba-finals.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gary Neal may have dreamed it, though it was nothing Danny Green ever could have imagined. Not back when he was LeBron James' teammate in Cleveland, scoring fewer points in the 2009-10 season than James scored in some games. So the idea of outscoring the four-time MVP in an NBA Finals game? "Never ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:24:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2145696-spurs-rout-heat-113-77-game-3-nba-finals.html 2013-06-12T07:24:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2145240-mcilroy-hopes-hes-shaping-up-open-contender.html ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — From No. 1 to just one of many, Rory McIlroy's game has clearly hit a rocky patch. No wonder he's considered making Philly's most famous run. "I was half thinking of going to the steps in the city, the Rocky steps," he said. "Wherever they are, going to run up those. Just because we are where we are." ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:25:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2145240-mcilroy-hopes-hes-shaping-up-open-contender.html 2013-06-11T21:25:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2143242-satisfied-shaken-spurs-bring-nba-finals.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) — On a day of rest at the NBA Finals, Tim Duncan had work to do. Not only was he admittedly awful in Game 2, he had never been so bad on this stage. He shot 3 for 13 from the field for nine points, posting finals career lows in scoring, field goal percentage and field goals made, according to STATS. The three-time fina... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:42:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2143242-satisfied-shaken-spurs-bring-nba-finals.html 2013-06-11T07:42:04Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2140700-heat-beat-spurs-game-2-to-tie-nba-finals.html MIAMI (AP) — For two days, the thought was that LeBron James needed to do more for his teammates. Turns out, it was Mario Chalmers and mates who did something for James. The supporting cast kept it close, and once the leading man joined in, the Miami Heat were back with a blowout in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Chalmers... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:15:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2140700-heat-beat-spurs-game-2-to-tie-nba-finals.html 2013-06-10T07:15:55Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2139326-1-0-to-spurs-heat-seek-nba-finals-fun.html MIAMI (AP) — The NBA Finals. Just being here can be memorable — and miserable. And surprise, it's those supposedly stoic Spurs who are having more fun, while the South Beach bunch is a little grumpy and grouchy. The Miami Heat may be on top of the basketball world, but there's no joy unless they stay there. "Playoffs... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:56:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2139326-1-0-to-spurs-heat-seek-nba-finals-fun.html 2013-06-08T21:56:39Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137824-man-with-plan-lebron-eyes-game-2-adjustments.html MIAMI (AP) — If LeBron James played for the San Antonio Spurs, Gregg Popovich might have a message for him. It's the same one he's occasionally delivered to Tim Duncan. Selfless play is great. Moving the ball to open teammates is usually the right idea. That belief has carried the Spurs to four NBA titles. Sometimes, though, it's best if the superstar tak... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:13:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137824-man-with-plan-lebron-eyes-game-2-adjustments.html 2013-06-07T22:13:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137758-game-1-losses-to-derail-heat-confidence.html MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade's first three trips to the NBA Finals all were accompanied by a statistical oddity. The Game 1 winner in each of those series wound up watching the other team celebrate a championship. He's hoping form holds again. Somehow, the Miami Heat seem to regularly disprove the notion that Game 1 winners almost always end up prevailing in ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:37:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137758-game-1-losses-to-derail-heat-confidence.html 2013-06-07T21:37:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137462-magic-mj-more-5-great-nba-finals-finishes.html MIAMI (AP) — Tony Parker's shot to clinch Game 1 wasn't pretty, but it quickly took its place among some of the great NBA Finals finishes. From Michael Jordan's last basket with Chicago to Magic Johnson's baby hook in Boston, some of the game's biggest stars have saved their best for last. Parker's banked-in bucket and Jordan's finals farewell both came w... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:51:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137462-magic-mj-more-5-great-nba-finals-finishes.html 2013-06-07T19:51:54Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2135650-spurs-rally-to-stun-heat-game-1-nba-finals.html MIAMI (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs still have that winning NBA Finals formula of good defense and a little luck on offense. Tim Duncan overcame a slow start to finish with 20 points and 14 rebounds, Tony Parker banked in a desperation jumper on a broken play with 5.2 seconds left and the Spurs withstood LeBron James' triple-double to beat the Miami Heat 9... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:45:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2135650-spurs-rally-to-stun-heat-game-1-nba-finals.html 2013-06-07T05:45:39Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2135520-stern-overseeing-nba-finals.html MIAMI (AP) — David Stern thinks that when it comes to the NBA Finals, his last might be the best. Stern's 30-year reign as NBA Commissioner will end Feb. 1, making this Miami-San Antonio series the final championship matchup of his tenure overseeing a league that has grown into a wildly successful international corporate giant under his watch. ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:37:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2135520-stern-overseeing-nba-finals.html 2013-06-07T00:37:13Z