Losing to a superior team is one thing, but getting blown out at home in a must-win elimination game by 55 points is another thing entirely. On the Club 520 Podcast show, Jeff Teague reacted to the Miami Heat’s beatdown at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. “They should retire Pat Riley right there,” Teague explained.
The Miami Heat’s 2025 playoff run came to a screeching halt with a 4-0 sweep by the Cleveland Cavaliers, capped by a brutal 138-83 Game 4 loss on Monday night at the Kaseya Center. In the aftermath, ESPN’s Stephen A.
Can you name every player to average at least 17.0 PPG in the 2024 NBA playoffs?
The Cleveland Cavaliers swept the Miami Heat in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. The Heat lost Game 3 by 37 points and Game 4 by 55. After Game 4, Bam Adebayo told reporters that he expects Heat president Pat Riley to make “a lot of changes this summer.” The Heat haven’t won a championship since 2013.
The Miami Heat have been under a lot of pressure to live up to their postseason riser reputation. Coach Erik Spoelstra always prides himself on bringing a squad to heights that surpass expectations.
The final nail in the coffin for Jimmy Butler and the Heat was when he announced that he didn’t feel any joy playing basketball there anymore. That was (part of) the reason he demanded to be traded, and he made multiple references to his dwindling joy in Miami in press conferences, too.
MIAMI – With the Miami Heat’s 55-point historic loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night, it marks the end of the team’s season, which ends dreadfully in the manner of a first-round playoff sweep.
One of the biggest moments in Miami Heat history was when the organization acquired Shaquille O’Neal from the Lakers in 2004. The arrival of the Diesel signified a new powerhouse in the Eastern Conference — and also gave the NBA one of its most uncommon duos: Shaq and Dwyane Wade.
For multiple stretches in the opening games of their first-round series with the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat competed at a high level.
Over the past few months there have been calls for Pat Riley and the Miami Heat to respectfully consider a new dawn. The 80-year-old team president was blamed for Jimmy Butler being upset and seeking a trade, a move that disrupted their season.
No one expected Dwyane Wade to leave the Miami Heat after 13 seasons and three championships with the franchise, but the Hall of Famer eventually joined his hometown Chicago Bulls in a move that certainly wasn’t easy for him.
NBA legend Dwyane Wade spent the majority of his career with the Miami Heat. He won three championships with the franchise and has a statue outside the Kaseya Center.
Miami Heat owner Micky Arison was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 on Saturday. Arison is the leader behind one of the NBA’s most successful franchises.
What LeBron James is doing at this stage of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers is truly unbelievable, but most would consider his time with the Miami Heat as when he was at his absolute peak as a player.
It's hard to believe that LeBron James hasn't played with the Miami Heat since the 2013-14 NBA season. Time has flown by, but "The King" has continued to play at an extremely high level past the age of 40.
About a month ago, three-time champion Dwyane Wade revealed on a podcast that Heat president Pat Riley made sure LeBron James couldn't have the cookies he was used to having on team flights.
NBA great Xavier McDaniel enjoyed his one season playing under New York Knicks coach Pat Riley in 1991. He loved it so much he contemplated ending his career with Riley for the Miami Heat.
There must be something about New York Knicks coaches and interrupting brawls. A few years before Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy tried to stop a fight during a Miami Heat-New York game, Pat Riley was involved in a similar incident.
Former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas has hopped on the bandwagon. It says that the Miami Heat have to move on from team president Pat Riley, the orchestrator of Heat Culture.
Former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas has hopped on the bandwagon. It says that the Miami Heat have to move on from team president Pat Riley, the orchestrator of Heat Culture.
Gilbert Arenas has a stunning demand for Miami Heat president Pat Riley. Arenas uploaded an episode of his Gil’s Arena podcast on Saturday. One of the topics he and the panel discussed revolved around the Heat’s struggles, which saw Kenyon Martin ask Arenas about whether Riley should fire head coach Erik Spoelstra.
Three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams responded to comments made by former NBA player Jeff Teague, who suggested that the Heat should “get rid of” president Pat Riley.
The Heat certainly seem like they will be standing by Riley, who has worked for the team since 1995.
You can tell there's a fierce rivalry between two teams when a network voluntarily gives up a New York Knicks game to showcase it. Jimmy Butler's return to Miami fits the bill.
Like every other major professional sports franchise that has attempted it since the Los Angeles Lakers won three straight from 2000-02, the Chiefs fell short.
Much like his style of play, Butler thrives in chaos. Neither he nor Pat Riley will want this partnership to last beyond the trade deadline. Things have become too fractured to repair.
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