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Trail Blazers tryna chill, pop open the Pinot Noir on staycation originally appeared on nbcsportsnorthwest.com When Terry Stotts strolled into the Trail Blazers locker room following the 132-105 trouncing of the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night, his outfit spoiled the surprise. Stotts walked into an already rowdy locker room clad in proper beach attire complete with a button-up floral shirt, cargo shorts, flip flops, sunglasses and a white fedora. The Blazers players had been petitioning their coach to cancel practice on Saturday for over a week, and were chanting "Three! Continue to Article

January 31, 2019 1:53:pm EST

Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat got a big lift from an unlikely source. Wayne Ellington scored each of his 19 points in the second half, and the Heat handed the New York Knicks their ninth straight loss with a 106-97 victory on Sunday night. Miami had seven players score in double figures in its second straight win. Continue to Article

January 27, 2019 11:34:pm EST

Erik Spoelstra coached his 850th game for the Heat on Wednesday night, passing team president and Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley for the most in franchise history. Spoelstra is only the 13th person to coach at least 850 games with one NBA franchise; it's happened 14 times overall, with Don Nelson reaching that threshold with both Milwaukee and Golden State during his career. "My dad had been fired from a couple of different places and he knew the real NBA," Spoelstra said. Continue to Article

January 24, 2019 2:31:am EST

Dwyane Wade's last dance went back to college. The Miami Heat guard — who has dubbed his 16th and final NBA season "One Last Dance" — was the guest of honor at Marquette's game against Providence on Sunday. Wade starred for the Golden Eagles during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, leading Marquette to the Final Four in his last year of college before he jumped to the NBA. Continue to Article

January 20, 2019 2:09:pm EST

Another big loss wears on Bulls Zach LaVine: 'It doesnt make a lot of sense' originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com The Bulls were obviously fighting an uphill battle from the start in Saturday night's game against the Miami Heat, being without center Wendell Carter Jr. and having lost 9-straight games coming into the matchup. But things went from bad to worse as the Bulls had yet another second half collapse that led to a double-digit loss, and some reasonable frustration from guard Zach LaVine. After heading into the half up by 2 points, Chicago completely fell apart at the start of the third quarter, in which they were outscored 28-19. Continue to Article

January 20, 2019 1:54:am EST