The early returns on the Miami Heat’s bench have been encouraging. Very encouraging.

Guard Tyler Herro starts the season on the injured list recovering from ankle surgery, and the most important addition was veteran guard Norm Powell.

If the player says he can’t go in the first quarter, he doesn’t go,” former Dallas Mavericks doctor Tarek Souryal said. “You can see bruising. You can see a cut. But you can’t see pain.”

At the moment, there only is limbo when it comes to Terry Rozier and where he stands — or doesn’t stand — on the Miami Heat payroll in the wake of his NBA leave.

The first week of the 2025-26 NBA season is through and, already, there’s no shortage of compelling story lines at work.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 115-107 win over the New York Knicks (2-1) on Sunday night at Kaseya Center in its home opener. The Heat (2-1) will close its quick two-game homestand on Tuesday against the Charlotte Hornets:

The Knicks generated clean looks all night long, following Brown’s directive to get into the paint and spray the ball out to three-point line when the defense collapses to the rim. But they were

The Memphis Grizzlies look for a 2-0 start at home as they host the Miami Heat on Friday night, with star Ja Morant questionable to play due to an ankle injury. How to Watch Heat vs Grizzlies When: Friday,