The Heat beat the Knicks 102-88 in Miami, and eventually swept the season series 3-0.

He said that after the Heat beat the Knicks handily in Game 1 of the series, Miami seemed to get overconfident.

B21 Basketball: Heat beats Nets in overtime.

Heat singed his hair and beat on his brain through his skull.

The Heat, which had lost seven of its last eight games, beat a team with a winning record for the first time since Nov. 18.

Heat beat back at me; water boiled away.

"Look, we got off to a bad start," Riley said Friday before the Heat beat the Celtics, 89-66, in Boston.

Phoenix, the only N.B.A. team the Heat has never beaten, is 15-0 in the series.

Two night later, the Heat beat the Detroit Pistons and hit the 25 mark, which caused the Pistons to hit their tenth loss in row.

March 8: The Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers 102-93, becoming the first team in the league to clinch a playoff berth and extending their winning streak to 17.