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Hornets picked fifth, despite having the NBA’s worst record. Reid was marginalized at power forward when the Hornets selected Larry Johnson two years later.

Hornets center Alonzo Mourning dunks over the Pistons' David Wood and Pete Chilcutt.

Most fans, media and journalists attribute a players' greatness to the number of championships that individual has won.

So now this avalanche finally falls on the weary head of one Dwyane Wade — all this doubt and wrath and even, for the very first time, name-calling. Wade has had to wallow in that sewage for a couple of days now, after his worst moments ever in a Miami Heat uniform.

The glass on the fire-extinguisher doors in the vicinity of the vistors' locker room survived unscathed Thursday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, so there's that for the Miami Heat.

Going into this series we knew any chance the Pacers had rested on Roy Hibbert - the Heat had nobody who could match the size of Hibbert.

Including playoffs, the Heat this season has gone 6 for 18 on shots to take the lead or tie the game in the final 24 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime.

After scoring 75 points in a home playoff loss to hard-working Indiana, the Miami Heat doesn't look anything like a lock to win this second-round series, much less an NBA title.

Great shot blockers are nasty, intimidating and fearless. To be able to block shots against NBA players you have to be long and have great timing.

LeBron James got his trophy, and then he and Dwyane Wade made sure the Miami Heat got a win in Game 1. James scored 32 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in his first game as a three-time MVP, Wade finished with 29 despite struggling from the floor, and the Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 95-86 to open their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Sunday.

As he works toward his first championship, Miami Heat forward LeBron James will receive his third NBA Most Valuable Player award Saturday.

But this weekend, the top-rated basketball player in the country for the class of 2013 has been focused on succeeding in Fort Wayne.

Dawn Evans scored 38 points to beat Virginia 75-73 that Sunday in late 2009. She broke the John Paul Jones Arena scoring record, banking the decisive jumper in the final minute.

One of the NBA's most infamous postseason blowups came during the 1997 playoff series between the Miami Heat and New York Knicks, where a melee resulted in multiple suspensions.

Even though a team must endure four seven-game series to win an NBA title, it always appears to be a blur that happens to occur during the year.

Dwyane Wade , del Heat de Miami, clava el balon frente a Amare Stoudemire y Tyson Chandler , de los Knicks de Nueva York, en la primera mitad del Juego 1 de su serie de playoffs de la Conferencia del Este efectuado en Miami, el sabado 28 de abril de 2012.