Joel Anthony News

It would be an understatement to say that the Miami Heat had a rough go of it in Game 3 of the 2013 NBA Finals , losing 111-76 to the San Antonio Spurs .

Blowouts are not good for television ratings, and two of the three 2013 NBA Finals games so far have been Joel Anthony and Tracy McGrady showcase time.

That's a significant weight off the shoulders of the Sioux Falls owners and sales staff.

LeBron James and his Miami Heat teammates will take on the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday.

Long shot: Miami Heat's LeBron James tries to shoot from the bench as his team-mates Joel Anthony and Ray Allen look on during a training session.

Amid this third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals , and with increasingly punitive salary-cap and luxury-tax penalties about to kick in from the new collective-bargaining agreement, the question becomes how the Miami Heat will be able to sustain their pipeline of supporting talent.

Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar, ladies and gentleman, is your newest rap legend. While that may be a premature assessment, it's not a stretch.

Late in Miami's game against San Antonio on Thursday night, Chris Bosh found himself all alone deep in the corner with the Heat down four points.

From the start, this was never all about LeBron James. Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade gave him early help.

LeBron James and the Miami Heat struggled mightily in the Eastern Conference Finals against a big Indiana Pacers team.

Miami Heat's Chris Bosh protects the ball as he drives for the basket against San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan in the second quarter at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida, Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

Miami's Chris "Birdman" Andersen has a chance to break the all-time NBA playoff record for field goal percentage.

With the 2013 NBA Finals , it's time to focus on the guys who are really going to decide the series.

We saw in Game 6 the Heat couldn't defend a halftime lead, couldn't defend their second-half basket and couldn't defend their individual reputations when Indiana picked those apart, too.

Roy Hibbert used a gay slur in one answer and a curse to refer to the media in another during his news conference following Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, putting himself in line for being disciplined by the NBA.

Despite LeBron James ' infamous boast nearly three years ago, the Miami Heat won't win seven titles with he, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all serving as the team's core group.

Anthony played almost 29 minutes on Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in the Heat's 91-77 loss to the Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals.

It doesn't look like that, ''Not one, not two, not three, not four..." championships is going to happen for LeBron James , at least not with the Miami Heat.

May 30, 2013; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat small forward LeBron James makes a layup against Indiana Pacers point guard George Hill in the third quarter of game five of the Eastern Conference finals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Arena.

Myself, Joe Goodman and Linda Robertson are the Herald writers bringing you stuff live from Indianapolis, not back home from Internetapolis.