Ira Winderman
@irawinderman.bsky.social
Covering the Miami Heat for the South Florida Sun Sentinel
Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro take flight with Heat, but both listed as out for Friday in New York. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/a... Plus: Game is part of NBA Cup, available only streaming on Prime. The details of where the Heat stand in the in-season tournament.
Adebayo, Herro take flight with Heat, but listed as out for Friday in New York
Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo both took flight with the Miami Heat on Thursday to New York, but remain sidelined.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro take flight with Heat, but both listed as out for Friday in New York. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/a... Plus: Game is part of NBA Cup, available only streaming on Prime. The details of where the Heat stand in the in-season tournament.
Heat's Spoelstra urges more from "laissez faire" Jovic amid forward's uneven season. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/h... "It’s about an intention, a maturity, a professionalism all the time. That’s what we’ve always been on him about."
Heat’s Spoelstra urges more from ‘laissez faire’ Jovic amid forward’s uneven season
The play has been uneven for most of the season for Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic, with coach Erik Spoelstra taking and making notice
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November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Heat's Spoelstra urges more from "laissez faire" Jovic amid forward's uneven season. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/h... "It’s about an intention, a maturity, a professionalism all the time. That’s what we’ve always been on him about."
Was it a case of too much too soon with all the Heat hype? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/a... Plus: Star-less system; the Beal deal.
ASK IRA: Was it a case of too much too soon with all the Heat hype?
Did Wednesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers put the breaks on the Miami Heat hype train?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Was it a case of too much too soon with all the Heat hype? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/13/a... Plus: Star-less system; the Beal deal.
Winderman's view: Heat can't afford to take anyone lightly, but they did vs. Cavs Lite. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/w... Thoughts on a woeful Wednesday.
Winderman’s view: Heat can’t afford to take anyone lightly, but they did vs. Cavs Lite
Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Wednesday night game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Winderman's view: Heat can't afford to take anyone lightly, but they did vs. Cavs Lite. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/w... Thoughts on a woeful Wednesday.
Heat fail to seize upon shorthanded Cavaliers in 130-116 foul-filled, turnover-plagued loss. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/h... Five Degrees of Heat.
Heat fail to seize upon shorthanded Cavaliers in 130-116 foul-filled, turnover-plagued loss
Commit enough turnovers and fouls and sometimes it doesn’t matter who you are playing. It is a hard reality the Miami Heat learned in Wednesday night’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Heat fail to seize upon shorthanded Cavaliers in 130-116 foul-filled, turnover-plagued loss. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/h... Five Degrees of Heat.
Winning hasn't necessarily been a board game for the Heat, as they look to rebound. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/w... Erik Spoelstra, "We pride ourselves on our rebounding. It just has to improve."
Winning hasn’t necessarily been a board game for the Heat, as they look to rebound
There are times when it’s as if Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is trying to will a reality into existence. “We’re a very good rebounding team,” he insisted this week. More like m…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Winning hasn't necessarily been a board game for the Heat, as they look to rebound. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/w... Erik Spoelstra, "We pride ourselves on our rebounding. It just has to improve."
Diabolical assistance: How Heat's Erik Spoelstra unleashed Chris Quinn on Cavs. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/d... "The coaching staff, we spend a lot of time throwing ideas off of each other."
Diabolical assistance: How Heat’s Erik Spoelstra unleashed Chris Quinn on Cavs
Erik Spoelstra was looking for a better way. The better way was Chris Quinn, the longtime Miami Heat assistant, who had conjured something diabolical to be unleashed at just such a moment.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Diabolical assistance: How Heat's Erik Spoelstra unleashed Chris Quinn on Cavs. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/d... "The coaching staff, we spend a lot of time throwing ideas off of each other."
What does it say about the NBA with Cavs sitting stars vs. Heat? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/a... Plus: Rest v. fans; five-second counts.
ASK IRA: What does it say about the NBA with Cavs sitting stars vs. Heat?
Is “rest” a viable reason for the Cleveland Cavaliers to be sitting stars on Wednesday night against the Miami Heat?
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November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What does it say about the NBA with Cavs sitting stars vs. Heat? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/12/a... Plus: Rest v. fans; five-second counts.
Jovic-to-Wiggins for the win: An instant oral history on the Heat's OT stunner vs. Cavs. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/11/j... What Spoelstra, Jovic, Wiggins, Jaquez, Mitchell had to say about the play, with video of the poetry in motion.
Jovic-to-Wiggins for the win: An instant oral history on the Heat’s OT stunner vs. Cavs
The moments before the moment – before Andrew Wiggins’ dramatic game-winning, buzzer-beating dunk for the Miami Heat on Monday night – were a blur.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Jovic-to-Wiggins for the win: An instant oral history on the Heat's OT stunner vs. Cavs. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/11/j... What Spoelstra, Jovic, Wiggins, Jaquez, Mitchell had to say about the play, with video of the poetry in motion.
Is Spoelstra weaving success through Heat's tapestry of talent? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/11/a... Plus: Likable team; the gauntlet.
ASK IRA: Is Spoelstra weaving success through Heat’s tapestry of talent?
Has Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra mixed and matched with the best of them this season?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Is Spoelstra weaving success through Heat's tapestry of talent? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/11/a... Plus: Likable team; the gauntlet.
Winderman's view: These Heat won't back down, as Cavs learned Monday night. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/w... Thoughts on a most manic Monday.
Winderman’s view: These Heat won’t back down, as Cavs learned Monday night
Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Monday night game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Winderman's view: These Heat won't back down, as Cavs learned Monday night. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/w... Thoughts on a most manic Monday.
No lack of drama this time vs. Cavs, as Heat push to 140-138 OT victory www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/n... Five Degrees of Heat.
No lack of drama this time vs. Cavs, as Heat push to 140-138 OT victory
The time, a clutch game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. With overtime required. And a victory. Showing strides made by Erik Spoelstra’s Miami Heat.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
No lack of drama this time vs. Cavs, as Heat push to 140-138 OT victory www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/n... Five Degrees of Heat.
Heat's Herro learned to draw fouls, now he's drawing Jaquez into the hunt. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/h... Plus: Spoelstra on the spacing race.
Heat’s Herro learned to draw fouls, now he’s drawing Jaquez into the hunt
An ancillary aspect of the Miami Heat’s drive-to-thrive offense, when any and all opportunities are taken to attack the rim, has been the opportunity to more frequently throw hands.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Heat's Herro learned to draw fouls, now he's drawing Jaquez into the hunt. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/h... Plus: Spoelstra on the spacing race.
"Everything I did was wrong," so Heat's Nikola Jovic decided to take ownership. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/e... "It’s obvious that I wasn’t playing great basketball. Hopefully I’ll play better and hopefully I’ll help these guys and this team."
‘Everything I did was wrong,’ so Heat’s Nikola Jovic decided to take ownership
There long has been an innocence with Nikola Jovic, the Miami Heat forward who was drafted into the NBA the same month he turned 19 and continues to exude a youthful buoyancy.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Everything I did was wrong," so Heat's Nikola Jovic decided to take ownership. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/e... "It’s obvious that I wasn’t playing great basketball. Hopefully I’ll play better and hopefully I’ll help these guys and this team."
Is there a way for Heat to get Tyler Herro up to this speed? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/a... Plus: Victor Oladipo; roster construction.
ASK IRA: Is there a way for Heat to get Tyler Herro up to this speed?
Is getting Tyler Herro up to speed the next challenge for the Miami Heat?
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November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Is there a way for Heat to get Tyler Herro up to this speed? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/10/a... Plus: Victor Oladipo; roster construction.
Seven months later, Cavaliers are back after ripping out Heat's playoff souls (and fueling change). www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/09/s... "That sparked a lot of thought that we needed to do some things better."
Seven months later, Cavaliers are back after ripping out Heat’s playoff souls (and fueling change)
There have been moments over this 18-year run of coaching the Miami Heat that have forced Erik Spoelstra to reassess everything. The Cleveland Cavaliers made him do that this offseason.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Seven months later, Cavaliers are back after ripping out Heat's playoff souls (and fueling change). www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/09/s... "That sparked a lot of thought that we needed to do some things better."
Can Saturday night be the rule for Heat's Jovic (or only the exception)? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/09/a... Plus: Trade pieces; daily reminder.
ASK IRA: Can Saturday night be the rule for Heat’s Jovic (or only the exception)?
Did Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic tease on Saturday night, or is there more to come?
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November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can Saturday night be the rule for Heat's Jovic (or only the exception)? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/09/a... Plus: Trade pieces; daily reminder.
Winderman's view: Heat's Jaquez energizes when needed against Trail Blazers. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/w... Thoughts on a successful Saturday.
Winderman’s view: Heat’s Jaquez energizes when needed against Trail Blazers
Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Saturday night game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Winderman's view: Heat's Jaquez energizes when needed against Trail Blazers. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/w... Thoughts on a successful Saturday.
Heat outpace Trail Blazers for 136-131 victory, as Adebayo again sits www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/h... Thoughts on a successful Saturday.
Heat outpace Trail Blazers for 136-131 victory, as Adebayo again sits
The NBA’s two fastest teams as measured by pace not only were off to the races on Saturday night at Kaseya Center, but in a race that went to the wire, with the Miami Heat coming out ahead.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Heat outpace Trail Blazers for 136-131 victory, as Adebayo again sits www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/h... Thoughts on a successful Saturday.
Heat outpace Trail Blazers for 136-131 victory, as Adebayo again sits. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/h... Five Degrees of Heat.
Heat outpace Trail Blazers for 136-131 victory, as Adebayo again sits
The NBA’s two fastest teams as measured by pace not only were off to the races on Saturday night at Kaseya Center, but in a race that went to the wire, with the Miami Heat coming out ahead.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Heat outpace Trail Blazers for 136-131 victory, as Adebayo again sits. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/h... Five Degrees of Heat.
Did Heat push too hard, too long, too late when it came to Jaquez's ankle sprain? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/a... Plus: Bam's boot; sharks v. whale.
ASK IRA: Did Heat push too hard, too long, too late when it came to Jaquez’s ankle sprain?
Was Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the wrong place at the wrong time for the Miami Heat on Friday night?
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November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Did Heat push too hard, too long, too late when it came to Jaquez's ankle sprain? Latest "Ask Ira" at www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/08/a... Plus: Bam's boot; sharks v. whale.
Winderman's view: Or the Heat just could rebound and make this easier. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/w... Thoughts on a frantic Friday with meaning.
Winderman’s view: Or the Heat just could rebound and make this easier
Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Friday night game against the Charlotte Hornets.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Winderman's view: Or the Heat just could rebound and make this easier. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/w... Thoughts on a frantic Friday with meaning.
Shorthanded Heat hold off Hornets 126-108 on emotional night for Spoelstra. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/s... Five Degrees of Heat.
Shorthanded Heat hold off Hornets 126-108 on emotional night for Spoelstra
The feel-good story was being written even before the game, with Erik Spoelstra joined by his three children during his pregame media session.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Shorthanded Heat hold off Hornets 126-108 on emotional night for Spoelstra. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/s... Five Degrees of Heat.
A day after house blaze, it's back to work for Heat coach, "Spoelstras are resilient." www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/a... "Things in the house, those things can be replaced. And if they can’t be replaced, what does it really matter? This is what really matters – family, closest ones."
A day after house blaze, it’s back to work for Heat coach, ‘Spoelstras are resilient’
With his three children at his side, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Friday for the first time publicly addressed the Thursday early-morning blaze that destroyed his Coral Gables home.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A day after house blaze, it's back to work for Heat coach, "Spoelstras are resilient." www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/a... "Things in the house, those things can be replaced. And if they can’t be replaced, what does it really matter? This is what really matters – family, closest ones."
A "California-cool kid"? Nah, fire very much burns for Heat's Pelle Larsson. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/a... "On the court, the vision I have of him is when he’s like pumping his fist and flexing."
A ‘California-cool kid’? Nah, fire very much burns for Heat’s Pelle Larsson
To appreciate the divergent off-court/on-court perspectives on Miami Heat wing Pelle Larsson is simply to listen to the comparative takes offered earlier this week by coach Erik Spoelstra.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A "California-cool kid"? Nah, fire very much burns for Heat's Pelle Larsson. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/07/a... "On the court, the vision I have of him is when he’s like pumping his fist and flexing."