Ray Allen Blog Posts

MIAMI – The Miami Heat opened Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal with the Chicago Bulls with such precision that is was hard to imagine an outcome other than one similar to the Game 2 blowout. Chicago, though, had other plans. The Bul...

CHICAGO – Game 4 stood as a proverbial fork in the road for this Eastern Conference Semifinal series, and Chicago had the hope of turning the narrative down the path whispering “upset”. Miami, though, shifted the defense into high-gear in t...

The NBA Playoffs resumed on Wednesday with a pair of Game 2s. There will be no games held on Thursday. The playoffs will resume with a pair of games on Friday night. Eastern Conference Semifinals – Game 2 (5) Chicago Bulls 78, (1) Miami Heat 11...

The Miami Heat bounced back from a stunning Game 1 loss to top the Chicago Bulls 115-78 on Wednesday and even their best-of-seven series at one game apiece. The 37-point victory is the largest in team playoff history for Miami and at one point in the...

MIAMI – Tasting adversity really for the first time this calendar year, the Miami Heat found themselves in a nip-and-tuck physical contest of wills against the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls had punched the Heat in the mouth and stolen Game 1, so Gam...

Miami Heat has the state in the best-of-seven series against the Chicago Bulls into balance: 1-1. The title defender in the NBA Wednesday won very convincingly 115-78. From the outset, the team of coach Erik Spoelstra was the dominant party in the se...

MIAMI – At this point, the “rest” vs. “rust” debate should be in full swing. The battered and bruised Chicago Bulls served notice to the Miami Heat and the rest of the NBA world by stealing Game 1 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference...

When the ball is tossed for the tip on Monday night, the Miami Heat will have waited more than a week for the game, after sweeping the Milwaukee Bucks from the first round of the playoffs. The Chicago Bulls will arrive one day after dispatching the f...

For the first time since adding LeBron James and Chris Bosh, the Miami Heat have swept a playoff series. The Heat downed the Milwaukee Bucks 88-77 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep even without the services of guard Dwyane Wade. James scored 30...

MILWAUKEE – The Miami Heat entered Game 4 of their first round playoff series with the Milwaukee Bucks looking for their first sweep of the “Big Three” era. They would have to gain the victory, though, without an integral member of...

In a big day of NBA Playoff basketball on Sunday, four games with three featuring teams facing elimination. The playoffs will resume on Monday with three games and a pair of teams facing elimination. Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Game 4 (2...

Ray Allen led Miami with 23 points and the Heat burned the Bucks for a commanding 3-0 lead(Image from: USA Today) #FearTheSweep #Rayray The Bucks were up by 10 in the first half. Dwyane Wade shot 1-12 and finished with 4 points (2nd lowest of his c...

The NBA Playoffs resumed on Thursday with three games and action will include three more games on Friday. NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Game 3 (1) Miami Heat 104, (8) Milwaukee Bucks 91 Ray Allen set a NBA playoff record for career thr...

The first round of the 2013 NFL Draft was held on Thursday night in New York. With the first overall pick, the Kansas City Chiefs took Central Michigan tackle Eric Fisher. Jacksonville used the second overall pick also to take a tackle. The Jaguars t...

MILWAUKEE – Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra expected a “desperate, competitive response” from the Milwaukee Bucks in their home arena. It had been three years since Milwaukee had hosted a playoff game, and while the effort matched the antici...

The NBA Playoffs resumed on Sunday with the other four series getting underway. The playoffs will resume on Monday with a pair of games. Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Game 1 (6) Atlanta Hawks 90, Indiana Pacers 107 Six Pacers scored in dou...

The defending champion Miami Heat cruised to a victory in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with Milwaukee behind a stellar effort from LeBron James. James just missed a triple-double with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Ja...

MIAMI – What else was Brandon Jennings supposed to say? The shifty Bucks lefty proclaimed his team would oust the highly favored Miami Heat in six games. According to one casino in Las Vegas, if you were to put $100 down on Jennings’ word and...

The NBA Playoffs resumed on Sunday with the other four series getting underway. The playoffs will resume on Monday with a pair of games. Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Game 1 (6) Atlanta Hawks 90, Indiana Pacers 107 Six Pacers scored in dou...

It was perhaps one of the most memorable last days of any NBA regular season in recent memory. I actually don’t know which was the biggest story today – Steph Curry shattering Ray Allen’s record, the Lakers actually clinching 7th spot, the Bull...