Candace Buckner

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The Miami Heat’s MVP may be its coach, Erik Spoelstra

By: Candace Buckner

The Heat, and eight-seed to start the playoffs, is back in the Eastern Conference finals for the third time in four years and the seventh overall under its longtime head coach.

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Maybe Ja Morant’s friends need to find a better friend

By: Candace Buckner

Don't blame Ja Morant's buddies: He can make bad choices all by himself.

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After a rocky Game 1 loss, Celtics Coach Joe Mazzulla could use a timeout

By: Candace Buckner

The Boston Celtics have a championship-caliber roster. Critics wonder if their rookie head coach is up to the task.

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The Heat is no ordinary No. 8 seed, and the Celtics are paying for it

By: Candace Buckner

The Miami Heat are the East's No. 8 seed? Even writing that sentence now feels like an insult. Buckle up, Boston.

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The Heat are a nightmare for the Celtics — and the NBA

By: Candace Buckner

The magical, mystical Miami Heat are one game away from the NBA Finals after embarrassing the Boston Celtics Sunday night.

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With a Red Sox callback and a bit of guts, the Celtics reappeared

By: Candace Buckner

Channeling the famous Red Sox 'Idiots,' the Boston Celtics started a long climb back to contention in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.

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The Celtics ‘thrive in chaos,’ and now they’re rolling again

By: Candace Buckner

Smiling through the stress, the Boston Celtics survived another elimination game on Thursday night and shifted the pressure onto the Miami Heat.

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Derrick White’s heroics have the Celtics on the verge of history

By: Candace Buckner

Derrick White's tip-in gave the Celtics a Game 6 win over the Heat and set-up an epic Game 7, as Boston attempts to complete a historic comeback.

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Undrafted Caleb Martin is the new poster boy of Miami Heat culture

By: Candace Buckner

Becoming the Miami Heat's Game 7 hero was the next step in Caleb Martin's improbable rise.

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South Florida is the idyllic, unhinged center of the sports universe

By: Candace Buckner

Welcome to South Florida, where the sports teams can't stop winning.