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Heat rout Bulls for season-high 9th straight win

Associated Press, ESPN.com

LeBron James scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 86-67 Thursday for their season-high ninth straight win.

Timothy Burke, deadspin.com

Midway through the final stanza of tonight's Heat-Bulls matchup, Chicago hadn't shown much bite. Down 16 and lacking much motivation at all, Chicago brought United Center fans to their feet, finally, when Nate Robinson chased down LeBron James and stopp…

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

Like many teams, the Chicago Bulls stood pat at Thursday's trade deadline, avoiding a cloudy financial future in the hopes that better, less risky opportunities will come along soon. Unlike other teams, the Bulls know they'll add an All-NBA player to th…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

The Magic traded shooting guard J.J. Redick, center Gustavo Ayon and reserve point guard Ish Smith to the Bucks in exchange for guards Doron Lamb and Beno Udrih, as well as forward Tobias Harris.

nba.com

Kirk Hinrich is sidelined again for the Chicago Bulls.

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

The 2013 NBA trade deadline has passed, and it was not particularly exciting. After weeks of rumors and speculation, we have been left with a handful of deals unlikely to make much difference to the postseason. Yes, the Milwaukee Bucks added J.J. Redick…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

As we noted in Smack, amazing call by the commentators. What! What! Wooo! This one-handed facial from Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has to be one of the best dunks all season. Charlotte might’ve lost the game, but Greg Monroe is still feeling dizzy today. What…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

When Houston traded for James Harden, they were hoping, maybe even believing that they were getting a star. But we’re not sure anyone thought they were getting this. In Houston’s wild 122-119 comeback win over the Thunder, Harden not only had a defini…

CNNSI.com

The latest trade chatter leading into Thursday afternoon's deadline...

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Deron Williams scored 23 points and Nets escaped with a 97-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night after Monta Ellis missed on a chance to tie the game with three foul shots in the final seconds.