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Perkins: Rick Ross, a streaker, and a Heat-Spurs NBA Finals?

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MIAMI – Order was restored to AmericanAirlines Arena Tuesday, both on and off the court. Well, order was restored after Miami Heat security and the Miami police handled the potential streaker. Apparently, there might be a $10,000 connection to hip-hop artist Rick Ross, who issued the 10k challenge to anyone bold enough to streak across the court wearing only MMG (Maybach Music Group) T-shirt. Making this streaker story even more bizarre is that supposedly the man was, well, rotund. Plump. Husky. OK,

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Perkins: Might Chris Bosh secretly wish for the Heat to lose?

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MIAMI – If you are Chris Bosh, there’s got to be part of you hoping the Miami Heat goes down in flames in your absence. There’s gotta be. I’m not saying it’s a large part. Maybe it’s just a tiny part. It’s human. It’s OK to be human. It’s OK to want to be missed. So I’m guessing if you’re Chris Bosh, and you’re sidelined for the remainder of this second-round playoff series against Indiana because of a strained abdominal muscle, there’s

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Perkins: Unfortunately, we learned nothing from Heat-Knicks series

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Even after a five-game first-round playoff series win over New York, questions remain as to whether this Heat team is title material.

MIAMI – In the end, the feckless New York Knicks were powerless against the Miami Heat. And no one is surprised. This first-round playoff series was a mismatch from the start and it didn’t reveal anything about either team. We still don’t know if the Heat are good enough to win the title. We still don’t

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Perkins: Heat in 5 would be a huge disappointment

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The challenge for the Heat now is maintain their focus long enough to sweep the Knicks.

MIAMI – Anybody hoping for anything remotely resembling the old Heat-Knicks rivalry in this year’s opening-round playoff series must have been smoking crack. The Knicks are bad. They’re poorly constructed, injured, and lack strong leadership. Look at Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire punching a fire extinguisher after Monday’s Game 2 loss and possibly sidelining himself for Games 3 and 4. Ridiculous. Heat forward James

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Perkins: James’ domination over Anthony bad news for Knicks

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MIAMI – This was the playoff butt-kicking Miami fans wanted for a long time. Heat 100, Knicks 67. It doesn’t erase the three years of heart-che the Knicks inflicted on the Heat during that glorious four-year playoff stretch from 1997-2000, when the Knicks took the last three series after the Heat took that initial suspension-marred series in 1997. But Saturday’s Game 1 victory in this best-of-seven first-round playoff matchup at AmericanAirlines Arena helps ease Miami’s decade-long pain a little. And here’s something else that

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Perkins: Haslem, Battier, Miller are the problem for Heat

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MIAMI – Pssst…want to know the biggest problem with the Heat’s halfcourt offense right now? It’s forwards Udonis Haslem, Shane Battier and Mike Miller. Haslem, Battier and Miller – the Heat’s second most-important trio behind the Big Three — are the reason

Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem and Shane Battier are slowing the Heat's offense with their struggles.

coach Erik Spoelstra is still frantically searching for a rotation entering the final week of the regular season. If they’re all playing

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Perkins Exclusive: Heat held players-only meeting to get to “that dark place”

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MIAMI – Nobody has reported this … until now. The last time Boston played Miami, the Celtics won so convincingly (91-72 on April 1) it prompted the Heat to call a players-only meeting. “Everybody who was here last year had something to say at that meeting,” guard Mario Chalmers told SheridanHoops.com. That April Fool’s Day loss at Boston dropped the Heat to 4-7 on the road since the All-Star break. It was time to address a truth, one first mentioned by coach Erik

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Perkins: A new form of Heat Hate is taking hold

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MIAMI — Re-introduce yourself to the Miami Heat, still the NBA’s most hated team, but now they’re hated for a new reason – because it appears they don’t always play hard, because it seems as though they get bored, they coast. Somehow, this group, despite having the NBA’s third-best record at 37-14, is re-defining Heat Hate. Who knew there was an extra flavor of Haterade? “We’re a tale of two teams sometimes,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. And that’s exactly what makes people dislike

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