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Defending champion Miami's epic win streak, the second-longest in league history, rose to 24 games but survived a scare from NBA weakling Cleveland in a homecoming for LeBron James.

2013-03-21T07:26:01ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/Heat_streak_hits_LeBron_homecoming_4019

Defending champion Miami's epic win streak, the second-longest in league history, rose to 24 games but survived a scare from NBA weakling Cleveland in a homecoming for LeBron James.

2013-03-21T03:13:24ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/19/LeBron_comes_home_with_Heat_0e3a

LeBron James is coming back to his home region to play against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the NBA team he spurned to join the Miami Heat, with his new teammates on a historic win streak.

2013-03-19T18:56:44ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/19/Heat_edges_Celtics_stretch_streak_40a7

Reigning NBA champion Miami pushed the second-longest win streak in NBA history to 23 games with a 105-103 victory at Boston that gave the historic run its toughest test.

2013-03-19T03:51:32ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/17/Heat_beat_Raptors_equal_second-best_59c3

The reigning NBA champion Miami Heat matched the second-longest win streak in league history on Sunday, defeating hosts Toronto Raptors 108-91 for their 22nd consecutive triumph.

2013-03-17T20:00:37ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/16/Heat_stretch_streak_downing_Bucks_908b

LeBron James and Chris Bosh each scored 28 points and Dwyane Wade added 20 to spark defending NBA champion Miami to a 21st consecutive victory in a 107-94 rout of Milwaukee.

2013-03-16T04:07:07ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/12/Heat_Hawks_stretch_streak_games_ec95

Dwyane Wade scored 23 points while LeBron James added 15 to spark the defending NBA champion Miami Heat to their 19th consecutive victory in a 99-81 rout of the Atlanta Hawks.

2013-03-13T03:03:01ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/10/Heat_beat_Pacers_18th_straight_df53

The Miami Heat extended their franchise-best winning streak to 18 games by beating mistake-prone Indiana 105-91, avenging two one-sided losses to the Pacers earlier this season.

2013-03-11T02:48:25ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/09/LeBron_leads_Heat_over_76ers_4ca1

LeBron James scored 25 points and the Miami Heat's club-record win streak reached 17 games, matching the longest in the NBA this season, with a 102-93 home victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

2013-03-09T05:37:21ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/06/LeBrons_late_layup_stretches_Heat_622c

LeBron James scored the game-winning layup with 3.2 seconds remaining to give defending NBA champion Miami a 97-96 victory over visiting Orlando, stretching the Heat's win streak to 16 games.

2013-03-07T03:42:33ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/05/Heat_club_record_with_15th_37cf

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James starred as the Miami Heat won a franchise record 15th consecutive game with a 97-81 win over a depleted Minnesota Timberwolves.

2013-03-05T06:50:14ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/03/Heat_beat_Knicks_14th_6ee4

LeBron James scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to lead defending NBA champion Miami past New York 99-93 on Sunday as the Heat matched its record win streak with a 14th victory in a row.

2013-03-03T21:07:49ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/02/Heat_beat_Grizzlies_streak_2243

LeBron James scored 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Miami Heat extended their win-streak to 13 games with a 98-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday.

2013-03-02T16:55:04ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/02/Heat_beat_Grizzlies_extend_streak_1830

LeBron James scored 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Miami Heat extended their win-streak to 13 games with a 98-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.

2013-03-02T06:36:00ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/24/James_triple-double_helps_Heat_scorch_1e6c

Dwyane Wade had a game-high 33 points and LeBron James notched a triple-double as the NBA champions Miami Heat downed Philadelphia 114-90 to stretch their winning streak to 10.

2013-02-24T04:39:21ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/Heat_humble_Bulls_stretch_streak_587e

LeBron James scored 26 points and notched 12 rebounds to lead the Miami Heat to an emphatic 86-67 NBA victory over the Chicago Bulls that stretched their winning streak to nine games.

2013-02-22T06:53:26ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/18/West_wins_third_over_East_9fc6

Chris Paul scored 20 points and passed out 15 assists to spark the Western Conference over the Eastern Conference 143-138 in the 62nd NBA All-Star Game.

2013-02-18T05:43:32ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/17/Ross_dethrones_Evans_Slam_Dunk_9d2b

Terrence Ross of the Toronto Raptors dethroned defending champion Jeremy Evans of Utah to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in a worldwide vote on social media.

2013-02-17T05:28:48ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/16/Lillard_outshines_Skills_Challenge_d720

Portland Trail Blazers rookie Damian Lillard captured the NBA Skills Challenge, outclassing Houston's Jeremy Lin and 2012 winner Tony Parker of San Antonio.

2013-02-17T03:42:46ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/16/Team_Chuck_rolls_over_Team_b14a

Denver Nuggets second-year forward Kenneth Faried had 40 points as Team Chuck routed Team Shaq 163-135 in the National Basketball Association's Rising Stars Challenge game.

2013-02-16T06:40:28ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reporter