In October, during the league’s opening week, Jamal Murray received the ball at the death of the first quarter just steps away from his own baseline. “Remember, heaves are not counted,” said Chris ...

The best players in Miami Heat history knew how to play one particular "game" better than anyone. Back in the Big 3 days, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James would joke about how they would hold the ball ...

"Heaves" sounds bad, like something from college that was decidedly uncool. Heaves, in the NBA, are defined as any field-goal attempt from 36 or more feet in the final three seconds of a quarter, so ...

LeBron James has hit remarkable shots just after the buzzer in these playoffs. But he won’t shoot heaves if it counts. James hit an incredible three-quarter-court shot after the end of regulation in ...

Frost heaves form during winter's freeze-thaw cycles.

NEW YORK — NBA players can now fire up those end-of-quarter heaves from deep without their shooting percentages being adversely affected. The league has approved a change in the way statistics on ...

Payton Pritchard’s latest improbable heave didn‘t count, but still, the Celtics guard putting up a deep look at the end of a quarter has become must-watch TV. This time, he made a three-quarters deep ...

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