US EditionMiami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers win first games after being rocked by gambling scandal
Both teams secured wins after arrests of key figures for gambling-related offenses, with Rozier charged in a prop-betting scheme and Billups linked to a mafia-backed poker ring.
- Thursday, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested by federal agents and placed on indefinite leave by the NBA; he wasn’t in Miami’s rotation Wednesday and is expected to be absent for some time.
- Prop‑bet allegations, first surfaced in late January, underpin the case against Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, who prosecutors allege conspired with friends to win bets tied to his performance last year, Rozier’s attorney denies wrongdoing.
- Over Miami’s last 39 games going into Friday, Terry Rozier made only 18 appearances and averaged 5.9 points on 31% shooting, well below his career norms of 13.8 points on 42%.
- Bam Adebayo, the Heat captain, voiced team support as coaches urged focus; Adebayo said `We stand behind him` while Erik Spoelstra pushed to compartmentalize and prepare for the next game.
- Also Thursday, Portland coach Chauncey Billups was alleged to be involved in a mafia‑backed poker cheating ring and placed on leave, leaving both teams to adapt without key personnel.
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Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers win first games after being rocked by gambling scandal
The Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers both won their first games since Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland head coach Chauncey Billups were arrested on Thursday in connection with two separate federal gambling investigations announced by the Eastern District of New York.
Heat and Blazers win their first NBA games since Rozier and Billups
NEW YORK: In their first game since guard Terry Rozier was arrested in an FBI sports gambling probe, his Miami Heat teammates unleashed a scoring barrage in a 146-114 NBA win at Memphis on Friday. Bam Adebayo scored 24 points and reserve Nikola Jovic added 20 to lead eight double-digit scorers as the Heat (1-1) produced the third-highest one-game point total in team history.
Rozier’s arrest leaves the Miami Heat stunned
MIAMI — The reality began setting in for the Miami Heat on Friday when they gathered for a morning shootaround practice and Terry Rozier wasn’t with the team. And that almost certainly won’t change anytime soon. Rozier has been placed on indefinite leave by the NBA after he was arrested Thursday by federal agents and charged for his alleged role in a scheme in which prosecutors say he conspired with friends to help them win bets they made based …
The Heat assures that it has never been informed that Terry Rozier was at the heart of an investigation by the NBA and the FBI at the time the floridian club recovered him.... Read more »
Trail Blazers overcome distraction, now battle Clippers
A pair of teams that found much-needed victories for the first time this season square off Sunday when the visiting Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers try to build some momentum.In their first game under interim head coach Tiago Splitter, the Trail Blazers rolled to a 139-119 home victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday behind 26 points and six assists from Deni Avdija. Jerami Grant added 22 points off the bench as Portland…
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