Our 2010 NBA Playoffs preview continues with the other professional basketball team in Florida, the Miami Heat. The Heat reached the pinnacle of NBA success in 2006, when the Dwayne Wade – Shaquille O’Neal combo led Miami to an NBA Finals victory. Four years have passed, and while Wade remains a constant at American Airlines Arena, his supporting cast has transitioned completely. Exiting were the likes of Shaq, Alonzo Mourning, Antoine Walker, and coach Stan Van Gundy, and entering were former all-star Jermaine O’Neal, former second overall draft pick Michael Beasley, and second year head coach Erik Spoelstra. Can D-Wade single-handedly guide the Heat through the 2010 NBA Playoffs, and will he sign with the team in the off-season? Here is our Miami Heat 2010 Playoff prediction.

Home Games Played At: American Airlines Arena

Key Players: Dwayne Wade, Jermaine O’Neal, Michael Beasley, Udonis Haslem

Head Coach: Erik Spoelstra

How They Fared in 2009: Lost to the Atlanta Hawks in Game 7 of the Opening Round

2010 Miami Heat Playoff Prediction: We are going to be blunt with our prediction for the Miami Heat in the 2010 NBA Playoffs. The Heat, at best, can win one playoff series. Period. And, for that to even happen, Dwayne Wade will have to play virtually every minute, of every game, to his highest capability as the 3rd best player in the NBA. The Heat are on an 8 game winning streak, which is nice, but a potential first round match-up with the Boston Celtics then second round matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers is beyond daunting. The 2010 playoff run for the Miami Heat will feel more like a sprint, ending almost as quickly as it begins. What does that mean for Dwyane Wade as a free agent this summer? Look for D-Wade to resign with the Heat, since the can pay him a max deal, and expect Miami to flank him with another all star or two. What do you say Chris Bosh or Carlos Boozer???

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2010 Miami Heat Playoff Schedule: (Home Games) and 2010 Heat Playoff Matchups: (TBA)
April 23rd 2010 Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Home Game 1 at American Airlines Arena
April 25th 2010 Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Home Game 2 at American Airlines Arena
April 29th 2010 Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Home Game 3 at American Airlines Arena
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“I love this game” has a little extra meaning this year as the elite of the National Basketball Association take to the court at the ‘10 NBA AllStar Game at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Valentine’s Day Feb 14th 2010.

The NBA All-Star voting is wrapping up with some surprising selections for the West and East Rosters. NBA staples Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Dwight Howard, and Carmelo Anthony obviously will play in Dallas but Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady? Both players weren’t even wanted by their own franchise this season! There is something to be said for the NBA fans having a say in who makes the AllStar teams but the votes seem a little off…

Part of the glitz and glam of NBA All-Star weekend includes some great annual events, the 2010 NBA All Star Rookie Game and the 2010 NBA All Star Saturday Night. Per NBA.com:

“NBA AllStar Saturday Night will take place at the American Airlines Center and includes four competitions featuring some of the NBA’s best players. The Haier Shooting Stars competition features NBA, WNBA player and NBA Legends in a shooting contest. The Taco Bell Skills Challenge, a contest of top guards working against the clock to complete a series of passes, free throws, lay-ups and agility drills. The Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout where six of the best long-range shooters compete against each other and the clock in a test of accuracy. The evening’s grand finale, the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, will showcase some of the NBA’s best athelets as they take to the air mystifying fans with their gravity-defying creativity.”

2010 3 Point Contest participant predictions:
Daquan Cook (Miami Heat), Danilo Gallinari (N.Y. Knicks), Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavs), Ray Allen (Boston Celtics), Mo Williams (Cleveland Cavs), Danny Granger (Indiana Pacers)

2010 Slam Dunk Contest participants (confirmed):
Nate Robinson (NY Knicks), Shannon Brown (LA Lakers), Gerald Wallace (Charlotte Bobcats), and the winner of dunk-in contestants DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors) and Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers)

So now that you are wondering how you can see all this amazing action live you probably want to know what website you should go to so you can get the best deals on ‘10 NBA AllStar tickets.

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2010 Eastern Conference All-Stars Roster prediction:

Starters: PG Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics)
SG Dwayne Wade (Miami Heat)
SF Lebron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
PF Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors)
C Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic)
Reserves: SF Gerald Wallace (Charlotte Bobcats)
SG Joe Johnson (Atlanta Hawks)
C David Lee (New York Knicks)
PF Kevin Garnett (Boston Celtics)
PG Brandon Jennings (Milwaukee Bucks)
PF Antawn Jamison (Washington Wizards)
SF Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics)

2010 Western Conference All-Stars Roster prediction:

Starters: PG Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns)
SG Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
SF Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)
PF Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks)
C Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
Reserves: SG Brandon Roy (Portland Trail Blazers)
SF Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder)
PF Zach Randolph (Memphis Grizzlies)
PG Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets)
PG Deron Williams (Utah Jazz)
C Chris Kaman (Los Angeles Clippers)
C Amar’e Stoudemire (Phoenix Suns)

Last week we shocked the world with our exclusive post letting everyone know Ticketmaster the “Hypocrite Master” is scalping tickets directly on Ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster.ca through a program called Ticketexchange. Our readers asked for proof and as usual SaveFans! delivers.

Well wouldn’t you know Ticketmaster is scalping tickets for the pop princess herself, Britney Spears! We crunched the numbers and here are the results. A total of 15 shows are currently on sale on Ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster.ca for Britney’s Circus tour. As of Saturday, June 20th at 5pm pst,  Ticketexchange was offering a total of 5690 tickets for a whopping $1,478,550.64 (Ticketmaster is also holding high bid wins auctions and VIP seats which makes this number even higher). Here is a breakdown per show:

As if this isn’t disgusting enough, Ticketmaster is actually retailing a pair of tickets to the Las Vegas show at Mandalay Bay Resort on September 6th for $2,698.44 per ticket!!!!!!

So how do we know that Ticketmaster is responsible for these seats? Well we were lucky enough to catch a glitch on Ticketmaster’s part that placed the Ticketexchange seats on sale BEFORE the show even went on sale to the public! And since you need to register a bank account and input the bar codes from the tickets to list tickets for sale on Ticketexchange it is literally impossible that these seats could have come from anyone but a Ticketmaster insider. Here is a screen shot taken on June 19th at 3am (the show wasn’t on sale until 10am).

SaveFans! is here to “save fans” from this corporate B.S. We will continue to let you, the ticket buying public, know whats really going on out there and we will always let you pay what you want at SaveFans.com!