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Will Bosh be back for Game 5 Tonight?

The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade reacts after missing the three pointer to end the game in overtime.

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The Celtics Keyon Dooling celebrates after hitting a three pointer in the second quarter.

ESPN reported that Chris Bosh likely will be activated for Tuesday night’s Game 5, but Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said nothing is definite. 

BY BARRY JACKSON 
BJACKSON@MIAMIHERALD.COM 

Facing a resilient, resurgent opponent with championship pedigree, the Heat hopes a return home and a possible return of Chris Bosh can deliver a sorely needed boost. 

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The Heat is hopeful Bosh will be able to play in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night, barring any red flags in his workouts in front of coach Erik Spoelstra. But Spoelstra cautioned Monday, “It’s premature to say he’ll definitively play.”    Read more here:

Celtics Beat Up on Heat in Boston

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EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS | CELTICS 101, HEAT 91 (HEAT LEADS SERIES 2-1)  

Garnett, Rondo help host Celtics cut Miami Heat’s series lead LeBron James scored 34 points, but Kevin Garnett was too much for the Heat, which fell in Game 3 to the desperate Celtics.

BY JOSEPH GOODMAN
JGOODMAN@MIAMIHERALD.COM
BOSTON -- This is likely the final postseason for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in Celtics green. You just knew this city and its rocking and rambunctious arena wasn’t going to let those guys get out of town without one more seismic home-court victory in the playoffs.

Two days after handing the Celtics a demoralizing defeat in the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat watched its 2-0 series lead get cut in half Friday night at TD Garden. For Garnett, Allen and Paul Pierce, the energy inside the building was like a steroid pumped directly into old legs. The place vibrated like a tin-roofed shed in a category-3 storm.
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Miami Heat Advance to Eastern Conference Finals

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by Charles Trainor Jr. and Al Diaz

Dwyane Wade leads Miami Heat over Indiana Pacers to advance to Eastern Conference Finals

Dwyane Wade scores game-high 41 points, grabs 10 rebounds as Heat  closes out Pacers in six to return to Eastern Conference finals



BY JOSEPH GOODMAN
JGOODMAN@MIAMIHERALD.COM
INDIANAPOLIS -- This was Dwyane Wade’s very best — his Ninth Symphony, his Ulysses, his roundhouse, double-legged dropkick from the top rope.

In a rough-and-tumble second-round series that featured blood and flagrant fouls, cheap shots and suspensions, Wade delivered the final blow Thursday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

He scored 41 points in the decisive game of the series, leading the Heat into the Eastern Conference finals with a 105-93 victory against the Pacers.

Although the series was peppered with hard fouls and trash talk throughout, there was none of that in the final game. There was just a whole lot of Wade doing things that reminded all that watched of the 2006 NBA Finals and delivering a performance that will live forever.
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by Charles Trainor Jr. and Al Diaz

Indiana's Photo Arsenal Depot, Robert's Camera

Pacers fan, Matt O'Brien at Robert's Camera also known as Robert's Distributors

Stopped at Robert's Camera, Indiana's photo arsenal depot and met up with Jody Grober and Matt O'Brien. Charlie Trainor and I are on our way to Bankers Life Fieldhouse right down the street from Robert's for tonight's game, Round 2, Game 6 of the NBA Playoffs between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers.  Watch for our tweets with game photos on twitter from @CTJphoto and @aldiazphoto.  I'll also have links to a gallery of images posted on MiamiHerald.com

Al Diaz and Jody Grober before the game at Robert's Camera also known as Robert's Distributors

Phone Photo Apps!

The Brownie & Instagram 

By Rick McCawley 
rickmccawley@gmail.com
Not since the introduction of the Kodak Brownie has the popularity of photography exploded this dramatically, this time it's times a billion. 

I'm of course talking about smart phones, but more specifically Instagram, Facebook and the iPhone. 40 Million users on Instagram, 900 million on Facebook, and the iPhone dominates Flickr as the most used device beating all other cameras combined in shear numbers of photos produced with it.

Photography as a social activity, is fueled by the simplicity, "You push the button, We do the rest" - Kodak, and by it's ability to communicate complex ideas not bound by language, "A picture is worth a thousand words…in every language". 

So why is Instagram worth $1 Billion dollars Facebook paid for it. Because it covers up the flaws of the amateur with the beauty of nostalgia, emotion and mood, enhanced by it's filters. Whether is '70's Instamatic, lens flare, Black & White, Instagram adds a layer that allows an amateur to express how they feel thru an image. 

Suddenly the overexposed photo of a building has a haunting look of a bygone era, and the blurry photo of a friend the emotion of freedom and happiness. 

So as a professional what should I make of all this? Well the first Brownie brought an appreciation of the Photograph to the masses and what followed was the Golden Age of Photography. Amateurs making tons of photos to share will quickly respect the professionals ability to make great photographs everyday.