But he knows Wade has his back and the Knicks-Heat rivalry is about to be back.
The partisan crowd's wild cheering added to the hostile environment, a likely carryover from the Knicks-Heat rivalry.
So these finals represent a generational shift, too — the apparent end of the Lakers-Celtics-Spurs-Mavericks era and the start of a potentially fantastic and enduring Thunder-Heat rivalry.
The gamesmanship from Costa Rica has provided a colorful backdrop to an already heated rivalry.
Many predicted that Valentine's presence would inflame an already heated rivalry; after all, he did that when he managed the Mets from 1996 to 2002.
Despite the at-times heated rivalry between the two school's powerful basketball programs, Wright said his work with Fridley was always collegial.
River's spending only stoked the already heated rivalry between themselves and Boca, who have never left the city's working-class La Boca neighbourhood.
The junior transferred to La Cañada this year, adding fire to an already heated rivalry.
Sources: After the loss against the Auburn Tigers the previous year, in which the Crimson Tide surrendered a 24-point lead, for nearly a year reminders of the defeat and the phrase "never again" were utilized by the team as even greater motivation to win in an already heated rivalry.
On the court and around the court, the players were given a crude introduction to international play and heated rivalries.
