In Garissa, frustration grew in the long queues as the heat beat down, our correspondent reports.
James won in every conceivable way on Thursday as his Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 121-106, in Game 5 of the finals to win James's first NBA title, erasing nine years of doubts and disappointment.
The conditions have people young and old doing whatever they can to beat the heat.
Harrison suggests adding shady areas so birds, bunnies and pets can beat the heat.
The Knicks beat the Heat in three of their four regular-season matchups.
In the Las Vegas Valley, local officials are opening up cooling stations Tuesday to give residents a place to beat the heat.
Craig and Jodi Barnes, owners of a Lawn Doctor franchise in Granbury, Texas, also make strides to help their employees beat the heat.
Chicago beat the Heat twice in that span, once in the playoffs, but Miami rolled off four straight to eliminate the Bulls last week.
With players from both teams standing on the court as the final seconds ticked off and Pacers fans roaring in appreciation, the sellout crowd wasted little time breaking into chants of "Beat The Heat!"
Of all the overseas arrivals that have made their mark in the NBA, Wade singled out for special mention Germany's Dirk Nowitzki, who was named NBA finals MVP as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Heat to the 2011 championship.
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While most turned up early to avoid long queues, some said they wanted to beat the scorching tropical heat that builds up through the day and is usually followed by heavy afternoon downpour.
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The Heat hadn't lost since the Pacers beat them in Indianapolis on Feb. 1.
After that, they had to beat a combination lock, key lock, heat detector, motion detector, light detector and more.
Temperatures were dipping in the ground but City were anxious to put the heat on Everton's defence and Aleksander Kolorav almost beat Tim Howard but the Serbian's free-kick was narrowly deflected wide.
Sharman, who beat Turner in the trials, finished third in his heat in 13.60.
Dwyane Wade scored 21 points, LeBron James finished with 19 and the Heat used a frantic start to the fourth quarter to pull away and beat the Bucks 98-86 in Game 2 of the teams' Eastern Conference first-round series on Tuesday night.
The No. 2 seed in the East, the Knicks beat Miami three times and are perhaps the best hope of giving the Heat a challenge in the playoffs.
They joined the New York Knicks as the only teams to beat Miami twice this season and have won three straight regular-season games over the Heat.
The Heat equaled the second-longest winning streak in NBA history, pulling away in the fourth quarter Sunday to beat the Toronto Raptors 108-91 for their 22nd consecutive victory.
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