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Miami rallied from a 15-point deficit to win 111–108 behind 23 points from Vincent and 21 each from Butler and Adebayo, becoming the first No. 8 seed to win an NBA Finals game on the road. The Heat built an early 21–10 lead with 4:56 left in the opening quarter before the Nuggets went on a 40–14 run over the next 12 minutes, turning the ...
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed.
The 1998–99 Knicks and the 2022–23 Heat are the only eighth-seeded teams to reach the NBA Finals; [29] [30] no eighth-seeded team has won the NBA championship as of 2024. In addition, the Heat are the first team to reach the Finals after qualifying for the play-in tournament.
Miami Heat wins Game 7 in Boston, first No. 8 seed in NBA Finals since 1999
LeBron James won his first championship and was named the NBA Finals MVP after averaging 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game. 2011 NBA playoffs: OKC reaches Western Conference finals
The 1994-95 Houston Rockets won their championship that season as the No. 6 seed and still hold that record. The Heat would be the first No. 8 seed to win the NBA Finals. (AP/David Zalubowski ...
The Heat also entered the NBA Finals for the first time since 2020 and the seventh time in franchise history. Miami also became the first play-in team to win a playoff series since the play-in tournament was implemented in 2020, as well as the sixth eighth-seed in history, and first since the 2012 Philadelphia 76ers to advance past the first round.
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