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The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat formed in 1988 as an expansion franchise and have since made the playoffs 24 out of 35 seasons, captured 16 division titles, seven conference titles, and three NBA championships.
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. ... Miami Heat championship banners prior to the 2012–13 season. Franchise leaders.
After re-signing Wade following the 2009–10 season, the Heat secured the signings of both Bosh and James in free agency, with the latter being announced in the somewhat controversial television special The Decision. The trio led the Heat to the NBA Finals in each of their four seasons together, and won back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013.
The Heat picked Glen Rice from the University of Michigan in the first round of the 1989 NBA draft, and Sherman Douglas of Syracuse University in the 2nd round. [15] [16] The team also moved to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference for the 1989–90 season, where they remained for the next 15 years until the creation of the Southeast division.
The 2006 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2005–06 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.The Dallas Mavericks were favored to win the championship over the Miami Heat. [1]
The Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association were formed in 1988 as an expansion team. They have won three league championships (in 2006, 2012 and 2013), and seven conference titles. City also hosted the 1990 NBA All Star Game. The Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball began play in the 1993 season.
Riley's Heat team defeated the Detroit Pistons in the 2006 Eastern Conference finals on June 2, 2006, the first time Miami reached the finals. Riley's Heat squared off against the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals. Despite losing the first two games, the Heat rallied to win the next four and their first NBA championship.
The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2011–12 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs, contested between the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder. It was played from June 12 to 21, 2012.