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The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was founded in 1988 as an expansion team and won its first NBA championship in 2006. The Heat have won four conference titles and six division titles since joining the league. The team plays its home games at American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami. The Heat have featured many recognizable players throughout their history, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Hardaway and Ray Allen. The team has had several successful seasons, including winning the NBA championship in 2012 and 2013. The Heat also hold the NBA record for the longest winning streak in league history, having won 27 consecutive games during the 2012–13 season. In recent news, the Heat signed Jimmy Butler in the summer of 2019 and acquired Andre Iguodala in February 2020. The team also hired a new head coach, Erik Spoelstra, in 2008. The Heat have had a successful 2020–21 season, as they clinched a playoff berth and currently sit in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
After enduring their worst losing streak in 17 years – a brutal 10-game skid – the Miami Heat seem to have regained their rhythm over the past week. Their resurgence began with a commanding 17-point victory over Charlotte on Sunday, putting an emphatic end to their slump. They followed that up by playing spoiler to […]
For now, for the first time in a long time, the Miami Heat are feeling like winners, with Saturday night’s 118-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center extending the winning streak to four, matching the longest of the season for Erik Spoelstra’s team.