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Miami Heat

Team's name: Miami Heat
Conference: Eastern
Division: SoutheastMiami Heat
Location: Miami, Florida
Nickname:
Heat
Mascot: Burnie
Team Colors:
Black, Red, White and Orange
Joined the Conference: 1988
General Manager:
Randy Pfund
Team's Owner: Micky Arison
Basketball Coach: Erick Spoelstra
Basketball Arena:
American Airlines Arena
Current Capacity: 20,000
First Year of Basketball: 1987

League Titles:
NBA Champs: 2006
Conference Titles: 2006
Division Titles: 1997, '98, '99, 2000, '05, '06, '07

The Miami Heat was created in 1987 and made their first appearance during the 1988-89 NBA season. The Heat’s early start was a bit shy, but in the late 1990’s the temperature arose and the Heat were able to achieve 7 Division titles wins in ten years (1997-2007), as well as the conference and NBA championship title in 2006.

During the team’s NBA championship victory in 2006 in hands of Pat Riley, the Heat defeated the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals and then defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the Playoffs Finals, with a great roster which included the superstars Dwayne Wade, Shaquile O’Neal, Gary Payton, Alonzo Mourning and Antoine Walker.

In the 2006-07 season they weren’t able to defend their championship and fell in the first round, swept by the Chicago Bulls. Then, the 2007-08 season was a complete nightmare for the Heat since the team was torn apart; Riley retired, O’Neil was traded, several players leaved and Wade had several surgeries that kept him out of the court. At the end, the Heat finished with a painful record of 15-67, tying with their inaugural season back in 1989 as the worst of the franchise.

However, this season 2008-09 brought some confidence back to the Heat; Wade is back and has been great, even tying with LeBron James a record of three games with 50-plus points in the regular season. They also count with the contribution of rookies Mario Chamblers and Michael Beasley and acquired recently the former Raptors center Jermaine O’Neil.

They clinched a playoffs berth with a record of 43-39, a great recover from last season, and in the first round they took the series with Atlanta to seven games, but finally lost in final game of the series 91-78.

Miami Playoffs Schedule

Miami Heat Roster

No. Name Pos Age HT WT College
11  Rafer Alston  PG  33  6-2  175  Fresno State 
50  Joel Anthony  27  6-9  245  UNLV 
Carlos Arroyo  PG  30  6-2  202  FIU 
30  Michael Beasley  PF  21  6-10  235  Kansas State 
Mario Chalmers  PG  23  6-1  190  Kansas 
14  Daequan Cook  SG  22  6-5  210  Ohio State 
Yakhouba Diawara  SF  27  6-7  225  Pepperdine 
40  Udonis Haslem  PF  29  6-8  235  Florida 
22  James Jones  SF  29  6-8  220  Miami (FL) 
21  Jamaal Magloire  31  6-11  255  Kentucky 
Jermaine O'Neal  31  6-11  255    
Quentin Richardson  SG  29  6-6  228  DePaul 
Dwyane Wade  SG  28  6-4  220  Marquette 
Dorell Wright  SF  24  6-9  210    

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