The Miami Heat is a basketball team based out of Miami, Florida. The team is a member of the southeast division of the eastern conference of the national basketball association. They play their home games at the AA Arena in downtown Miami. The owner of the team is Micky Arison , the President is Pat Riley and the Head Coach is Erik Spoelstra. In 2006 the heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in a series of 4-2 but in 2011 the Dallas mavericks destroyed the heat in a tough series of 4-2. In 2012 the Miami heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in a tough series of 4-1 which clinched their 2nd NBA Championship.
Miami Heat Rivalries :
Vs the New York Knicks-
The rivalry between the New York Knicks and the expansion Miami Heat was a result of their history-making brutally physical four consecutive playoff series from 1997 to 2000. Each series went to the maximum number of games. The rivalry was heightened by a feud sparking between Pat Riley initially the coach of the Knicks from 1991 to 1995, and head coach of the Miami Heat from 1996–2003, 2005–2008 and Riley's successor Knick's head coach Jeff Van Gundy, a faithful servant of Riley's in New York. The first two years were marked by physical violence during the series, with suspensions to players that ultimately determined the outcome.
In recent years, the rivalry has reignited with the Heat signing Le Bron James (after much speculation that he would join the Knicks) and Chris Bosh while the Knicks signed Amar'e Stoudemire and traded for Carmelo Anthony. They met in the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, where the Heat won in five games.
Vs the Chicago Bulls-
The rivalry with the Chicago Bulls began once the Miami Heat became contenders during the 1990s, a decade dominated by the Bulls, and the advent of the Michael Jordan era. During that period, the Heat were eliminated three times by the Bulls, who would go on to win the NBA championship each time. After Jordan retired and the Heat's fall in the early 2000s, the rivalry cooled but slightly picked up when the Heat faced them in the first round of the 2006 NBA playoffs, which ended in a 4–2 Heat series victory and went on to win the NBA Finals, the Bulls would sweep the defending champion Heat in the first round the next season.
The rivalry has intensified with the resurgence of the Bulls, and the emergence of Derrick Rose and the Heat re-signing Dwayne Wade (who turned down a chance of joining his hometown Bulls) with newly acquired superstars in Chris Bosh and Le Bron James. The revived rivalry has been very physical, involving rough plays and hard fouls between players. Both teams met in the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals, with the Heat winning in five games.
Vs the Boston Celtics-
he rivalry with the Boston Celtics is a recent one. The two teams first squared off in the playoffs in 2010, with the Celtics defeating the Heat four games to one en route to an eventual NBA Finals appearance by the Celtics. With the acquisition of Lebron James and Chris Bosh in 2010, the Heat challenged the Celtics for dominance in the Eastern Conference, finishing with better records in 2011 and 2012 and defeating them in the playoffs both respective years en route to their own Finals appearances, winning in 2012.
The rivalry has increased with the Miami Heat's addition of Ray Allen, a former member of Boston's Big 3, in 2012
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The Miami heat is now being coached by Erik Spoelstra or also called as Coach Spo. He is doing a terrifically good job in leading the heat with 3 all-stars in the lineup, Le Bron James, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade and a 6th man who is the leading all time 3 point scorer, Ray Allen who recently transferred out of the Boston Celtics. The Miami heat are currently on a 24 game winning streak who just took the W with the Cleveland cavaliers. Now the heat will face the east's 3 worst teams Detroit, Orlando and bobcats all at AAA. With the heat finishing those games they will face the Chicago Bulls on Thursday and face the Gregg Popovich's San Antonio spurs on 31st March. When they win with the spurs there is no team left that can stop the heat and they will break 71-72 Lakers 33 Win streak Record.
