Heat Finish Off Season With AAA Celebration
It was nine months in the making, but shortly before 1:30 p.m., the Miami Heat's championship celebration inside the AmericanAirlines Arena kicked off.
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It was nine months in the making, but shortly before 1:30 p.m., the Miami Heat's championship celebration inside the AmericanAirlines Arena kicked off.
As the Miami Heat celebrates its latest championship, it's never too early to take a peek at what could be coming for the franchise that has dominated the Eastern Conference for the last three years in a row.
An estimated half a million Miami Heat fans will line the streets of downtown and pack the AmericanAirlines Arena for Monday's Parade of Champions and celebration.
Miami Heat players celebrating back-to-back NBA Championships decided to keep the party going on South Beach after Thursday night's victory against the San Antonio Spurs.
In the summer of 2010, NBA superstar LeBron James made "the decision" that re-shaped the game of basketball and angered millions of fans and media members. But three years later, it's LeBron who has risen above it all to become the greatest player in his generation.
The Miami Heat are NBA Champions for the third time in seven years and the one constant through all of that time has been superstar guard Dwyane Wade.
How do you follow up one of the greatest NBA Finals games in history? The Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs did just that Thursday night with the greatest spectacle in sports, a Game 7, winner-take-all game at the AmericanAirlines Arena.
And then there was one. One game to decide the value of a year's worth of work trying to become NBA champion. For one team, it's one last shot at glory as the window is nearly closed on a historic run and for the other, immortality winning back-to-back championships.
Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade said Wednesday that his knee is swollen and sore, but to expect him back on the court when the team squares off against the San Antonio Spurs in the deciding Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
The Miami Heat had no more mulligans left to play Tuesday night when Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals tipped off. It was either win, or the team was on a one-way trip to an early summer vacation. The Heat fought back from a double-digit lead and forced overtime where Miami held the Spurs off just enough to get a 103-100 victory which forces a Game 7 Thursday night.
Five things to watch for in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, as the San Antonio Spurs try to clinch their fifth title and end the Miami Heat's reign on Tuesday night:
A little more than a year ago, the Miami Heat stood on the verge of elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team's heart and the ability of the Big Three were being questioned left and right ahead of Game 6 of the Conference Finals.
When opponents have seen Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the open court on a fast break, the result is usually an easy bucket for the Miami Heat. But in Game 5, Miami's bread-and-butter went stale and helped submarine an otherwise solid effort by the team.
The Miami Heat dug themselves a hole when they allowed the San Antonio Spurs to go up 3-2 in the 2013 NBA Finals. Heading into Game 6, the Heat face long odds of just getting to Game 7, much less winning the NBA championship.
The Miami Heat have run out of mulligans and face the reality of a second high-profile collapse in the NBA Finals if the team can't right the ship in Game 6 against the San Antonio Spurs.
Manu Ginobili ran onto the floor as fans stood and screamed. He went to the bench, and they chanted his name. The sights and sounds of so many San Antonio spring nights were back Sunday — and the real party might be just a few days away.
The Miami Heat have been playing the entire 2012-2013 season with a mentality of championship or bust. After dropping Game 5 of the NBA Finals, the Heat's proverbial backs are against the wall and the championship dreams are close to becoming another Finals nightmare.
Disappointed but not discouraged, Miami Heat fans walked out the American Airlines Arena Sunday night hoping their favorite players take full advantage of the home court on Tuesday.
The Miami Heat came back to the AT&T Center looking to take a 3-2 lead with the series set to return to South Florida. Instead, the Spurs' hot shooters stayed hot and San Antonio's 114-104 victory sends the series back to South Florida.
From time to time, Dwyane Wade will still extend his arms toward a referee in exasperation after not getting a foul call that he thought he earned. He's tried to do it less this season, for three reasons.
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