Miami Heat

About the Miami Heat

The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The club plays its home games at Kaseya Center, and has won three NBA championships.

The Heat were founded in 1988 as an expansion team. After a period of mediocrity, the Heat would gain relevance during the 1990s following the appointment of Pat Riley as head coach. Led by Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway, the Heat would later become a perennial playoff team in the 2000s, and would eventually win their first championship in 2006, led by Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal.

The Big Three era of the Heat, which featured Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh, would make four consecutive NBA Finals appearances from 2011 to 2014, winning back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013. The Heat remain the only team in NBA history to appear in four consecutive Finals since the Boston Celtics from 1984 to 1987.