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How many NBA championships have the Miami Heat won?
Miami advanced to the 2023 NBA Finals after defeating the Boston Celtics in an exciting seven-game East Conference Finals.
Probably nobody or very few people would have picked the Miami Heat to get to the NBA Finals after the regular season.
Erik Spoelstra’s men finished eighth in the Eastern Conference, having to feature in the Play-In Tournament to get a chance to qualify for the NBA playoffs.
However, they would face the best team in the competition, the Milwaukee Bucks, in the first-round series, with Giannis Antetokounmpo’s side being the big favorite to progress. That didn’t scare the Heat, who put on a great performance to emerge victorious in five games.
After pulling off the upset, and probably with a confidence boost after that, Jimmy Butler and the rest of the team beat the New York Knicks to set up a challenging clash with the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.
In one of the most interesting series in recent times, both teams proved that the NBA playoffs are as exciting as are unpredictable. The Heat took an almost definitive 0-3 advantage that impressively almost got overturned by the Celtics, who managed to win the following three games to tie the series. However, in Game 7, the Heat, guided once again by Butler, were the superior team at TD Garden and qualified for the Finals.
The Heat, looking for their fourth Championship
Miami will face the best Western Conference team in the regular season and the most solid squad in the postseason, the Denver Nuggets.
The Florida franchise will be looking to win their fourth Championship ever but they are the clear underdogs going into the last round of the competition since they aren’t as fresh as their opponents and the Nuggets have a more complete roster, led by the two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
Miami won the first title in the 2006 Finals. Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal guided the team to victory against the Dallas Mavericks in six games.
In 2012, Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh led Miami to another Championship by defeating the Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden-led Oklahoma City Thunder in five.
The following year, the Heat and the San Antonio Spurs made it to the Finals, with a tight 4-3 win for the Heat, who won their third and final title to date.