“Miami Heat makes NBA history by reaching the finals as eighth seed”

To change the whole story. Since the incorporation of the Play In to the NBA In the 2019/20 season, the teams that have qualified through this phase had not even made it past the First Round of the Playoffshowever, Miami Heat not only passed the first phase, they have already reached The finals and they want to be the first team to be crowned starting from eighth place.

He Heat originally finished seventh in the East, but after losing their first Play In game to the Hawks He ended them by taking them down a notch. They have already made history by being only the second team to qualify as eighth and reach The finalsthe first were the Knicks in 1999, but the real goal is to keep the coveted championship ring.

Miami is unbeaten against Western rookies in The finals. In 2006 the dreams ended Dallas Mavericks from German Dirk Nowitzkiafter prevailing 4-2 to lift his first championship in the NBA; later, already with LeBron James in their ranks, the Heat He managed to lift his second title by winning 4-1 against the inexperienced Oklahoma City Thunder.

Although those led by Erik Spoelstra they have become the ‘dark horse’ by eliminating the two top favorites from the East (Bucks y Celtics), there is one thing that does not play in his favor in these finals, and that is that in the regular season they met twice and both were victories Nuggets.

The first match was in December at the Colorado Ball Arenawhere the Nuggets they were imposed 124-119 and the second was played in February at the Cashier Center in Miami, Floridawhere with a triple double of Nikola Jokic, Denver prevailed for the second time.

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