It is official already the NBA Eastern Conference has also finished and the Miami Heat wins it against the Boston Celtics in Game 6. And are now on it's way on advancing to the last step of the season the NBA Finals whom they will meet the Champions of the Western Conference the loaded and mighty Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat last trip to the Finals was on 2014 when they were eliminated by the San Antonio Spurs that time the Miami were lead by the Big 3 of Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James that whom are now playing for the Lakers which they will face in the Finals.
The Heat's line up now have a very big difference compare to the last time when they reached the NBA Finals that before are mostly loaded with lots of veterans but now they lots of young guns which consists of Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo, Duncan Robinson, Derrick Jones Jr. and to add up also Kendrick Nunn. While their veterans are Jimmy Butteler, Jae Crowder, Drogan Dragic and Andre Iguodala who is set to enter on his six straight finals appearance way back from his Golden State Warriors tenur e which he got there 3 Championship rings and now attempting to add one more on his resume.
The Miami Heat have lots of off season moves to be able for them to build a contender team like where they are right now, but before they entered in the Finals a lot of people do not believe that this team can make it all way long up to this moment and considered them as one of the biggest surprise because also they face the league leader in wins in the whole NBA and upset them in 5 games, and up to this very moment some individuals are still shocked on the achievement that they made now. But let's review how the Heat Organization moves to their success and will discuss some key points on this article of mine.
The biggest signing of free agents that the Heat have is Jimmy Butler which played for Philadelphia 76ers last season, and they also got Andre Iguodala and Jae Crowder via a trade that really gives them needed experience going to the playoffs. And on the NBA Draft they acquire the service of super rookie Tylerr Herro which was been tag as one of the biggest steals in the draft at number 13 overall pick. And the relevation of their 2 young guns with Bam Adebayo and Duncan Robinson which have a very big improvements on this season. Robinson is a two way player for the Heat while Adebayo which from Kentucky has been named an All Star this year.
The team has a very good chemistry on the regular season has they finished as the number 4 seed on the Eastern Conference and some believe that this is because of Jimmy Butler that became his leader compare to the last season that they don't have a gut like Jimmy that could be a total leader on his team as he did it on Miami which been a very good move for him than his tenure on other NBA Teams that he played, In the re start of the NBA bubble the Heat only won 3 games out of 8 total games played like the Lakers standings in the re start which they did not force the situation because they are already entered in the playoffs plus the fact that there is no home court advantage that would be make because of the pandemic which every game was played in the Bubble in Orlando.
In the playoffs they face in the first round the Indiana Pacers which the fans and some analyst said that it will be a match up between Jimmy Butler and TJ Warren that at that time having a very sensational exposure of his talents in re start of the bubble games that would be a very close and exciting match up but unfortunately for the Pacers they were sweep by the Heat in the series. In the second round they face the number 1 team of NBA Milwaukee Bucks which lead by the reigning back to back MVP and Defensive Player of the Year Giannis Antetekounmpo. The Heat prevails early on the first 3 games and Giannis has been injured which the Heat totally take advantage to finish the series in Game 5. But there is a twist in this series Tyler Herro which have been dubbed as the most hated NBA player in Milwaukee was playing for the Heat and beat his hometown by being member of the Heat that before he suffered a lot of harassment from the fans because of not playing for the College team of his home town instead he played in Kentucky. And in the recent East Conference Finals they face their rivals the Boston Celtics which they last faced in the East Finals on 2012 that goes down the stretch until game 7 which the Heat won as LeBron James leading the team that time. The series has been a tough one for the Heat compare to the last two they got the first two wins after the Celtics game three, and the Heat and Celtics have one game a piece on the next two games before the Heat finally close out the series today in Game 6 and play again in the NBA Finals since 2014.
Both LeBron James and Andre Iguodala will played in the NBA Finals for the 5th time for the last ten years of the NBA Season. But according to critics the really much anticipated in this Finals Showdown is the battle between the two young guns and future face of the NBA Tyler Herro and Kyle Kuzma because of their nice game play at their young age and and adds up their good looks for the girls to look out for them. So that is it for how the Miami Heat reach the Finals. Thank you and i'll just update you on my next article about this very nice NBA Finals showdown.
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