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MIAMI HEAT 1988 TO PRESENT. 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 AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI IS THE HOME OF THE HEAT. THE TEAM OWNER IS MICKY ARISON, THE TEAM PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER IS PAT RILEY, AND THE HEAD COACH IS ERIK SPOELSTRA. FORMED IN 1988 AS AN EXPANSION TEAM, THE HEAT HAVE WON THREE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS (IN 2006, 2012 AND 2013), FIVE CONFERENCE TITLES AND THIRTEEN DIVISION TITLES. RIGHT NOW THE MIAMI HEAT ARE A DOMINANT TEAM WITH A SUPERIOR DEFENSIVE TEAM. AT POINT GUARD GORAN DRAGIC, SHOOTING GUARD DWYANE WADE, SMALL FOWARD JOSH RICHARDSON, POWER FOWARD JAMES JOHNSON AND AT CENTER HASSAN WHITESIDE. THE MIAMI HEAT HAD A GOOD RUN THIS YEAR TAKING THE SIXTH SEED IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS FACING OFF AGAINST THE "SIXERS" IT WENT TO GAME 5 WHERE MIAMI LOST BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE AND PHYSICAL PLAYOFF SERIES WHICH GOT A LOT OF RESPECT FOR. MIAMI ALONG WITH MANY OTHER TEAMS ARE SOON GOING TO BE THE "FRONT PAGE" OF THE NBA.