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2013–14 Miami Heat season

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Head coach
  
Erik Spoelstra

Record
  
54–28 (.659)

Owner(s)
  
Micky Arison

Arena
  
American Airlines Arena

Place
  
Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)

Playoff finish
  
NBA Finals (Lost to Spurs 1–4)

The 2013–14 Miami Heat season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They entered the season as two-time defending NBA champions (third overall), and three-time defending Eastern Conference champions, the fourth and final season playing with the "Big Three" of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh, and the sixth season under head coach Erik Spoelstra. In a rematch of the previous year's Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in six games to become the first team to win four consecutive Eastern Conference championships since the 1986–87 Boston Celtics capped a Boston-dominant string going back to the 1983–84 season. Miami's quest for a three-peat ended when the San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Finals by a 4–1 margin. Following the season, LeBron left the Heat to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Key dates

  • June 27: The 2013 NBA draft took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
  • July 1: 2013 NBA free agency began.
  • March 3: LeBron James had a career-high 61 points against the Charlotte Bobcats. His 61 points were also a franchise-high, breaking Glen Rice's record, who scored 56 points against the Orlando Magic in 1995.
  • April 28: The Heat completed a sweep over the Charlotte Bobcats in the Eastern Conference first round, advancing to the Conference Semi-finals.
  • May 14: The Heat avenged their regular-season sweep loss over the Brooklyn Nets in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, by a game-saving steal by LeBron James from Joe Johnson. They advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fourth consecutive year.
  • May 30: The Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in game six of the Eastern Conference Finals, to advance to the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive year.
  • June 15: Their season ended when they lost to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the 2014 NBA Finals, 104–87. Their loss also marked the first time that The Heat have been eliminated from title contention since their loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals.

    • Draft picks

    The Heat did not have a pick in the 2013 NBA draft.

    Credits

    2014 or 2015 first-round draft pick from Philadelphia

    Philadelphia's first-round pick to Miami protected for selections 1-14 in 2014 or 1-14 in 2015; if Philadelphia has not conveyed a first-round pick to Miami by 2015, then Philadelphia will instead convey its 2015 2nd round pick and 2016 2nd round pick to Miami [Miami-Philadelphia, 6/28/2012]

    Debits

    2015 first round draft pick to Cleveland

    Miami's 1st round pick to Cleveland protected for selections 1-10 in 2015 or 1-10 in 2016 or unprotected in 2017 [Cleveland-Miami, 7/9/2010]

    2017 second-round draft pick to Atlanta

    Miami's second-round pick to Atlanta protected for selections 31–40 in 2017 or unprotected in 2018 [Atlanta-Miami, 6/27/2013]

    References

    2013–14 Miami Heat season Wikipedia
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