THE STORY OF 2012 NBA FINALS
MIAMI HEAT CHAMPIONSHIP RING
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THE STORY OF 2012 NBA FINALS
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HEAT
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The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011–12 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder 4 games to 1 to win their second NBA title. Heat forward LeBron James was named the Finals MVP.
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THE STORY OF 2012 NBA FINALS
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This marked the fourth time in franchise history that the Oklahoma City Thunder appeared in the NBA Finals, and the first time since the Seattle SuperSonics relocated from Seattle, Washington to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2008. The franchise had previously appeared as the SuperSonics in 1996. It also marked the Miami Heat's third appearance in the NBA Finals. The Heat previously appeared in 2006 and 2011, both times against the Dallas Mavericks.
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THE STORY OF 2012 NBA FINALS
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It was the first NBA Finals in 13 seasons that was not held in either the states of California or Texas; the 3 teams that won the previous 12 Western Conference titles the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs were eliminated by this season's Western Conference champion, the Oklahoma City Thunder, in that order.
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THE STORY OF 2012 NBA FINALS
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The series began on June 12, five days later than its originally planned June 7 start. This delay was due to the lockout that pushed the start of the season to late December and shortened the regular season to 66 games. The series then ended on June 21. Under the 2–3–2 rotation, the Thunder had home-court advantage, since they had a better regular season record than the Heat, and thus hosted the first two games. The Heat also became the first team since the 2008–09 Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA title after losing the previous year, and the first Eastern Conference team to do so since the 1988–89 Detroit Pistons.
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THE STORY OF 2012 NBA FINALS
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The Heat repeated as champions the next season by defeating the San Antonio Spurs in a tough seven-game series. Before the season began, the Heat acquired veteran sharpshooter Ray Allen from the Boston Celtics, then added energetic forward Chris Andersen midway through the season. The Heat won a league second-best 27 consecutive games before finishing with a franchise-record 66 wins and the top overall seed. In the playoffs, the Heat swept the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round, defeated the Chicago Bulls in five games of the second round, overcame the Indiana Pacers in seven games of the conference finals, before winning the championship against the Spurs.
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