THE STORY OF 2013 NBA FINALS
MIAMI HEAT CHAMPIONSHIP RING
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THE STORY OF 2013 NBA FINALS
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HEAT
CHAMPIONSHIP RING
The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs to win their second straight title. The Finals began with Game 1 on June 6, and ended with Game 7 on June 20.
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THE STORY OF 2013 NBA FINALS
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Miami became the 6th team to win consecutive NBA Championships, joining the Boston Celtics (1959–1966, 1968–1969), the Los Angeles Lakers (1949–1950, 1952–1954, 1987–1988, 2000–2002, 2009–2010), the Detroit Pistons (1989–1990), the Chicago Bulls (1991–1993, 1996–1998), and the Houston Rockets (1994–1995) in doing so. This series marked the fifth time the Spurs have made the NBA Finals since 1999, second-most for any franchise in that span behind the Los Angeles Lakers.
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THE STORY OF 2013 NBA FINALS
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The Spurs had won all of their previous four finals appearances, putting them only behind the six-time champion Chicago Bulls for most titles without ever losing a Finals, making this series the first Finals loss in Spurs history. This series was also the first time San Antonio had played in the NBA Finals without home court advantage, as Miami had home-court advantage based on their league-best regular season record. It was the Heat's third consecutive NBA Finals appearance, the first Eastern Conference team to achieve that since the Chicago Bulls (1996–1998).
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THE STORY OF 2013 NBA FINALS
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Four former NBA Finals MVPs played in the series (the Spurs' Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, and the Heat's Dwyane Wade and LeBron James), the most since 1987. The 2013 Finals also set a record for most international players on either Finals roster (10). Tim Duncan became the fourth player in NBA history to make a Finals appearance in three different decades.
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THE STORY OF 2013 NBA FINALS
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This marked the last NBA Finals played during the tenure of NBA commissioner David Stern. In addition, it also marked the last time the Finals used the 2-3-2 format, after which it reverted to the 2-2-1-1-1 format. The Heat finished second in the Eastern Conference the next season behind the Indiana Pacers with a 54-28 record. The Heat swept the Charlotte Bobcats in the first round and defeated the Brooklyn Nets in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals, setting up a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference Finals match-up with the Pacers. The Heat won that series in six games and advanced to the NBA finals for the fourth consecutive year.
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