Miami Heat's Improbable Playoff Run | 8th Seed to NBA Finals 🔥

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Published 2023-05-31
The Miami Heat's playoff path to the 2023 NBA Finals, from losing the first play-in game to the Hawks to Game 7 vs. Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

0:00 - Play-In vs. Hawks
0:56 - Play-In vs. Bulls
3:12 - First Round vs. Bucks
8:17 - Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Knicks
10:53 - Eastern Conference Finals vs. Celtics

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All Comments (21)
  • @troycrose3264
    If the Heat somehow beat the Nuggets there needs to be a documentary about this playoff run by the end of this year.
  • “Butler. Long shot…GOOD!!!” Being there was something else. I can’t explain every time I remember that moment I get goosebumps
  • @KidBakz
    Caleb and Vincent were the true x-factors for this team. Made a lot of difference on their run
  • Jimmy’s put back layup should go down in history as one of the most clutch plays ever
  • @dontknow7609
    That 56 point game 4 then the 42 points to seal the deal set the tone for the entire playoffs
  • @wyntonmohorn
    Everybody who's not giving the Miami Heat a chance to win the NBA Championship against the Denver Nuggets is forgetting that the Miami Heat are an extremely well coached team. Anything can happen for the Miami Heat with Spo leading the way. 🏆
  • @newpancakeman
    Those Butler free throws in game 6 were simply beautiful
  • @jerryp2790
    Anybody can easily see how Jimmy’s movements were severely weakened after the ankle injury in New York in Round 2. Josh Hart ruined a generational and historical playoff run that Jimmy Butler was on. One could only imagine how much better the finals would have been if Jimmy’s ankle was in at least decent condition.
  • @jimmybvisuals
    Man I’m looking at this almost a year later, as a Heat fan I cannot believe we pulled all this off last year 😂 praying we can do it again this year and win the finals 🤞💪
  • Funny thing about this team is through all the blown leads through the regular season they are really used to crunch time basketball. There’s also that weird stat when they are down 10 or more they comeback a lot.
  • @BrokeredHeart
    Jimmy Butler is one of those high-caliber players that every team DREAMS they had. He's not showy, he doesn't throw up his hands to the refs, he seeks out contact, and when his shots aren't falling he involves his teammates to get their offense rolling again. Back when I first started watching basketball as a kid, I revered players like Alan Iverson and Kobe Bryant, the ones who showed up in big moments and left their stamp on the game. I think Jimmy will be that figure to kids now, due to his work ethic, intensity and heart. Seeing all the highlights like this in sequence leaves me just shaking my head. I know it's not just Jimmy who has carried this Heat team to the Finals, but he is the catalyst to set the whole thing in motion. I know that Denver are some stiff competition, but if he can find that one last reserve of energy for this series, he could pull off another improbable feat. I'm so pumped to watch them play tonight!
  • That bucks series will forever be in my memories, that was pure legendary experience. This team is just unreal in so many ways.
  • If the Heat pulls off the championship against Denver or not, this team deserves their movie👏
  • @Curry_YT
    Miami have been playing so well and made it to the NBA finals as an 8th seed.
  • Watching this while playing "The Impossible Dream" by Andy Williams in the background. Man this team has been an inspiration for me to keep going, even when life's tough.
  • @kevinf6442
    They should have waited two more weeks to release this video to include the Heats championship run.
  • @Kibby96
    If the heat win this, this will be the turning point of the league going forward… anything anyone thought that was needed to win a championship would look false
  • @aaron28175
    In the NHL, an 8th seed team, the Florida Panthers, beat the bruins in the first round in 7, beat the leafs in 5, and swept the Carolina hurricanes. They ended up not winning the Cup, but they still had a crazy playoff run
  • @macbreezy5292
    Miami's playoff run looks like Cavs 2018. Butler and James having the same mentality is insane. On the other hand, Nuggets also look like Dubs 2018.
  • i want a mini movie of this playoff run including the struggles in the regular season when we win it all