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2011–12 Miami Heat season

Professional basketball team season (won NBA championship)

Field	Value
team	Miami Heat
end_year	2012
division_win	yes
conference_win	yes
championship_win	yes
wins	46
losses	20
division	Southeast
division_place	1st
conf_place	2nd
coach	Erik Spoelstra
president	Pat Riley
owner	Micky Arison
arena	American Airlines Arena
television	Sun Sports
radio	[790 The Ticket](790-the-ticket)
playoffs	[NBA champions](2012-nba-finals)
(Defeated [Thunder](2011-12-oklahoma-city-thunder-season) 4–1)
bbr_team	MIA

(Defeated Thunder 4–1) The 2011–12 Miami Heat season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They came into the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions, the second season playing with the "Big Three" of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh, and the fourth season under head coach Erik Spoelstra. Prior to the beginning of the season, they looked to bounce back from their disappointing finish to the previous year where they lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals.

Following the 2011 NBA lockout, the Heat, like every other team in the league, played only 66 games this season. Despite a hot 28–7 start to the season, they struggled in their last 31 games, only going 18–13 the rest of the way, and eventually finishing with a 46–20 record, roughly the equivalent of 57–25. They won their division for the 9th time and appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals for the 5th time. For the second consecutive year, Wade, James, and Bosh were all selected to the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, tying the record for the most Heat players sent to an All-Star game in franchise history.

In the playoffs, they met the New York Knicks in first round, reigniting the Heat-Knicks rivalry as it was their first postseason meeting since 2000. However, the notion of a heated rivalry fell flat as the Heat defeated the Knicks in 5 games, beating their arch rivals in a playoff series for the first time since 1997. Next, they faced Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals and defeated them in 6 games despite losing Bosh in Game 1 to injury. Then, in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat met the Boston Celtics for their third consecutive postseason meeting. The Heat took a 2–0 series lead before losing 3 straight. However, the Heat forced a Game 7 thanks to an epic 45 point performance by James in Game 6. On June 9, 2012, the Heat won Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year and 3rd time in franchise history.

In the NBA Finals, the Heat faced the Oklahoma City Thunder, who entered the NBA Finals as favorites thanks to home court advantage. Despite losing Game 1 in Oklahoma City, the Heat battled back by winning the next three straight games to take a 3–1 series lead. On June 21, 2012, the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 121–106 Game 5 victory, winning the NBA Finals 4–1 to become the 2012 NBA Champions. This was the second NBA championship for the franchise, as well as the Heat's first since 2006. They also became the third (and final) team under the 2-3-2 format to win the middle three games at home, the others being their 2006 team and the 2004 Detroit Pistons. LeBron James won an NBA championship for the first time in his career, and was awarded the 2012 NBA Finals MVP. During their postseason run, the 2011-12 Miami Heat became the second team in NBA history to win a championship despite trailing three separate times in a postseason series (2–1 in the conference semifinals, 3–2 in the conference finals, and 0–1 in the NBA Finals), with the first being the 1995 Houston Rockets.

Key dates

June 23: The 2011 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
December 9: The free agency period started.
December 18: The Heat pre-season started with a game against the Orlando Magic.
December 25: The Heat avenged their 2011 NBA Finals loss with a 105–94 win over the Dallas Mavericks to open the season.
December 27: The Heat won their home opener against the Boston Celtics 115–107.
February 7: With a 19–6 season start, the Heat marked their best start in franchise history.
February 14: The Heat became the first team to win three road games (Hawks, Bucks, & Pacers) on three consecutive nights by double digits since the 1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks.
February 23: The Heat went into the All Star Break with their best win percentage (.794) in team history.
February 25–26: The 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend took place.
April 3: The Heat clinched a playoff spot with a 99–93 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
April 15: The Heat clinched a back to back (9th) Southeast Division title with a 93–85 win over the New York Knicks.
April 22: The Heat defeated the Houston Rockets 97–88 in their final regular season home game.
April 24: The Heat clinched the 2nd seed for the Eastern Conference after losing to the Boston Celtics 78–66.
April 26: The Heat ended the regular season with a 104–70 loss against the Washington Wizards.
May 9: The Heat defeated the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round, advancing to the Conference Semi-finals.
May 24: The Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, advancing to the Conference Finals.
June 9: The Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, advancing to the 2012 NBA Finals.
June 21: The Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, winning the franchise's second championship. LeBron James was named NBA Finals MVP.

Season summary

When the Heat made it all the way to the finals in Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh's first year playing together, they were seen as heavy favorites from the Eastern Conference to return in 2012. The team's original starting lineup was:

C – Joel Anthony

PF – Chris Bosh

SF – LeBron James

SG – Dwyane Wade

PG – Mario Chalmers

The starting lineup would go through many changes as the season went on. The finals lineup in the NBA Finals is listed above.

Draft picks

Main article: 2011 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
2	31	Bojan Bogdanović (traded to Minnesota Timberwolves)	SF/SG		Fenerbahçe Ülker

Roster

Erik Spoelstra
Keith Askins
Octavio De La Grana
David Fizdale
Bill Foran
Chet Kammerer
Bob McAdoo
Ron Rothstein

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	SF	65	10	1,499	156	82	64	33	311	23.1	2.4	1.3	1.0	.5	4.8
	PG	65	2	1,260	91	133	44	2	441	19.4	1.4	2.0	.7	.0	6.8
	PG	64	64	1,825	171	222	97	11	627	28.5	2.7	3.5	1.5	.2	9.8
	C	64	51	1,349	250	9	36	84	219	21.1	3.9	.1	.6	1.3	3.4
	PF	64	10	1,589	470	42	35	24	385	24.8	7.3	.7	.5	.4	6.0
	SF	62	62	2,326	492	387	115	50	1,683	37.5	7.9	6.2	1.9	.8	27.1
	PF	57	57	2,007	452	103	51	45	1,025	35.2	7.9	1.8	.9	.8	18.0
	SG	51	10	666	49	19	17	9	185	13.1	1.0	.4	.3	.2	3.6
	SG	49	49	1,625	237	225	82	63	1,082	33.2	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	22.1
	SG	39	2	752	128	42	14	6	237	19.3	3.3	1.1	.4	.2	6.1
	C	35	6	301	71	9	8	8	106	8.6	2.0	.3	.2	.2	3.0
	PF	28	0	190	47	10	4	1	42	6.8	1.7	.4	.1	.0	1.5
	SG	22	1	318	51	26	9	2	80	14.5	2.3	1.2	.4	.1	3.6
	C	14	1	83	12	1	0	2	30	5.9	.9	.1	.0	.1	2.1
†	C	13	5	221	58	5	8	14	45	17.0	4.5	.4	.6	1.1	3.5
†	PF	8	0	28	11	2	1	1	2	3.5	1.4	.3	.1	.1	.3

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Heat only.

Playoffs

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
SF	23	23	983	224	129	43	16	697	42.7	9.7	5.6	1.9	.7	30.3
SG	23	23	907	120	100	39	30	525	39.4	5.2	4.3	1.7	1.3	22.8
PG	23	23	819	84	90	28	6	260	35.6	3.7	3.9	1.2	.3	11.3
SF	23	16	768	74	27	22	14	161	33.4	3.2	1.2	1.0	.6	7.0
SG	23	0	368	58	17	9	2	120	16.0	2.5	.7	.4	.1	5.2
PF	22	11	452	141	13	5	6	106	20.5	6.4	.6	.2	.3	4.8
SG	20	0	173	20	2	3	1	51	8.7	1.0	.1	.2	.1	2.6
PG	19	0	170	10	12	7	0	34	8.9	.5	.6	.4	.0	1.8
C	17	1	329	55	2	5	16	54	19.4	3.2	.1	.3	.9	3.2
PF	14	10	439	109	8	6	14	196	31.4	7.8	.6	.4	1.0	14.0
C	12	7	121	31	1	1	8	23	10.1	2.6	.1	.1	.7	1.9
PF	9	0	24	1	0	0	0	7	2.7	.1	.0	.0	.0	.8
SG	4	0	10	3	0	0	0	5	2.5	.8	.0	.0	.0	1.3
C	3	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	2.7	.0	.3	.0	.3	.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

On January 3, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (December 25 – January 1).
On January 9, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (January 2 – January 8).
On January 30, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (January 23 – January 29).
On February 3, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Month (December – January).
On February 20, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (February 13 – February 19).
On March 1, 2012 Erik Spoelstra was named Eastern Conference's Coach of the Month (February).
On March 2, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Month (February).
On April 9, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (April 2 – April 8).
On April 23, 2012 LeBron James was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (April 16 – April 22).

All-Star

LeBron James was voted to his 8th consecutive NBA All-Star Game as a starter (8th consecutive time as a starter).
Dwyane Wade was voted to his 8th consecutive NBA All-Star Game (7th consecutive time as a starter).
Chris Bosh was selected to his 7th consecutive NBA All-Star Game (5th consecutive time as a reserve).
Mario Chalmers and James Jones were selected to participate in the 2012 NBA All-Star Three-point Shootout.
Rookie Norris Cole was selected to participate in the 2012 Rising Stars challenge.

Season

On May 12, 2012 LeBron James won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 3rd time (1st with the Heat).
On May 23, 2012 LeBron James was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the 4th consecutive time (2nd with the Heat).
On May 24, 2012 LeBron James was named to the All-NBA First Team.
On May 24, 2012 Dwyane Wade was named to the All-NBA Third Team.

Playoffs

On June 21, 2012 LeBron James was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.

Records

On February 3, 2012 LeBron James became the youngest player to have reached 18,000 career points.
On April 19, 2012 LeBron James became the youngest player to have reached 19,000 career points.

Milestones

On February 3, 2012 LeBron James reached 18,000 career points.
On March 26, 2012 Dwyane Wade reached 600 career blocks.
On April 19, 2012 LeBron James reached 19,000 career points.

Transactions

Trades

June 23, [2011](2011-12-nba-season)	To Miami Heat	To Minnesota Timberwolves

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Mario Chalmers	Signed 3 Year Contract For $12.0 Million	Miami Heat
Juwan Howard	Signed 1 Year Contract For $1.32 Million	Miami Heat
James Jones	Signed 3 Year Contract For $4.5 Million	Miami Heat
Shane Battier	Signed 3 Year Contract For $9.4 Million	Memphis Grizzlies
Eddy Curry	Signed 1 Year Contract For $1.22 Million	Minnesota Timberwolves
Mickell Gladness	Signed 1 Year Contract For $171,872	Dakota Wizards (D-League)
Terrel Harris	Signed 1 Year Contract For $473,604	Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D-League)

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Mike Bibby	Free Agent	New York Knicks
Erick Dampier	Free Agent	Atlanta Hawks
Jamaal Magloire	Free Agent	Toronto Raptors
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas	Retired
Mickell Gladness	Waived	Golden State Warriors
Eddie House	Waived

References

(2012-06-22). "LeBron's triple-double clinches 2012 Finals MVP".
(May 12, 2012). "LeBron James wins 2012 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
"Heat's James top vote-getter among All-Defensive Team picks". NBA.
"LeBron, Durant highlight 2011-12 All-NBA First Team". NBA.
"Danny Granger nets 25 as Pacers hand Heat 2nd straight double-digit loss". ESPN.

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