Miami Heat President Pat Riley talks to the media during the season-ending press conference at the AmericanAirlines Arena on Saturday April 13, 2019 in Miami. By
The Miami Heat’s season is over earlier than anyone in the organization expected. Pat Riley went into the season expecting the Heat to fight for a top-five seed in the Eastern Conference. Dwyane Wade expected the playoffs to be on the line on the final night of the season. The whole team hoped Miami would be playing the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors or Philadelphia 76ers right now, rather than watching the postseason from their couches.