The Miami Heat are on their way to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, but they are a much different team this time around. The 2020 version of the Heat is the lowest-seeded team to make a run to the NBA Finals since…the 1999 New York Knicks.
Although they ultimately couldn’t finish off their run with the Larry O’Brien Trophy, those ’99 Knicks made an improbable run to the Finals as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. This Heat team was not quite the underdog that the Knicks were, but there are striking similarities between the two teams.