Sunday, June 10, 2012

Miami Heat are Eastern Conference Champs

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Miami Heat defeats Boston Celtics in Game 7, advances to NBA Finals. Face Oklahoma City in Finals after tense Game 7 victory against the veteran Celtics

BY JOSEPH GOODMAN
JGOODMAN@MIAMIHERALD.COM

The series comeback complete, LeBron James turned to Dwyane Wade and gave his teammate a hug. Around them an arena shook with excitement but their faces bared no emotion.

For them, there was nothing to celebrate. There was only more focus.

The Heat defeated the Celtics 101-88 on Saturday in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. After trailing Boston 3-2 in the best-of-7 series, Miami won two consecutive games to earn its second East championship in a row.

Now it’s onto Oklahoma City and the NBA Finals where the Heat hopes to silence the ghosts from last year’s collapse to the Dallas Mavericks. READ MORE HERE



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