2020–21 Miami Heat season
NBA professional basketball team season
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The 2020–21 Miami Heat season was the 33rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
| 2020–21 Miami Heat season | |
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| Head coach | Erik Spoelstra |
| President | Pat Riley |
| General manager | Andy Elisburg |
| Owner | Micky Arison |
| Arena | American Airlines Arena |
| Results | |
| Record | 40–32 (.556) |
| Place | Division: 2nd (Southeast) Conference: 6th (Eastern) |
| Playoff finish | First round (lost to Bucks 0–4) |
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| Local media | |
| Television | Bally Sports Sun[A] |
| Radio | 790 AM, "The Ticket" |
The Heat entered the season as both the defending Southeast Division and Eastern Conference champions. The season began just 72 days after the completion of the 2020 Finals, giving the Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers the shortest off-season in league history. With a win over the Boston Celtics 129–121, the Heat returned to the playoffs for the second straight year on May 11. They attempted to make back-to-back NBA Finals appearances for the first time since 2013 and 2014 but fell to the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks in the first round in a four-game sweep in a rematch of last season's Conference semifinals in which the Heat won in five games. This is the first time that the Heat were swept in the playoffs since 2007, which was also in the first round against the Chicago Bulls. It was also the first time since 2014 that Andre Iguodala missed the NBA Finals. Iguodala would return to the Golden State Warriors the following season after two seasons with the Heat.[1]
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team |
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| 1 | 20 | Precious Achiuwa | PF |  Nigeria |
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Roster
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Legend
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Standings
Division
| Southeast Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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| y – Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 31 | .569 | – | 25–11 | 16–20 | 9–3 | 72 |
| x – Miami Heat | 40 | 32 | .556 | 1.0 | 21–15 | 19–17 | 6–6 | 72 |
| x – Washington Wizards | 34 | 38 | .472 | 7.0 | 19–17 | 15–21 | 3–9 | 72 |
| pi – Charlotte Hornets | 33 | 39 | .458 | 8.0 | 18–19 | 15–20 | 8–4 | 72 |
| Orlando Magic | 21 | 51 | .292 | 20.0 | 11–25 | 10–26 | 4–8 | 72 |
Conference
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | c − Philadelphia 76ers * | 49 | 23 | .681 | – | 72 |
| 2 | x – Brooklyn Nets | 48 | 24 | .667 | 1.0 | 72 |
| 3 | y – Milwaukee Bucks * | 46 | 26 | .639 | 3.0 | 72 |
| 4 | x – New York Knicks | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8.0 | 72 |
| 5 | y – Atlanta Hawks * | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8.0 | 72 |
| 6 | x – Miami Heat | 40 | 32 | .556 | 9.0 | 72 |
| 7 | x – Boston Celtics | 36 | 36 | .500 | 13.0 | 72 |
| 8 | x – Washington Wizards | 34 | 38 | .472 | 15.0 | 72 |
| 9 | pi – Indiana Pacers | 34 | 38 | .472 | 15.0 | 72 |
| 10 | pi – Charlotte Hornets | 33 | 39 | .458 | 16.0 | 72 |
| 11 | Chicago Bulls | 31 | 41 | .431 | 18.0 | 72 |
| 12 | Toronto Raptors | 27 | 45 | .375 | 22.0 | 72 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | 50 | .306 | 27.0 | 72 |
| 14 | Orlando Magic | 21 | 51 | .292 | 28.0 | 72 |
| 15 | Detroit Pistons | 20 | 52 | .278 | 29.0 | 72 |
Notes
- z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
- c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
- y – Clinched division title
- x – Clinched playoff spot
- pb – Clinched play-in spot
- o – Eliminated from playoff contention
- * – Division leader
Game log
Preseason
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Preseason: 1–1 (home: 0–1; road: 1–0)
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Regular season
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December: 2–2 (home: 2–1; road: 0–1)
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January: 5–10 (home: 3–4; road: 2–6)
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February: 10–5 (home: 5–2; road: 5–3)
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March: 7–7 (home: 2–5; road: 5–2)
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April: 10–7 (home: 8–3; road: 2–4)
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May: 7–2 (home: 2–1; road: 5–1)
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Playoffs
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First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
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Player statistics
Regular season
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Duncan Robinson | SF | 72 | 72 | 2,262 | 250 | 127 | 43 | 20 | 942 | 31.4 | 3.5 | 1.8 | .6 | .3 | 13.1 |
| Bam Adebayo | C | 64 | 64 | 2,143 | 573 | 346 | 75 | 66 | 1,197 | 33.5 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 18.7 |
| Andre Iguodala | SF | 63 | 5 | 1,339 | 221 | 142 | 57 | 35 | 275 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | .9 | .6 | 4.4 |
| Precious Achiuwa | PF | 61 | 4 | 737 | 208 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 304 | 12.1 | 3.4 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 5.0 |
| Kendrick Nunn | PG | 56 | 44 | 1,650 | 179 | 148 | 52 | 14 | 816 | 29.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | .9 | .3 | 14.6 |
| Tyler Herro | SG | 54 | 15 | 1,635 | 268 | 184 | 35 | 17 | 815 | 30.3 | 5.0 | 3.4 | .6 | .3 | 15.1 |
| Jimmy Butler | SF | 52 | 52 | 1,745 | 359 | 369 | 108 | 18 | 1,116 | 33.6 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 2.1 | .3 | 21.5 |
| Goran Dragić | PG | 50 | 11 | 1,337 | 169 | 219 | 33 | 8 | 672 | 26.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 | .7 | .2 | 13.4 |
| Gabe Vincent | PG | 50 | 7 | 655 | 56 | 67 | 21 | 2 | 242 | 13.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .4 | .0 | 4.8 |
| Kelly Olynyk† | C | 43 | 38 | 1,157 | 261 | 91 | 40 | 26 | 432 | 26.9 | 6.1 | 2.1 | .9 | .6 | 10.0 |
| Max Strus | SF | 39 | 0 | 507 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 236 | 13.0 | 1.1 | .6 | .3 | .1 | 6.1 |
| KZ Okpala | PF | 37 | 9 | 447 | 68 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 92 | 12.1 | 1.8 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 2.5 |
| Trevor Ariza | SF | 30 | 27 | 841 | 144 | 55 | 31 | 18 | 282 | 28.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .6 | 9.4 |
| Dewayne Dedmon | C | 16 | 0 | 210 | 86 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 113 | 13.1 | 5.4 | .8 | .6 | .4 | 7.1 |
| Maurice Harkless† | SF | 11 | 3 | 124 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11.3 | 1.2 | .6 | .2 | .4 | 1.4 |
| Nemanja Bjelica† | PF | 11 | 2 | 156 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 14.2 | 2.5 | 1.8 | .6 | .3 | 5.0 |
| Chris Silva† | PF | 11 | 0 | 83 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 7.5 | 2.3 | .5 | .1 | .5 | 2.7 |
| Avery Bradley† | SG | 10 | 1 | 211 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 85 | 21.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .7 | .1 | 8.5 |
| Victor Oladipo† | SG | 4 | 4 | 111 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 27.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 | .5 | 12.0 |
| Meyers Leonard | C | 3 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9.7 | 2.3 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 3.3 |
| Udonis Haslem | C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 4.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Heat only.
Playoffs
| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Jimmy Butler | SF | 4 | 4 | 154 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 38.5 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 1.3 | .3 | 14.5 |
| Bam Adebayo | C | 4 | 4 | 136 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 34.0 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 1.3 | .5 | 15.5 |
| Duncan Robinson | SF | 4 | 4 | 100 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 25.0 | 2.8 | .8 | .8 | .0 | 10.3 |
| Trevor Ariza | SF | 4 | 4 | 96 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 24.0 | 5.8 | .5 | .8 | .3 | 4.8 |
| Goran Dragić | PG | 4 | 2 | 117 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 29.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .5 | 16.0 |
| Kendrick Nunn | PG | 4 | 2 | 93 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 23.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | 10.3 |
| Tyler Herro | SG | 4 | 0 | 93 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 23.3 | 3.3 | 1.8 | .3 | .3 | 9.3 |
| Andre Iguodala | SF | 4 | 0 | 71 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17.8 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .5 | 3.8 |
| Dewayne Dedmon | C | 4 | 0 | 57 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 14.3 | 4.5 | .8 | .0 | .5 | 6.3 |
| Gabe Vincent | PG | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.7 | .3 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 1.7 |
| Precious Achiuwa | PF | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4.0 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | .7 | 2.3 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | PF | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .5 | 9.0 |
| KZ Okpala | PF | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Max Strus | SF | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Transactions
Re-signed
| Player | Date Signed | Ref. |
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| Gabe Vincent | November 21 (Two-way contract) | [3] |
| Meyers Leonard | November 22 | [4] |
| Udonis Haslem | November 28 | [5] |
Additions
| Player | Signed | Former Team | Ref. |
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| Max Strus | November 30 | Chicago Bulls | [6] |
| Trevor Ariza | March 17 | Oklahoma City Thunder | [7] |
| Nemanja Bjelica | March 25 | Sacramento Kings | [8] |
| Victor Oladipo | March 25 | Houston Rockets | [9] |
| Dewayne Dedmon | April 8 | Atlanta Hawks | [10] |
| Ӧmer Yurtseven | May 14 | Oklahoma City Blue | [11] |
Subtractions
| Player | Left Through | New Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Jones Jr. | Free Agency | Portland Trail Blazers | [12] |
| Solomon Hill | Free Agency | Atlanta Hawks | [13] |
| Jae Crowder | Free Agency | Phoenix Suns | [14] |
| Meyers Leonard | Trade | Oklahoma City Thunder | [15] |
| Chris Silva | Trade | Sacramento Kings | [16] |
| Maurice Harkless | Trade | Sacramento Kings | [16] |
| Kelly Olynyk | Trade | Houston Rockets | [17] |
| Avery Bradley | Trade | Houston Rockets | [17] |
Notes
- Formerly Fox Sports Sun until March 31, 2021