Four Eastern Conference championships in very down years for the conference.

Two Finals losses as favorites.

One strike shortened season championship against a team decimated by injury. The other championship earned as heavy favorites that they won by miracle.

I won't call this team smoke and mirrors but I think there is a myth about their dominance.

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Seems close. I would say the West has been the story the last decade.

Edit to account for the Celtics.

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Dominance is definitely a myth. The Eastern conference is horrible and the Heat were hardly dominant in the Finals. This whole Heat team has been overblown for a long time. They weren't exactly paper champs but with 2 hall of famers at the top of the roster and all the bluster when they came together, I think it's fair to say the Heat failed to deliver on the hype.

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The fact that "four straight finals appearances" is even said should tell you all you need to know.

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I believe they are the first team to make 4 straight appearances to the Finals since the great Celtics teams of the 60's.

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82-85 Lakers

And now people will rightfully say that they were lucky to win a second ring.

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Jordan never made 4 straight finals!

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True.

He is 6-0.

Lebron is 2-3.

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But you're forgetting the most important thing, Jordan didn't have to deal with twitter and facebook and also he was really mean to people on occasion 20 years ago.

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They weren't heavy favorites last year and they were underdogs this year.

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"Not three, not four, not five, not six..."?!?

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Just another team.

Hardly dominant.

They were a very good team who took advantage of a weak Eastern Conference. Making the finals four straight years is no small feat, but it's nothing close to a dynasty. I would put them down with the Rockets of the '90s. They had a couple very opportunistic rings with one great player and a decent supporting cast, but nothing for the ages.

Dwyane Wade = Kenny Smith

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The Heat have been to the Finals and won more championships than any other team in the NBA since The Decision. I would say that vindicates LeBron.

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Yeah I mean the plan worked but they basically failed to deliver twice. But getting there each year proves it was a wise "decision".

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But I think ultimately the Rockets of the 90's will be remembered a bit more fondly than the Heat. There was never the enormous hype, declaring themselves a dynasty before playing a single game and celebrating more titles than they ended up winning. The Heat set themselves up to look foolish. They may end up as one of NBA history's cautionary tales.

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The Spurs were favored to win the series this year.

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84-87 Celtics

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This I agree with. They were never dominant though they did win and you can't discount that. The Bernstein hype machine and I will mention him since this is his thread made them out to be far more dominant than they actually are. I still believe that the Bulls without the injuries could have taken them but we will never know for sure.

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Even -110 for both teams with the Spurs holding home court certainly suggests favorite

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The Heat brass orchestrated him saying that .....

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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