what year did miami heat win the championship?
2012 NBA Finals 2006 NBA Finals
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 From the league 's founding in 1920 until 1932 , there was no scheduled championship game . From 1920 – 1923 , the championship was awarded to a team by a vote of team owners at the annual owners ' meeting . From 1924 – 1932 , the team having the best winning percentage was awarded the championship . As each team played a different number of games , simply counting wins and losses would have been insufficient . Additionally , tie games were not counted in the standings in figuring winning percentage ( under modern rules , ties count as ½ win and ½ loss ) . 

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 Miami posted a 3 – 8 record in Saban 's first year , but improved to 6 – 5 in 1978 . Saban instituted an extensive recruiting network to rebuild Miami 's program , and was named the school 's athletic director in early 1978 . One of his recruits was quarterback Jim Kelly , who starred at Miami and went on to a Pro Football Hall of Fame career with the Bills . 

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 Its creator and namesake was the entertainer Dick Clark , who conceived New Year 's Rockin ' Eve as a younger @-@ skewing competitor to Guy Lombardo 's popular and long @-@ running New Year 's Eve big band broadcasts on CBS . The first two editions , which were hosted by Three Dog Night and George Carlin , respectively , and featured Dick Clark assuming the role of Times Square reporter , were broadcast by NBC for 1973 and 1974 , respectively . In 1974 @-@ 75 , the program moved to its current home of ABC , and Clark assumed the role of host . 

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 In 1966 , the major leagues moved to the " Deep South " when the Braves moved to Atlanta . In 1968 , the Kansas City Athletics moved west to become the Oakland Athletics . In 1969 , the American and National Leagues both added two expansion franchises . The American League added the Seattle Pilots ( who became the Milwaukee Brewers after one disastrous season in Seattle ) and the Kansas City Royals . The NL added the first Canadian franchise , the Montreal Expos , as well as the San Diego Padres . 

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 After World War II , professional leagues were founded in many Latin American nations , most prominently Venezuela ( 1946 ) and the Dominican Republic ( 1955 ) . Since the early 1970s , the annual Caribbean Series has matched the championship clubs from the four leading Latin American winter leagues : the Dominican Professional Baseball League , Mexican Pacific League , Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League , and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League . In Asia , South Korea ( 1982 ) , Taiwan ( 1990 ) , and China ( 2003 ) all have professional leagues . 
