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Miami Heat ticket holders have it so good. With Shaquille O’Neal at center and Dwayne Wade at guard demonstrating some great chemistry on the court, they swept both the Nets and the Wizards in last year’s NBA Playoffs. There seems to be nothing standing in the way of a repeat performance in the 2005-06 NBA season. Well, maybe not exactly a repeat performance. Miami fans believe that this is the year they will be able to buy Heat tickets to the NBA finals and watch Shaq and D-Wade take home the franchise’s first NBA Championship.

Falling just one game short of the NBA Finals in 2004-05, general manger and basketball legend Pat Riley was not content to rest on his laurels. He has attempted to rework the team around his core players, Shaq and Wade. The additions of Antoine Walker, Jason Williams and James Posey round out the talented squad, while the veteran Gary Payton provides a lot of security in the playoffs with a deep bench. Individually, Miami is one of the deepest and most talented teams in the NBA, and its almost guaranteed they will provide some hot action up and down the court night after night, much to the delight of Heat ticket holders.

Since their start in 1988, the Miami Heat has posted their fair share of wins. They won their first division title in 1997 on the skills of superstars Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway and became an NBA powerhouse. In those days, when Mourning took the court against his friend and mentor Patrick Ewing as Miami faced the New York Knicks, Heat tickets were a sure sell-out.

The team struggled at the beginning of the century for a few seasons, after a trade with Charlotte left the team depleted. But in the summer of 2004, a new era began. Shaq, fed up with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, joined Miami and gave Heat ticket holders a new hope for the future. It’s undeniable that O’Neal is one of the NBA’s elite, and the most widely recognized star in the NBA since Michael Jordan. His size and presence make him the most feared center on the court.

With a new five-year contract, Shaq will be providing Heat fans with playoff spots for many more years. He and Wade combine to form the NBA’s most dominant one-two punch today. If head coach Stan Van Gundy can get the new additions to the team integrated into the system and build team chemistry, there’s not a team in the NBA that will be able to stop them. Don’t miss a single minute of the action this season with Miami Heat tickets!