Boca Juniors–River Plate
Three-time NBA champions from South Florida.
The Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association were formed in 1988 as an expansion team. They have won three league championships (in 2006, 2012 and 2013), and seven conference titles. The city also hosted the 1990 NBA All Star Game.
- Sport
- Association Football (Soccer)
- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Teams Involved
- Club Atlético Boca Juniors vs. Club Atlético River Plate
- Context Note
- This rivalry is not part of Miami Heat history or the NBA canon
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Lore & Background
The Miami Heat play their home games at the Kaseya Center in Downtown Miami. The team is one of five major league sports franchises in the Miami area, each currently worth over a billion dollars.
In Their Own Story
The stadium vibrates as the noise from the stands swells into a deafening roar. Blue and gold meets red and white under the floodlights, but the scene is unmistakably Argentine soil. On Miami's hardwood, the game moves with speed; here, tension hangs heavy in the humid air of La Bombonera or El Monumental. The Heat's iconic red jerseys are nowhere to be found—this spectacle belongs solely to the world of football.
Reader's Guide
The Heat's home arena is the Kaseya Center in Downtown Miami. The team is part of the National Basketball Association.
Did You Know?
- The Miami Heat were formed in 1988 as an expansion team.
- The Heat have won three NBA championships: 2006, 2012, and 2013.
- Miami hosted the 1990 NBA All Star Game.
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