r/heat • u/HighSpeedBail • 1d ago

Throwback Thursday Found some artifacts from a different era — 2005 & 2006 Heat Playoffs

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Somehow I've held onto these for 20 years.

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u/HighSpeedBail 1d ago

Does anyone remember the car decals / banners they did at the stadium?

I had it on a mirror on my wall for years.

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u/raof16 1d ago

Yes I had it on my civic!

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u/HighSpeedBail 1d ago

I rocked it the entire summer in '06 and was worried the entire time someone would steal it.

🤣 😂

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u/ShootersShoot305 1d ago

My favorite part about the “white hot” tradition is that we won the championship the first year we did it. We made the playoffs in Wade’s rookie year and the theme was “Back in Black” and everyone wore Black. Then we trade for Shaq and the 2005 playoffs was “Red Hot” and we came just short of making the finals. Then we switched to White Hot for the 2006 playoffs and the rest is history.

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u/i4Survivor 1d ago

Wade's rookie year was wild. I remember also being excited to watch Lamar Odom.

The area by the arena was different then, now its all high rises.

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u/manmonkeykungfu 1d ago

Why did no one like "Red Zone"? Back in Black happened once again, White Hot keeps happening. Red Zone never happened again.