2024–25 Miami Heat season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 2024–25 Miami Heat season was the 37th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
On April 3, the Heat were locked in to a play-in berth following the Milwaukee Bucks' victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, but was the first season since 2018–19 with a sub-.500 campaign and they were unable to improve upon their 46–36 record from the previous season.
On April 18, the Heat became the first 10-seeded team to make the playoffs and clinched for the sixth season in a row, defeating the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks in the Play-In Tournament to secure the eighth seed in the playoffs. However, the Heat were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs. This is the second time in four years that the Heat were swept in the playoffs since 2021, which was also in the first round against the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Miami Heat drew an average home attendance of 19,715, the 6th-highest of all NBA teams.
Draft
The Heat entered the draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989) with one first-round pick and one second-round pick. On the first night of the draft, the Heat would select center Kel'el Ware from the University of Indiana as the 15th pick. Then, on the second day of the draft, Miami would select Serbian shooting guard Nikola Đurišić from the KK Mega Basket.
Roster
Standings
Division
Conference
Game log
Preseason
During the preseason, the Heat would play their final games under what was previously named Bally Sports Sun.
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