They then reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1998, and faced the Miami Heat.

It contains the band's biggest hit and signature song, " Heat of the Moment ", which reached # 4 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Benatar's debut album In the Heat of the Night was released in October 1979, and reached # 12 in the US.

Riley's Heat team defeated his Los Angeles Lakers-days nemesis, the Detroit Pistons, in the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals on June 2, 2006, making it the first time the Miami Heat reached the finals.

In 2010, he signed with the Miami Heat and entered his 17th NBA season, during which he reached the playoffs for the sixth time and made his first career NBA Finals appearance.

The Heat reached the NBA Finals, losing to the Dallas Mavericks four games to two.

In the 2008-2009 season, Haslem started at power forward as the Heat reached the playoffs before falling in 7 games to the Atlanta Hawks.

During the Chicago Heat Wave of 1995, temperatures reached officially at O ' Hare Airport and at Midway, but humidity made temperatures feel almost as hot as at O ' Hare and at Midway.

In 1975, the brothers reached their peak with the release of the album, The Heat Is On, which was notable for the brothers ' sequencing of the sides of the album, with one side featuring uptempo funk numbers and the other showcasing more subtle, softer ballads.

In 2011, the Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat 4 games to 2 to win the NBA Finals.

Three of Gonzaga's most recent notable athletes are basketball players — former center Ronny Turiaf ( now playing for the Miami Heat ); third overall 2006 NBA Draft pick and Red Star Belgrade Adam Morrison ( who was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats ), regarded for his likeness to Hall of Famer Larry Bird ; and Courtney Vandersloot, 2011 winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the leading Division I women's point guard and women's Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the top Division I player no taller than 5 ' 8 " ( 1. 73 m ), selected third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2011 WNBA Draft.

* The AmericanAirlines Arena as well as the American Airlines Center, hosted the NBA Finals in 2006 and 2011, in which the Miami Heat played the Dallas Mavericks.

The Miami Heat have red and black away jerseys in addition to the white jerseys they wear at home ; they did add an additional all-black jersey during the 2011 – 12 season.

* Miami Heat – red alternates from 1995 to 2000, again since 2002 ; all-black alternate since 2011.

On June 12, 2011, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat to win the NBA Finals.

UK R & B reissue label Funky Town Grooves released The Heat on CD in late 2011, which included three bonus tracks.

In 2011 – 12, Hayden resigned from his positions on the Queensland and Australian cricket boards to take part for the Brisbane Heat in Australia's Big Bash League.

The team announced in July 2011 that head coach Cail MacLean had accepted the assistant coaching position for the AHL's Abbotsford Heat, a spot previously held by former Stingrays head coach Jared Bednar.

Western Conference teams dominated the league in 2011 for the third year in a row, with the Kitsap Pumas ending the season as national champions, beating Laredo Heat 1-0 in the 2011 PDL Championship game.

In early 2011, Prepon was on an episode of Castle, playing an actress studying for the role of Nikki Heat, a character created by Castle.

On December 10, 2011, Howard re-signed with the Miami Heat for the same veteran's minimum salary as the year before.

On September 16, 2011, a heavily modified P-51D Mustang named " The Galloping Ghost ," piloted by Jimmy Leeward, crashed near the stands during the Gold Heat of the race, killing Leeward and 10 spectators and injuring 69.

On 7 July 2011, the band issued a press release about the forthcoming release of a new greatest hits compilation titled White Heat: 30 Hits.

* White Heat: 30 Hits ( 2011 )

The 2011 NBA Finals were a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, pitting the Miami Heat against the Dallas Mavericks.

He won the first championship of his career in the 2010 – 2011 season when the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 4 – 2 in the 2011 NBA Finals.

The Penguins remained the only AHL team unbeaten in overtime and shootouts until March 12, 2011, with a shootout loss against the Abbotsford Heat on the road.

* White Heat ( Icehouse album ), 2011

The third Nikki Heat novel, Heat Rises, was released on September 20, 2011.

In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their wishes as the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Minnesota Timberwolves made their NBA debuts, bringing the total to 27 teams.

The Heat went on to defeat the Thunder in 5 games, capturing their second NBA title in 6 years.

* Savannah Brinson, finacee of NBA All-Star Miami Heat forward LeBron James

Along with the Orlando Magic, the Heat are one of the two NBA franchises that represent the state of Florida.

Finally, it was decided that the NBA would expand by 4 teams, with the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat debuting for the 1988 – 89 season and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic beginning for the 1989 – 90 season.

The Heat came into the NBA for the 1988 – 89 season with an unproductive first year, with a roster full of young players and journeymen.

To help address Miami's league-low point production, the Heat picked Glen Rice from the University of Michigan in the first round of the 1989 NBA Draft, and Sherman Douglas of Syracuse University in the 2nd round.

Both picks flopped, as the Heat tried to turn Burton, a college small forward, into a shooting guard without much success and Kessler was bogged by injury problems and was not physical enough to be a quality NBA power forward.

In the wake of Rothstein's resignation prior to the 1991 – 92 season, the Heat hired Kevin Loughery, who had 29 years of experience in the NBA both as a coach and a player, to be their new head coach.

For the 1991 NBA Draft, the team selected Steve Smith from Michigan State, an agile guard, to usher in a new era of a mature Heat team.

At the NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona, Heat player Harold Miner repeated as the winner of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest and Glen Rice won the NBA Three Point Shootout.

Team president and general manager Pat Riley coached the Heat to the NBA championship in 2006.

The Heat also opted to draft Dwyane Wade out of Marquette University with the 5th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft instead of signing a large-scale free agent point guard such as Gilbert Arenas.

In what was to be the largest trade in NBA history, in a 5-team, 13-player transaction the Heat traded away Eddie Jones, Rasual Butler and Qyntel Woods and in exchange received former NBA All-Star Antoine Walker, Jason Williams, and James Posey.

The Pistons then won Game 5 in The Palace of Auburn Hills, but the Heat answered by winning Game 6 and advanced to their first NBA Finals in franchise history against Dirk Nowitzki's Dallas Mavericks, who were also in their first NBA Finals.

The Heat started poorly in the 2006, losing to the Bulls by 42 points ( 66 – 108 ), the worst home loss in team history and worst margin of defeat for a defending Champion on opening day in NBA history.

The Heat finished the regular season with a 44 – 38 record and faced the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, to whom they lost 4 – 0 in the best of seven series.

The Heat clinched the worst record in the NBA at 15 – 67 (. 183 ).

At the end of March 2008, the Heat posted the third-lowest point total in the history of the NBA during the shot clock era during a 96 – 54 loss to the Toronto Raptors on March 19, followed by a new record for the fewest made baskets with seventeen, in another lost game against the Boston Celtics on March 30.

On May 20, 2008, the Heat obtained the number 2 pick in the 2008 NBA Draft as a result of the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery.