The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, where they share their local competitor in the NBA, the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Kings NHL Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. The Lakers won the NBA champion Boston Celtics in 2010 NBA Finals 4-3. The victory gave the franchise its 16 championship, finishing second in NBA history the Celtics' 17 from 2011, the Lakers are the second most valuable NBA franchise according to Forbes.
The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, USA. The team is a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). They play their home games at American Airlines Arena. The team is owned by Micky Arison, coached by Erik Spoelstra and managed by Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley.
National Basketball Association (NBA) is higher than men's professional basketball league in North America, composed of thirty members of franchise organizations, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada. It an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Agency Board (NGB) for basketball in the United States.
