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Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat return to Eastern Conference Finals

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Steve Angeles | TFC News Los Angeles

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ni0qfSsgdAw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The Miami Heat returns to the Eastern Conference Finals following a hard fought six-game series against the New York Knicks.</p><p>Head Coach Erik Spoelstra is now four wins away from a return to the NBA finals.</p><p>This will be his seventh time in the Filipino-American&#x27;s 15-year head coaching career to lead the Heat to the Eastern Conference Finals.</p><p>Since Spoelstra took over as head coach in 2008, the Heat has gone to the finals five times to win two championships.</p><p>This year, Miami entered the postseason through the play-in tournament and were five minutes away from elimination.</p><p>But after outlasting the Bulls in the play-in game, they upset the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in five games, then outlasted the Knicks in a six-game series.</p><p>There’s been nothing easy about this season,&quot; Spoelstra said. &quot;That proved to be true in our closeout game, that was an absolute grind.&quot;</p><p>Spoelstra added: &quot;We all tip our hats to the New York Organization. They’ve had a phenomenal year. This series is everything we expected it to be: competitive and physical.&quot;</p><p>It has been a year of milestones for Spoelstra. He became the 20th coach in NBA history to pick up 700 career wins in March, moving into the Top 20 wins list.</p><div><a data-ved="2ahUKEwiVq56j8_n-AhU8l1YBHXRIBagQFnoECAwQAQ" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/25/23/miami-heats-erik-spoelstra-secures-epic-700th-nba-career-win" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="M9mgyc" jsname="qOiK6e" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/25/23/miami-heats-erik-spoelstra-secures-epic-700th-nba-career-win&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiVq56j8_n-AhU8l1YBHXRIBagQFnoECAwQAQ">Miami Heat&#x27;s Erik Spoelstra secures epic 700th NBA career</a></div><p>In the postseason, he won his 100th playoff game and now sits at the fifth spot.</p><p>Eight more wins will not only get him a third NBA championship, but will also put him in fourth place for all-time playoff coaching wins.</p><p>&quot;We don’t take any of this for granted,&quot; Spoelstra added. &quot;It is hard to win in this league. But when you get to one step like this, you have great gratitude because there are a lot of teams that want to be in this position.&quot;</p><p>Spoelstra and the Miami Heat will get a few days of rest before the Eastern Conference Finals tip off in Boston.</p><p>In 2022, Boston outlasted the Heat 4-3 en route to the NBA finals.</p>

The Miami Heat returns to the Eastern Conference Finals following a hard fought six-game series against the New York Knicks.