page_title: 2012–13 Miami Heat season
section_title: Key dates
hierarchical_section_title: 2012–13 Miami Heat season / Key dates
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context_page_description: The 2012–13 Miami Heat season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Basketball Association. They came into the season as the defending NBA champions, back-to-back Eastern Conference champions, the third season playing with the "Big Three" of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, and the fifth season under head coach Erik Spoelstra.
  During the season, the Heat embarked on a 27-game winning streak, which at the time ranked as the second longest winning streak in NBA history. James, Wade and Bosh were all selected for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, while James won his fourth NBA Most Valuable Player Award at the end of the season—one vote shy of winning the award unanimously.
  On June 3, 2013, the Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in game seven of the Eastern Conference Finals to become the first team since the Chicago Bulls in 1998 to Three-peat as Eastern Conference champions. The Heat then defeated the San Antonio Spurs in an NBA Finals that went the full seven games, handing the Spurs their very first loss in the NBA Finals, and with this victory in the NBA Finals, it echoed the 1997–98 Bulls as they had also been the last Eastern team to repeat as NBA champions.
context_section_description: June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
  July 11: The Heat signed Rashard Lewis and Ray Allen, the NBA's all-time leader in three-pointers made.
  October 30: The Heat opened the season with a 120–107 home victory over the Boston Celtics. The previous year's players received their championship rings and the team raised their 2nd championship banner into the American Airlines Arena rafters.
  November 3: LeBron James was honored before the game when the team raised a banner for his Olympic achievement. He is the fourth player in Heat history to win a gold medal, joining Dwyane Wade, Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning.
  November 21: Udonis Haslem surpassed Alonzo Mourning in all-time rebounding for the Miami Heat and became the first undrafted player in NBA history to lead a franchise in rebounding. Adding to this accomplishment, Haslem has now starred in the most Miami Heat games played, one more than fellow captain Dwyane Wade.
  November 24: Chris Bosh surpassed the 13,000-point plateau.
  December 15: For the first time in franchise history, all 13 active players scored at least three points and converted one made field goal.
  December 25: Mike Miller surpassed the 10,000-point plateau.
  January 5: Terrel Harris was released.
  January 7: Josh Harrellson was released.
  January 8: Jarvis Varnado signed to a ten-day contract after being released from the Boston Celtics.
  January 10: The last time the Heat lost consecutive games. Throughout the rest of the regular season and the playoffs, they never had a losing streak over 1 game.
  January 16: LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 points.  LeBron James also surpassed the 5,000-assist plateau.
  January 20: Chris Andersen signed to a ten-day contract.
  January 30: Chris Andersen signed to a second ten-day contract.
  February 3: The Heat beat the Toronto Raptors on Super Bowl Sunday to start what would become the longest winning streak in the franchise and second in NBA history in a single season.
  February 8: Chris Andersen signed for the remainder of the season.
  February 12: LeBron James became the only player in NBA history to post 30+ points and shoot over 60% for six consecutive games.
  February 12: The Heat win their 1000th game in team history. They became the ninth fastest franchise to do so, posting a 1000-969 (.508) record on this date.
  February 21: Dexter Pittman traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the draft rights to Ricky Sánchez.
  February 23: Dwyane Wade surpassed the 16,000-point plateau.
  March 2: Juwan Howard signed a 10-day contract, re-joining the Heat.
  March 4: The Heat beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 97–81 to extend their winning streak to a franchise-record 15 wins in a row, improving their record to 44–14.
  March 8: The Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers 102–93, becoming the first team in the league to clinch a playoff berth and extending their winning streak to 17. They also marked their best record through 60 games in franchise history at 46–14.
  March 10: For the first time in franchise history, the Heat beat every single team in the NBA with their victory against the Indiana Pacers. Miami was able to defeat all 29 opponents by their 61st game.
  March 12: Juwan Howard signed to a second 10-day contract.
  March 18: The Heat came back from a 17-point deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 105-103 by LeBron James game winning shot over Brandon Bass to clinch the Southeast Division for the third consecutive year and extend their winning streak to 23 games, the second longest in NBA history.
  March 20: The Heat overcame a league high 27-point third-quarter deficit beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98–95 to extend their winning streak to 24 games.
  March 22: The Heat overcame an 11-point deficit to beat Detroit Pistons 103–89 to extend their winning streak to 25 games. This is the third consecutive game in which the Heat came back from double digit deficits, the fifth during the streak, and 11th of the season. Juwan Howard signed for the remainder of the season.
  March 24: The Heat overcame an 11-point deficit
caption: Dwyane Wade
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