The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, and are the current NBA Champions after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals. In 1987, after some influence from Billy Cunningham, the NBA voted to expand by adding four new teams: the Charlotte Hornets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, and Miami Heat. The Miami Heat started out the season by losing its first 17 games, an NBA record. The 1989–90 season saw the Miami Heat awarded with the 3rd pick overall, only to parlay via two trades. In 1993–94 the Miami heat posted the franchise's first-ever winning record at 42–40 and returning to the playoffs as the #8 seed. In the 1995 offseason, the Miami Heat hired Pat Riley from the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers and the 1990s New York Knicks to be their new president and coach. The Miami Heat finished with a winning record with Mourning among the league leaders in scoring and rebounding, but lost in the playoffs in a 3-game sweep against the 72–10 Bulls. The Miami Heat acquired superstar center Shaquille O'Neal on July 14, 2004 in a historic trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. Earning the second seed in the 2006 playoffs, the Miami Heat drew the seventh seed Chicago Bulls as their first round opponent. The Miami Heat eliminated the Bulls from the playoffs and went on to face the New Jersey Nets in the second round. The Miami Heat lost Game 1 at home, but then swept the Nets out of the playoffs for the second year in a row taking Game 5 at home 106–105. After defeating the Detroit Pistons, the Miami Heat advanced to their first NBA Finals in franchise history against the Dallas Mavericks. In winning the series, the Miami Heat became only the third team in NBA history to win the final series after being down 0–2.