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They would never lose at home.

Dwayne Wade's rookie year, Lamar Odom, the only year he was with the Heat.

It was them announcing that they're back as a franchise.

But the year... See, for me, as I've gotten older...

I really do appreciate the journey more than I ever have.

I love the journey.

It's not just about the destination.

And that's something that's really changed in me as I've gotten older.

And in 2023, it was all such a shock.

All right.

Like,

You had the Miami Heat, who were a play-in team.

Now, granted, the year before, they went to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

So it's a team that should have had expectation, all right?

And they had a terrible regular season.

They went from the first-ever play-in team to the NBA Finals.

Going on at the exact same time, so it was an every night thing for like two plus months straight, you had the Florida Panthers, who had a miserable regular season, pull off statistically the greatest upset ever in the first round of the playoffs, where they beat the all-time greatest regular season team, those Boston Bruins, coming back from 3-1, winning game seven in overtime, and going all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals.

They played a role.

They played a role.

You had the Panthers who went all the way to the Stanley Cup Final.