Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra had a rather difficult time facing the media for one last time this season after a disappointing end of the year, having won their last three games of the season and still eliminated from the postseason his team fought tooth-and-nail to get into.

After team president Pat Riley declared Chris Bosh wouldn't play for the team again and the choice to let Dwyane Wade walk to his hometown Chicago Bulls, the Heat seemed destined for a tank season.

Miami had lined up the growth of its young players, playing ample minutes and the reality seemed more and more evident as the Heat got off to an 11-30 start to the season.

Yet the resurgence of Dion Waiters, James Johnson, and Willie Reed turned the thing around for the better, clawing back from the bottom of the Eastern Conference to finish the season 30-11 and a tiebreaker shy of a postseason bid.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever felt this way about a team before,” Spoelstra told reporters after taking several deep breaths before speaking. “I don’t know if I’ve ever wanted something more for a team.”

The Bulls (41-41) controlled their own destiny and only needed a win against the Brooklyn Nets in the season finale, who rested six of their players on Wednesday, prompting a 112-73 blowout loss, despite having secured the worst record in the league by a wide margin.

If the team is able to add help in this upcoming offseason and Spoelstra can get this team up-and-running from the get go, the Heat fare a good chance to find itself in the playoffs once again next season.