The Miami Heat are going to the NBA Finals, and nobody is more pumped than DJ Khaled.
The Miami-based musician, a longtime Heat fan, can be seen on a home video going absolutely wild about his team's Eastern Conference Finals victory on Sunday:
Khaled jumps (if you can call it that), yells, and runs around his living room in the moments after the final buzzer sounded. Miami closed out the Boston Celtics 125-113 in Game 6.
The hit-making producer capped his celebration with an on-brand motivational speech, as he is known to do about many things:
“The banners. We've got banners of championships,” Khaled explains to the room, via TMZ. “They got rings. The team is new and young, it don't matter … The AC in the locker room, f*ckin' pours out greatness!”
The Heat have won three championships in their franchise history (2006, 2012, 2013), and will play in their sixth NBA Finals, beginning on Wednesday.
Back in normal times, DJ Khaled was a frequent courtside presence at AmericanAirlines Arena. While he couldn't be in attendance for this one, he clearly didn't let that damper his enthusiasm.
Article Continues BelowFellow Heat superfan and Khaled's good friend, Rick Ross, also shared his excitement about the win, posting an image of himself, Dwyane Wade, and Jimmy Butler along with a congratulatory message:
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Khaled has previously expressed his interest in buying a minority stake in his beloved franchise:
“I would love to talk to the Heat [to see if they’d] let me be an owner – even if it’s one percent,” Khaled told TMZ in 2016. “Either way, I’m there representing courtside. And if I’m out of town, I’m representing. I bleed Miami. It’s Miami Heat for life. It’s Miami everything.”
The DJ collaborated with the NBA, Bleacher Report, and Mitchell & Ness for a limited edition of remixed Heat “Swingman” jersey and other gear.
Khaled's Heat are considerable underdogs against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, but the musician and Snapchat personality evidently has plenty of faith that his squad is, in fact, the best.