For the second straight year, the Miami Heat are the prohibitive favorites to win the NBA Championship.

According to the online sportsbook Bovada, the Heat are 6/5 favorites to win it all. Miami may not have the best record of any team remaining in the playoffs, but they have two of the best players in the game.

For all the negative talk about LeBron James in the playoffs, he’s still the number one player in the NBA. He’s on the verge of winning his third MVP in four years, and plays alongside the top shooting guard in Dwyane Wade.

The Heat made quick work of the Knicks in the first round, and are on the fast track to the NBA Finals with the Bulls out of the picture. Miami has its flaws, and showed that it can be beaten when they lost in six games to the Mavericks a season ago, but they are the most likely candidate to win the title.

There aren’t many teams with a chance of beating the Heat, but there are a few clubs that have a shot to take down the Big 3.

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Here are the three teams that can prevent the Miami Heat from winning this year’s NBA Finals.

Boston Celtics

The Celtics are the only team in the Eastern Conference that has a chance of beating the Heat.

After looking like a team that’s window had passed in the first half of the season, Boston played extremely well heading into the playoffs.

Boston is the only team left in the playoffs that can match Miami defensively. The Heat are known as an offensive juggernaut because of the Big 3, but the real strength of the team is its defense.

Even if Boston can’t score against Miami, the Celtics can hold down the Heat as well. Once they get in transition, the Heat are almost unstoppable. It won’t be easy for the Celtics to slow down the Heat, but if they can play a half-court game with Miami, they’ll have a chance to win.

The Heat would have the best two players on the court in a potential, but the Celtics might have the next best three. Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce are two of the best players in the league, and Kevin Garnett had a resurgence in 2012. If Boston gets a few breaks, they have a chance of making it to the NBA Finals

Oklahoma City Thunder

The Thunder were many people’s choice to meet the Heat in the finals before the season started.