Amancio Alonso

Miami Heat Fall Short in 2020 NBA Finals

Based in Miami, Amancio Alonso is a former oil and gas executive who also has extensive experience as a real estate broker and race horse owner. Beyond his various professional endeavors, Amancio Alonso enjoys following the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Miami Heat advanced all the way to the 2020 NBA Finals, but was unable to overcome the Los Angeles Lakers as the team lost Game 6 in the best-of-seven series 106-93 on October 11. Lakers star LeBron James won the Finals MVP and captured his fourth NBA championship with his third team. He was also Finals MVP in past championship-winning seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers (2016) and the Heat in 2013 and 2012.

The Heat dealt with injuries in the Finals and were largely considered underdogs, but that didn’t stop Jimmy Butler from keeping the series competitive. He had a triple-double in both Game 3 and Game 5 and averaged 26.2 points, 9.8 assists, 8.3 rebounds, and 2.2 steals per game in the series. He also shot 55.2 percent from the field.

The NBA Finals – and the entire playoffs – were played in a bubble in Disney World in Orlando, Florida, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that suspended the 2019-20 season in March. Consequently, the 2019-20 NBA season lasted 380 days, making it the longest in league history.

The Three Leading Scorers in Miami Heat History

Amancio Alonso is a Miami, Florida-based business executive, licensed real estate agent, and race horse owner who has earned nearly $600,000 in prize money through races since 2000. Outside of his varied professional endeavors, Amancio Alonso enjoys following the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Miami Heat.

Since the Heat joined the NBA in 1988, nine players have scored at least 6,000 points. Below are the franchise’s three all-time leading scorers:

1. Dwyane Wade – A 13-time All-Star and three-time NBA Champion, Wade is far and away the Heat’s all-time leading scorer with 21,556 points through 948 games with the team. He averaged 22.7 points, 5.6 assists, and 4.7 rebounds per game through 15 seasons in Miami.

2. Alonzo Mourning – Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, Mourning played 593 games in Miami through 11 seasons, and recorded 9,459 points. He’s a seven-time All-Star and two-time Defensive Player of the Year.

3. Glen Rice – Selected fourth overall by the Heat in the 1989 NBA Draft, Rice is a three-time All-Star who scored 9,248 points through six seasons with the Heat. He also played for the Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, and Los Angeles Clippers.

The Difference Between Thoroughbred and Standardbred Horses

A longtime resident of Miami, Florida, Amancio Alonso served as president of the Macmillan Oil Company from 1995 to 2015. Amancio Alonso also has more than four decades of experience in the racehorse industry, and continues to own thoroughbreds today.

Hailing from England, the tall and slim thoroughbred horse is faster than the stockier and more muscular standardbred horse. Due to their great agility and athleticism, thoroughbreds are widely used in flat racing competitions such as the Kentucky Derby and other Triple Crown events. They also dominate jump racing competitions such as the steeplechase, which requires participants to navigate multiple fence obstacles.

Standardbred horses, by contrast, are generally slower and less able to jump. However, they possess a strength that allows them to haul carts and other apparatus behind them. For this reason, standardbreds are employed for harness racing in the United States. In harness racing, horses pull small race bikes that support the weight of the drivers.