The 1990–91 NBA season was the third season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat received the ninth pick in the 1990 NBA draft, and selected Willie Burton from the University of Minnesota. After a semi-promising 5–9 start, the Heat went on a ten-game losing streak, winning just 6 of 24 games in December and January. They lost 13 of their final 17 games finishing last place in the Atlantic Division with a 24–58 record, which was a slight improvement winning six more games than the previous season.