Heat playoff celebrations are different this year. Show us your photos.

MIAMI – The last time the Miami Heat made it to the NBA Finals, eager crowds with pots and pans and homemade signs gathered in the streets near downtown Miami, Westchester, and Hialeah.

Thanks to COVID-19, those days are over. At least for now.

With an 11 p.m. curfew in place in Miami-Dade County, local law enforcement agencies will be enforcing the rules and making sure residents are safe.

Some fans have said they plan to stay at home with family and bang their cookware in the privacy of their own house.

Brian Nunez, a Heat fan originally from New York, said he knows sports bars and parties are out of the question.

“Exclusive VIP,” he joked, “because the Miami Heat is the best team right now.”

Miami Heat fans prepare to celebrate on Friday

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Sept. 23

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Boston Celtics' Kemba Walker, from left, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown (7), and the Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler (22) look on as Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) attempts to get a shot off against the Celtics' Marcus Smart (36) during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball Eastern Conference final, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Sept. 21

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Boston Celtics' Marcus Smart (36) gestures to teammates late in the second half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game against the Miami Heat on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Sept. 19

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Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown, left, and Miami Heat's Jae Crowder (99) exchange words as Kemba Walker (8) attempts to calm the situation during the second half of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)


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Janine Stanwood joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor. She is now a general assignment reporter. Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home, Janine was the senior legislative correspondent for a United States senator on Capitol Hill.