After a successful first season in Minnesota, the Muskies moved to Miami and became the Miami Floridians. Playing their games at the famous Miami Beach Convention Center, the Floridians beat the New Orleans Buccaneers in their first home game 123-109 on November 6th, after winning three of their first five games on the road.

One of the side shows at Miami Floridians games were ball girls in bikinis who helped pave the way for future cheerleaders and dance squads in the NBA. The Floridians needed a distraction as they struggled, early in the season and sat with a record of 9-17 on December 19th.

As the New Year arrived they would begin to turn things around powered by a six game winning streak. Miami would put together two more six game winning streaks in February as they climbed over .

500. The Floridians would go on to finish in second place with a solid record of 43-35.

In the playoffs the Floridians would return to Minnesota to take on the Pipers, who moved to the Twin Cities after they left. The series would be a hard fought seven game battle with Miami advancing to the Eastern Division Finals with a 137-128 win in Game 7 at the Convention Center.

However, in the Division Finals the Floridians would dig a deep hole as the Indiana Pacers took the first three games. The Floridians would win Game 4, to avoid the sweep, but in the end the Pacers would take the series in five games.