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Heat show black-and-pink Vice City uniforms with Nike, Cactus Jack and Rockstar for Nov. 18 vs. the Bucks

The Miami Heat posted on-court and Swingman Vice City uniforms in black with neon pink trim, a Nike–Cactus Jack–Rockstar collaboration for A Night in Vice City against Milwaukee on Nov. 18.

Miami Heat on-court and Swingman Vice City uniforms in black with neon pink trimHeat on-court (Heat wordmark) and Swingman (Vice City script) uniforms for Nov. 18. Photo: Heat on X.

The Miami Heat finally showed the uniforms for A Night in Vice City. On Friday the club posted on-court and Swingman looks in black with neon pink trim, built with Nike, Cactus Jack and Rockstar Games for the Nov. 18 home game against the Milwaukee Bucks — the night before Grand Theft Auto VI launches.

Heat on-court and Swingman Vice City uniforms. Photos: Heat on X.

Two black uniforms, two different chests

Both jerseys sit on a black base with pink and white piping. The version players will wear keeps the Heat wordmark across the chest in pink with a grid texture inside the lettering, a flipped Nike Air mark that nods to Cactus Jack, and the usual Robinhood patch. The retail Swingman swaps the team name for a neon “Vice City” script, adds a “VI” crest filled with palm trees, and stacks six pink stars above the Cactus Jack jock tag.

Matching shorts carry the same pink Heat logo, upside-down Nike Air branding and Cactus Jack marks. The Heat say limited Swingman jerseys and shorts go on sale Nov. 18 at Kaseya Center during the game night, while the on-court set stays for the floor.

More Vice City uniform detail shots. Photos: Heat on X.

What was still missing from the October announce

When Miami first framed the night in early October, the club promised a one-night-only court and a uniform that was “completely reimagined,” then left both unshown. Friday’s drop closes the jersey half of that wait. The team’s Vice City page still lists a custom hardwood for that night only, Burger Shot and Cluckin’ Bell concessions inside the arena, and Court Culture apparel already on sale at Heat stores.

Tip is 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. It is also Giannis Antetokounmpo’s first home game against the Bucks since the July trade that brought him to Miami, which turns a marketing takeover into one of the louder regular-season nights on the Heat calendar.

Heat promo for A Night in Vice City on Nov. 18. Video: Heat on X.

Why the night still matters beyond the jersey

The Heat are 3-6 after Thursday’s 120-100 loss at Golden State and have two days off before they continue the West Coast trip Sunday in Sacramento. The Nov. 18 home date sits after that road stretch and gives Miami a fixed destination: new looks, a national broadcast, and a sold-out building that has not had an empty regular-season home game since April 2010.

Friday’s posts do not add a court design still to come, but they do put the apparel in fans’ hands visually and set a hard on-sale window for Nov. 18. For a club that spent October teasing the night without product shots, that is the step that was left.

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