Champagne flowed, music pulsated and joy washed over the euphoric Heat locker room into the wee hours Friday morning, players jumping on seats, dancing to the rhythmic beats and relishing every moment.

Amid the merry mayhem, members of the Heat family and their loved ones paused for reflection:

For owner Micky Arison, winning in Dallas in 2006 “was great, but to do it in front of your home fans is the greatest feeling in the world. To get behind three series in a row – this is unbelievable! I thought we were the better team last year, but we weren’t ready.”

These playoffs, Arison said, “were the biggest rollercoaster ride I can ever remember, down 1-2 to Indiana, and everybody saying we’re too small now that Chris Bosh was out. Down 3-2 to Boston, everybody wrote us off. I got thousands of tweets — trade this, fire this.’ Let’s wait until it’s all done and then see who’s smiling.”

Mike Miller, whose seven three-pointers were the most ever by a non-starter in a Finals game, eyeballed Arison afterward, “and I told him, ‘You have the world’s greatest timing!’” Arison said.

“So much contribution — Norris Cole. Shane Battier was huge. Everybody kept saying we’re a two-man team or three-man team. Well, which team was a two-man team? Oklahoma City is an amazing team; they’re going to have a lot of opportunities for this.”

And what about LeBron James? “LeBron’s the best!” Arison said. “He’s gotten so much crap and he doesn’t deserve it. I don’t care where [people] live, they should enjoy his special talents. Game 6 in Boston may have been the greatest performance I’ve ever seen. He’s amazing.”

Dwyane Wade “had an up-and-down playoffs, but when it counted, he was there,” Arison said. “He had a great game in Indiana. We needed it.”

Did the world root against this team? “I never believed that, going around the country, seeing Heat jerseys every where I went, places like the Philippines and China,” Arison said. “It felt sometimes like all the national media was against us. I felt [people] appreciated what unique talent we have on this team, not just LeBron. This was a special team to watch.”

‘He’s a warrior’

There was Jennifer Miller, standing on her husband’s locker seat, soaking in the moment while Mike ambled around the arena, posing for pictures and doing interviews.

“He’s a warrior, a great player, and it was such a time coming for him,” Jennifer Miller beamed on a night Miller drained seven three-pointers, one less than Ray Allen’s NBA Finals record. “His mom and I were holding each other crying.”

She knows her husband’s back causes him “some pain. But he won’t tell me how much. Getting out of bed, he’s like, ‘Argh!’ Every time I say, ‘Are you OK?’ he says, ‘I’m fine.” I tell him to stop grimacing because I can’t take it anymore in the stands!”

In the bowels of the arena, Miller speaks about his “roller-coaster” two-year Heat tenure — “up and down, but worth every minute of it. Through the injuries, I’m just glad they didn’t take me back to the barn and put me down.”

He doesn’t know if he is retiring at 32. He needs back surgery, but it’s difficult to envision any athlete walking away from $18.6 million left on a guaranteed contract.