The Miami Heat may be getting Alonzo Mourning back for their game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday.
But it doesn't mean the team will stop riding on the back of Eddie Jones, who is coming off his best career scoring game against the Nuggets on Tuesday.
While Mourning's flu, which kept him out of Miami's past two games, is not nearly as serious as the virus he had early in the season, it is uncertain how Mourning will react to missing two days of activity.
Point guard Rod Strickland also has not felt well lately and was checked by a doctor after Tuesday's game against Denver.
That could leave Jones largely responsible for Miami's scoring Friday, but he has no problem handling that type of responsibility.
Jones, Miami's leading scorer who bested his previous career-high by two points when he scored 37 against Denver, believes that as long as he is on the floor and out of foul trouble the Heat have a chance to win any game.
The contrast was obvious in Miami's two-game road trip. Against Utah, Jones picked up two early fouls and played only eight first-half minutes. As a result, Utah took a large lead early and held on.
Against Denver, Jones played 48 of a possible 53 minutes as Miami won its second game this year without Mourning in the lineup.
"When I leave the game, we have some problems," Jones said. "If I can keep myself on the floor, I think we give ourselves a better chance at winning games."
As long as teams don't double-team Jones, look for coach Pat Riley to run more isolation plays after Jones' success in the final minutes against Denver.
A lot of Jones' shots come from catch-and-shoot situations with Jones coming off several screens. But Riley has noticed an improvement in Jones' one-on-one play.
"He's stronger now and he's getting by people," Riley said. "I think earlier in the year they weren't letting him play; they would double him. I think Eddie, once he's alone, can get there."
• Brian on boards: A pair of impressive statistics went unnoticed Tuesday with Jones stealing the spotlight.
Brian Grant had a Heat season-high 14 rebounds. Miami has been regularly outrebounding opponents lately, highlighted by its 37-22 advantage on the boards against Utah on Monday. Utah's 22 rebounds were the fewest the Heat has allowed in team history. Though Miami was outrebounded by one against the Nuggets, the Heat outrebounded its previous four opponents by an average of 12.5 a game.
"I thought that was going to be a major strength for us this year, and it wasn't to start the season," Riley said.
Miami also is improving its free-throw shooting, as evidenced by its perfect 17-of-17 showing from the line Tuesday.
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Too passive. A secondary scorer. Tends to float on the perimeter.
Eddie Jones has heard them all during his season and a half with the Heat.
And then he was challenged Tuesday night by coach Pat Riley.
The result not only was Jones' most dynamic performance in a Heat uniform, but also the type of effort, that, in a single night, may have put to rest so many of the perceptions that had stigmatized the veteran shooting guard.
"Coach at halftime had a thing about, `Let's do something else,'" Jones said. "I said, `Hey, give me the basketball.'''
For as much as Jones accomplished with his 24 first-half points, it was what he did after the intermission -- more specifically in the fourth quarter and overtime of the 100-96 victory in Denver -- that demolished many of the doubts.
"Obviously, the key is your great player has to do it, and Eddie did it,'' Riley said.
It certainly had been a while coming. The career-high, 37-point effort was the first 30-point outing for Jones since Dec. 29, 2000, and only his fourth with the Heat. The Heat is 4-0 when Jones scores 30.
"He's feeling much more comfortable in his role and what he needs to do, and also what we need to do for him,'' Riley said.
The game began as a typical Jones 20-something effort, plenty of early jumpers and then a second-half lull. But this time Jones not only awoke from a scoreless third-quarter slumber, he put together an emphatic fourth quarter and overtime.
By the time it was over, the only debate in the locker room was which was sweeter -- Jones' reverse layup that sent the game into overtime or his resounding, baseline, one-on-three dunk that put the Heat ahead for good in overtime.
Each of Jones' points were necessary, with power forward Brian Grant focusing on the boards and coming up with a season-high 14 rebounds, with center Alonzo Mourning sidelined for a second consecutive game with the flu, and with point guard Rod Strickland forced to the bench at the end with flu symptoms.
As a spectator, Strickland said he was mesmerized by Jones' tour de force.
"Man, that performance was one you love to enjoy,'' he said. "I would have loved to be out there, but I had a lot of fun sitting there, watching it."
It was not totally enjoyable for Jones. For days he has been bothered by congestion, his breathing difficulties exacerbated by the altitude in Denver. At one point in the third quarter, he nearly doubled over.
Not tough? On this night he was more than tough enough.
"I always believed guys have a certain way to play,'' Strickland said. "But don't say he's passive."
Left to freelance, Jones often works his way into the corners for twisting, step-back jumpers. But against the Nuggets, practically everything at the end involved a beeline to the basket.
"He's strong, and he is getting by people,'' Riley said. "I was surprised that they let him go. I think Eddie, once he is alone, can get there.''
Even as he was heating up in the fourth quarter against the Nuggets, Jones said, "I felt like I wasn't getting the ball where I wanted it."
But then Jones did something that he previously shied from. He demanded the ball. He grew vigorous with his play. He took over, eclipsing the 35 points he scored Nov. 4, 1997, against the Kings while a member of the Lakers.
"I think he knows and we all know that he's the guy that's going to get it done for us,'' Riley said. "And I think in the past, it hasn't been that way."
Locker room is (flu) bugged
Riley said the flu has swept through the locker room, with Strickland the most affected among those who played Tuesday. ... Jones took particular satisfaction in his one-on-one success against former Lakers teammate and Los Angeles neighbor Nick Van Exel. Said the Nuggets point guard, "He was a good neighbor, just like Mr. Rogers.'' ...
Riley said the two-game split in Utah and Denver was not enough. "We can't afford it,'' he said. "Every step back is double for us in trying to get back into it." The Denver game was the last west of the Central Time zone for the Heat. ... Raef LaFrentz came up short despite going for 30 points and six blocked shots, which tied the Clippers' Michael Olowokandi for the most blocks against the Heat this season. "If you look at that roster, that team should be in the playoffs," the Nuggets center said. ...
Grant's 14 rebounds tied for the most by a Heat player this season. Mourning had 14 Jan. 8 against the Nets. ... In going 17 of 17 from the foul line against Denver, the Heat had its fifth perfect game from the line in its 14 seasons. The franchise record is 30 of 30 in 1993 against Boston. The 17 conversions were the second-highest total without a miss for the Heat. ... With five overtime victories, the Heat is one from the franchise record, set last season.
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Eddie Jones' career-high 37 points in Tuesday's 100-94 overtime win at Denver were the most by a Heat player since Alonzo Mourning had 43 on Feb. 23, 2000 against New Jersey.
Heat coach Pat Riley was surprised Denver didn't double-team Jones on isolations late in the game.
``He got by all three times,'' Riley said. ``He had a great month. He knows and everybody knows he's the guy that's going to get it done for us. It wasn't that way last year.''
Jones also had four blocks and four steals:
``I got my legs under me in the fourth quarter and felt it was time to make plays. I told my teammates, `Give me the ball.' '' I was going to make something happen going to the basket.''
After Jones went scoreless in the third quarter, he scored 13 in the combined fourth quarter and overtime.
``We kind of thought he was done,'' Nuggets guard Nick Van Exel said. ``We don't have anything, let alone a killer instinct.''
Mourning, who missed the past two games with the flu, expects to play Friday against San Antonio. Although ESPN's Tim Legler and TNT's Peter Vecsey criticized Mourning's selection to the All-Star team, Mourning said, ``I don't think I got any sympathy votes. I got votes because of the work I put in. . . . I can't think of any other center in the East that's having the same kind of impact I'm having on my team.''
Brian Grant banged his knee and turned his ankle against Denver but played through it. . . . Rod Strickland sat late in the Denver game because he was feeling ill. . . . The Heat went 17 for 17 on free throws against the Nuggets, only the fifth time ever Miami hasn't missed a free throw. Of those five games, the Heat's 17 attempts were its second-most, behind only a 30-for-30 game against Boston in 1993.
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| Jan 30, 2002
All-Star center Alonzo Mourning was on the bench, still feeling lethargic from a bout with the flu.
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| Jan 30, 2002
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets came into Tuesday's game well-rested, having not played since Thursday.
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| Jan 30, 2002
Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - In the middle of a Colorado winter, the Denver Nuggets still weren't able to cool off the Heat.
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| Jan 30, 2002
PEDRO F.
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| Jan 30, 2002
No Alonzo Mourning.
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| Jan 30, 2002
After missing four of the past six games with tendinitis in his left knee, the Jazz placed backup point guard John Crotty on the injured list before Monday"s game.
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| Jan 29, 2002
Sometimes a team can turn things around with a little luck, or a gamble that pays off.
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| Jan 29, 2002
Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - By signing with the Miami Heat last offseason, LaPhonso Ellis was realisticly expecting a shot at the NBA Finals.
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| Jan 29, 2002
Yet another setback.
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| Jan 29, 2002
Because of an uninvited houseguest, the Heat's already-teetering season stands in limbo.
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| Jan 29, 2002
When/where: 9 p.
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| Jan 29, 2002
Heat center Alonzo Mourning, suffering from the flu, was a late scratch from the starting lineup Monday night at Utah.
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| Jan 29, 2002
This was supposed to be the new and improved Heat.
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| Jan 29, 2002
This was supposed to be the new and improved Heat.
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| Jan 29, 2002
HIGH POINT
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan went with an eight-man rotation and it paid off.
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| Jan 29, 2002
Bryon Russell was not making any shots, and the Jazz were not winning any games.
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| Jan 29, 2002
It wasn"t anything Jerry Sloan thought about before hand but for one night anyway, the Jazz youth movement was in full swing.
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| Jan 28, 2002
Brian Grant was recounting one of the more difficult of his 12 rebounds Saturday against New Jersey, and LaPhonso Ellis liked what he heard.
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| Jan 28, 2002
Before he got sick, Alonzo Mourning wouldn't think twice about the possible energy-sapping effects of the high altitudes that await in back-to-back games in Utah and Denver.
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| Jan 28, 2002
Disruptive.
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| Jan 27, 2002
Jason Kidd snatched Miami guard Rod Strickland's pass Saturday and his New Jersey teammates Kerry Kittles and Kenyon Martin took off in a dead sprint.
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| Jan 27, 2002
When Brian Grant signed with Miami, he was thought to be the perfect complement to Alonzo Mourning on the Heat frontline.
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| Jan 27, 2002
It took Kendall Gill well into the free-agency period this summer to sign with the Heat.
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| Jan 27, 2002
Alonzo Mourning got his 23 points, Eddie Jones his 20.
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| Jan 27, 2002
The fans have spoken.
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| Jan 27, 2002
All-Star reserves will be announced Tuesday -- the starters were named Saturday -- and the league's head coaches face some difficult decisions:
Is it fair for the Lakers, Kings and Mavericks to make up three-quarters of the Western Conference roster?
Is there justification to put four point guards on the Western team (Steve Francis, Gary Payton, Steve Nash, and Stephon Marbury or Nick Van Exel)?
Is Alonzo Mourning's courageous comeback enough to earn a spot over Andre Miller or Jerry Stackhouse?
All head coaches vote for two forwards, two guards, one center and two others from their respective conferences.
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| Jan 27, 2002
Apparently, Thursday's loss at Orlando was just a small setback, not the start of another sickening swoon.
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| Jan 27, 2002
Miami was so awful at the start of the season that coach Pat Riley was ready to resign.
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| Jan 27, 2002
Hornets co-owner George Shinn wants a fresh start in New Orleans.
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| Jan 27, 2002
How does it feel, Orlando?
How does it feel, Florida?
How does it feel to know you live in the absolute worst professional sports state in the union? How does it feel to know that the only thing worse than your schools are your teams?
We're so bad, we're inhaling the fumes from Tennessee's tailpipe.
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| Jan 26, 2002
After watching their six-game winning streak come to an end Thursday night in Orlando, the Heat returned to South Florida looking to start a new one.
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| Jan 26, 2002
There's a new kid on the NBA (chopping) block and he faces the Heat today with a reputation that would place him between notorious bad boy Bill Laimbeer and sucker-punch king Kermit Washington.
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| Jan 26, 2002
When/Where: 12:30 p.
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| Jan 26, 2002
With apologies to the late Casey Stengel, these are truly the Amazin' Nets as they've gone from laughing stocks to stocked.
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| Jan 26, 2002
Nets coach Byron Scott will guide the East team in the Feb.
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| Jan 26, 2002
There's no telling what the Heat's record might be had it shown up in the fourth quarter of most of its games this season.
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| Jan 25, 2002
It's easy to look at Tracy McGrady and be envious.
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| Jan 25, 2002
With Saturday's home game against New Jersey, a two-game trip to Utah and Denver and then San Antonio at AmericanAirlines Arena to follow, it could be argued the Heat finds itself in a proving ground.
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| Jan 25, 2002
For a half Thursday, Eddie Jones and the Heat continued their most inspired stretch of the season.
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| Jan 25, 2002
A big reason why Pat Riley has become one of the most successful coaches in NBA history, Orlando Magic head coach Doc Rivers said, is his unique ability to motivate his players.
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| Jan 25, 2002
'ZO, BUT NO EWING
The first meeting of the season Thursday night between the Orlando Magic and the Miami Heat found Alonzo Mourning still in the Heat's starting lineup and Patrick Ewing still on the Magic's injured list.
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| Jan 25, 2002
The Orlando Magic have grounds for a grievance against the NBA schedule-makers.
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| Jan 25, 2002
T-Mac may skip exhibition
Bothered by recurring back spasms, Magic guard Tracy McGrady said Thursday night he may not play in the NBA All-Star Game on Feb.
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| Jan 25, 2002
First came the magnificent reverse dunk in which tiny Orlando Magic guard Darrell Armstrong seemed to have been shot out of a cannon.
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| Jan 25, 2002
This one stopped way short of artistic brilliance, but for competitive flair and blue-collar intensity, the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat gave the in-state rivalry 48 minutes to remember Thursday night.
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| Jan 24, 2002
By his own estimation, Eddie Jones has been insignificant most of this season.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Rod Strickland is passing people by on the all-time NBA assist list, but more significantly, his pinpoint passing to his teammates has fueled a season-high six-game winning streak.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Q: I heard you this past week with Hank Goldberg on WQAM, which, by the way, is the best hour of sports talk on the radio.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Staff Writer Ira Winderman looks at what has gone right, what has gone wrong and what still needs to happen for the Heat as it reaches the midpoint of its season tonight in Orlando.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Pat Riley was confident he could make the approach work again and make it work quickly.
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| Jan 24, 2002
WHEN: 7:30 p.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Perhaps the most amazing thing about this wildly fluctuating, utterly disappointing Heat season is the fact that Alonzo Mourning remains a part of it.
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| Jan 24, 2002
F Malik Allen: Rookie returned to active roster Dec.
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| Jan 24, 2002
A television network mocked the Heat the moment it finally broke the 100-point barrier, with champagne/celebration footage normally seen only when Dick Clark is watching the ball drop at Times Square.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Pat Riley prides himself in being a teacher.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Who: Orlando Magic (22-21) vs.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Pat Riley's basketball world has collapsed around him this season and the reasons are just as baffling as his actual fall from grace.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Tonight: Miami Heat, 7:30
WHERE: TD Waterhouse Centre.
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| Jan 24, 2002
It would be easy now to dismiss him as inconsequential.
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| Jan 23, 2002
Don't.
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| Jan 23, 2002
Pat Riley said Alonzo Mourning would get his vote, if he had one.
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| Jan 23, 2002
Six straight wins doesn't buy much these days.
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| Jan 23, 2002
Against stronger opponents, this effort would not have been enough to push the Heat's season-high winning streak to six.
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| Jan 22, 2002
Zydrunas Ilgauskas' doctors were perched by the bench, ready to put an end to his night.
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| Jan 22, 2002
Pat Riley couldn't help but note the too-little, too-late irony.
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| Jan 22, 2002
If you thought the Heat's four-game winning streak was impressive, wait until you hear what Miami did Monday night.
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| Jan 21, 2002
Alexis Jones was eating breakfast with her daddy and watching cartoons in their Weston home on Saturday morning when out of the blue she blurted out, "I have school off on Monday.
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| Jan 21, 2002
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald writes: The NBA's Feb.
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| Jan 21, 2002
If there's one speech Heat coach Pat Riley hasn't had to use this season, it's the "let's not overlook this team" lecture.
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| Jan 21, 2002
To paraphrase an Elvis Presley tune, it's now or never for the Heat, which seems to have finally meshed on both ends of the court after a dismal start.
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| Jan 21, 2002
In a season filled with frustration and perplexing results, the Heat's inability to beat a subpar Cleveland team ranks high on the list.
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| Jan 20, 2002
MIAMI -- There's no secret how to attack the Indiana Pacers: pick-and-roll them to death.
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| Jan 20, 2002
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Many around the league still sense Clippers owner Donald T.
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| Jan 20, 2002
Milwaukee coach George Karl ranks among the NBA's most successful coaches, but he has gone overboard with personal and public criticism of his best players.
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| Jan 20, 2002
Beleaguered Chicago Bulls fans wanted to see Michael Jordan as he is immortalized on the monolithic statue of him outside the United Center: ``The best there ever was.
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| Jan 20, 2002
When Heat players are leaning over grabbing their shorts after a typical Pat Riley practice, they have the late Alex Hannum to thank.
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| Jan 20, 2002
At some point in the next two months, Pat Riley will break away from the Discovery Channel and the History Channel and turn to college basketball.
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| Jan 20, 2002
It seemed like an odd time to insert Kendall Gill into the starting lineup, one game after the swingman shot 4-of-15 against in a 34-point loss to the Phoenix Suns.
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| Jan 20, 2002
Imagine that: four consecutive Heat victories and two 100-point games in the span of four days.
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| Jan 19, 2002
When: 9 p.
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| Jan 19, 2002
Something did not add up at the end of the first half of Thursday's 92-90 overtime victory in Portland.
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| Jan 19, 2002
It was before the Heat's previous western swing, in early December.
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| Jan 19, 2002
The revitalized Heat returns home tonight, eager to determine whether its 3-1 West Coast trip was the spark to turn around its season, or merely a big tease.
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| Jan 19, 2002
The Heat is hot, sort of, relatively speaking.
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| Jan 19, 2002
The Miami Heat returned to South Florida on Friday a different team.
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| Jan 18, 2002
The Miami Heat may never see the Alonzo Mourning of old, but for at least two games on this road trip he was close.
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| Jan 18, 2002
Heat coach Pat Riley insists he did not pull the names out of a hat.
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| Jan 18, 2002
Character is one of those qualities that comes with time.
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| Jan 18, 2002
Wednesday's win over the Lakers elicited many different reactions from the Heat.
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| Jan 18, 2002
When a team has been relegated to the bottom of its division for nearly half the season, the coach sometimes will do anything to correct the situation.
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| Jan 18, 2002
The Dolphins have become the Heat (late 1990s version).
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| Jan 17, 2002
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: The Heat took a detour on its road to ruin Thursday.
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| Jan 17, 2002
If it were up to Shaquille O'Neal -- and the Lakers -- the All-Star probably would pay $730,000 for a week off from the competition, anyway.
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| Jan 17, 2002
Yes, that was Mitch Richmond in Lakers' warmups Wednesday night when the Heat played at Staples Center.
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| Jan 17, 2002
On a night he scored a career-high 58, Allen Iverson was more impressed by all the little things.
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| Jan 17, 2002
Like Pat Riley, the Lakers' Phil Jackson, whose team played host to the Heat late Wednesday, has never had a losing season as an NBA coach.
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| Jan 17, 2002
-- Lakers guard and Lauderdale Lakes native Mitch Richmond boasts a stellar NBA résumé: rookie of the year; six All-Star appearances; 20-plus points scoring average for 10 consecutive seasons; three times All-NBA second team.
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| Jan 16, 2002
At the end of the third quarter of Miami's 86-79 victory at Golden State Monday, the Heat had 54 points.
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| Jan 16, 2002
WHEN: 10:30 p.
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| Jan 16, 2002
There is no bust of Charles Darwin next to Dr.
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| Jan 16, 2002
Pat Riley was prepared to warn his players about the dangers of overstating the absence of Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal from tonight's game at Staples Center.
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| Jan 16, 2002
Games are most often won -- and in the Heat's case lost -- in the fourth quarter.
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| Jan 16, 2002
So the supposedly mighty Lakers lose by 18 points to Minnesota on Friday and drop an overtime contest a night later to Chicago, owner of the NBA's worst record.
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| Jan 15, 2002
Three hours earlier, ESPN was replaying Alonzo Mourning's flailing punches at Knicks forward Larry Johnson during the 1998 playoffs.
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| Jan 15, 2002
The Hack-a-Shaq routine sent Shaquille O'Neal into a rage Saturday against the Bulls, and the NBA suspended the Lakers center
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for three games Monday for throwing punches.
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| Jan 15, 2002
This is not just another story about the Heat's inability to handle zone defenses.
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| Jan 15, 2002
The Heat played as ugly a game as you'll see in the NBA on Monday night against the Warriors, but by the end of the night they were able to take comfort in their performance.
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| Jan 14, 2002
Saturday night, in the wake of his team's 108-74 disgrace in Phoenix, Heat coach Pat Riley seemingly wanted nothing to do with his players.
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| Jan 14, 2002
Based on his recent play, it is easy to assume that Alonzo Mourning's best efforts these days are coming beneath the basket, amid the jumble of muscled bodies in the paint, in the spotlight of the Heat's desperate search for a winning formula.
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| Jan 14, 2002
Heat guard Eddie Jones was named the Eastern Conference's player of the week a week ago today.
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| Jan 14, 2002
His team still reeling from one of the worst losses of this horrific season, Heat coach Pat Riley said Sunday he is not likely to make a significant trade, and he has not given up hope Miami can make something of this campaign.
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| Jan 13, 2002
The one factor that could have made this a competitive chase for the title seemingly has been eliminated from this season's equation.
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| Jan 13, 2002
Dan Majerle sat by the Heat bench 90 minutes before Saturday's game at America West Arena and laughed.
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| Jan 13, 2002
Here's something different: A former Heat player who does not rip coach Pat Riley.
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| Jan 13, 2002
At last year's All-Star Game in Washington, NBA great George Gervin, known for his silky smooth game and amazingly effective finger roll, wondered out loud why current NBA big men don't perfect unstoppable post moves instead of trying to play like guards.
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| Jan 13, 2002
Several factors have contributed to the Sixers' major drop-off: injuries, a lack of perimeter defense, an offense too reliant on Allen Iverson, poor chemistry, not enough size off the bench.
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| Jan 13, 2002
Remember Heat center-forward Sean Marks?
The New Zealander, who started six games earlier this season, virtually dropped off the map when he was placed on the injured list in mid-December.
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| Jan 13, 2002
The Phoenix Suns got the remedy they needed.
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| Jan 12, 2002
Already shackled with foul trouble, Brian Grant stood facing a determined Derek Anderson coming all alone on a fast break.
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| Jan 12, 2002
Perhaps the most significant reason for one of the foulest seasons in franchise history, has been the Heat's proclivity to foul the opposition at the most inopportune times.
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| Jan 12, 2002
In a season of continued disappointment for the Heat, two of Pat Riley's former players, Tim Hardaway and Anthony Mason, added to the negativity by openly criticizing him.
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| Jan 12, 2002
At 8-25, the Heat has given no indication it will make a playoff push.
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| Jan 12, 2002
For a change, the Heat tonight will meet up with a former player who is not going to criticize Pat Riley.
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| Jan 11, 2002
There is a salary-cap match in the rumor that has Miami dumping almost $20 million of talent on Dallas in the form of Eddie Jones and Brian Grant, in exchange for Juwan Howard.
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| Jan 11, 2002
Would you trade Eddie Jones for a high draft pick?
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| Jan 11, 2002
Only after Anthony Carter underwent surgery Thursday was it revealed that his abdominal injury was a sports hernia.
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| Jan 11, 2002
Play a zone and watch as they crumble.
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| Jan 11, 2002
The adventures in losing continued Thursday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.
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| Jan 11, 2002
Jim Jackson didn't think it would take this long, not at the pace he began his career.
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| Jan 11, 2002
Forget the recent three-game winning streak.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Partially lost in the Heat recent success (relatively speaking) has been the drop-off in production of swingman Jim Jackson.
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| Jan 10, 2002
When: 7:30 p.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Although separated by thousands of miles, the Heat and Portland Trail Blazers are adjectively linked as in talented, yet overpaid underachievers.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Tipoff: 7:30, AmericanAirlines Arena.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: Point guard Anthony Carter today will undergo surgery to repair a lower abdominal injury and could be out close to a month, agent Bill Duffy said Wednesday.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Outspending most of the competition might deliver a championship in baseball, but it doesn't guarantee anything in the NBA.
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| Jan 9, 2002
Heat coach Pat Riley believes Eddie Jones entered this season with something to prove.
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| Jan 9, 2002
Just when the Miami Heat started getting in touch with their defensive side, they ran into the New Jersey Nets.
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| Jan 9, 2002
For those without fully guaranteed contracts on the Heat roster, the passing of Tuesday night's game against the Nets marked their seasons paid in full.
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| Jan 9, 2002
The excuse no longer is valid.
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| Jan 9, 2002
With Anthony Carter still out with an abdominal injury, it is important for Rod Strickland to step up and create momentum for the Heat.
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| Jan 9, 2002
The Heat rode a season-best three-game winning streak into the New Jersey meadowlands Tuesday night looking for more and aiming to knock off the Atlantic Division-leading Nets.
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| Jan 8, 2002
Heat coach Pat Riley spent much of his post-game news conference Sunday night raving about the play of Eddie Jones, Alonzo Mourning and Rod Strickland after Miami won its third game in a row.
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| Jan 8, 2002
When players are in the zone, they often say the basket appears huge and every shot seems attainable.
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| Jan 8, 2002
Heat coach Pat Riley said over the weekend guard Eddie Jones is playing his best basketball since joining the team, and the NBA nodded in agreement Monday, naming Jones the Eastern Conference player of the week.
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| Jan 8, 2002
It is one of those fundamental tasks in basketball that players are expected to grasp in the infancy of their careers.
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| Jan 8, 2002
OK, this Tim Duncan fella can become a free agent after the 2002/03 season.
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| Jan 7, 2002
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Marc Jackson knows he'll be traded within days.
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| Jan 7, 2002
Heat coach Pat Riley hasn't had much to be proud of this season.
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| Jan 7, 2002
Want perspective on how much Pat Riley emphasizes defense? Consider his half-flippant reaction to Miami setting an NBA record Friday with its 30th straight game below 100 points:
``Actually, I'm proud of it,'' Riley said Sunday.
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| Jan 7, 2002
For just the fourth time at home this season, the Miami Heat locker room was filled with laughter after a game.
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| Jan 7, 2002
It took two games and two quarters for the Heat to seemingly get full of itself.
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| Jan 7, 2002
Now that the Heat has won two straight, both on the road, the next priority is regaining a home-court edge that mysteriously disappeared this season.
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| Jan 7, 2002
En route to its second straight blowout, the Heat suddenly lost its rhythm and touch Sunday night, marring what seemed destined to be Miami's first 100-point game this season.
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| Jan 6, 2002
Suppose all the worrying was for nothing.
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| Jan 6, 2002
Opposing players have said Alonzo Mourning looks tired, wheezing as he trails his teammates down the court.
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| Jan 6, 2002
After Monday's win in Indiana, Heat point guard Rod Strickland sat in his usual post-game position, slumped over, ice bags on both knees, one on his left shoulder and another on his nagging groin muscle.
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| Jan 6, 2002
Rod Strickland admits the lack of attention was humbling.
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| Jan 6, 2002
Mike Wise of the New York Times talks about how Chris Webber's return to the Kings after his injury hasn't done much to help the league's third best team.
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| Jan 5, 2002
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: For four players on the Heat roster, the short-term goal is survival.
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| Jan 5, 2002
It took more than two months, but the Heat is finally the proud owner of a modest two-game winning streak.
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| Jan 5, 2002
BOSTON -- NBA coaches can say the funniest things.
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| Jan 5, 2002
There are a lot of folks who will open their newspaper to the NBA standings this morning and figure the Miami Heat to be lottery fodder.
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| Jan 5, 2002
was noted actor-philosopher Fernando Lamas who said, ``It's not how you feel; it's how you look.
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| Jan 5, 2002
hile it is difficult to exaggerate the demise of the Miami Heat as they occupy last place in the Atlantic Division, president/head coach Pat Riley contends that reports of his downfall have been overstated.
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| Jan 5, 2002
he Miami Heat gave a clinic in time management last night.
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| Jan 5, 2002
lonzo Mourning endured a nightmarish campaign last season, and his team, the Miami Heat, has compiled a nightmarish record this season.
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| Jan 5, 2002
Q: How bad is Anthony Carter? Seriously, where does he rank as far as starting point guards in the NBA? He's got to be the worst.
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| Jan 4, 2002
It's not exactly a New Year's resolution, but Eddie Jones would like to forget much of the last two months of 2001 and the 23 Heat losses that came with it.
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| Jan 4, 2002
Although the endless questions revolving around the condition of Alonzo Mourning are growing tiresome to all concerned, another red flag popped up Thursday when for the first time this season the ailing Heat center sat out an entire practice without contracting a new illness or injury.
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| Jan 4, 2002
When: 7:30 p.
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| Jan 4, 2002
In a season filled with anguishing losses, none stung worse than the 84-83 defeat to the Boston Celtics, tonight’s Heat opponent.
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| Jan 4, 2002
Heat center Alonzo Mourning didn't practice team Thursday, but he will start tonight against the Celtics.
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| Jan 4, 2002
Sports fans will tell you baseball isn't baseball if the Yankees are losing and the NFL isn't quite right when the Cowboys are near the bottom.
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| Jan 3, 2002
Mike Phillips of the Miami Herald reports: Alonzo Mourning, who missed most of last season with kidney disease, still takes medication.
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| Jan 3, 2002
Among the questions for this season’s Heat, depth hardly was at the top of the list when the season started.
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| Jan 3, 2002
Heat guard Anthony Carter didn't practice Wednesday, but he hasn't given up the idea of returning to the court in the near future.
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| Jan 2, 2002
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: Pat Riley, uncertain how long he wants to coach, says he will recommend Stan Van Gundy for the job whenever he leaves.
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| Jan 2, 2002
The man positioned to be Pat Riley's possible successor arrives in his AmericanAirlines Arena office at 6:30 in the morning.
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| Jan 2, 2002
Before Monday's win in Indiana, Heat coach Pat Riley said he would consider changing his starting lineup again.
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| Jan 2, 2002
A look at Pat Riley's performance as the final voice on personnel decisions in the Heat front office:
5 BEST TRADES
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| Jan 2, 2002
It was early September 2000.
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| Jan 2, 2002
With 12 steals in the past four games, guard Eddie Jones recently has displayed the skills that made him one of the NBA's best off-the-ball defenders before joining the Heat.
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| Jan 1, 2002
Miami Heat coach Pat Riley wants to see more of the old defensive-minded and intimidating Alonzo Mourning.
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| Jan 1, 2002
In a fitting end to the evening, the showers spewed cold water on the Indiana Pacers Monday.
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| Jan 1, 2002
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: Indiana backup point guard Travis Best, who would be a clear upgrade for the Heat, said Monday he has asked for a trade and Miami is one of the teams that interests him.
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| Jan 1, 2002
With his team jockeying with the Chicago Bulls for the worst record in the league, Heat coach Pat Riley has hinted at making more changes in the starting lineup.
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| Jan 1, 2002
For more than two months this season -- even in the handful of wins -- the Miami Heat have wandered aimlessly late in games.
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| Jan 1, 2002
The Heat will ring in the New Year riding a one-game winning streak.
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| Jan 1, 2002
This one started like the many losses that preceded it, the Heat falling behind early amid a sea of turnovers and breakdowns.
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