Miami Heat coach coach Pat Riley was not with the team for Tuesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks as he remained in upstate New York with his ailing mother.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Riley misses game in Atlanta to be with ailing mother
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Lue's 3 leads Hawks past Heat
Tyronn Lue's 3-pointer with 8.3 seconds left gave the Hawks a 103-100 victory over a Heat team that was
without its head coach and three top players.
Haslem always there for Heat
The finger that Udonis Haslem broke and played with last season is quite crooked, and probably needs offseason surgery.
He's also got a separated shoulder, a sore nose, and a bandage on another finger. Yet somehow, he might be playing better than at any point in his three seasons with the Miami Heat.
Haslem set career-highs in points (24) and steals (five), plus matched his season-high with 14 rebounds to help the Heat beat Philadelphia on Friday night and finally clinch the No.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Heat 114, Bobcats 93 (AP)
Flight problems forced the Charlotte Bobcats to arrive in South Florida one day behind schedule. If they knew what awaited, the Bobcats may have considered not coming at all. Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal combined for 46 points before sitting out the fourth quarter, and the Miami Heat beat Charlotte 114-93 on Friday night to snap a two-game losing streak.
Heat C Mourning out 2-4 weeks with torn calf (SportsTicker)
MIAMI (Ticker) - Backup center Alonzo Mourning, the Miami Heat's best defensive player, will miss two to four weeks with a partially torn right calf muscle, the team announced Thursday.
Mourning thankful that injury wasn't worse (AP)
Alonzo Mourning first thought he'd suffered a cramp. His team's medical staff feared it was a ruptured Achilles' tendon. The Miami Heat center was relieved to learn he had a torn right calf, an injury somewhere in the middle. "It is discouraging," Mourning said Friday. "But at the time same, I know it could have been worse." He injured his leg Wednesday night in the Heat's loss to the Detroit...
Heat 96, Pacers 91 (AP)
Tempers flared during the game and more fighting words came afterward. At least the Miami Heat were able to leave happy. The Heat overcame five technical fouls and the ejection of starting forward Udonis Haslem for scuffling with Jermaine O'Neal to beat Indiana 96-91 Monday night -- only their second victory over the Pacers in the last 16 regular-season meetings.
Miami's Haslem ejected after scuffling with Pacers' O'Neal (AP)
Heat forward Udonis Haslem was ejected after scuffling with Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal in the second quarter on Monday night. Haslem rebounded a missed jumper by Indiana's Danny Granger with 5:25 left in the half. Haslem and O'Neal's arms got tangled up, and the two began exchanging heated words. They were separated by Miami center Shaquille O'Neal, among others.
Haslem fined $5,000 for removing jersey on court (AP)
Miami forward Udonis Haslem was fined $5,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for removing his jersey before leaving the court after he was ejected from a game. Haslem was thrown out of the Heat's 96-91 victory over Indiana on Monday night. He became tangled with the Pacers' Jermaine O'Neal with 5:25 remaining in the second quarter and the two began exchanging heated words.
O'Neal sits out with knee injury (AP)
Shaquille O'Neal missed the Miami Heat's game against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night because of a hyperextended left knee. O'Neal thought he hurt it when he was kicked in the knee in Miami's win over Indiana on Monday night. He was seen limping at Wednesday's shootaround. "He has a little irritation on his knee.
Heat 98, Raptors 94 (AP)
Dwyane Wade played so well that he earned a kiss from Pat Riley. Wade scored 16 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, and the Miami Heat overcame the absence of injured Shaquille O'Neal to beat the Toronto Raptors 98-94 on Wednesday night. O'Neal missed the game because of a hyperextended left knee, but Wade rallied Miami from a 16-point deficit.
NBA Capsules (AP)
Dwyane Wade scored 16 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, and the Miami Heat overcame the absence of injured Shaquille O'Neal to beat the Toronto Raptors 98-94 Wednesday night. Miami trailed by as many as 13 in the final period, but Wade scored 10 straight points as Miami went on a 16-4 run to take its first lead since early in the first.
