2004–05 Miami Heat season

2004–05 Miami Heat season
2004–05 Miami Heat season
Division champions
Head coach	Stan Van Gundy
General manager	Randy Pfund
President	Pat Riley
Owner(s)	Micky Arison
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast); Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eastern Conference Finals; (lost to Pistons 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Sunshine Network/Sun Sports
Radio	WIOD
< 2003–04	2005–06 >

The 2004–05 NBA season was the 17th season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.^[1] The Heat entered the season with high expectations following the acquisition of All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal from the Los Angeles Lakers,^[2] plus signing free agents Christian Laettner, three-point specialist Damon Jones, and Shandon Anderson. O'Neal was traded away from the Lakers following recurrence of bad blood with former teammate Kobe Bryant. Despite their numerous conflicts during their 8 years as teammates, the duo led the Lakers to 3-straight championship titles from 2000 to 2002. The team played solid basketball posting a 14-game winning streak between December and January winning 25 of their first 32 games, then winning twelve straight between February and March. At midseason, the team re-signed free agent All-Star center Alonzo Mourning,^[3] and re-acquired former Heat guard Steve Smith from the expansion Charlotte Bobcats. The Heat finished in first place in both their division and conference with a 59–23 record, which was the franchise's best since 1996–97.

Second-year star Dwyane Wade led the Heat in scoring averaging 24.1 points per game, while O'Neal finished second on the team in scoring with 22.9 points per game. Both players were selected to play in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game at Denver, which marked Wade's first All-Star appearance.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Heat swept the New Jersey Nets in four straight games, then swept the Washington Wizards in four straight in the semi-finals. However, the Heat were eventually eliminated in seven games during the Eastern Conference finals by the 2nd-seeded, and defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons.^[4] The Wade and Shaq-led Heat were expected by many to face the Spurs in the Finals (They would eventually meet 8 years later). Following the season, Eddie Jones was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, Damon Jones signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Laettner and Smith both retired.

This was the first and last time the Heat would be eliminated in the Conference Finals until 2022.

Key dates

June 24 - The 2004 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 8 - The free agency period started.
July 14 - The Heat traded Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant and a 2006 first round draft pick (Jordan Farmar) to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal.
October 5 - The Heat played their first preseason game on the road against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center.
October 27 - The Heat's regular season began with an away game versus the New Jersey Nets at the Continental Airlines Arena.

Offseason

2004 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	19	Dorell Wright	Forward	United States	South Kent Prep HS (CT)
2	47	Pape Sow	Forward	Senegal	Cal State Fullerton
2	53	Matt Freije	Forward	United States	Vanderbilt

Free agency

Additions

Re-signings:

Rasual Butler

Signings:

Michael Doleac (from Denver)
Keyon Dooling (from L.A. Clippers)
Damon Jones (from Milwaukee)
Christian Laettner (from Golden State)
Wesley Person (from Atlanta)

Trades:

Shaquille O'Neal (from L.A. Lakers)

Subtractions

Free agents:

Rafer Alston (to Toronto)
Samaki Walker (to Washington)

Trades:

Caron Butler (to L.A. Lakers)
Brian Grant (to L.A. Lakers)
Lamar Odom (to L.A. Lakers)

Expansion draft:

Loren Woods (to Charlotte)

Roster

2004–05 Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SF	49	Anderson, Shandon	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1973-12-31	Georgia
SF	45	Butler, Rasual	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1979-05-23	La Salle
C	51	Doleac, Michael	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	262 lb (119 kg)	1977-06-15	Utah
PG	5	Dooling, Keyon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1980-05-08	Missouri
PF	40	Haslem, Udonis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1980-06-09	Florida
PG	19	Jones, Damon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1976-08-25	Houston
SF	6	Jones, Eddie (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1971-10-20	Temple
PF	44	Laettner, Christian	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1969-08-17	Duke
C	33	Mourning, Alonzo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1970-02-08	Georgetown
C	32	O'Neal, Shaquille	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	325 lb (147 kg)	1972-03-06	LSU
SG	8	Smith, Steve	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1969-03-31	Michigan State
SG	3	Wade, Dwyane	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1982-01-17	Marquette
SF	24	Woods, Qyntel	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	1981-02-16	Northeast Mississippi CC
SF	1	Wright, Dorell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1985-12-02	South Kent Prep HS (CT)
C	16	Zhizhi, Wang	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	284 lb (129 kg)	1977-07-08	China

Head coach

Stan Van Gundy

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 1, 2005

Pre-season

2004 Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (home: 3–0–0 ; road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Venue	Record	Recap
1	October 10	Miami Heat	75–85	Houston Rockets		Loss	Toyota Center	0–1
2	October 15	Orlando Magic	89–95	Miami Heat		Win	St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa, Florida)	1–1
3	October 16	Detroit Pistons	74–83	Miami Heat		Win	ALLTEL Arena (Little Rock, Arkansas)	2–1
4	October 18	Atlanta Hawks	82–92	Miami Heat		Win	American Airlines Arena	3–1
5	October 22	Miami Heat	113–82	Atlanta Hawks		Win	Philips Arena	4–1
6	October 26	Miami Heat	74–82	Charlotte Bobcats		Loss	Charlotte Coliseum	4–2
7	October 27	Miami Heat	103–109	Orlando Magic		Loss	TD Waterhouse Centre	4–3

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Miami Heat	59	23	.720	–	35–6	24–17	15–1	82
Washington Wizards	45	37	.549	14	29–12	16–25	10–6	82
Orlando Magic	36	46	.439	23	24–17	12–29	6–10	82
Charlotte Bobcats	18	64	.220	41	14–27	4–37	7–9	82
Atlanta Hawks	13	69	.159	46	9–32	4–37	2–14	82

Record vs. opponents

2004-05 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–4
Boston	3–1	–	4–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1
Charlotte	3–1	0–4	–	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–4
Chicago	4–0	2–2	4–0	–	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2
Cleveland	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2
Dallas	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	–	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Denver	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	–	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0
Detroit	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	–	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	–	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	4–0	0–3	2–0	–	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	–	0–3	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–2
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	3–0	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–2
Miami	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	2–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	–	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	3–1	1–1
New Jersey	3–0	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	–	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–3
New Orleans	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
New York	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	–	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–1
Orlando	3–1	0–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	–	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	–	1–3	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–2
Sacramento	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	–	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	–	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Seattle	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	–	2–0	3–1	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	1–3
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	–	0–2
Washington	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	—

Game log

2004–05 game log
Total: – (Home: –; Road: –)

November

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 3	@New Jersey Nets	100–77	Continental Airlines Arena
2	November 4	Cleveland Cavaliers	92–86	AmericanAirlines
3	November 6	@Washington Wizards	118–106	MCI Center
4	November 9	Washington Wizards	103–93
5	November 11	Dallas Mavericks	93–113	AmericanAirlines Arena
6	November 12	@San Antonio Spurs	84–93
7	November 14	Milwaukee Bucks	112–110	AmericanAirlines Arena
8	November 16	@Minnesota Timberwolves	97–108	Target Center
9	November 17	@Milwaukee Bucks	113-106	Bradley Center
10	November 19	Utah Jazz	107–105	AmericanAirlines
11	November 21	Philadelphia 76ers	93–83
12	November 23	Portland Trail Blazers	87–99
13	November 24	@Atlanta Hawks	99–93	Philips Arena
14	November 26	@Detroit Pistons	77–78	The Palace of Auburn Hills
15	November 28	Boston Celtics	106–104
16	November 30	Toronto Raptors	92–94	AmericanAirlines Arena	}}

December

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 3	@Chicago Bulls	–	United Center
18	December 4	@Denver Nuggets	–	Pepsi Center
19	December 6	@Utah Jazz	–	Delta Center
20	December 8	@Milwaukee Bucks	–	Bradley Center
21	December 10	Memphis Grizzlies	–	AmericanAirlines Arena
22	December 12	Toronto Raptors	–	Air Canada Centre
23	December 13	Washington Wizards	–	AmericanAirlines Arena
24	December 15	@Washington Wizards	98–93	MCI Center
25	December 17	Denver Nuggets	107–100	AmericanAirlines Arena
26	December 19	Orlando Magic	117–107	AmericanAirlines Arena
27	December 21	Boston Celtics	108–100	AmericanAirlines Arena
28	December 23		109–107		ARCO Arena
29	December 25	104–102		STAPLES Center
30	December 27	Atlanta Hawks	116–102	AmericanAirlines Arena
31	December 30	@Detroit Pistons	89–78	The Palace of Auburn Hills

2004–05 season schedule

Playoffs

2005 playoff game log

First Round: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 24	New Jersey	W 116–98	Dwyane Wade (32)	Haslem, O'Neal (11)	Dwyane Wade (8)	American Airlines Arena 20,212	1–0
2	April 26	New Jersey	W 104–87	Alonzo Mourning (21)	Shaquille O'Neal (10)	Dwyane Wade (10)	American Airlines Arena 20,276	2–0
3	April 28	@ New Jersey	W 108–105 (2OT)	Shaquille O'Neal (25)	Udonis Haslem (19)	Dwyane Wade (8)	Continental Airlines Arena 20,174	3–0
4	May 1	@ New Jersey	W 110–97	Dwyane Wade (34)	Udonis Haslem (11)	Dwyane Wade (9)	Continental Airlines Arena 20,174	4–0

Conference Semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 8	Washington	W 105–86	Dwyane Wade (20)	Eddie Jones (8)	Dwyane Wade (7)	American Airlines Arena 20,151	1–0
2	May 10	Washington	W 108–102	Dwyane Wade (31)	Udonis Haslem (13)	Dwyane Wade (15)	American Airlines Arena 20,205	2–0
3	May 12	@ Washington	W 102–95	Dwyane Wade (31)	Alonzo Mourning (13)	D. Jones, Wade (6)	MCI Center 20,173	3–0
4	May 14	@ Washington	W 99–95	Dwyane Wade (42)	Udonis Haslem (13)	Damon Jones (6)	MCI Center 20,173	4–0

Conference Finals: 3–4 (home: 2–2; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 23	Detroit	L 81–90	Eddie Jones (22)	Eddie Jones (8)	Damon Jones (5)	American Airlines Arena 20,203	0–1
2	May 25	Detroit	W 92–86	Dwyane Wade (40)	Shaquille O'Neal (10)	Dwyane Wade (6)	American Airlines Arena 20,228	1–1
3	May 29	@ Detroit	W 113–104	Dwyane Wade (36)	D. Jones, Wade (7)	D. Jones, O'Neal (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	2–1
4	May 31	@ Detroit	L 96–106	Dwyane Wade (28)	Eddie Jones (10)	Dwyane Wade (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	2–2
5	June 2	Detroit	W 88–76	Shaquille O'Neal (20)	Udonis Haslem (13)	Damon Jones (6)	American Airlines Arena 20,225	3–2
6	June 4	@ Detroit	L 66–91	Shaquille O'Neal (24)	Shaquille O'Neal (13)	Damon Jones (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076	3–3
7	June 6	Detroit	L 82–88	Shaquille O'Neal (27)	Udonis Haslem (10)	Dwyane Wade (4)	American Airlines Arena 20,241	3–4

2005 schedule

Player statistics

Bold designates team leader.

Name	Number	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dorell Wright	1	3	0	9.0	.273	.000	1.000	.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	2.3
Dwyane Wade	3	77	77	38.6	.478	.289	.762	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	24.1
Keyon Dooling	5	74	0	16.0	.403	.253	.780	1.2	1.8	.5	.1	5.2
Eddie Jones	6	80	80	35.5	.428	.372	.806	5.1	2.7	1.1	.5	12.7
Wesley Person	7	16	3	12.9	.439	.381	1.000	1.4	.7	.4	0	3.9
Steve Smith	8	13	0	8.8	.300	.200	.667	1.2	1.1	.2	0	1.8
Wang Zhizhi	15	20	0	4.6	.472	.667	.583	.9	.3	.2	.1	2.2
Damon Jones	19	82	66	31.4	.456	.432	.791	2.8	4.3	.5	.1	11.6
Qyntel Woods	24	3	0	13.3	.417	N/A	N/A	2.0	0	1.3	0	3.3
Shaquille O'Neal	32	73	73	34.1	.601	N/A	.461	10.4	2.7	.5	2.3	22.9
Alonzo Mourning	33	19	3	12.9	.516	N/A	.564	3.7	.2	.2	1.7	5.0
Malik Allen	35	14	0	17.7	.461	N/A	.929	3.7	.8	.3	.8	5.9
Udonis Haslem	40	80	80	33.4	.540	.000	.791	9.1	1.4	.8	.5	10.9
Christian Laettner	44	49	0	15.1	.582	.143	.763	2.7	.8	.7	.3	5.3
Rasual Butler	45	65	15	18.5	.399	.373	.771	2.3	1.0	.3	.4	6.5
Shandon Anderson	49	65	5	17.7	.456	.179	.818	2.9	1.1	.6	.2	3.9
Michael Doleac	51	80	8	14.7	.447	.000	.610	3.2	.6	.3	.3	4.0

Playoffs

Bold designates team leader.

Name	Number	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dwyane Wade	3	14	14	40.8	.484	.100	.799	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	27.4
Keyon Dooling	5	15	0	17.6	.494	.368	.810	1.1	1.7	.4	.1	7.3
Eddie Jones	6	15	15	40.1	.455	.400	.738	5.8	2.6	1.2	.6	13.7
Steve Smith	8	3	0	3.7	.000	.000	N/A	0	0	0	0	0
Damon Jones	19	15	15	33.2	.481	.429	.600	2.7	4.0	.5	0	12.1
Shaquille O'Neal	32	13	13	33.2	.558	N/A	.472	7.8	1.6	.4	1.5	19.4
Alonzo Mourning	33	15	2	16.9	.705	N/A	.558	4.8	.3	.3	2.2	6.1
Udonis Haslem	40	15	15	36.2	.491	N/A	.739	10.0	1.0	.5	.4	9.2
Christian Laettner	44	13	0	10.5	.500	.000	.833	1.9	.5	.3	0	2.2
Rasual Butler	45	12	1	15.2	.373	.367	.333	1.5	.6	.1	.1	4.7
Shandon Anderson	49	8	0	12.1	.250	.000	1.000	2.4	1.0	.6	0	1.0
Michael Doleac	51	9	0	7.2	.438	N/A	1.000	1.6	0	.1	.1	1.8

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Shaquille O'Neal "32" Dwyane Wade "3"

Transactions

Trades

Shaquielle O'Neal from L.A. Lakers

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

^ 2004-05 Miami Heat
^ "PRO BASKETBALL; O'Neal Gives Blessing To Trade With the Heat". New York Times. July 11, 2004. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
^ "PRO BASKETBALL; Mourning Is Expected To Rejoin the Heat Soon". New York Times. February 16, 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
^ "In a Test of Guts, the Pistons Grab the Glory". New York Times. June 7, 2005. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[1] 2004-05 Miami Heat

[2] "PRO BASKETBALL; O'Neal Gives Blessing To Trade With the Heat". New York Times. July 11, 2004. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[3] "PRO BASKETBALL; Mourning Is Expected To Rejoin the Heat Soon". New York Times. February 16, 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

[4] "In a Test of Guts, the Pistons Grab the Glory". New York Times. June 7, 2005. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

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