Article: The Chicago Tribune Sam Smith Pro Basketball column: Go on, turn up the Heat.(Column)

Byline: Sam Smith

Apr. 21--It has been a season of declarations, as it often is for the Miami Heat. It began with how you can defend a title or disgrace it, and then the Heat lost by 42 on opening night to the Bulls in Miami

There was hip, hip, I need a new one. That was when coach Pat Riley left the team after a 13-17 start to get a new hip and made sure he could see Antoine Walker's and James Posey's. Riley suspended the two for excess body fat. The Heat was 13-9 with Riley out. Meanwhile, Shaquille O'Neal missed 41 games after knee surgery, and then when Riley returned it was: "Fall down seven times, get up six." That was Dwyane ...

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