Miami Heat head coach Stan Van Gundy will coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game, to be played on Sunday, February 20 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.
Van Gundy and the Heat (32-13, .711) coaching staff earned the honor to coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars as a result of Miami’s 106-94 defeat this evening of the Atlanta Hawks and the Washington Wizards (26-16, .619) 108-101 loss to Orlando, clinching the best possible winning percentage in the Eastern Conference through games of February 6, 2005.
Head coaches for the East and West All-Star teams are based on teams with the best winning percentage in each conference following the Sunday games (February 6) played two weeks prior to the All-Star Game.
In his second season as head coach of Miami, Van Gundy earned Coach of the Month honors for the month of December, guiding the Heat to a 14-1 month (6-0 at home, 8-1 on the road) to set a franchise record for most wins in a month. Prior to becoming head coach of the Heat in October, 2003 when Pat Riley stepped down, Van Gundy served as assistant head coach for six years and as an assistant coach for two years. In his rookie season, he led the Heat to their first playoff berth in three years and led the Heat to the 2004 Eastern Conference Semifinals.
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The Miami Heat signed former Portland forward Qyntel Woods, who was waived by the Trail Blazers last week. To make room for Woods the club waived forward Jerome Beasley and placed veteran Wesley Person on the injured list.
In 62 games, including eight starts, with the Trail Blazers last season, he averaged 3.6 points and 2.2 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per game.
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Heat guard Dwayne Wade tweaked his left ankle and left knee again Monday in the opening minutes of the third quarter, forcing him to hobble through the rest of the game in clear discomfort the Miami Herald is reporting.
''I just twisted my ankle and fell on my knee,'' Wade said.
Heat coach Stan Van Gundy said there was no pressure placed on Wade to return.
''[Trainer] Ron [ Culp] wasn't sure that he should've gone [back in the game],'' Van Gundy said. ``I made it very clear to him that if he could not go, he could not go. He said he was OK to go.''
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Heat Jan 2005 Archive
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ESPN | Jan 25, 2005
Members of the Philadelphia Eagles were honored on Monday night at the Sixers game versus Miami, as they are now on their way to the Super Bowl, and their excellence might have just rubbed off on their basketball team.
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Miami Herald | Jan 23, 2005
With his strong play this season, there is concern out of miami that forward Udonis Haslem may be pricing himself out of the Heat's market.
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Press Release | Jan 20, 2005
Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves lead all players in the Western Conference and Shaquille O’Neal of the Miami Heat and Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets lead all players in the Eastern Conference in votes received after the fourth returns of the 2005 NBA All-Star Balloting program.
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Press Release | Jan 18, 2005
The Miami Heat have announced that as a result of the Philadelphia Eagles’ participation in the NFC Championship Game, the NBA has announced that the HEAT’s home game versus the New Orleans Hornets has been changed from Monday, January 24, at 7:30 pm to Sunday, January 23 at 6:00 pm at the AmericanAirlines Arena.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jan 17, 2005
While Jimmy Jackson has made it clear he has no intention of playing for his current team the New Orleans Hornets, according to Dave D'Alessandro of the Newark Star-Ledger a person close to Jackson revealed that the ex-Rocket would welcome a move to the Nets, Denver or Miami, though there are at least two other teams interested in his services.
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TNT | Jan 13, 2005
Could Latrell Sprewell, Eddie Jones, Jalen Rose, Penny Hardaway and Donyell Marshall all have new homes soon?
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ESPN | Jan 13, 2005
With Shaq visiting Oakland on Wednesday, he indicated that he knew Golden State had interest in acquiring him before he left the Lakers.
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ESPN | Jan 13, 2005
The Miami Heat ended their three-game losing streak.
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The Ledger | Jan 11, 2005
Tonight the NBA’s best team will face one of their toughest challenges of the season.
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Yahoo! | Jan 10, 2005
The Seattle SuperSonics beat the Miami Heat for the second time in six days, 108-98 on Sunday night.
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The Tacoma News Tribune | Jan 8, 2005
Danny Fortson has joined a sizeable list of people Shaq has strong words for.
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Fox Sports | Jan 7, 2005
Shaquille O'Neal continues to speak highly of Dwayne Wade in comparisons to Penny Hardaway and Kobe Bryant, with whom the center had tempestuous relationships with.
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NBC Sports | Jan 4, 2005
Ray Allen scored 35 points in Mondays nights highly anticipated game pitting two of the NBA’s top teams, the Sonics and Miami.
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Sun-Sentinel | Jan 3, 2005
Dwayne Wade and the Heat face Ray Allen and the Sonics in a battle of East and West
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Yahoo! | Jan 2, 2005
The Miami Heat won their 14th consecutive game on Saturday night, defeating the expansion Bobcats by a final score of 113-90.
