2004–05 Miami Heat season

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.

2004–05 Miami Heat season
Division champions
Head coachStan Van Gundy
General managerRandy Pfund
PresidentPat Riley
Owner(s)Micky Arison
ArenaAmerican Airlines Arena
Results
Record59–23 (.720)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Southeast)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishEastern Conference Finals
(lost to Pistons 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionSunshine Network/Sun Sports
RadioWIOD

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

Offseason

2004 NBA draft
Main article: 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

Additions

Re-signings:

Signings:

Trades:

Subtractions

Free agents:

Trades:

Expansion draft:

Roster
2004–05 Miami Heat roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionVenueRecordRecap
1October 10Miami Heat75–85Houston RocketsLossToyota Center0–1
2October 15Orlando Magic89–95Miami HeatWinSt. Pete Times Forum (Tampa, Florida)1–1
3October 16Detroit Pistons74–83Miami HeatWinALLTEL Arena (Little Rock, Arkansas)2–1
4October 18Atlanta Hawks82–92Miami HeatWinAmerican Airlines Arena3–1
5October 22Miami Heat113–82Atlanta HawksWinPhilips Arena4–1
6October 26Miami Heat74–82Charlotte BobcatsLossCharlotte Coliseum4–2
7October 27Miami Heat103–109Orlando MagicLossTD Waterhouse Centre4–3

Regular season

Standings
Southeast Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Miami Heat5923.720–35–624–1715–182
Washington Wizards4537.5491429–1216–2510–682
Orlando Magic3646.4392324–1712–296–1082
Charlotte Bobcats1864.2204114–274–377–982
Atlanta Hawks1369.159469–324–372–1482

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 –1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1–4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4–0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0–2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2–1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1–2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2–1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1–2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2–1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1–1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1–0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0–2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2–0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0–1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1–4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4–1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1–2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2–2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2–1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1–1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1–2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2–0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0–3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3–1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1–1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1–2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2–2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2–2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2–0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

Game log
2004–05 game log
Total: – (Home: –; Road: –)
November
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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

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December
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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 Wright1309.0.273.0001.000.31.01.30.02.3
Dwyane Wade3777738.6.478.289.7625.26.81.61.124.1
Keyon Dooling574016.0.403.253.7801.21.8.5.15.2
Eddie Jones6808035.5.428.372.8065.12.71.1.512.7
Wesley Person716312.9.439.3811.0001.4.7.403.9
Steve Smith81308.8.300.200.6671.21.1.201.8
Wang Zhizhi152004.6.472.667.583.9.3.2.12.2
Damon Jones19826631.4.456.432.7912.84.3.5.111.6
Qyntel Woods243013.3.417N/AN/A2.001.303.3
Shaquille O'Neal32737334.1.601N/A.46110.42.7.52.322.9
Alonzo Mourning3319312.9.516N/A.5643.7.2.21.75.0
Malik Allen3514017.7.461N/A.9293.7.8.3.85.9
Udonis Haslem40808033.4.540.000.7919.11.4.8.510.9
Christian Laettner4449015.1.582.143.7632.7.8.7.35.3
Rasual Butler45651518.5.399.373.7712.31.0.3.46.5
Shandon Anderson4965517.7.456.179.8182.91.1.6.23.9
Michael Doleac5180814.7.447.000.6103.2.6.3.34.0

Playoffs

Bold designates team leader.

Name Number GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Dwyane Wade3141440.8.484.100.7995.76.61.61.127.4
Keyon Dooling515017.6.494.368.8101.11.7.4.17.3
Eddie Jones6151540.1.455.400.7385.82.61.2.613.7
Steve Smith8303.7.000.000N/A00000
Damon Jones19151533.2.481.429.6002.74.0.5012.1
Shaquille O'Neal32131333.2.558N/A.4727.81.6.41.519.4
Alonzo Mourning3315216.9.705N/A.5584.8.3.32.26.1
Udonis Haslem40151536.2.491N/A.73910.01.0.5.49.2
Christian Laettner4413010.5.500.000.8331.9.5.302.2
Rasual Butler4512115.2.373.367.3331.5.6.1.14.7
Shandon Anderson498012.1.250.0001.0002.41.0.601.0
Michael Doleac51907.2.438N/A1.0001.60.1.11.8

Awards, records and milestones

Week/Month

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

Transactions
Main article: List of 2004–05 NBA season transactions

Trades

Shaquielle O'Neal from L.A. Lakers

References
  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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