2007–08 Miami Heat season

2007–08 Miami Heat season
Alonzo Mourning's final season
Head coach	Pat Riley
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	15–67 (.183)
Place	Division: 5th (Southeast) Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WIOD

The 2007–08 Miami Heat season was their 20th season in the National Basketball Association. To commemorate the anniversary, the Heat jerseys bear a XX on the rightmost part. However, the season turned out to be disastrous as they finished 15–67, which was, ironically, the same record the team posted in their inaugural season.

This was Pat Riley's final season as head coach of the Heat before resigning for a second time following the season. He did, however, remain as team president.

It was also Alonzo Mourning's final season in the NBA as he suffered a season-ending and a possible career-ending knee injury in a December game in Atlanta. After sitting out half of next season, Mourning retired in January. After his retirement, Mourning did stay with the Heat as an executive.

Mid-season, Shaquille O'Neal was traded to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion. Before the trade, the Heat acquired Penny Hardaway, who was O'Neal's teammate with the Orlando Magic from 1993 until 1996. This move reunited the duo. However, Hardaway was waived after a few games.

Dwyane Wade, after recovering from off-season shoulder and knee surgeries, battled knee injuries and missed the final 21 games of the season after undergoing OssaTron treatment on his left knee. Wade recovered in time to play in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Key dates

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period began in July.

Draft picks

Miami's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	20	Jason Smith (traded to Philadelphia)	Forward	United States	Colorado State
2	39	Stanko Barać (traded to Indiana)	Center	Croatia	Široki Brijeg (Adriatic League)

Roster

Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.0 !PG	6	USA !	Ahearn, Blake	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Southwestern Missouri State
6.0 !C	50	CAN !	Anthony, Joel	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	UNLV
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Banks, Marcus	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	UNLV
6.0 !C	30	USA !	Barron, Earl	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Memphis
6.0 !C	15	USA !	Blount, Mark	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Pittsburgh
2.5 !G/F	31	USA !	Davis, Ricky	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	Iowa
4.5 !PF	40	USA !	Haslem, Udonis (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Florida
4.0 !F	13	USA !	Johnson, Alexander	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Florida State
4.0 !F	45	Gabon !	Lasme, Stephane	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Massachusetts
4.0 !F	7	USA !	Marion, Shawn	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	UNLV
6.0 !C	33	USA !	Mourning, Alonzo	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	261 lb (118 kg)	Georgetown
4.0 !F	12	USA !	Powell, Kasib	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Texas Tech
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Quinn, Chris	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Notre Dame
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Wade, Dwyane (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Marquette
1.0 !PG	55	USA !	Williams, Jason	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Florida
2.5 !G/F	1	USA !	Wright, Dorell	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	420 lb (191 kg)	Leuzinger HS (CA)

Head coach

Pat Riley (Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2008-03-22

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserve	Inactive
C	Mark Blount	Earl Barron	Alonzo Mourning
PF	Udonis Haslem	Shawn Marion	Joel Anthony	Stephane Lasme	Alexander Johnson
SF	Ricky Davis	Kasib Powell	Dorell Wright
SG	Dwyane Wade	Daequan Cook
PG	Jason Williams	Chris Quinn	Marcus Banks	Blake Ahearn

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Orlando Magic	52	30	.634	–	25–16	27–14	12–4
x-Washington Wizards	43	39	.524	9	25–16	18–23	10–6
x-Atlanta Hawks	37	45	.451	15	25–16	12–29	9–7
Charlotte Bobcats	32	50	.390	20	21–20	11–30	7–9
Miami Heat	15	67	.183	37	9–32	6–35	2–14

Game log

November

Record: 4–11 ; Home: 2–6 ; Road: 2–5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendanc	Record
1	November 1	Detroit	91–80	Miami	NO	Ricky Davis (23)	19,600	0–1
2	November 2	Miami	85–87	Indiana	NO	Daequan Cook (17)	12,887	0–2
3	November 4	Charlotte	90–88	Miami	NO	Udonis Haslem (18)	19,600	0–3
4	November 7	Miami	78–88	San Antonio	NO	Shaquille O'Neal (17)	17,503	0–4
5	November 9	Phoenix	106–101	Miami	NO	Shaquille O'Neal (25)	19,600	0–5
6	November 11	Miami	75–72	New York	NO	Udonis Haslem (16)	19,763	1–5
7	November 13	Miami	76–91	Charlotte	NO	Shaquille O'Neal (17)	12,169	1–6
8	November 14	Seattle	104–95	Miami	NO	Ricky Davis (19)	19,600	1–7
9	November 16	Miami	91–92	Boston	NO	Dwyane Wade (23)	18,624	1–8
10	November 17	Miami	91–87	New Jersey	NO	Dwyane Wade (23)	16,797	2–8
11	November 21	Atlanta	82–79	Miami	NO	Shaquille O'Neal (18)	19,600	2–9
12	November 23	Houston	91–98	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (31)	19,600	3–9
13	November 24	Miami	99–120	Orlando	NO	Dwyane Wade (32)	17,519	3–10
14	November 27	Charlotte	90–110	Miami	NO	Ricky Davis (23)	19,600	4–10
15	November 30	Boston	95–85	Miami	NO	Jason Williams (22)	19,600	4–11

December

Record: 4–12 ; Home: 2–4 ; Road: 2–8

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
16	December 2	Miami	89–115	Denver	NO	Dwyane Wade (13)	16,386	4–12
17	December 3	Miami	101–110	Utah	NO	Dwyane Wade (26)	19,911	4–13
18	December 6	Miami	106–112	Portland	NO	Dwyane Wade (21)	19,980	4–14
19	December 7	Miami	113–120	Golden State	NO	Dwyane Wade (33)	19,596	4–15
20	December 9	Miami	100–94	L.A. Clippers	NO	Dwyane Wade (33)	16,335	5–15
21	December 10	Miami	117–113	Phoenix	NO	Dwyane Wade (31)	18,422	6–15
22	December 13	Washington	104–91	Miami	NO	Chris Quinn (22)	19,600	6–16
23	December 15	Indiana	106–103	Miami	NO	U. Haslem, D. Wade (24)	19,600	6–17
24	December 17	Minnesota	87–91	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (30)	19,600	7–17
25	December 19	Miami	111–114	Atlanta	YES	Dwyane Wade (36)	17,069	7–18
26	December 20	New Jersey	107–103	Miami	YES	Dwyane Wade (41)	19,600	7–19
27	December 22	Utah	102–104	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (20)	19,600	8–19
28	December 25	Miami	82–96	Cleveland	NO	Dwyane Wade (22)	20,562	8–20
29	December 26	Miami	85–96	Philadelphia	NO	Dwyane Wade (27)	18,431	8–21
30	December 28	Orlando	114–121	Miami	YES	Dwyane Wade (48)	19,805	8–22
31	December 29	Miami	74–96	Washington	NO	Ricky Davis (22)	20,173	8–23

January

Record: 1–13 ; Home: 1–7 ; Road: 0–6

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
32	January 2	Milwaukee	98–103	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (27)	19,600	8–24
33	January 4	Miami	89–94	Dallas	NO	R. Davis, M. Blount (17)	20,357	8–25
34	January 6	Miami	94–101	Memphis	NO	Ricky Davis (24)	14,581	8–26
35	January 8	Miami	91–101	Minnesota	NO	Dwyane Wade (25)	13,111	8–27
36	January 9	Miami	92–98	Milwaukee	NO	Dwyane Wade (34)	15,834	8–28
37	January 11	Miami	88–114	New Orleans	NO	Mark Blount (27)	16,133	8–29
38	January 16	Chicago	96–126	Miami	NO	D. Wade, S. O'Neal (24)	19,600	8–30
39	January 18	Portland	91–98	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (37)	19,600	8–31
40	January 19	New York	84–88	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (22)	19,600	8–32
41	January 21	Cleveland	90–97	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (42)	19,600	8–33
42	January 24	San Antonio	89–90	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (27)	19,600	8–34
43	January 26	Indiana	98–96	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (35)	19,600	9–34
44	January 29	Boston	87–117	Miami	NO	Mark Blount (20)	19,600	9–35
45	January 30	Miami	91–107	Orlando	NO	Ricky Davis (21)	17,519	9–36

February

Record: 2–10 ; Home: 1–5 ; Road: 1–5

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
46	February 1	New Jersey	85–94	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (15)	19,600	9–37
47	February 4	Toronto	82–114	Miami	NO	Dorell Wright (17)	19,600	9–38
48	February 6	Miami	95–100	Detroit	NO	Dwyane Wade (30)	22,076	9–39
49	February 7	Miami	84–101	Philadelphia	NO	Dwyane Wade (19)	14,103	9–40
50	February 10	L.A. Lakers	94–104	Miami	NO	Mark Blount (22)	19,600	9–41
51	February 12	Denver	113–114	Miami	NO	Dwyane Wade (27)	19,600	9–42
52	February 14	Miami	92–99	Chicago	NO	Dwyane Wade (30)	21,792	9–43
53	February 21	Miami	100–112	Houston	NO	Dwyane Wade (33)	15,994	9–44
54	February 23	Philadelphia	101-96	Miami	YES	Dwyane Wade (33)	19,600	9–45
55	February 26	Sacramento	107–86	Miami	NO	Shawn Marion (24)	19,243	10–45
56	February 28	Miami	88–106	L.A. Lakers	NO	Dwyane Wade (18)	18,997	10–46
57	February 29	Miami	103–93	Seattle	NO	Dwyane Wade (31)	12,542	11–46

March

Record: 2–15 ; Home: 1–7 ; Road: 1–8

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
58	March 2	Miami	109–120	Sacramento	NO	Dwyane Wade (26)	15,028	11–47
59	March 5	Toronto	108–83	Miami	NO	Marcus Banks (21)	19,143	11–48
60	March 7	Golden State	99–134	Miami	NO	C. Quinn, M. Banks (20)	19,161	11–49
61	March 8	Miami	94–97	Atlanta	NO	Ricky Davis (27)	17,022	11–50
62	March 10	L.A Clippers	99–98	Miami	NO	Ricky Davis (27)	19,014	11–51
63	March 12	New York	91–88	Miami	NO	Ricky Davis (27)	19,103	11–52
64	March 14	Orlando	103–94	Miami	NO	Jason Williams (34)	19,312	11–53
65	March 16	Dallas	98–73	Miami	NO	Earl Barron (21)	19,304	11–54
66	March 18	Miami	112–106	Milwaukee	NO	Jason Williams (21)	13,379	12–54
67	March 19	Miami	54–96	Toronto	NO	Chris Quinn (14)	19,800	12–55
68	March 21	Washington	103–86	Miami	NO	Bobby Jones (15)	19,345	12–56
69	March 22	Miami	82–94	Charlotte	NO	Jason Williams (19)	17,522	12–57
70	March 24	Milwaukee	73–78	Miami	NO	Chris Quinn (24)	19,024	13–57
71	March 26	Miami	96–103	New York	YES	Ricky Davis (28)	19,209	13–58
72	March 27	Miami	69–85	Detroit	NO	Blake Ahearn (15)	22,076	13–59
73	March 30	Miami	62–88	Boston	NO	C. Quinn, R. Davis (14)	18,624	13–60
74	March 31	Miami	85–105	Indiana	NO	Daequan Cook (16)	11,529	13–61

April

Record: 2–6 ; Home: 2–3 ; Road: 0–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
75	April 2	New Orleans	106–77	Miami	NO	Chris Quinn (18)	19,122	13–62
76	April 4	Miami	99–105	Washington	NO	Ricky Davis (33)	18,875	13–63
77	April 6	Detroit	91–75	Miami	NO	Earl Barron (20)	19,141	13–64
78	April 8	Chicago	88–95	Miami	NO	Kasib Powell (18)	19,175	14–64
79	April 11	Memphis	96–91	Miami	NO	Earl Barron (22)	19,017	14–65
80	April 13	Miami	76–84	Cleveland	NO	Ricky Davis (17)	20,562	14–66
81	April 14	Miami	75–91	Toronto	NO	Daequan Cook (22)	18,855	14–67
82	April 16	Atlanta	99–113	Miami	NO	Jason Williams (17)	19,073	15–67

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ahearn, Blake !Blake Ahearn	12	0	14.8	.263	.294	.968	1.6	1.6	.50	.00	5.8
Anthony, Joel !Joel Anthony	24	1	20.8	.467	.000	.592	3.9	.1	.38	1.29	3.5
Banks, Marcus !Marcus Banks*	36	3	15.8	.450	.392	.771	1.3	1.7	.39	.36	6.6
Barron, Earl !Earl Barron	46	15	19.3	.404	.077	.701	4.3	.6	.41	.17	7.1
Blount, Mark !Mark Blount	69	46	22.3	.462	.386	.638	3.8	.6	.48	.49	8.4
Cook, Daequan !Daequan Cook	59	19	24.4	.381	.332	.825	3.0	1.3	.39	.15	8.8
Davis, Ricky !Ricky Davis	82	47	36.1	.433	.405	.787	4.3	3.4	1.06	.17	13.8
Hardaway, Anfernee !Penny Hardaway	16	8	20.3	.367	.421	.889	2.2	2.2	1.19	.06	3.8
Haslem, Udonis !Udonis Haslem	49	48	36.8	.467	.000	.810	9.0	1.4	.80	.37	12.0
Jackson, Luke !Luke Jackson	14	1	16.3	.325	.367	.696	2.4	1.2	.57	.00	5.6
Johnson, Alexander !Alexander Johnson	43	6	12.8	.488	.000	.687	2.2	.3	.30	.23	4.2
Lasme, Stephane !Stephane Lasme*	16	4	18.9	.451	.000	.594	3.3	.2	.81	1.38	5.2
Marion, Shawn !Shawn Marion*	63	62	36.7	.508	.333	.707	10.2	2.2	1.98	1.35	15.4
Mourning, Alonzo !Alonzo Mourning	25	0	15.6	.547	.000	.592	3.7	.3	.16	1.68	6.0
Powell, Kasib !Kasib Powell	11	4	27.6	.368	.242	.667	4.0	1.6	.82	.18	7.6
Quinn, Chris !Chris Quinn	60	25	22.3	.424	.403	.867	2.0	3.0	.77	.07	7.8
Wade, Dwyane !Dwyane Wade	51	49	38.3	.469	.286	.758	4.2	6.9	1.71	.73	24.6
Williams, Jason !Jason Williams	67	53	28.1	.384	.353	.863	1.9	4.6	1.24	.07	8.8
Wright, Dorell !Dorell Wright	44	34	25.1	.488	.364	.826	5.0	1.4	.66	.93	7.9

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Transactions

The Heat have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

October 24, 2007	To Miami Heat Ricky Davis & Mark Blount	To Minnesota Timberwolves Antoine Walker, Wayne Simien, Michael Doleac & Miami's conditional 1st round pick.
February 6, 2008	To Miami Heat Shawn Marion & Marcus Banks	To Phoenix Suns Shaquille O'Neal

Free agents

Player	Former team
Smush Parker	L.A. Lakers

Player	New team
Gary Payton	unsigned
James Posey	Boston Celtics
Jason Kapono	Toronto Raptors
Eddie Jones	Dallas Mavericks

References

Miami Heat

Founded in 1988 Based in Miami, Florida

Franchise	Franchise Team history Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons Records Broadcasters Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Miami Arena American Airlines Arena

D-League affiliates	Florida Flame Arkansas RimRockers Albuquerque Thunderbirds Sioux Falls Skyforce

General managers	Schaffel Wohl Pfund Riley Elisburg

NBA Championships (3)	2006 2012 2013

Eastern Conference Championships (5)	2006 2011 2012 2013 2014

Culture and lore	Micky Arison Pat Riley Michael Baiamonte Burnie "The Heat Is On" (Glenn Frey song) Shaq The Decision The Big Three 27 in a row

Retired numbers	10 23 32 (to be retired on December 22, 2016) 33

Rivals	Chicago Bulls New York Knicks

Media	TV Fox Sports Sun Radio 790 The Ticket Announcers Eric Reid Tony Fiorentino Jason Jackson Mike Inglis

1980s

1990s

2000s

2005–06

2010s

2011–12

2012–13

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

2007–08 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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