Light and Heat

Pat Riley has jumped ship to tend to his various ailments, and our defending NBA Champions are fighting to break .500. But there’s still a light at the end of the tunnel: Dwyane Wade is back after missing several games with an injured wrist, and because the rest of the...

By JOEL RODRIGUEZ

January 18, 2007

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Pat Riley has jumped ship to tend to his various ailments, and our defending NBA Champions are fighting to break .500. But there’s still a light at the end of the tunnel: Dwyane Wade is back after missing several games with an injured wrist, and because the rest of the East is awful, the Heat are only a few games out of the playoff hunt. As if that weren’t enough, Shaq Daddy is expected to be on the court when the New York Knicks come to the American Airlines Arena.
Mon., Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m.

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