2008–09 Miami Heat season

2008–09 Miami Heat season
Head coach	Erik Spoelstra
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	43–39 (.524)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southeast) Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round (Eliminated 3-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WIOD

The 2008–09 Miami Heat season was the 21st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

In the off-season, Pat Riley promoted Heat assistant Erik Spolestra to become head coach for the upcoming season.

Key dates

• June 26: The 2008 NBA draft will take place in New York City.
• July 1: The free agency period will start.
• October 5: The pre-season started with a game against the Detroit Pistons.
• October 29: The regular season started with a game against the New York Knicks.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Michael Beasley	Forward	United States	Kansas State
2	52	Darnell Jackson (traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for two future second round draft picks)	Forward	United States	Kansas
2	34	Mario Chalmers (traded from Minnesota Timberwolves)	Guard	United States	Kansas

Roster

Miami Heat roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 50 Anthony, Joel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) UNLV F 30 Beasley, Michael 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kansas State C 15 Blount, Mark 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Pittsburgh PG 6 Chalmers, Mario 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas G 14 Cook, Daequan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ohio State G/F 9 Diawara, Yakhouba 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Pepperdine F/C 40 Haslem, Udonis (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Florida G 13 Head, Luther  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois SF 22 Jones, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (FL) C 21 Magloire, Jamaal 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Kentucky SF 8 Moon, Jamario  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Meridian CC C 7 O'Neal, Jermaine 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Eau Claire High School G 11 Quinn, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Notre Dame G 3 Wade, Dwyane (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Marquette G/F 1 Wright, Dorell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Leuzinger High School	Head coach Erik Spoelstra (Portland) Assistant coach(es) Bob McAdoo (North Carolina) Keith Askins (Alabama) Bill Foran (Central Michigan) Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve 1	Reserve 2	Inactive 1	Inactive 2
C	Joel Anthony	Jamaal Magloire	Mark Blount
PF	Jermaine O'Neal	Udonis Haslem
SF	Michael Beasley	Jamario Moon	Daequan Cook	James Jones	Yakhouba Diawara	Dorell Wright
SG	Dwyane Wade	Luther Head
PG	Mario Chalmers	Chris Quinn

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	—	32–9	27–14	14–2	82
x-Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	12	31–10	16–25	11–5	82
x-Miami Heat	43	39	.524	16	28–13	15–26	9–7	82
Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	24	23–18	12–29	5–11	82
Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	40	13–28	6–35	1–15	82

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Cleveland Cavaliers	66	16	.805	—
2	y-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	4
3	y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	7
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	19
5	x-Miami Heat	43	39	.524	23
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	25
7	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	25
8	x-Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	27
9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30
10	Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	31
11	New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32
12	Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	32
13	Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	33
14	New York Knicks	32	50	.390	34
15	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	47

Game log

2008–09 game log
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 29 @ New York L 115–120 Dwyane Wade (26) Shawn Marion (11) Dwyane Wade (9) Madison Square Garden 19,763 0–1 2 October 31 Sacramento W 103–77 Dwyane Wade (20) Shawn Marion (10) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 19,600 1–1
November: 7–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 1 @ Charlotte L 87–100 Michael Beasley (25) Shawn Marion (8) Mario Chalmers (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,238 1–2 4 November 5 Philadelphia W 106–83 Dwyane Wade (29) Michael Beasley (9) Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (6) American Airlines Arena 15,103 2–2 5 November 7 @ San Antonio W 99–83 Dwyane Wade (33) Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem (10) Dwyane Wade (9) AT&T Center 17,387 3–2 6 November 8 @ New Orleans L 89–100 Dwyane Wade (30) Shawn Marion (8) Dwyane Wade (10) New Orleans Arena 17,701 3–3 7 November 10 New Jersey W 99–94 Dwyane Wade (33) Udonis Haslem (8) Dwyane Wade (5) American Airlines Arena 15,028 4–3 8 November 12 Portland L 96–104 Dwyane Wade (36) Udonis Haslem (11) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 15,021 4–4 9 November 14 Washington W 97–77 Dwyane Wade (24) Udonis Haslem (13) Mario Chalmers (7) American Airlines Arena 15,284 5–4 10 November 16 @ Toronto L 96–107 Dwyane Wade (29) Udonis Haslem (10) Dwyane Wade (8) Air Canada Centre 19,800 5–5 11 November 18 @ Washington W 94–87 Dwyane Wade (19) Udonis Haslem (11) Dwyane Wade (10) Verizon Center 15,102 6–5 12 November 19 Toronto L 95–101 Dwyane Wade (40) Shawn Marion (14) Dwyane Wade (11) American Airlines Arena 15,014 6–6 13 November 22 Indiana W 109–100 Dwyane Wade (38) Shawn Marion (9) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 18,685 7–6 14 November 24 Houston L 98–107 Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (23) Joel Anthony (8) Mario Chalmers (6) American Airlines Arena 18,704 7–7 15 November 26 @ Portland L 68–106 Michael Beasley (14) Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem (6) Dwyane Wade (6) Rose Garden 20,528 7–8 16 November 28 @ Phoenix W 107–92 Dwyane Wade (43) Udonis Haslem (11) Dwyane Wade, Shawn Marion (6) US Airways Center 18,422 8–8 17 November 29 @ L.A. Clippers L 96–97 Dwyane Wade (26) Shawn Marion (9) Dwyane Wade (11) Staples Center 16,245 8–9
December: 9–4 (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 1 @ Golden State W 130–129 (OT) Dwyane Wade (37) Shawn Marion (15) Dwyane Wade (13) Oracle Arena 18,723 9–9 19 December 3 @ Utah W 93–89 Dwyane Wade (23) Udonis Haslem (13) Chris Quinn (6) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 10–9 20 December 6 Oklahoma City W 105–99 Dwyane Wade (38) Udonis Haslem (14) Dwyane Wade (7) American Airlines Arena 17,585 11–9 21 December 8 Charlotte W 100–96 Dwyane Wade (41) Udonis Haslem (9) Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (3) American Airlines Arena 15,024 12–9 22 December 12 Atlanta L 73–87 Dwyane Wade (21) Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem (8) Chris Quinn, Dwyane Wade (3) American Airlines Arena 19,600 12–10 23 December 14 @ Memphis L 86–102 Michael Beasley (20) Shawn Marion, Joel Anthony (13) Dwyane Wade (5) FedExForum 12,271 12–11 24 December 15 Milwaukee L 83–98 Mario Chalmers (20) Mario Chalmers (7) Mario Chalmers, Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 15,029 12–12 25 December 19 L.A. Lakers W 89–87 Dwyane Wade (35) Shawn Marion (11) Mario Chalmers (4) American Airlines Arena 19,600 13–12 26 December 20 @ New Jersey W 106–103 Dwyane Wade (43) Udonis Haslem, Joel Anthony (7) Mario Chalmers (7) Izod Center 14,139 14–12 27 December 23 Golden State W 96–88 Dwyane Wade (32) Shawn Marion (16) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 17,862 15–12 28 December 26 Chicago W 90–77 Dwyane Wade (28) Udonis Haslem (14) Mario Chalmers (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 16–12 29 December 28 @ Cleveland L 86–93 Dwyane Wade (29) Shawn Marion (10) Dwyane Wade (8) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 16–13 30 December 30 Cleveland W 104–95 Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (21) Shawn Marion (11) Dwyane Wade (12) American Airlines Arena 19,600 17–13
January: 8–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 2 @ Orlando L 76–86 Dwyane Wade (33) Udonis Haslem, Shawn Marion (8) Dwyane Wade (6) Amway Arena 17,461 17–14 32 January 3 New Jersey W 101–96 (OT) Dwyane Wade (29) Udonis Haslem (13) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 18–14 33 January 5 San Antonio L 84–91 Dwyane Wade (24) Michael Beasley (12) Dwyane Wade (12) American Airlines Arena 19,600 18–15 34 January 7 @ Denver L 97–108 Dwyane Wade (31) Shawn Marion (13) Mario Chalmers (7) Pepsi Center 15,459 18–16 35 January 9 @ Sacramento W 119–115 (OT) Dwyane Wade (41) Michael Beasley (10) Dwyane Wade (7) ARCO Arena 12,587 19–16 36 January 11 @ L.A. Lakers L 105–108 Dwyane Wade (27) Shawn Marion (8) Dwyane Wade (9) Staples Center 18,997 19–17 37 January 13 @ Minnesota W 99–96 Dwyane Wade (31) Shawn Marion (11) Dwyane Wade (8) Target Center 10,856 20–17 38 January 14 @ Milwaukee W 102–99 Daequan Cook (24) Shawn Marion (10) Dwyane Wade (13) Bradley Center 15,271 21–17 39 January 17 @ Houston L 86–93 Dwyane Wade (29) Shawn Marion (10) Dwyane Wade (9) Toyota Center 18,369 21–18 40 January 18 @ Oklahoma City W 104–94 Dwyane Wade (32) Udonis Haslem (15) Dwyane Wade (10) Ford Center 19,136 22–18 41 January 21 Boston L 83–98 Dwyane Wade (25) Michael Beasley (11) Mario Chalmers (7) American Airlines Arena 19,600 22–19 42 January 24 Orlando W 103–97 Dwyane Wade (27) Dwyane Wade (8) Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 23–19 43 January 26 Atlanta W 95–79 Dwyane Wade (35) Udonis Haslem (13) Mario Chalmers (6) American Airlines Arena 18,103 24–19 44 January 28 Washington W 93–71 Michael Beasley, Daequan Cook (16) Joel Anthony, Dwyane Wade (9) Dwyane Wade (9) American Airlines Arena 16,424 25–19 45 January 30 @ Indiana L 103–114 Dwyane Wade (24) Michael Beasley (11) Chris Quinn, Mario Chalmers (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 14,031 25–20 46 January 31 Dallas L 96–111 Dwyane Wade (30) Michael Beasley (10) Chris Quinn (4) American Airlines Arena 19,600 25–21
February: 6–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 2 L.A. Clippers W 119–95 Dwyane Wade (32) Michael Beasley, Udonis Haslem, Shawn Marion, Joel Anthony (7) Dwyane Wade (9) American Airlines Arena 15,985 26–21 48 February 4 @ Detroit L 90–93 Dwyane Wade (29) Udonis Haslem (10) Dwyane Wade (13) The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,720 26–22 49 February 7 @ Philadelphia L 84–94 Dwyane Wade (21) Udonis Haslem (9) Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (7) Wachovia Center 17,216 26–23 50 February 8 Charlotte W 96–92 Dwyane Wade (22) Shawn Marion (10) Mario Chalmers (13) American Airlines Arena 17,656 27–23 51 February 10 Denver L 82–99 Dwyane Wade (33) Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (7) Mario Chalmers (5) American Airlines Arena 16,784 27–24 52 February 12 @ Chicago W 95–93 Dwyane Wade (24) Shawn Marion, Udonis Haslem, Michael Beasley (7) Dwyane Wade (7) United Center 21,801 28–24 53 February 18 Minnesota L 104–111 Dwyane Wade (37) Udonis Haslem (6) Dwyane Wade (12) American Airlines Arena 17,525 28–25 54 February 21 Philadelphia W 97–91 Dwyane Wade (25) Jermaine O'Neal, Udonis Haslem (10) Dwyane Wade (9) American Airlines Arena 19,600 29–25 55 February 22 @ Orlando L 99–122 Dwyane Wade (50) Udonis Haslem (8) Dwyane Wade (5) Amway Arena 17,461 29–26 56 February 24 Detroit W 103–91 Dwyane Wade (31) Udonis Haslem (11) Dwyane Wade (16) American Airlines Arena 19,600 30–26 57 February 27 @ Atlanta L 83–91 Michael Beasley (23) Udonis Haslem, Jermaine O'Neal (11) Dwyane Wade (10) Philips Arena 19,157 30–27 58 February 28 New York W 120–115 Dwyane Wade (46) Jamario Moon (12) Dwyane Wade (10) American Airlines Arena 19,600 31–27
March: 8–8 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–6) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 2 Cleveland L 100–107 Dwyane Wade (41) Udonis Haslem (9) Dwyane Wade (9) American Airlines Arena 19,600 31–28 60 March 4 Phoenix W 135–129 Dwyane Wade (35) Michael Beasley (9) Dwyane Wade (16) American Airlines Arena 19,600 32–28 61 March 6 @ Toronto W 108–102 Dwyane Wade (42) Jermaine O'Neal (8) Dwyane Wade (8) Air Canada Centre 19,800 33–28 62 March 7 @ Cleveland L 89–99 Dwyane Wade (25) Dwyane Wade (8) Dwyane Wade (12) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 33–29 63 March 9 Chicago W 130–127 (2OT) Dwyane Wade (48) Udonis Haslem (8) Dwyane Wade (12) American Airlines Arena 19,600 34–29 64 March 11 Boston W 107–99 Dwyane Wade (32) Jamario Moon (8) Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers (7) American Airlines Arena 19,600 35–29 65 March 14 Utah W 140–129 (3OT) Dwyane Wade (50) Udonis Haslem (12) Dwyane Wade (9) American Airlines Arena 19,600 36–29 66 March 15 @ Philadelphia L 77–85 Jermaine O'Neal (20) Udonis Haslem (11) Jamario Moon (6) Wachovia Center 20,100 36–30 67 March 18 @ Boston L 108–112 (OT) Michael Beasley (21) Michael Beasley (7) Mario Chalmers (9) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 36–31 68 March 20 @ New Jersey L 88–96 Dwyane Wade (27) Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem (8) Dwyane Wade (6) Izod Center 18,108 36–32 69 March 22 @ Detroit W 101–96 Dwyane Wade (39) Jamario Moon, Udonis Haslem (6) Mario Chalmers (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 37–32 70 March 23 Memphis W 94–82 Dwyane Wade (27) Jamaal Magloire (12) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 18,654 38–32 71 March 25 @ Indiana L 88–90 Dwyane Wade (21) Udonis Haslem (14) Dwyane Wade (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 17,117 38–33 72 March 26 @ Chicago L 87–106 Dwyane Wade (31) Udonis Haslem (6) Luther Head, Mario Chalmers (5) United Center 21,908 38–34 73 March 28 Milwaukee W 102–85 Dwyane Wade (27) Udonis Haslem (12) Dwyane Wade (7) American Airlines Arena 18,108 39–34 74 March 30 Orlando L 95–101 Dwyane Wade (42) Jamaal Magloire (8) Mario Chalmers (7) American Airlines Arena 19,600 39–35
April: 4–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 @ Dallas L 96–98 Dwyane Wade (23) Jermaine O'Neal, Udonis Haslem (7) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Center 20,021 39–36 76 April 3 @ Charlotte W 97–92 Dwyane Wade (27) Daequan Cook (7) Dwyane Wade (10) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,568 40–36 77 April 4 @ Washington W 118–104 Dwyane Wade (33) Jermaine O'Neal, Jamaal Magloire (6) Dwyane Wade (8) Verizon Center 20,173 41–36 78 April 7 New Orleans L 87–93 (OT) Dwyane Wade (32) Jamaal Magloire (10) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 41–37 79 April 10 @ Boston L 98–105 Dwyane Wade (31) Michael Beasley (13) Dwyane Wade (9) TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 41–38 80 April 12 New York W 122–105 Dwyane Wade (55) Michael Beasley (16) Mario Chalmers (9) American Airlines Arena 19,600 42–38 81 April 14 @ Atlanta L 79–81 Michael Beasley (23) Michael Beasley (13) Chris Quinn (7) Philips Arena 42-39 82 April 15 Detroit W 102–96 (OT) Chris Quinn (26) Dorell Wright (10) Mario Chalmers (10) American Airlines Arena 43-39
2008–09 season schedule

Playoffs

The Miami Heat returned to the playoffs as the 5th seed in the Eastern Conference after a 15-67 season in 2007–08 matched up against the Atlanta Hawks who in 07-08 as the eighth seed took the champion Boston Celtics to 7 games in a first round series after being predicted by many not even to win a game.

First Round: (5) Miami Heat vs. (4) Atlanta Hawks

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (MIA-ATL)	Venue	TV	Recap
1	April 19	Miami	64	Atlanta	90	0-1	Philips Arena, Atlanta	TNT	1
2	April 22	Miami	108	Atlanta	93	1-1	Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia	TNT	2
3	April 25	Atlanta	78	Miami	107	2-1	American Airlines Arena, Miami	TNT	3
4	April 27	Atlanta	81	Miami	71	2-2	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida	ESPN	4
5	April 29	Miami	91	Atlanta	106	2-3	Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia	TNT	5
6	May 1	Atlanta	72	Miami	98	3-3	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida	ESPN	6
7	May 3	Miami	78	Atlanta	91	3–4	Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia	ABC	7
Atlanta wins series 4–3

Transactions

Trades

The Heat traded Shawn Marion, Marcus Banks, and cash to the Toronto Raptors for Jermaine O'Neal, Jamario Moon, and a $4 Million trade exception on February 13, 2009.

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Shaun Livingston	October 3	LA Clippers
Subtractions Player Left New team Ricky Davis July 28 LA Clippers Jason Williams August 7 LA Clippers References