2008–09 Miami Heat season explained

Team:	Miami Heat
End Year:	2009
Wins:	43
Losses:	39
Division:	Southeast
Division Place:	3
Conf Place:	5
Coach:	Erik Spoelstra
President:	Pat Riley
Owner:	Micky Arison
Arena:	American Airlines Arena
Television:	Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports
Radio:	WIOD
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Hawks 3–4)
Bbr Team:	MIA

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

Following a disastrous 15–67 season, Pat Riley resigned as head coach, and assistant coach Erik Spoelstra was promoted to become the new head coach; he was the youngest NBA head coach at the time of his hiring.^[1] With a healthy Dwyane Wade back in the lineup, the Heat greatly improved on their regular season record and returned to the playoffs, but were eliminated in the first round to the Atlanta Hawks in seven games, all of which were decided by double-digit margins.

Key dates

• June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1: The free agency period started.
• 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

See main article: 2008 NBA draft.

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

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

2008-09 NBA Records
width=100	Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	OKC	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Boston	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Charlotte	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Dallas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Golden State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Indiana	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
L.A. Clippers	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Memphis	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Miami	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Milwaukee	1–3	1–2	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	—	0–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–3	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–0
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	0—0	0—0	0—0	0—0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
New Jersey	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	0—0	0—0
New Orleans	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Oklahoma City	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Orlando	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Philadelphia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0
Phoenix	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0
Portland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0—0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
Toronto	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0
Washington	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 29| @ New York| L 115–120| Dwyane Wade (26)| Shawn Marion (11)| Dwyane Wade (9)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 31| Sacramento| W 103–77| Dwyane Wade (20)| Shawn Marion (10)| Dwyane Wade (8)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 1–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| November 1| @ Charlotte| L 87–100| Michael Beasley (25)| Shawn Marion (8)| Mario Chalmers (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,238| 1–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| November 5| Philadelphia| W 106–83| Dwyane Wade (29)| Michael Beasley (9)| Wade, Chalmers (6)| American Airlines Arena
15,103| 2–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5| November 7| @ San Antonio| W 99–83| Dwyane Wade (33)| Wade, Haslem (10)| Dwyane Wade (9)| AT&T Center
17,387| 3–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| November 8| @ New Orleans| L 89–100| Dwyane Wade (30)| Shawn Marion (8)| Dwyane Wade (10)| New Orleans Arena
17,701| 3–3|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 7| November 10| New Jersey| W 99–94| Dwyane Wade (33)| Udonis Haslem (8)| Dwyane Wade (5)| American Airlines Arena
15,028| 4–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| November 12| Portland| L 96–104| Dwyane Wade (36)| Udonis Haslem (11)| Dwyane Wade (8)| American Airlines Arena
15,021| 4–4|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 9| November 14| Washington| W 97–77| Dwyane Wade (24)| Udonis Haslem (13)| Mario Chalmers (7)| American Airlines Arena
15,284| 5–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 10| November 16| @ Toronto| L 96–107| Dwyane Wade (29)| Udonis Haslem (10)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 5–5|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 11| November 18| @ Washington| W 94–87| Dwyane Wade (19)| Udonis Haslem (11)| Dwyane Wade (10)| Verizon Center
15,102| 6–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 12| November 19| Toronto| L 95–101| Dwyane Wade (40)| Shawn Marion (14)| Dwyane Wade (11)| American Airlines Arena
15,014| 6–6|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 13| November 22| Indiana| W 109–100| Dwyane Wade (38)| Shawn Marion (9)| Dwyane Wade (8)| American Airlines Arena
18,685| 7–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 14| November 24| Houston| L 98–107| Wade, Chalmers (23)| Joel Anthony (8)| Mario Chalmers (6)| American Airlines Arena
18,704| 7–7|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 15| November 26| @ Portland| L 68–106| Michael Beasley (14)| Wade, Haslem (6)| Dwyane Wade (6)| Rose Garden
20,528| 7–8|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 16| November 28| @ Phoenix| W 107–92| Dwyane Wade (43)| Udonis Haslem (11)| Wade, Marion (6)| US Airways Center
18,422| 8–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 17| November 29| @ L.A. Clippers| L 96–97| Dwyane Wade (26)| Shawn Marion (9)| Dwyane Wade (11)| Staples Center
16,245| 8–9

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 18| December 1| @ Golden State| W 130–129 (OT)| Dwyane Wade (37)| Shawn Marion (15)| Dwyane Wade (13)| Oracle Arena
18,723| 9–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 19| December 3| @ Utah| W 93–89| Dwyane Wade (23)| Udonis Haslem (13)| Chris Quinn (6)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 10–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 20| December 6| Oklahoma City| W 105–99| Dwyane Wade (38)| Udonis Haslem (14)| Dwyane Wade (7)| American Airlines Arena
17,585| 11–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 21| December 8| Charlotte| | Dwyane Wade (41)| Udonis Haslem (9)| Wade, Chalmers (3)| American Airlines Arena
15,024| 12–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 22| December 12| Atlanta| | Dwyane Wade (21)| Wade, Haslem (8)| Quinn, Wade (3)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 12–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 23| December 14| @ Memphis| | Michael Beasley (20)| Marion, Anthony (13)| Dwyane Wade (5)| FedExForum
12,271| 12–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 15| Milwaukee| | Mario Chalmers (20)| Mario Chalmers (7)| Chalmers, Wade (8)| American Airlines Arena
15,029| 12–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 25| December 19| L.A. Lakers| | Dwyane Wade (35)| Shawn Marion (11)| Mario Chalmers (4)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 13–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 26| December 20| @ New Jersey| | Dwyane Wade (43)| Haslem, Anthony (7)| Mario Chalmers (7)| Izod Center
14,139| 14–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 27| December 23| Golden State| | Dwyane Wade (32)| Shawn Marion (16)| Dwyane Wade (8)| American Airlines Arena
17,862| 15–12|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 28| December 26| Chicago| | Dwyane Wade (28)| Udonis Haslem (14)| Mario Chalmers (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 16–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 29| December 28| @ Cleveland| | Dwyane Wade (29)| Shawn Marion (10)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 16–13|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 30| December 30| Cleveland| | Wade, Chalmers (21)| Shawn Marion (11)| Dwyane Wade (12)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 17–13

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 31| January 2| @ Orlando| | Dwyane Wade (33)| Haslem, Marion (8)| Dwyane Wade (6)| Amway Arena
17,461| 17–14|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 32| January 3| New Jersey| | Dwyane Wade (29)| Udonis Haslem (13)| Dwyane Wade (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 18–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 33| January 5| San Antonio| | Dwyane Wade (24)| Michael Beasley (12)| Dwyane Wade (12)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 18–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 34| January 7| @ Denver| | Dwyane Wade (31)| Shawn Marion (13)| Mario Chalmers (7)| Pepsi Center
15,459| 18–16|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 35| January 9| @ Sacramento| | Dwyane Wade (41)| Michael Beasley (10)| Dwyane Wade (7)| ARCO Arena
12,587| 19–16|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 36| January 11| @ L.A. Lakers| | Dwyane Wade (27)| Shawn Marion (8)| Dwyane Wade (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 19–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 37| January 13| @ Minnesota| | Dwyane Wade (31)| Shawn Marion (11)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Target Center
10,856| 20–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 38| January 14| @ Milwaukee| | Daequan Cook (24)| Shawn Marion (10)| Dwyane Wade (13)| Bradley Center
15,271| 21–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 39| January 17| @ Houston| | Dwyane Wade (29)| Shawn Marion (10)| Dwyane Wade (9)| Toyota Center
18,369| 21–18|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 40| January 18| @ Oklahoma City| | Dwyane Wade (32)| Udonis Haslem (15)| Dwyane Wade (10)| Ford Center
19,136| 22–18|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 41| January 21| Boston| | Dwyane Wade (25)| Michael Beasley (11)| Mario Chalmers (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 22–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 42| January 24| Orlando| | Dwyane Wade (27)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Wade, Chalmers (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 23–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 43| January 26| Atlanta| | Dwyane Wade (35)| Udonis Haslem (13)| Mario Chalmers (6)| American Airlines Arena
18,103| 24–19|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 44| January 28| Washington| | Beasley, Cook (16)| Anthony, Wade (9)| Dwyane Wade (9)| American Airlines Arena
16,424| 25–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 45| January 30| @ Indiana| | Dwyane Wade (24)| Michael Beasley (11)| Quinn, Chalmers (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse
14,031| 25–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 46| January 31| Dallas| | Dwyane Wade (30)| Michael Beasley (10)| Chris Quinn (4)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 25–21

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 47| February 2| L.A. Clippers| | Dwyane Wade (32)| Beasley, Haslem, Marion, Anthony (7)| Dwyane Wade (9)| American Airlines Arena
15,985| 26–21|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| February 4| @ Detroit| | Dwyane Wade (29)| Udonis Haslem (10)| Dwyane Wade (13)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
21,720| 26–22|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 49| February 7| @ Philadelphia| | Dwyane Wade (21)| Udonis Haslem (9)| Wade, Chalmers (7)| Wachovia Center
17,216| 26–23|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 50| February 8| Charlotte| | Dwyane Wade (22)| Shawn Marion (10)| Mario Chalmers (13)| American Airlines Arena
17,656| 27–23|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 51| February 10| Denver| | Dwyane Wade (33)| Wade, Chalmers (7)| Mario Chalmers (5)| American Airlines Arena
16,784| 27–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 52| February 12| @ Chicago| | Dwyane Wade (24)| Marion, Haslem, Beasley (7)| Dwyane Wade (7)| United Center
21,801| 28–24|- style="text-align:center;"| colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 53| February 18| Minnesota| | Dwyane Wade (37)| Udonis Haslem (6)| Dwyane Wade (12)| American Airlines Arena
17,525| 28–25|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 54| February 21| Philadelphia| | Dwyane Wade (25)| O'Neal, Haslem (10)| Dwyane Wade (9)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 29–25|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 55| February 22| @ Orlando| | Dwyane Wade (50)| Udonis Haslem (8)| Dwyane Wade (5)| Amway Arena
17,461| 29–26|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 56| February 24| Detroit| | Dwyane Wade (31)| Udonis Haslem (11)| Dwyane Wade (16)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 30–26|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 57| February 27| @ Atlanta| | Michael Beasley (23)| Haslem, O'Neal (11)| Dwyane Wade (10)| Philips Arena
19,157| 30–27|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 58| February 28| New York| | Dwyane Wade (46)| Jamario Moon (12)| Dwyane Wade (10)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 31–27

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 59| March 2| Cleveland| | Dwyane Wade (41)| Udonis Haslem (9)| Dwyane Wade (9)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 31–28|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 60| March 4| Phoenix| | Dwyane Wade (35)| Michael Beasley (9)| Dwyane Wade (16)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 32–28|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 61| March 6| @ Toronto| | Dwyane Wade (42)| Jermaine O'Neal (8)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 33–28|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 62| March 7| @ Cleveland| | Dwyane Wade (25)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Dwyane Wade (12)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 33–29|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 63| March 9| Chicago| | Dwyane Wade (48)| Udonis Haslem (8)| Dwyane Wade (12)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 34–29|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 64| March 11| Boston| | Dwyane Wade (32)| Jamario Moon (8)| Wade, Chalmers (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 35–29|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 65| March 14| Utah| | Dwyane Wade (50)| Udonis Haslem (12)| Dwyane Wade (9)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 36–29|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 66| March 15| @ Philadelphia| | Jermaine O'Neal (20)| Udonis Haslem (11)| Jamario Moon (6)| Wachovia Center
20,100| 36–30|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 67| March 18| @ Boston| | Michael Beasley (21)| Michael Beasley (7)| Mario Chalmers (9)| TD Banknorth Garden
18,624| 36–31|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 20| @ New Jersey| | Dwyane Wade (27)| Wade, Haslem (8)| Dwyane Wade (6)| Izod Center
18,108| 36–32|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 69| March 22| @ Detroit| | Dwyane Wade (39)| Moon, Haslem (6)| Mario Chalmers (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 37–32|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 70| March 23| Memphis| | Dwyane Wade (27)| Jamaal Magloire (12)| Dwyane Wade (8)| American Airlines Arena
18,654| 38–32|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71| March 25| @ Indiana| | Dwyane Wade (21)| Udonis Haslem (14)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Conseco Fieldhouse
17,117| 38–33|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 72| March 26| @ Chicago| | Dwyane Wade (31)| Udonis Haslem (6)| Head, Chalmers (5)| United Center
21,908| 38–34|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 73| March 28| Milwaukee| | Dwyane Wade (27)| Udonis Haslem (12)| Dwyane Wade (7)| American Airlines Arena
18,108| 39–34|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 74| March 30| Orlando| | Dwyane Wade (42)| Jamaal Magloire (8)| Mario Chalmers (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 39–35

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 75| April 1| @ Dallas| | Dwyane Wade (23)| O'Neal, Haslem (7)| Dwyane Wade (6)| American Airlines Center
20,021| 39–36|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 76| April 3| @ Charlotte| | Dwyane Wade (27)| Daequan Cook (7)| Dwyane Wade (10)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,568| 40–36|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 77| April 4| @ Washington| | Dwyane Wade (33)| O'Neal, Magloire (6)| Dwyane Wade (8)| Verizon Center
20,173| 41–36|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 78| April 7| New Orleans| | Dwyane Wade (32)| Jamaal Magloire (10)| Dwyane Wade (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 41–37|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 79| April 10| @ Boston| | Dwyane Wade (31)| Michael Beasley (13)| Dwyane Wade (9)| TD Banknorth Garden
18,624| 41–38|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 80| April 12| New York| | Dwyane Wade (55)| Michael Beasley (16)| Mario Chalmers (9)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 42–38|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 81| April 14| @ Atlanta| | Michael Beasley (23)| Michael Beasley (13)| Chris Quinn (7)| Philips Arena
18,179| 42–39|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 82| April 15| Detroit| | Chris Quinn (26)| Dorell Wright (10)| Mario Chalmers (10)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 43–39

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 19| @ Atlanta| L 64–90| Dwyane Wade (19)| Michael Beasley (10)| Dwyane Wade (5)| Philips Arena
18,851| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| April 22| @ Atlanta| W 108–93| Dwyane Wade (33)| Udonis Haslem (8)| Chalmers, Wade (7)| Philips Arena
19,146| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| April 25| Atlanta| W 107–78| Dwyane Wade (29)| Udonis Haslem (13)| Dwyane Wade (8)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| April 27| Atlanta| L 71–81| Dwyane Wade (22)| Udonis Haslem (9)| Dwyane Wade (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| April 29| @ Atlanta| L 91–106| Dwyane Wade (29)| Udonis Haslem (8)| Mario Chalmers (6)| Philips Arena
19,051| 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 6| May 1| Atlanta| W 98–72| Dwyane Wade (41)| Michael Beasley (15)| Mario Chalmers (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| May 3| @ Atlanta| L 78–91| Dwyane Wade (31)| Udonis Haslem (13)| Chalmers, Wade (4)| Philips Arena
18,864| 3–4|-

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	PG	82	82	2,626	228	403	160	8	818	32.0	2.8	4.9	2.0	.1	10.0
	PF	81	19	2,009	439	83	41	37	1,123	24.8	5.4	1.0	.5	.5	13.9
	SG	79	79	3,048	398	589	173	106	2,386	38.6	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	30.2
	PF	75	75	2,560	618	85	43	25	794	34.1	8.2	1.1	.6	.3	10.6
	SF	75	4	1,833	189	71	39	10	686	24.4	2.5	.9	.5	.1	9.1
	PG	66	0	962	75	132	24	2	339	14.6	1.1	2.0	.4	.0	5.1
	C	65	28	1,048	197	27	20	93	144	16.1	3.0	.4	.3	1.4	2.2
	SF	63	21	851	82	27	13	6	213	13.5	1.3	.4	.2	.1	3.4
	C	55	12	709	222	22	11	25	159	12.9	4.0	.4	.2	.5	2.9
^†	SF	42	41	1,516	365	77	57	45	505	36.1	8.7	1.8	1.4	1.1	12.0
	SF	40	1	630	62	20	12	14	169	15.8	1.6	.5	.3	.4	4.2
^†	C	27	27	811	145	55	11	54	350	30.0	5.4	2.0	.4	2.0	13.0
^†	SF	26	21	689	116	25	21	16	184	26.5	4.5	1.0	.8	.6	7.1
	C	20	0	207	41	4	1	7	79	10.4	2.1	.2	.1	.4	4.0
^†	PG	16	0	166	15	22	10	2	42	10.4	.9	1.4	.6	.1	2.6
^†	SG	10	0	176	25	23	11	1	43	17.6	2.5	2.3	1.1	.1	4.3
	SF	6	0	73	20	2	2	0	18	12.2	3.3	.3	.3	.0	3.0
^†	PG	4	0	41	2	4	2	0	9	10.3	.5	1.0	.5	.0	2.3

Playoffs

Player
	SG	7	7	285	35	37	6	11	204	40.7	5.0	5.3	.9	1.6	29.1
	SF	7	7	235	16	5	3	1	67	33.6	2.3	.7	.4	.1	9.6
	PG	7	7	231	19	31	20	1	51	33.0	2.7	4.4	2.9	.1	7.3
	PF	7	7	204	61	3	3	3	59	29.1	8.7	.4	.4	.4	8.4
	PF	7	0	178	51	7	2	7	85	25.4	7.3	1.0	.3	1.0	12.1
	SF	7	0	161	17	4	2	0	37	23.0	2.4	.6	.3	.0	5.3
	C	6	5	162	27	9	3	9	80	27.0	4.5	1.5	.5	1.5	13.3
	C	6	2	88	19	2	0	7	10	14.7	3.2	.3	.0	1.2	1.7
	C	6	0	47	11	1	0	0	2	7.8	1.8	.2	.0	.0	.3
	PG	5	0	24	1	5	2	0	8	4.8	.2	1.0	.4	.0	1.6
	SF	5	0	21	5	0	1	0	2	4.2	1.0	.0	.2	.0	.4
	SF	3	0	40	9	1	1	1	12	13.3	3.0	.3	.3	.3	4.0
	SF	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

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	Los Angeles Clippers

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Ricky Davis	July 28	Los Angeles Clippers
Jason Williams	August 7	Los Angeles Clippers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Riley Resigns as Heat Coach; Erik Spoelstra To Take Over. nysun.com. Associated Press. 29 April 2008.