Heat roster
BY MARK COOPER World Sports Writer
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
6/12/12 at 8:46 AM
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PROJECTED STARTERS
Mario Chalmers
Position: Point guard
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190
Regular-season statistics: 9.8 ppg, 3.5 apg
Chalmers is one of Miami's more prominent threats from 3-point range. In each of two playoff victories over Boston, Games 2 and 6, he connected on three 3-pointers.
Dwyane Wade
Position: Shooting guard
Height: 6-4
Weight: 220
Regular-season statistics: 22.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Wade averaged at least 21 points in each of the Heat's three series wins. Since having his knee drained before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Indiana, he has averaged 24.9 points her game.
LeBron James
Position: Small forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 250
Regular-season statistics: 27.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 6.2 apg
The NBA's most valuable player has elevated his game as the playoffs have progressed. His scoring average increased from 27.8 (against New York) to 30.0 (against Indiana) to 33.6 (against Boston).
Udonis Haslem
Position: Power forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 235
Regular-season statistics: 6.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg
Haslem helped turn around Miami's fortunes in its series against Indiana, scoring 14 points in the Heat's crucial Game 4 win.
Chris Bosh
Position: Power forward
Height: 6-11
Weight: 235
Regular-season statistics: 18 ppg, 7.9 rpg
Returning from an abdominal injury for the final three games of the Heat's series against Boston, Bosh re-established his rhythm in Game 7, scoring 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Without him, Miami was 5-4 in the playoffs.
RESERVES
Joel Anthony
Position: Center
Height: 6-9
Weight: 245
Regular-season statistics: 3.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Anthony started in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against Boston, but did not play at all in Games 5 and 7. In Game 6, he got only four minutes.
Shane Battier
Position: Small Forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 225
Regular-season statistics: 4.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg
After averaging only 23.1 minutes per game during the regular season, he got an average of 36.8 during the Boston series.
Norris Cole
Position: Shooting Guard
Height: 6-2
Weight: 175
Regular-season statistics: 6.8 ppg, 2.0 apg
Cole has gone from a regular-season average of 19.4 minutes per game to a postseason average of 8.4.
Eddy Curry
Position: Center
Height: 7-0
Weight: 295
Regular-season statistics: 2.1 ppg, 0.9 rpg
A former all-star, Curry played in 14 regular-season games and has not seen the floor in the playoffs.
Terrel Harris
Position: Shooting guard
Height: 6-4
Weight: 190
Regular-season statistics: 3.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg
The former Oklahoma State Cowboy has gotten playing time in three playoff games.
Juwan Howard
Position: Power forward
Height: 6-9
Weight: 250
Regular-season statistics: 1.5 ppg, 1.7 rpg
At 39, Howard has not played more than five minutes in any game.
James Jones
Position: Small forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 215
Regular-season statistics: 3.6 ppg, 1.0 rpg
During the regular season, Jones shot 40.4 percent from 3-point range. During the playoffs, 28 percent.
Mike Miller
Position: Small forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 210
Regular-season statistics: 6.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Miami's best 3-point shooter. Miller was 6-of-12 in the first three games of the Boston series, but just 1-of-10 in the last four games.
Dexter Pittman
Position: Center
Height: 6-11
Weight: 285
Regular-season statistics: 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Pittman became infamous for his flagrant elbowing of Indiana's Lance Stephenson during the Eastern Conference semifinals.
