Like Pat Riley said, it's the best Miami Heat team he's ever put together and I agree with him. I always called him the Mini-Jerry West.


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I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
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Married to the Mob.
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throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
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I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
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