the Miami Sports Dude

Time to put away D-Wade’s Skills Challenge trophy and Jason Kapono’s 3-point contest trophy and get ready for the second half.

The least-important member of the Miami Heat – according to Dan Le Batard – returns to the sidelines tonight against the very good and very underrated Houston Rockets. Head Coach Pat Riley.

Tracy McGrady is a Rocket. So is Yao Ming. But Ming is expected to miss another 2-3 weeks because of a fractured bone under his right knee. Houston is currently 5th overall in the west and are 10 1/2 games off the pace in the Southwest Division. Houston won the first meeting this year but enter tonight having lost 4 of their last 6 at home against the Heat.

The Heat enter tonight’s game at .500 and The Selfish And Convenient Pat Riley is challenging Shaq to step it up.

Time to get this season started for real.

Miami Heat (26-26) at Houston Rockets (33-19), 9 p.m. TV: ESPN

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