2004–05 Miami Heat season

The 2004–05 NBA season was the 17th season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. The Heat entered the season with high expectations following the acquisition of All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal from the Los Angeles Lakers, plus signing free agents Christian Laettner, three-point specialist Damon Jones, and Shandon Anderson. O'Neal was traded away from the Lakers following recurrence of bad blood with former teammate Kobe Bryant. Despite their numerous conflicts during their 8 years as teammates, the duo led the Lakers to 3-straight championship titles from 2000 to 2002. The team played solid basketball posting a 14-game winning streak between December and January winning 25 of their first 32 games, then winning twelve straight between February and March. At midseason, the team re-signed free agent All-Star center Alonzo Mourning, and re-acquired former Heat guard Steve Smith from the expansion Charlotte Bobcats. The Heat finished in first place in both their division and conference with a 59–23 record, which was the franchise's best since 1996–97.

2004–05 Miami Heat season
Division champions
Head coach	Stan Van Gundy
General manager	Randy Pfund
President	Pat Riley
Owner(s)	Micky Arison
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	59–23 (.720)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eastern Conference Finals (lost to Pistons 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Sunshine Network/Sun Sports
Radio	WIOD

Second-year star Dwyane Wade led the Heat in scoring averaging 24.1 points per game, while O'Neal finished second on the team in scoring with 22.9 points per game. Both players were selected to play in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game at Denver, which marked Wade's first All-Star appearance.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Heat swept the New Jersey Nets in four straight games, then swept the Washington Wizards in four straight in the semi-finals. However, the Heat were eventually eliminated in seven games during the Eastern Conference finals by the 2nd-seeded, and defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons. The Wade and Shaq-led Heat were expected by many to face the Spurs in the Finals (They would eventually meet 8 years later). Following the season, Eddie Jones was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, Damon Jones signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Laettner and Smith both retired.

This was the first and last time the Heat would be eliminated in the Conference Finals until 2022.

Key dates

• June 24 - The 2004 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 - The free agency period started.
• July 14 - The Heat traded Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant and a 2006 first round draft pick (Jordan Farmar) to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal.
• October 5 - The Heat played their first preseason game on the road against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center.
• October 27 - The Heat's regular season began with an away game versus the New Jersey Nets at the Continental Airlines Arena.

Offseason

2004 NBA draft

Main article: 2004 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	19	Dorell Wright	Forward	United States	South Kent Prep HS (CT)
2	47	Pape Sow	Forward	Senegal	Cal State Fullerton
2	53	Matt Freije	Forward	United States	Vanderbilt

Free agency

Additions

Re-signings:

• Rasual Butler

Signings:

• Michael Doleac (from Denver)
• Keyon Dooling (from L.A. Clippers)
• Damon Jones (from Milwaukee)
• Christian Laettner (from Golden State)
• Wesley Person (from Atlanta)

Trades:

• Shaquille O'Neal (from L.A. Lakers)

Subtractions

Free agents:

• Rafer Alston (to Toronto)
• Samaki Walker (to Washington)

Trades:

• Caron Butler (to L.A. Lakers)
• Brian Grant (to L.A. Lakers)
• Lamar Odom (to L.A. Lakers)

Expansion draft:

• Loren Woods (to Charlotte)

Roster

2004–05 Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SF 49 Anderson, Shandon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1973-12-31 Georgia SF 45 Butler, Rasual 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1979-05-23 La Salle C 51 Doleac, Michael 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 262 lb (119 kg) 1977-06-15 Utah PG 5 Dooling, Keyon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1980-05-08 Missouri PF 40 Haslem, Udonis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980-06-09 Florida PG 19 Jones, Damon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1976-08-25 Houston SF 6 Jones, Eddie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1971-10-20 Temple PF 44 Laettner, Christian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1969-08-17 Duke C 33 Mourning, Alonzo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1970-02-08 Georgetown C 32 O'Neal, Shaquille 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 325 lb (147 kg) 1972-03-06 LSU SG 8 Smith, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1969-03-31 Michigan State SG 3 Wade, Dwyane 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982-01-17 Marquette SF 24 Woods, Qyntel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1981-02-16 Northeast Mississippi CC SF 1 Wright, Dorell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985-12-02 South Kent Prep HS (CT) C 16 Zhizhi, Wang 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 284 lb (129 kg) 1977-07-08 China

Head coach Stan Van Gundy Assistant coach(es) Keith Askins Bill Foran Bob McAdoo Ron Rothstein Erik Spoelstra Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: March 1, 2005

Pre-season

2004 Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (home: 3–0–0 ; road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Venue	Record	Recap
1	October 10	Miami Heat	75–85	Houston Rockets		Loss	Toyota Center	0–1
2	October 15	Orlando Magic	89–95	Miami Heat		Win	St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa, Florida)	1–1
3	October 16	Detroit Pistons	74–83	Miami Heat		Win	ALLTEL Arena (Little Rock, Arkansas)	2–1
4	October 18	Atlanta Hawks	82–92	Miami Heat		Win	American Airlines Arena	3–1
5	October 22	Miami Heat	113–82	Atlanta Hawks		Win	Philips Arena	4–1
6	October 26	Miami Heat	74–82	Charlotte Bobcats		Loss	Charlotte Coliseum	4–2
7	October 27	Miami Heat	103–109	Orlando Magic		Loss	TD Waterhouse Centre	4–3

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Miami Heat	59	23	.720	–	35–6	24–17	15–1	82
Washington Wizards	45	37	.549	14	29–12	16–25	10–6	82
Orlando Magic	36	46	.439	23	24–17	12–29	6–10	82
Charlotte Bobcats	18	64	.220	41	14–27	4–37	7–9	82
Atlanta Hawks	13	69	.159	46	9–32	4–37	2–14	82

Record vs. opponents

2004-05 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–4
Boston	3–1	–	4–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1
Charlotte	3–1	0–4	–	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–4
Chicago	4–0	2–2	4–0	–	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2
Cleveland	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	–	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2
Dallas	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	–	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Denver	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	–	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0
Detroit	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	–	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	–	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	4–0	0–3	2–0	–	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	–	0–3	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–2
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	3–0	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–2
Miami	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	2–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	–	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	3–1	1–1
New Jersey	3–0	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	–	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–3
New Orleans	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
New York	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	–	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–1
Orlando	3–1	0–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	–	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	–	1–3	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–2
Sacramento	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	–	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	–	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Seattle	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	–	2–0	3–1	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	1–3
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	–	0–2
Washington	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	—

Game log

2004–05 game log Total: – (Home: –; Road: –)
November Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 3 @New Jersey Nets 100–77 Continental Airlines Arena 1–0 2 November 4 Cleveland Cavaliers 92–86 AmericanAirlines 2–0 3 November 6 @Washington Wizards 118–106 MCI Center 3–0 4 November 9 Washington Wizards 103–93 4–0 5 November 11 Dallas Mavericks 93–113 AmericanAirlines Arena 4–1 6 November 12 @San Antonio Spurs 84–93 4–2 7 November 14 Milwaukee Bucks 112–110 AmericanAirlines Arena 5–2 8 November 16 @Minnesota Timberwolves 97–108 Target Center 5–3 9 November 17 @Milwaukee Bucks 113–106 Bradley Center 6–3 10 November 19 Utah Jazz 107–105 AmericanAirlines 7–3 11 November 21 Philadelphia 76ers 93–83 8–3 12 November 23 Portland Trail Blazers 87–99 8–4 13 November 24 @Atlanta Hawks 99–93 Philips Arena 9–4 14 November 26 @Detroit Pistons 77–78 The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–5 15 November 28 Boston Celtics 106–104 10–5 16 November 30 Toronto Raptors 92–94 AmericanAirlines Arena 10–6
December Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 3 @Chicago Bulls – United Center 18 December 4 @Denver Nuggets – Pepsi Center 19 December 6 @Utah Jazz – Delta Center 20 December 8 @Milwaukee Bucks – Bradley Center 21 December 10 Memphis Grizzlies – AmericanAirlines Arena 22 December 12 Toronto Raptors – Air Canada Centre 23 December 13 Washington Wizards – AmericanAirlines Arena 24 December 15 @Washington Wizards 98–93 MCI Center 25 December 17 Denver Nuggets 107–100 AmericanAirlines Arena 26 December 19 Orlando Magic 117–107 AmericanAirlines Arena 27 December 21 Boston Celtics 108–100 AmericanAirlines Arena 28 December 23 109–107 ARCO Arena 29 December 25 104–102 STAPLES Center 30 December 27 Atlanta Hawks 116–102 AmericanAirlines Arena 31 December 30 @Detroit Pistons 89–78 The Palace of Auburn Hills
2004–05 season schedule

Playoffs

2005 playoff game log
First Round: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 24 New Jersey W 116–98 Dwyane Wade (32) Haslem, O'Neal (11) Dwyane Wade (8) American Airlines Arena 20,212 1–0 2 April 26 New Jersey W 104–87 Alonzo Mourning (21) Shaquille O'Neal (10) Dwyane Wade (10) American Airlines Arena 20,276 2–0 3 April 28 @ New Jersey W 108–105 (2OT) Shaquille O'Neal (25) Udonis Haslem (19) Dwyane Wade (8) Continental Airlines Arena 20,174 3–0 4 May 1 @ New Jersey W 110–97 Dwyane Wade (34) Udonis Haslem (11) Dwyane Wade (9) Continental Airlines Arena 20,174 4–0
Conference Semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 8 Washington W 105–86 Dwyane Wade (20) Eddie Jones (8) Dwyane Wade (7) American Airlines Arena 20,151 1–0 2 May 10 Washington W 108–102 Dwyane Wade (31) Udonis Haslem (13) Dwyane Wade (15) American Airlines Arena 20,205 2–0 3 May 12 @ Washington W 102–95 Dwyane Wade (31) Alonzo Mourning (13) D. Jones, Wade (6) MCI Center 20,173 3–0 4 May 14 @ Washington W 99–95 Dwyane Wade (42) Udonis Haslem (13) Damon Jones (6) MCI Center 20,173 4–0
Conference Finals: 3–4 (home: 2–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 23 Detroit L 81–90 Eddie Jones (22) Eddie Jones (8) Damon Jones (5) American Airlines Arena 20,203 0–1 2 May 25 Detroit W 92–86 Dwyane Wade (40) Shaquille O'Neal (10) Dwyane Wade (6) American Airlines Arena 20,228 1–1 3 May 29 @ Detroit W 113–104 Dwyane Wade (36) D. Jones, Wade (7) D. Jones, O'Neal (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–1 4 May 31 @ Detroit L 96–106 Dwyane Wade (28) Eddie Jones (10) Dwyane Wade (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–2 5 June 2 Detroit W 88–76 Shaquille O'Neal (20) Udonis Haslem (13) Damon Jones (6) American Airlines Arena 20,225 3–2 6 June 4 @ Detroit L 66–91 Shaquille O'Neal (24) Shaquille O'Neal (13) Damon Jones (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 3–3 7 June 6 Detroit L 82–88 Shaquille O'Neal (27) Udonis Haslem (10) Dwyane Wade (4) American Airlines Arena 20,241 3–4
2005 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Damon Jones	PG	82	66	2,576	231	350	44	5	955	31.4	2.8	4.3	.5	.1	11.6
Eddie Jones	SF	80	80	2,839	405	212	86	38	1,018	35.5	5.1	2.7	1.1	.5	12.7
Udonis Haslem	PF	80	80	2,675	726	108	63	41	870	33.4	9.1	1.4	.8	.5	10.9
Michael Doleac	C	80	8	1,175	259	47	23	22	321	14.7	3.2	.6	.3	.3	4.0
Dwyane Wade	SG	77	77	2,974	397	520	121	82	1,854	38.6	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	24.1
Keyon Dooling	PG	74	0	1,184	90	132	39	11	382	16.0	1.2	1.8	.5	.1	5.2
Shaquille O'Neal	C	73	73	2,492	760	200	36	171	1,669	34.1	10.4	2.7	.5	2.3	22.9
Rasual Butler	SF	65	15	1,203	151	62	18	29	420	18.5	2.3	1.0	.3	.4	6.5
Shandon Anderson†	SF	65	5	1,151	190	70	40	14	255	17.7	2.9	1.1	.6	.2	3.9
Christian Laettner	PF	49	0	739	131	41	32	15	260	15.1	2.7	.8	.7	.3	5.3
Wang Zhizhi	C	20	0	92	18	5	3	2	43	4.6	.9	.3	.2	.1	2.2
Alonzo Mourning†	C	19	3	245	71	4	3	33	95	12.9	3.7	.2	.2	1.7	5.0
Wesley Person†	SF	16	3	206	22	11	6	0	62	12.9	1.4	.7	.4	.0	3.9
Malik Allen†	PF	14	0	248	52	11	4	11	83	17.7	3.7	.8	.3	.8	5.9
Steve Smith†	SG	13	0	114	16	14	2	0	23	8.8	1.2	1.1	.2	.0	1.8
Qyntel Woods	SF	3	0	40	6	0	4	0	10	13.3	2.0	.0	1.3	.0	3.3
Dorell Wright	SF	3	0	27	1	3	4	0	7	9.0	.3	1.0	1.3	.0	2.3

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Heat only.

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Eddie Jones	SF	15	15	601	87	39	18	9	205	40.1	5.8	2.6	1.2	.6	13.7
Udonis Haslem	PF	15	15	543	150	15	8	6	138	36.2	10.0	1.0	.5	.4	9.2
Damon Jones	PG	15	15	498	41	60	7	0	181	33.2	2.7	4.0	.5	.0	12.1
Alonzo Mourning	C	15	2	254	72	5	5	33	91	16.9	4.8	.3	.3	2.2	6.1
Keyon Dooling	PG	15	0	264	16	25	6	1	110	17.6	1.1	1.7	.4	.1	7.3
Dwyane Wade	SG	14	14	571	80	93	22	16	384	40.8	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	27.4
Shaquille O'Neal	C	13	13	431	102	25	5	19	252	33.2	7.8	1.9	.4	1.5	19.4
Christian Laettner	PF	13	0	136	25	7	4	0	29	10.5	1.9	.5	.3	.0	2.2
Rasual Butler	SF	12	1	182	18	7	1	1	56	15.2	1.5	.6	.1	.1	4.7
Michael Doleac	C	9	0	65	14	0	1	1	16	7.2	1.6	.0	.1	.1	1.8
Shandon Anderson	SF	8	0	97	19	8	5	0	8	12.1	2.4	1.0	.6	.0	1.0
Steve Smith	SG	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Shaquille O'Neal "32" Dwyane Wade "3"

Transactions

Main article: List of 2004–05 NBA season transactions

Trades

Shaquielle O'Neal from L.A. Lakers