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COPYRIGHT 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Dave Hyde
MIAMI _ He said a prayer before the game, because he is scared. He sipped water on the bench, because he is sick. Alonzo Mourning wore a Heat uniform Tuesday night for the first time since his life tumbled through a trap door last October, and midway through the first quarter he got the call that either starts the warmest basketball story you'll ever see or the road to further heartbreak ahead.
Maybe it even does both. No one knows where Tuesday ends.
"OK, let's go," Heat coach Pat Riley said to Mourning, who stood up to enter the game and, immediately, an arena of Heat fans stood up with him and cheered. You bet they did. This was the sight South Florida had been hoping against hope to see, the moment Mourning had worked to make, even if it came against an undercurrent of concern from those who knew him...
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