Heat dealt double loss: Shaq hurts knee early, game slips away late.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Ira Winderman

CHICAGO _ The big man went down first. The Miami Heat fell next.

While the loss stings, the injury remains of far greater concern.

Losing center Shaquille O'Neal with a knee injury less than two minutes into the game, the Heat fell, 105-101, in overtime Tuesday night to the Chicago Bulls at the United Center.

Unable to contain Bulls rookie guard Ben Gordon, the Heat fell after forcing the extra period on a putback basket by forward Eddie Jones at the regulation buzzer.

Gordon, who scored the first eight points of the overtime,...

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