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By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Monday, December 12, 2005

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: NBA • Pat Riley replaced Stan Van Gundy as head coach of the Miami Heat on Monday. In Riley's last three seasons on the bench for the Heat, their record dropped from 50-32 in 2000-01 to 36-46 in 2001-02 and 25-57 in 2002-03. That's when Van Gundy came in and improved the club's record to 42-40 in 2003-04 and, with the arrival of Shaquille O'Neal, 59-23 in 2004-05. The only NBA coach besides Riley to have his team win 10 few ...

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