 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Iyo 200102 NBA mwaka yaive mwaka wegumi nemana weMiami Heat muNational Basketball Association. Munguva ye offseason, iyo Heat yakawanazve Chris Gatling kubva kuCleveland Cavaliers uye yakasaina vakasununguka Rod Strickland, LaPhonso Ellis, Kendall Gill, uye gare gare yakasaina Jim Jackson muna Zvita. Pashure pokubata nechirwere cheitsvo, Alonzo Mourning akadzoka kwemwaka wose. Zvisinei, akanga asingakwanisi kutamba kusvika pamwero mumwe chete sezvo Heat akatambura uye akarasikirwa 23 avo okutanga 28 mitambo, kusanganisira 12-mutambo kurasikirwa akatevedzana pakati November uye December. Ivo vaizopora kubva pakutanga kwavo kunotyisa uye vachitamba pamusoro pe.500 kwenguva yasara yemwaka, vachikunda mapfumbamwe emitambo yavo gumi nembiri inotevera. Zvisinei, Heat yakapedza yechitanhatu muAtlantic Division ine 3646 rekodhi, ichipotsa playoffs kekutanga kubvira mwaka wa199495. Eddie Jones akatungamirira chikwata mukuwana 18.3 points pamutambo, apo Mourning akaenzana 15.7 points, 8.4 rebounds uye 2.5 block pamutambo, uye akasarudzwa ku2002 NBA All-Star Game. 