http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/basketball/8520620.htm Posted on Mon, Apr. 26, 2004 Heat seeks return to fast-break style BY ISRAEL GUTIERREZ [email protected] The Hornets might have kept the Heat to eight fast-break points in Game 3 on Saturday, but Heat coach Stan Van Gundy believes that statistic still doesn't tell the entire story of the Heat's offensive struggles. "There's no question that New Orleans made a very concerted effort and did a great job of getting back and taking away our fast breaks and making us set up and play the game," Van Gundy said. "But we want to play the game at a little quicker pace. Even if we don't have attacks in transition for layups, we'd like to move the ball a little bit better and try to attack before their defense is set." So if the Hornets are once again successful at keeping the Heat from running, Van Gundy wants his players to keep looking for early offensive opportunities. That didn't happen Saturday, and the result was Van Gundy's worst fear: a game of one-on-five. "I think what happened [Saturday] is when it got frustrating for us, we had a lot of guys try to take over individually, and I think it just led to more frustration," he said. "We haven't been that type of team all year. When we try to play the game one-on-one, particularly against big, physical teams like New Orleans, we are not very effective." Still, the primary objective is to get a basket in transition. And from the end of Saturday's game to the end of practice Sunday, Heat players had the same thought: Run at any cost. "We can't be afraid to make mistakes on the road," Dwyane Wade said. HEAT HISTORY If Caron Butler had his way, this season would never end. That's because the second-year forward continues to improve as the season progresses. On Saturday, Butler had 24 points and 15 rebounds, becoming the first player in Heat playoff history to record a 20-point, 15-rebound game. His 15 rebounds were the most he has gotten in an NBA game, and it's the fifth-highest total for a player in Heat postseason history. Van Gundy said Butler's success was the result of the Hornets' defensive scheme. "I think what they've done is they really tried to use their [small forwards] to help on our pick-and-roll game, to help on Lamar [Odom], to help on Dwyane," Van Gundy said. "That guy is always in as a help defender, so I think they've been willing, at least to this point in the series, to live with Caron getting some points if they can take our three leading scorers out.'' Butler did not practice Sunday because of a sore right Achilles. Butler hurt his Achilles in the third quarter of Game 3 but played through it. Butler said he will play Tuesday, and Van Gundy expects him to practice today. NO GOGGLES Odom, who received six stitches in his left eye Saturday after Baron Davis hit him with an inadvertent elbow, said he will not wear any goggles or a protective mask in Game 4. "If they hit me again . . . I'm just outta luck," Odom said. "But I don't think they'll hit it again." --

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