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 MIAMI (AP) - Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal was in the starting lineup Monday night for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Detroit Pistons. O'Neal's availability was a question mark right up until gametime, and a red-clad sellout crowd erupted in cheers when he was announced among Miami's starting five.
There was another huge cheer when he made the game's first field goal for a 2-0 lead. He made his first four shots and went to the bench for the first time with 6:36 left in the quarter and Miami leading 15-13.
"We might not really know until the ball goes up," teammate Dwyane Wade had said earlier Monday.
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