ATLANTA — Shaquille O’Neal is no longer around, but Mike Bibby and Shawn Marion will be able to suit up for the NBA’s first replay since 1982.
The league set guidelines for Saturday’s do-over between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks, who must complete the final 51.9 seconds of their Dec. 19 overtime game.
The Hawks left the court that night with a 117-111 victory, but commissioner David Stern struck it from the books after the home team’s stat crew mistakenly ruled O’Neal, then playing for Miami, had fouled out with less than a minute to go in overtime.
O’Neal has since been traded to Phoenix, but the NBA said Monday both teams can fill out any openings on their 12-man active roster with players acquired since the game.
That means the Heat can dress Marion and Marcus Banks, who came from the Suns in the O’Neal deal. Likewise, the Hawks will be able to use Bibby, who was picked up from Sacramento. One player Miami will not have is swingman Dorell Wright, who underwent season-ending knee surgery Monday.
