Heat Honor Zo

The Heat honored former player Alonzo Mourning last night by retiring his #33. Mourning has meant a lot to the organization not only on the court, but off. Alonzo has his own charity foundation called the Zoe Foundation. The foundation assists families that are living in at-risk situations.After he was diagnosed with focal glomerulosclerosis, he started Zo’s Fund for Life. This campaign seeks to raise money for research in focal glomerulosclerosis. In 2007, along with a bunch of other professional athletes, he helped found Athletes for Hope. This organization encourages non-athletes to donate money for research.

Mounrning had this to say, “Just eight short years ago, eight short years ago, I didn’t envision this moment happening,” . “This is probably one of the greatest moments of my life and I’m honored to be here this evening.”

The actual game itself turned out to be a close one, but in the end the Magic pulled off a 101-95 win, despite 41 points from Dwyane Wade. Dwight Howard surpassed the 5000 rebound mark grabbing 18 rebounds and scoring 21 points. Wade had 41 points, four rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Wade took 34 shots. The Heat are now 39-35 while the Magic progress to 55-18.