Tue Apr 1 01:58:37 2008

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Pacers' O'Neal plays versus Heat

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Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal returned to the team's lineup Monday against the Miami Heat after missing the last 33 games with a sore left knee.

"I'm going to play on Monday," O'Neal said before the game. "As far as being able to really score the way I want to score in the low box, it's probably going to take a game or so, but I think that I'm going to fit right in defensively. I think that's what the team expects me to do."

O'Neal was averaging 15.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in 33 games entering Monday, and scored nine points in a little less than 18 minutes.