INDIANAPOLIS -- Heat guard Daequan Cook just cannot seem to shake shoulder injuries.

Cook was held out of Friday's shootaround with a sprained right shoulder and was limited in the game against Indiana. He warmed up before the game and was in uniform but wore a heat pad on the bench.

Cook, who has had problems with both shoulders the past two seasons, aggravated the one on his shooting arm during a weight room workout Thursday before the team traveled to Indianapolis.

``I have no idea why it's happening with my shoulders,'' Cook said. ``They're kind of weak, but I've put in a lot of work. Hopefully, it's not as bad as before, especially being my trigger arm, the one I shoot with.''

The Heat already was short-handed against the Pacers, with swingman James Jones staying in Miami to recover from a stomach virus. Reserve center Jamaal Magloire also stayed behind to serve the final game of his league-imposed, two-game suspension for throwing a punch in an Oct. 5 preseason game against Detroit.

Cook said his shoulder and right arm ``just gave out'' on Thursday as he was doing balance drills with a medicine ball. It was the same shoulder that required extensive rehabilitation in the summer of 2007 after his rookie season. Cook then missed practice time and one game last April with a strained left shoulder.

He aggravated the right shoulder again last summer in offseason workouts. The team said there is no structural damage with Cook's shoulders.

``The fact that he did all that work in the summer helped keep this minor,'' Spoelstra said. ``He understands this is something that will happen -- as long as it's not a major deal. It's pretty minor.''

O'NEAL'S RECEPTION

Heat center Jermaine O'Neal posed for photos, signed dozens of autographs and was greeted warmly by Pacers fans in his return to Conseco Fieldhouse.

The one regret O'Neal had from his eight seasons with the Pacers was that he continued to play through chronic knee soreness for almost two seasons before surgery.

``Mentally, I had to find ways to finish games, because physically, I couldn't,'' O'Neal said. ``How do you tear your meniscus twice before you have surgery? I did it. But I made choices, and I have to live with that.''

MILESTONE NEAR

Dwyane Wade entered Friday's game needing 52 points to become the first player in Heat franchise history to reach 10,000 for his career.

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