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After Thursday’s Laker loss to the Heat (102-89) in Miami, it makes one wonder whether it was a mistake for the Lakers to have traded O’Neal last summer for Caron Butler, Lamar Odom and Brian Grant who were key players in last season's run to the East semifinals. It turns out that Shaq has gelled with his Miami teammates better than anyone could have expected. So well, in fact, it was the 11th straight win and a single-season record 14th straight at home for Miami (51-16), which moved nine games ahead of Detroit in the Eastern Conference standings and within percentage points of San Antonio (49-15) for the league's best record. And what has the transplanted Miami Trio done for L.A. lately?