NBA News: Shaq Out at Least two Weeks with Bad Hip

The Heat will be without Shaquille O'Neal for at least two weeks. (AP Images)

An MRI has shown an acute inflammation in Shaquille O'Neal's hip and quad and likely will not be able to do any basketball activity for at least two weeks.

"His activity, the activity, is exacerbating it," said Heat coach Pat Riley. "That's all. That's what happens. He's trying to do everything he do. He's gotten all the treatment he can get. And now it's probably going to be an inactive period of time until the thing heals."

This is another tough loss for a Heat team that have lost 14 games in a row.

O'Neal suffered the hip injury while diving for a loose ball against Utah on Dec. 22 also the last game Miami won.

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