As his daughter in the newborn, Jaelyn, remained in the intensive care unit in a hospital in the South Florida MIAMI - Custody of Miami Heat Mike Miller traveled with the team in Chicago on Wednesday for the fifth game of their final series of the Conference is against the Bulls.
Miller has said that it was a difficult decision to travel with the team and to leave her daughter, who was born with an undisclosed health problem caused by complications of childbirth.
Jaelyn Miller remained hospitalized since she was born last Thursday. Miller is passed back and forth practices and games to the hospital to be with his wife, Jennifer, and their daughter. The couple has also two other young son.
"It is difficult, because I was not really far (Jaelyn) because she was born," Miller said after practice Wednesday at American Airlines Arena. "It is a difficult time for me and my family." "But we know she ll be OK".
As heat coach Erik Spoelstra, that he offered to Miller as much time away from the team that he needs to be with his family said. Miller was a lack of practice last Friday, but has since decided to share his time between his teammates and his family.
"We are here to support through this", said Spoelstra. "He knows that we are his family, too."
Miller has participated in the session of light training Wednesday after playing one of his best matches of the season in the victory of overtime for the 101-93 Miami against Chicago Tuesday to take an advance of 3-1 in the final of the Conference is.
The heat can close the series with a victory in Chicago on Thursday and would advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2006.
Udonis Haslem, close friend of Miller on the heat and his former teammate with the Florida Gators, said that he went through a similar situation when his son was born and had to be in an intensive care unit for several days earlier this season.
Haslem said Wednesday that Miller is handling things that can be expected.
"It has always been a guy focused on the family," Haslem said.
The situation has also hit particularly close to home center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. He and his wife were expecting twins in 2007, when complications arose and two babies have been lost after having been born four months premature.
"It a lot on his mind," Ilgauskas said. "You try just to be a good friend now." It is one of the most difficult individuals, that I have ever been around. He worked hard, he is just a blue collar guy comes to play every day. But that is life. ?
Miller had 12 points and 9 rebounds of the bench, making two huge 3-pointers to help the heat off the Bulls slip. After the match, Miller said he went directly to the hospital and awake to the subject of 4 a.m. and Wednesday.
"It was not easy," said Miller, who brought the pink laces in shoes of game as a tribute to Jaelyn. "But we'll get through this."
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