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MIAMI -- Shaquille ONeal is coming back to Miami this week, about to be the third former Heat player to have his number retired and raised to the rafters of the teams arena. Wholesale Nike Shirts .Perhaps he can offer some foul-shooting tips while hes in town.For as notoriously bad as ONeal was from the foul line -- 53 percent for his career -- he never played for a team that shot free throws as poorly as the Heat have so far this season. Miami is connecting on 66.2 percent of its foul shots, by far the worst rate in the NBA, on pace for the worst such season in team history and one of the reasons why the Heat are off to a 9-19 start.I would say its all mental, said Heat guard Goran Dragic, the teams leading scorer at 19.1 points per game and best free-throw shooter at 81 percent. You need to be focused on the free-throw line. Not only in games, but in practice. Dont just go to the line and shoot them, shoot them visualizing the way you would shoot them in the game. And then its probably going to be a much better percentage.The Heat were 14 for 25 from the line in Sundays 10-point loss to Boston, and missed eight in the fourth quarter alone.This is how bad things are for the Heat at the line: If they were to make their next 562 free throws, that still wouldnt push their shooting percentage past San Antonio for the top spot in the NBA right now.Were working at it, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. We still have chances.Miami has had eight games in which its failed to make even 60 percent of its free throws this season, a league-high -- and already one more than the Heat had in all of the 2015-16 season.Maybe most baffling is this: The Heat are making only 63.9 percent of their foul shots at home, 7 percent worse than any other team in the league. Miami hasnt been a great shooting team from anywhere -- 24th in 2-point shooting, 28th in 3-point shooting this season -- but the foul-shot problems are particularly frustrating.Got to make free throws, Heat forward Justise Winslow said.Hassan Whiteside had a strong second half to get his percentage up to 65 percent last season; hes at 53 percent so far this season. Winslow was a 68 percent shooter last season, and is down to 61 percent this season. Hes 6 for 14 from the line since returning from a sore left wrist -- his shooting wrist -- yet offered no excuses, even after missing four in Sundays loss.No ones guarding you, Winslow said. Me, myself, my teammates, just got to make free throws. Theres not anything super-complicated about it. Just got to make your free throws.Game notes The Heat announced that Wayne Ellington (right hamstring strain) will miss his second consecutive game on Tuesday, when Miami plays host to Orlando. ... 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KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- The Latest on the search for a missing Chinese mariner (all times local):5 p.m.One of the U.S. Coast Guard pilots who helped search waters off Hawaii for a Chinese man attempting to set a sailing record says rescuers had to contend with 4-to-6-foot waves and darkness.Lt. Ben Powers was the air commander of the search for Guo Chuan, who was reported missing while trying to set a sailing record from San Francisco to Shanghai.Powers said Thursday it was frustrating to not find Guo. Rescuers located his 97-foot trimaran about 620 miles northwest of Oahu. Powers says rescuers tried to radio Guo every 15 to 30 minutes. There was no response.Crewmembers from a US Navy ship went aboard and only found Guos life jacket.The Coast Guard suspended the search Wednesday night.Powers says its difficult to search for someone in the open ocean, especially when theres low illumination, wind and waves.---8:30 p.m.The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended its search for a Chinese man attempting to set a sailing record after a crew did not find him aboard his boat off the Hawaii islands.In a statement, the Coast Guard says a crew from the USS Makin Island went aboard Guo Chuans trimaran about 620 miles northwest of Oahu and only found Guos life jacket.Guo, 50, was attempting to set a sailing record from San Francisco to Shanghai.Capt. Robert Hendrickson, who directed the Coast Guards search said: Our deepest condolences go out not only to his family and friends but also to his racing team and the sailing community.The Coast Guard says Guos sailboat, the Quindao China, is adrift, and its main sail has been taken down. Guos racing team plans to cover the sailboat.---2:25 p.m.The U.S Navy is sending a ship to see if a Chinese man attempting to set a sailing record from San Francisco to Shanghai iss aboard his boat off Hawaii. NFL Shirts Outlet. The U.S. Coast Guard began searching Tuesday for Guo Chuan after the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center China reported not hearing from him in 24 hours.Coast Guard spokeswoman Tara Molle says a Coast Guard airplane and a Navy helicopter flying above the 97-foot trimaran have tried to contact him via radio, but he hasnt answered.The USS Makin Island is heading to Guos vessel to see if hes onboard.Molle says Guos racing vessel has an automatic identification system that showed it was 620 miles northwest of Oahu.The 50-year-old sailor is trying to break a solo nonstop trans-Pacific world record.---Mans last name is corrected in this item.This item corrects that the Coast Guard aircraft is an airplane, not a helicopter.----9:30 a.m.The U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii is searching for a Chinese man attempting to set a sailing record from San Francisco to Shanghai.The Coast Guard located Guo Chuans 97-foot trimaran Tuesday. Rescuers continue to search for the 50-year-old sailor, who is trying to set a solo sailing record.The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center China contacted the Coast Guard in Honolulu on Tuesday after not hearing from Guo in 24 hours. Coast Guard spokeswoman Tara Molle says the China rescue coordination center had been in constant contact with Guo, who was not likely to miss scheduled calls.Molle says Guos racing vessel has an automatic identification system that showed it was 620 miles northwest of Oahu.Molle says knowing that Guo is a healthy and experienced sailor gives rescuers hope.---Mans last name is corrected in this item.This item corrects the size of the vessel, Chuans age and the day the vessel was found. ' ' '