who had the most games started for the heat in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Rory Sparrow had the most starts for the Heat, with 79 starts.

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	NAME	GS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	79	80	32.7	12.5	2.7	5.4	1.3	0.2	5.6	12.3	45.2	0.2	0.9	24.3	1.2	1.3	87.9	48.6	0.7	2.0	2.6	2,613	1,000	216	429	103	17	204	168
2	Grant Long G. Long	73	82	29.7	11.9	6.7	1.8	1.5	0.6	4.1	8.4	48.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.0	74.9	56.1	2.9	3.7	2.5	2,435	976	546	149	122	48	201	337
3	Kevin Edwards K. Edwards	62	79	29.7	13.8	3.3	4.4	1.8	0.3	5.9	14.0	42.5	0.1	0.5	27.0	1.8	2.4	74.6	46.0	1.1	2.2	3.1	2,349	1,094	262	349	139	27	246	154
4	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	62	78	25.2	10.9	7.0	0.7	0.6	1.2	4.3	9.5	44.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.3	4.5	51.1	47.1	2.6	4.4	2.6	1,962	848	549	55	46	96	200	258
5	Billy Thompson B. Thompson	58	79	28.8	10.8	7.2	2.2	0.7	1.3	4.4	9.1	48.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.8	69.6	52.4	3.1	4.2	2.4	2,273	854	572	176	56	105	189	260
6	Pat Cummings P. Cummings	28	53	20.7	8.8	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	3.7	7.4	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.8	74.2	53.4	1.6	3.7	2.1	1,096	466	281	47	29	18	111	160
7	Sylvester Gray S. Gray	15	55	22.2	8.0	5.2	2.1	0.7	0.5	3.0	7.2	42.0	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.9	2.8	67.3	47.1	2.1	3.1	1.9	1,220	440	286	117	36	25	102	144
8	Jon Sundvold J. Sundvold	8	68	19.7	10.4	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.0	4.5	9.9	45.5	0.7	1.4	52.2	0.7	0.8	82.5	50.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1,338	709	87	137	27	1	87	78
9	Pearl Washington P. Washington	8	54	19.7	7.6	2.3	4.2	1.4	0.1	3.0	7.2	42.4	0.0	0.3	7.1	1.5	1.9	78.8	47.5	0.9	1.4	2.3	1,065	411	123	226	73	4	122	101
10	Anthony Taylor A. Taylor	7	21	17.5	6.9	1.6	2.0	1.0	0.2	2.9	7.2	39.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.1	1.5	75.0	43.6	0.5	1.1	1.0	368	144	34	43	22	5	20	37
11	Scott Hastings S. Hastings	6	75	16.1	5.1	3.1	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.9	4.4	43.6	0.1	0.4	32.1	1.2	1.4	85.0	51.5	1.0	2.1	0.9	1,206	386	231	59	32	42	68	203
12	John Shasky J. Shasky	4	65	14.5	5.5	3.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.9	3.8	48.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.6	68.9	55.5	1.5	2.1	0.7	944	357	232	22	14	13	46	94

StatMuse has season-level data for games started going back to the 1981-82 season.

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8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
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Wed 10/21	MIN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIA	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	MIA	7:30 PM
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APG Leaders

10.7

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9.9

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2.0

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Daniels

1.9

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BPG Leaders

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1.9

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1.9

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3PM Leaders

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TS% Leaders

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119.6

119.4

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3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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