Although Alonzo Mourning is expected to retire in the wake of the devastating knee injury he sustained Dec. 19 in Atlanta, neither the center nor the Heat say that retirement is official.

An interview posted, and then removed, Monday on the Heat's web site, Heat.com, quoted Mourning as saying, "Yes. I'm retired. This is it for me."

Shortly after those comments appeared on several wire services, Heat spokesman Tim Donovan said, "A mistake was made and it's not an accurate story and it's been pulled, with our apologies."