The news of Shaquille O'Neal being dealt to the Phoenix Suns actually has ramifications on a game played on December 19th.  

During that game, the official scorer incorrectly gave O'Neal his sixth foul instead of his fifth, and the Heat subsequently won a protest because of the error, forcing the final 51.9 seconds to be replayed on March 8th.

Tim Frank of the league office confirmed to RealGM on Wednesday that the trade "doesn't have any bearing" on the game being replayed.

He also added that the final seconds of the game will be played regardless of whether O'Neal is in a Miami uniform or not.

The game was protested because O'Neal was unable to be on the floor, but it is an obvious improbability that he would return to the Heat for those final 51.1 seconds.