Question: What former NBA player missed the first 22 games for the Miami Heat in 1997?
Context: The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 12th season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.  During the offseason, the Heat signed free agent Otis Thorpe.  The Heat played the first two months of the season at the Miami Arena, then moved into the American Airlines Arena in January.  At midseason, the team signed free agent Bruce Bowen.  Despite Tim Hardaway playing just 52 games due to knee injuries, the Heat finished first place in the Atlantic Division with a 52–30 record.  Alonzo Mourning was named Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year, and was selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game.  In the first round of the playoffs, they swept the Detroit Pistons in three straight games en-route to advancing to the conference semifinals for the first time since 1997. Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player, who played most of his 15-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career for the Miami Heat. The 2002–03 NBA season was the fifteenth season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.  With the continued effects of his kidney ailment, Alonzo Mourning was forced to sit out the entire season.  Without their star center, the Heat struggled losing 17 of their first 22 games.  They would win seven of their next nine games, but then lose six straight along the way.  The Heat finished last place in the Atlantic Division with a 25–57 record, their worst since the 1990–91 season.  Scoring leader Eddie Jones was out for the remainder of the season with a groin injury after 47 games, and head coach Pat Riley was fined several times for lashing out referees following games.  The only bright spot on the team was top draft pick Caron Butler, who averaged 15.4 points per game while being selected to the All-Rookie Second Team.  Following the season, Mourning would sign as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets and LaPhonso Ellis retired. The 1988–89 Miami Heat season was Miami's inaugural season in the NBA.  The Miami Heat were the first of 2 expansion teams to play in the state of Florida over a two-year period.  The expansion would include three other expansion franchises in Charlotte, Minnesota, and Orlando.  The expansion Heat were able to select Syracuse star center Rony Seikaly in the NBA draft.  The Heat would make their debut on November 5 in a losing effort to the Los Angeles Clippers by a score of 111-91 at the Miami Arena.  Rory Sparrow made the first basket in franchise history.  The Heat lost an NBA record 17 games to start their inaugural season. Edward Adam Davis (born June 5, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  He played high school basketball at Benedictine High School in Richmond, Virginia.  He is the son of former NBA player Terry Davis, who played 10 seasons (1989–2001) with the Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Washington Wizards.  He was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors. The 2016–17 Miami Heat season was the 29th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  After a tumultuous negotiation process, Dwyane Wade decided to leave the Heat and sign with the Chicago Bulls in the offseason.  This was the first season without Wade since the 2003.  Furthermore, Chris Bosh missed the entire season and had thought about potentially retiring altogether due to his continuous blood clots.  The team got off to an 11–30 start.  However the Heat rallied to an 30–11 finish, only to be eliminated all the same on their last game of the season.  They entered game 82 needing a loss from either the Pacers or the Bulls and a victory over the Wizards.  However, despite a 110–102 win over the Washington Wizards, both the Pacers and the Bulls won their games.  The Heat finished tied with the Chicago Bulls with identical 41–41 records but the Bulls won the head-to-head tie breaker against the Heat 2–1.  As a result, the Heat missed the playoffs for the second time in three years.  Hassan Whiteside earned praise for being the NBA's leading rebounder after ending his previous season as the leading shot blocker of the NBA. The 2009–10 Miami Heat season was the 22nd season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The Heat made the playoffs for the second straight year under Spoelstra.  They failed to make it out of the first round once again as they were overpowered by a Boston Celtics squad that featured Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in five games.  Boston eventually lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals.  Following the season, the Heat would bring in LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join team captain Dwyane Wade. Chad Kammerer (born September 28, 1967) is director of scouting and a former assistant basketball coach of the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat.  Kammerer joined the Heat in 2001 as an advance scout, became an assistant coach under Erik Spoelstra in 2008, and was part of the Miami Heat's 2012 NBA Finals Championship.  Before joining the Heat, Kammerer worked as an assistant coach for Valparaiso University, the University of California at Los Angeles, Concordia University, and the University of Mississippi.  His father, Chet Kammerer, serves as the Miami Heat's Vice President of Player Personnel. The 1995–96 NBA season was the Magic's seventh season in the National Basketball Association.  During the offseason, the Magic signed unrestricted free agent Jon Koncak.  Coming off their trip to the NBA Finals, the Magic clinched the Atlantic Division title with a 60–22 record.  A regular season record which still stands as the best in franchise history.  This despite missing Shaquille O'Neal for the first 22 games of the season due to a thumb injury.  Anfernee Hardaway stepped up in O'Neal's absence and was awarded Player of the Month for November.  The season saw Dennis Scott take a place in the league history books by scoring 267 three-point field goals, a single season record since broken by Stephen Curry, while O'Neal and Hardaway were both selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game. The 1997–98 NBA season was the tenth season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.  In the offseason, the Heat signed free agent Eric Murdock and acquired Duane Causwell from the Sacramento Kings.  Despite Alonzo Mourning missing the first 22 games of the season due to an offseason knee injury, the Heat continued to play strong basketball as backup center Isaac Austin played string coming off the bench.  Jamal Mashburn was also injured only playing just 48 games due to a thumb injury.  Mourning would eventually return as Austin was traded at midseason to the Los Angeles Clippers for Brent Barry, as the Heat posted a 13–2 record in February.  The Heat finished first place in the Atlantic Division with a 55–27 record.  Tim Hardaway was the only member of the team to be selected for the 1998 NBA All-Star Game.
Answer: Alonzo Mourning