On January 14th 2014 the Miami Heat played a road game against the Brooklyn Nets. Nothing special about this game on paper except for the fact that every active player had a nickname on the back their jersey. It was the first and only time the NBA played a game with nicknames on the backs of jerseys. If your looking for some context as to what what each player had on the back here it is :
Heat
Dwyane Wade: D. Wade
Ray Allen: J. Shuttlesworth
Chris Andersen: Birdman
Joel Anthony: Doc
Shane Battier: Battle
Michael Beasley: B Easy
Chris Bosh: CB
Mario Chalmers: Rio
Norris Cole: Cole Train
Udonis Haslem: UD
LeBron James: King James
James Jones: JJ
Rashard Lewis: Sweet Lew
Roger Mason Jr.: Moneymase
Greg Oden: G.O.
Nets
Deron Williams: D-Will
Andray Blatche: Dray Live
Alan Anderson: Double
Brook Lopez: Brooklyn
Jason Terry: JET
Joe Johnson: JJ
Kevin Garnett: The Big Ticket
Mason Plumlee: Plums
Mirza Teletovic: MT3
Paul Pierce: Truth
Reggie Evans: Joker
Shaun Livingston: S Dot
Tornike Shengelia: Tokomotiv
Tyshawn Taylor: Tee_Y
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