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MIAMI (TICKER) -- Alonzo Mourning's retirement is off just hours after the Miami Heat center made it official.

A spokesman for the Heat said a story erroneously was placed on the team's web site Monday confirming that Mourning will call it quits.

The 37-year-old Mourning, who entered his 15th NBA season saying it would be his last, saw it cut short when he tore the patella tendon and quadriceps tendon in his right knee on December 19.

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After undergoing an operation, Mourning ruled out the possibility of a 16th season in an interview posted on the Heat's official web site earlier Monday.

"I'm retired," he said. "This is it for me."

Later in the day, a team official said the story was incorrect and that it was removed from the web site.

Mourning suffered the tear as he raced down the court and planted beneath the rim to block a shot in the first quarter o