Although the police statement listed the valet worker's name as "Mr. Sorel Rockfeller," the 30 year old North Miami resident is really named Rockfeller Sorel. Thursday afternoon he was in the office of his family doctor having injuries to his swollen face attended to.

"It's really, really big," said Sorel's brother, Jean Mack Sorel, who accompanied him to the physician.

Asked for comment after Thursday's practice at AmericanAirlines Arena, LeBron James said he was not with his mother at the time.

"No sir, I was at home," he said. "Tough game last night, I decided to get my rest."

The Heat forward asked to be allowed to handle the matter on a personal level.

"It's a sensitive subject. It's a personal matter and it's being taken care of," he said. "It is my life and there's certain things you have to deal with.

"The people around me are helping me and are helping her and we'll be fine."

Teammates offered their support.

"You understand in life things happen, whether you're in the limelight or not, you're always going to have family things that's going to happen and you're going to have to tend to 'em and you're going to have to deal with 'em," said guard Dwyane Wade, who has endured a messy and very-public divorce and child-custody case over the past two years. "Our job in here is just continue to focus on each other, focus on being who we are, doing what we always do, that's come in enjoying basketball, enjoying each other, making each other laugh.

"And if someone needs you, if you see someone needs your support, you be there for them."

According to the police report, a witness said the valet attendant was "struck in the face by a female." The report also said that Gloria Marie James was not driving the vehicle in question.

The incident occurred just before 5 a.m. The Heat lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 90-85 at AmericanAirlines Arena in a game that ended just after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

"A lot of these other things are ancillary distractions if we let them be," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "If we don't, then we can focus on what's real."

The Heat are in a tight race with the Boston Celtics for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, and the NBA playoffs begin on April 16.

According to the police report James' mother "yelled profanities" to the valet when her car was not ready, declined to provide identification, and told the arresting officer, "I don't trust your kind."

According to Sorel's brother-in-law, Jean Bigot, Sorel is a native of Haiti who came to Miami about five years ago. He has worked at the Fontainebleau Hotel for about a year.

Asked if his brother was a Miami Heat fan, Jean Mack Sorel, said, "Sometimes we watch the games. But we're not big fans."

In 2006, Gloria James was arrested in Ohio for DWI and kicked out the window of a police car after being detained. At that time, in addition to driving while intoxicated, she was charged with reckless operation, speeding for driving 50 mph in a 30-mph zone, disorderly conduct and damaging police equipment.

For that incident, she was sentenced to three days in an Ohio driving intervention program and fined after she pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges.