NBA

Regular Season Round 159: Miami Heat - Charlotte B. 112-103

Date: April 8, 2011
Though it lacked a lot of style points, the Miami Heat took care of their No. 1 objective. Next up: A game that may wind up deciding the No. 2 seed. Chris Bosh scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Dwyane Wade returned from injury to score 27 more, and the Heat held off the scrapping Charlotte Bobcats 112-103 on Friday night. The victory, combined with Boston's 104-88 win over Washington, kept the teams tied for the second spot in the Eastern Conference with identical 55-24 records. They play in Miami on Sunday, with the winner taking a huge step toward securing home-court for the first two playoff rounds. "Why not go get it?" LeBron James asked. James added 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Miami, which won for the 12th time in 15 games and swept all four games with Charlotte this season. The Heat will secure the East's No. 2 seed by winning out, and coach Erik Spoelstra vowed Friday his team would not look ahead to Boston - or anyone else - keeping the focus on Charlotte. Down the stretch, the Bobcats insisted that be the case. D.J. White's tip-in with 1:29 left got Charlotte within 104-98, even though Miami took a 14-point lead into the fourth and held that same margin with 6 minutes to play. The "Big 3" took care of providing some breathing room. Wade got the ball at midcourt, threw to Bosh, who then set up James for a basket with 1:09 left that made it a three-possession game again. And James sealed it with 37 seconds left, finding Bosh with a sharply angled pass for a layup to make it 108-100. Miami moved to 14-0 when it has 25 or more assists. It put up 26 against the Bobcats. Kwame Brown finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds for Charlotte. Garrett Temple scored 17 points, D.J. White added 13 and Boris Diaw and D.J. Augustin each finished with 11 for the Bobcats. *Courtesy of www.ktvn.com
  CHARLOTTE B. (coach: Charles Lee)103
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
03 mQITj, KTiBR 36 65-60 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 0 2 64 6 3 5 8 6 5 8 84 81 5
48 gaiT, mIQas 43 0-66 (30.0%) 5-8 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 5 6 6 8 4 5 8 5 5 4 66 8 5
  CujjajDhiB, gijUR 87 3-2 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 4 5 8 6 5 5 2 3 5
63 SuDusUaj, g.z. 82 4-2 (49.0%) 6-8 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 8 6 5 6 5 5 6 66 9 5
60 HRjdRQsIj, GRQild 86 8-0 (35%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 4 1 5 6 5 5 6 3 -6 5
  WhaUR, g.z. 83 1-65 (15%) 5-6 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 8 1 2 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 64 60 5
0 bZGuaQR, gIBajaZ 83 3-2 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 4 4 1 3 8 5 5 8 5 6 65 60 5
  wRBplR, GiQQRUU 67 6-4 (44.4%) 4-1 (05%) 1-7 (11.9%) 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 5 5 6 69 64 5
44 CiQQIll, biUU 61 6-8 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 5 5 5 6 3 5 5 5 5 6 1 -4 5
6 ziZVsIj, AURphRj  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
86 XinRQi, qduiQdI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
68 whIBis, wFQus  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   41-95 (06.3%) 0-61 (46.4%) 61-86 (91.8%) 66 88 44 69 80 5 65 3 5 65 654 92  


  MIAMI HEAT (coach: Erik Spoelstra)112
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
1 ziBRs, vRmQIj 49 7-63 (13.4%) 5-6 (5%) 0-1 (24.4%) 6 1 9 7 8 5 8 6 5 6 84 45 5
6 mIsh, ChQas 41 7-63 (13.4%) 5-5 (5%) 7-65 (75%) 6 7 65 8 8 5 6 5 5 4 89 87 5
4 WidR, gTFijR 44 1-66 (03.0%) 5-6 (5%) 60-61 (74.2%) 5 4 4 3 8 5 4 6 5 3 89 80 5
  maMMF, baZhiRl 48 6-4 (44.4%) 5-8 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 4 4 8 3 5 5 6 5 4 3 -6 5
66 olDiusVis, cFdQujis 69 0-9 (96.3%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 6 4 5 5 5 5 6 65 7 5
05 SjUhIjF, zIRl 81 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 8 4 6 4 5 5 6 5 8 3 3 5
64 ballRQ, baVR 85 4-1 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 5 8 8 8 8 5 6 5 5 5 7 3 5
88 zIjRs, ziBRs 67 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 5
60 ChilBRQs, biQaI 60 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 0 8 5 5 5 5 8 8 4 5
0 HITiQd, zuTij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
  giBpaRQ, qQaZV  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
00 HIusR, qddaR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   41-15 (15.5%) 4-7 (44.4%) 46-40 (22.1%) 0 87 43 81 85 5 9 3 5 61 668 657  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)