Kobe, LeBron, you have company

The NBA took away his Band-Aid, but nothing could take away his Flash.

When Miami needed a steal, Dwyane Wade got them a steal. When the Heat needed a block, he got them a block. When they needed to shift the momentum, Wade did what he does best: He got buckets.

Wade was everywhere on Saturday, finishing with 46 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to power Miami to a 120-115 come-from-behind victory over New York. It was Wade's third straight double-double and capped off a week where he torched Orlando for 50 points in a 122-99 loss on Sunday.

"D-Wade is D-Wade," New York's Nate Robinson said. "You see what he can do."

No biggie. That's just the kind of things MVPs do.

Wait, you mean the MVP race has another candidate outside of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James? At this rate, Wade seems to make the case that there should be.

While you may be hard-pressed to find someone who is picking the Heat to come out of the East, Miami's complete turnaround from last season's 15-67 meltdown falls directly on Wade's MVP-caliber play. At 31-27, Miami is fifth in the East and Wade, who is edging out both Kobe and LeBron as top scorer in the league at 28.7 points a game, is the primary reason coach Erik Spoelstra isn't folding under the pressure as a first-year coach.

"He had that look in his eye that we hadn't seen since Dallas," Spoelstra said, referring to Wade's breakout Finals series against the Mavs.

If Wade's 2006 form is materializing once again, Kobe, LeBron, NBA... watch out.

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Orlando 106, Philadelphia 100
Miami 120, New York 115
Oklahoma City 99, Memphis 92
Chicago 105, Houston 102
Milwaukee 109, Washington 93
Utah 102, Sacramento 89
Charlotte 100, L.A. Clippers 95

• Dwyane Wade, Heat, scored 46 points, 15 of them coming in a dramatic 19-0 spurt that erased a huge deficit and gave Miami a 120-115 win over the Knicks.

• Derrick Rose, Bulls, scored 16 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to help Chicago rally from 17 down in a 105-102 win over the Rockets.

• Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu, Magic, scored 23 points each in a 106-100 comeback victory over the 76ers.

• Emeka Okafor, Bobcats, had 28 points and nine rebounds in 100-95 win over the Clippers.

• Jeff Green, Thunder, had 27 points and 10 rebounds to help Oklahoma City snap a seven-game skid with a 99-92 win over Memphis.

• Charlie Villanueva, Bucks, scored 25 points in a 109-93 win over the Wizards.

The Heat will retire Alonzo Mourning's No. 33 in a halftime ceremony March 30, when Miami hosts the Orlando Magic. His will be the first Heat jersey to be retired by the team, which has previously put the numbers of Michael Jordan and Dan Marino on the arena wall. It's long been Miami's plan to make Mourning the first Heat player to receive the honor.

Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller received a fitting farewell on Saturday. His funeral was held in the arena he built, his casket painted in the scheme of his beloved Shelby Cobras and his five children each drove a sports car in the procession to the cemetery where Miller was laid to rest. Miller, 64, died of complications from diabetes on Feb. 20.

The Magic tied a franchise record with 37 3-point tries in their 106-100 comeback win over the 76ers. Orlando also tried 37 3s on Jan. 13 at Sacramento. ... Dwyane Wade tied a franchise record with 24 of his 46 points in the fourth quarter, and added 10 assists in the Heat's 120-115 win over the Knicks. ... The Bulls outscored Houston 23-3 down the stretch to rally from a 17-point deficit in a 105-102 win.

The Thunder snapped a seven-game skid with a 99-92 win over Memphis. Coincidentally, it was the Grizzlies' seventh straight loss. ... Miami allowed more than 100 points for the 20th time this season, but improved to 5-15 in those contests after a 120-115 win over the Knicks. ... Milwaukee has scored at least 100 points in eight straight home games. ... The Bulls snapped the Rockets' season-high six-game win streak with a 105-102 victory.

Chicago forward Luol Deng left Saturday night's game against the Rockets with a likely stress fracture in his right tibia. The Bulls' fourth-leading scorer is scheduled for an MRI exam. ... Thunder star Kevin Durant did not play at Memphis after spraining his ankle during a loss Friday night to Dallas.

"It's fitting that he has the first jersey retired in the Heat arena. You think Alonzo, you think of Miami. To see his jersey in the rafters will mean a lot to every player who comes through here."
-- Heat star Dwyane Wade, on Alonzo Mourning getting his jersey retired.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.