In a matchup of the two highest-scoring teams in the NBA, the HEAT closed out their five-game road trip Friday night with a 117-104 loss to the Nuggets. LeBron James scored a game-high 35 points for the HEAT. Dwyane Wade left the game in the fourth quarter with a right ankle injury.
LeBron James' 33 points and six rebounds led the HEAT to a 103-98 home victory over the Nuggets on Saturday. Chris Bosh secured his fifth straight double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade scored 32 while Mike Bibby provided 14 off the bench. The HEAT have won five of their last six games.
Playing without LeBron James, the HEAT struggled and fell to the Denver Nuggets 130-102 on the road Thursday night. Chris Bosh scored 24 points. Dwyane Wade added 16 in the effort. The HEAT visits Chicago next to face the Bulls on Saturday night.
Dwyane Wade finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds but it wasn't enough to overcome a balanced attack from the Nuggets as the Heat fell 114-96 Thursday night in Denver. Michael Beasley added 17 points for Miami in the loss.
Mario Chalmers (16 points) and Jermaine O'Neal (18 points) combined for 34 points as the HEAT took down the undefeated Nuggets, 96-88, at home on Friday night. Five players scored double-digit points including Dwyane Wade, who put up 22 points and dished out five assists.
Dwyane Wade scored 33 points, but the HEAT lost 99-82 Tuesday to the visiting Nuggets. Shawn Marion added 14 points, Mario Chalmers had 10 and Joel Anthony blocked five shots for Miami.
Dwyane Wade led with 29 points and 10 assists, but the HEAT came up a little short in overtime in Tuesday's 114-113 home loss to the Nuggets. Shawn Marion posted 23 points and 18 rebounds and Dorell Wright had 19 points. Mark Blount had 18 points, including a jumper with 17.5 seconds left in regulation that forced OT. He also had 13 rebounds.
The HEAT trailed by 17 at the half and couldn't recover in Sunday's 115-89 loss at Denver. Dwyane Wade paced Miami with 13 points, while Ricky Davis and Daequan Cook added 11 apiece.
Miami got off to a slow start and never recovered, falling 123-107 in Denver on Friday. Dwyane Wade paced the HEAT with 21 points and 14 assists, while Udonis Haslem added 21 points. Jason Kapono registered a season-high 19 points for Miami, which hosts the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
The HEAT were outscored by eight points in the fourth quarter en route to a 112-105 loss to the Nuggets on Tuesday. Dwyane Wade paced Miami with 37 points. Shaquille O'Neal did not play due to a hyperextended left knee.
The HEAT led by four points with just over two minutes remaining Friday, but the Nuggets finished the game on a 12-0 run and Miami lost 100-92. Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 37 points and had 10 boards. Alonzo Mourning was ejected from the game after receiving his second technical foul early in the third quarter. The HEAT have dropped four straight, but hope to get Shaquille O'Neal back on the floor on Sunday when they host the Wizards.
Dwyane Wade scored 32 points, but the HEAT stumbled in the closing seconds of Saturday night's 101-99 loss in Denver. Antoine Walker added 20 points off the bench for Miami, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.
The HEAT recorded their seventh straight with a 107-100 win against the visiting Denver
Nuggets. Miami held a 57-46 lead at the break while shooting 57 percent from the field. Miami would maintain the lead throughout the second half by
outscoring Denver 58-40 in the paint. Dwyane Wade scored a game-high 25 points going 9-of-17 from the field while also grabbing five rebounds,
dishing out four assists, blocking two shots and recording one steal. Shaquille O’Neal was a force in the paint posting 20 points, handing out seven
assists and grabbing a game-high 11 boards. Eddie Jones continued his good play with 16 points on 7-of-13 from the field while grabbing seven
boards and blocking two shots. Christian Laettner had a strong performance off the HEAT bench recording 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the
field. The win improved Miami’s Eastern Conference’s best record to 18-7.
Damon Jones' bucket with 5:34 to go cut the gap to five, but Miami got no closer in a 104-95 loss at Denver on Saturday. Dwyane Wade tallied a team-high 26 points, Udonis Haslem notched 14 and Eddie Jones had 13.
Getting a blowout win in the front end of back-to-back games proved beneficial for the Miami HEAT. Rookie Dwyane Wade scored 28 points and Lamar Odom added 21 as the Heat extended their winning streak to four games with a 97-81 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Denver took a 45-40 lead into the locker room but appeared to tire in the third quarter. The HEAT began to run as Wade and Odom scored several easy baskets during a 23-8 spurt that opened a 70-60 advantage with 3:10 to go in the period. In his first meeting with Carmelo Anthony, Wade outplayed the rookie forward. Wade made 13-of-24 shots while Anthony was just 3-of-16.
Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets held off the Miami HEAT on Sunday, posting an 88-80 victory at the Pepsi Center. Anthony led all scorers in the game with 31 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the field, while former HEAT guard and current Nuggets standout Voshon Lenard chipped in with 18 points. Second year forward Nene scored 17 points and Rodney White netted 10 points off the bench to pace all the double-figure scorers for Denver. The Nuggets led from start to finish and held off a late HEAT rally to secure its 24th win of the season. Miami closed to within six points (86-80) in the closing minutes of the game, but could not manage to score another field goal in the final 1:36 to go in the fourth quarter. The HEAT trailed by as many as 17 points in the game and by 14 points late in the final period at 80-66 with the 5:38 mark. Lamar Odom led the HEAT in scoring with 26 points, despite shooting 9-of-21 from the field. Eddie Jones and Caron Butler each scored 12 points in the game followed by 11 points from Rafer Alston.
Denver placed five players in double-figures on Saturday, including 19 points from Junior Harrington, as the Nuggets
defeated the HEAT 98-92. Nene Hilario (16 points), Juwan Howard (12 points), Shammond Williams (11 points) and Predrag Savovic (10 points) rounded out the double-figure scorers for the Nuggets. Saturday’s win was also the first for Denver at AmercianAirlines Arena, where they are now 1-3. Only the Golden State Warriors (0-4) have never won a game at the arena. Denver shot a sizzling 50 percent from the field on 38-of-76 shot attempts. Miami was led in scoring by Rasual Butler, who recorded his second consecutive 20-plus points game with 22. Mike James scored 14 points off the bench, while Brian Grant recorded his sixth consecutive double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Caron Butler and Malik Allen each chipped in with 11 points.
Despite 20 points from rookie Caron Butler, the HEAT dropped its fourth consecutive game, falling to the Denver
Nuggets 86-76 at the Pepsi Center. Butler connected on 7-of-16 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. He also recorded a career and season high seven steals. Denver, who is coached by former HEAT assistant Jeff Bzdelick, were led by Juwan Howard’s 28 points and 12 rebounds. The Nuggets shot 50 percent from the field on 34-of-67 shot attempts. Denver also outrebounded Miami 38-28. Playing its third game without leading scorer Eddie Jones and fourth without Travis Best, both out with ankle sprains, Miami failed to reach 80 points for the 11 time this season. HEAT back-up point guard Anthony Carter recorded the fifth double-double of his career with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Pat Riley discusses how Colin Gowell became not only the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but then became the United States' first black secretary of state.
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Alonzo Mourning on Overtown, a community just north of downtown Miami. This area served as a cultural and economic center for Black Americans before a highway and public transportation hub displaced many of its citizens.
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Mike Miller talks about legendary sportsman and activist Arthur Ashe, who turned down Harvard to play tennis at UCLA. In 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American male to win the US Open Title.
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LeBron James talks about how Joe Louis rose from a sharecropping community in Alabama to become the world heavyweight champion and a sergeant in the US Army.
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