With All-Star Dwyane Wade expected to miss the rest of the season, HEAT coach Pat Riley will look to rookie Daequan Cook to pick up the slack. Cook did Monday, scoring a season-high 23 points as Miami erased a 16-point deficit before watching Ricky Davis' buzzer shot roll out in a 99-98 home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
The HEAT held off a fourth-quarter rally by the Clippers to post a 100-94 win on Sunday. Dwyane Wade recorded a double-double, notching 35 points and 10 assists.
Still without Dwyane Wade and now without Pat Riley, Miami hung tough early but could not keep pace in Wednesday's 110-95 defeat to the Clippers. Jason Kapono scored 19 points and Alonzo Mourning and Robert Hite added 16 apiece. The HEAT will now begin a six-game West Coast road trip where it is possible Shaquille O'Neal may return to action.
Dwyane Wade tallied 33 points, four rebounds and five assists, but the Heat came up short in a 101-97 road loss to the Clippers on Tuesday. Alonzo Mourning went 7-of-8 from the field on his way to 16 points, 11 boards and four blocks. Udonis Haslem added a double-double.
The HEAT were hot from the field as they shot 55 percent (40-for-73) as a team in Monday's 118-114 home win over the Clippers. Dwyane Wade had 28 points and 11 assists and Shaquille O'Neal chipped in 25 points. Gary Payton hit a season-high five 3-pointers on the way to 19 points.
Dwyane Wade's 29 points weren't enough as the HEAT took a 99-89 loss at the Clippers on Monday. Alonzo Mourning and Jason Williams each added 17 points, while Mourning grabbed 12 rebounds and Williams dished nine assists.
The HEAT won their seventh straight game behind Damon Jones’ career-high 31 points, as
they defeated the Los Angeles Clippers, 113-95, at AmericanAirlines Arena. The Clippers held a three-point advantage, 20-17, at the 3:18 mark of
the first quarter, but Jones’ back-to-back 3-pointers gave Miami the lead that it never relinquished. The HEAT jumped out to as many 22 points as
they headed into the All-Star break with an Eastern Conference best 40-14 record. Jones finished the game with a career-high eight makes from
three-point land on 10 attempts, and a career-high nine field goals made.
Darrick Martin’s 23-foot jumper with .5 seconds remaining in double-overtime lifted the Los
Angeles Clippers past the Miami HEAT, 114-112, to wrap up the HEAT’s five-game West Coast swing. Miami, who played without the injured
Dwyane Wade for the second straight game, blew a 16-point first-half lead as Los Angeles held a five-point advantage heading into the final minutes
of the fourth period. Shaquille O’Neal made one of two free throws in the closing seconds of regulation to cap off a 6-1 HEAT run to send the game
into its first overtime. O’Neal continued his heroics in the extra session, scoring six of the HEAT’s 10 overtime points, including a nine-foot jumper
that forced double overtime. With the scored knotted at 112 apiece, Martin drained a fading jumper to give the Clippers the win.
The Miami HEAT won its third consecutive home game on Friday, defeating the L.A. Clippers 97-88 at the AmericanAirlines Arena. The win also gave the HEAT a regular season sweep over the Clippers, having already recorded a 87-85 win at Los Angeles on Jan. 16. Lamar Odom led Miami with his 23rd double-double of the season, recording 25 points and 14 rebounds. Eddie Jones (16 points), Dwyane Wade (14 points), Rafer Alston (12 points) and Caron Butler (11 points) rounded out the HEAT’s double figure scorers. Butler also added a career tying 11 rebounds in the game. Miami shot 42.7 percent from the field after connecting on 32-of-75 shot attempts including five three-pointers (5-of-16). The HEAT out-rebounded the Clippers 42-38 and scored 29 points off of 24 Los Angeles turnovers. The HEAT are 23-9 all-time versus the Clippers, which includes a 11-5 record at home.
The Miami HEAT ended two streaks on Friday night in Los Angeles, the first was a four game losing streak and second was a four game losing streak to the Clippers. Miami defeated Los Angeles 87-85 at the Staples Center. The game also was highlighted by Lamar Odom’s first game versus the team that selected him in the 1999 NBA Draft. Eddie Jones led the HEAT in scoring with 21 points including a clutch three-pointer with 45.8 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter that proved to be the game winner. The Clippers had possession of the basketball with eight seconds left to play, but Corey Maggette failed to get a shot off over Odom, who turned the ball over on the previous possession. The HEAT won for the first time this season shooting under 40 percent after connecting on 32-of-86 attempts from the field.
The Los Angeles Clippers swept the regular season series with Miami on Wednesday, recording an 89-
80 victory at the Staples Center. Elton Brand poured in 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, as the Clippers extended its winning streak over the HEAT to four games. Los Angeles won both meetings last season. The Heat never got closer than nine points in the second half, trailed by as many as 18. Miami whittled the deficit to 38-35 with 3:15 left before halftime, but Piatkowski had seven points in an 11-2 run that closed the second quarter. Miami shot just 34 percent (15-of-44) over the opening 24 minutes. The HEAT never got closer than nine in the third quarter and trailed 73-55 heading into the final period. Brand had eight points and four rebounds in the quarter. The Clippers led 79-61 with 7:53 left before the HEAT put together a 9-2 (79-70) run but got no closer. Miami was led in scoring by Eddie House and Malik Allen with 12 points each, followed by 11 points from Brian Brant, who also had 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season and fifth consecutive. Mike James and Travis Best chipped in
with 10 points each to round out the double-figure scorers for the HEAT. Vladimir Stepania grabbed 11 rebounds and James dished out a career, season and team high eight assists.
The HEAT led 65-59 with 3:28 left in the third quarter, but watched as the Los Angeles Clippers rolled off a 22-
1 run to take an 81-66 lead into the fourth quarter. The Clippers went on to defeat Miami 101-82 Tuesday night, handing the HEAT its third straight loss at home. The Clippers had five players reach double-figures, including a 25-point, 20 rebound effort by Elton Brand. His 20/20 effort versus the HEAT was the first since Kevin Willis (24 points, 22 rebounds) did it as a member of the Atlanta Hawks on February 10, 1994. Despite Miami also having five players reach double-figures, the HEAT only managed 11 field goals in the last two quarters. The Clippers shot 63 percent in the fourth quarter on 12-of-19 shot attempts and outscored the HEAT 28-16. Miami was led in scoring by Rasual Butler’s career-high 15 points (10 in the second quarter). Caron Butler and Eddie Jones scored 14 points
apiece, followed by Mike James (13 points) and Malik Allen (11 points). Brian Grant chipped in with nine points and recorded his fifth consecutive game with double-figure rebounds with 10.
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