Dwyane Wade scored 31 points to lead the HEAT to a 103-93 road win over the Seattle Super Sonics on Friday. Ricky Davis scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter as Miami pulled away from the Sonics.
Dwyane Wade posted 15 points and four assists in 25 minutes in his return from offseason surgeries on his shoulder and knee, but it wasn't enough as Miami droppped a 104-95 decision to Seattle on Wednesday. Ricky Davis had 16 points and four assists, while Udonis Haslem added nine points and 11 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade scored 25 of his 29 points after halftime, including 17 in the fourth period alone, to give Miami a 107-103 comeback win over the Sonics on Wednesday night. Wade added 13 assists and five rebounds, and Jason Kapono shot 8-for-12 from the floor to lead five others in double figures with 19 points.
James Posey took a feed from Dwyane Wade and calmly stroked a 3-pointer with 19 seconds remaining to lift the HEAT to a 90-87 win over the Sonics on Tuesday. Wade finished with 31 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Shaquille O'Neal was nearly perfect Saturday, matching a season high with 31 points on 15-of-16 shooting in Miami's 115-106 win over visiting Seattle. O'Neal also had nine rebounds, four assists and four blocks as the HEAT recorded their season-high fifth straight victory. Dwyane Wade scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and Udonis Haslem added 16 points and nine rebounds.
Miami led by 15 at halftime on Friday and rolled to a 117-104 victory over Seattle. Dwyane Wade posted a triple-double with 15 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds, while Jason Williams and James Posey each scored 19 to pace the HEAT. Miami shot 50 percent from the field, including a stellar 25-of-27 from the line, while outrebounding the Sonics 47-32.
The HEAT snapped an eight game road win streak with a 108-98 loss to the Sonics in Seattle. Miami jumped out to a quick start, going ahead by as many as eight points in the first quarter. The Sonics were able to cut the deficit to two points in the second, but the HEAT responded with a 7-2 run and took an eight point lead into the half. Miami increased their lead in the third, going ahead by as many as 12 points before Seattle went on a 28-13 run to close the period ahead by three points. The Sonics continued their run and took a 10 point lead with 7:57 left to play, but the HEAT responded with an 11-0 run in the next two minutes to take a one point lead with 5:55 to play. From that point on, the HEAT was only able to score four points to the Sonics’ 15 points. Miami was led by Shaquille O’Neal, who scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade scored 28 points and Shaquille O’Neal added 25 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks, but Miami couldn’t overcome the sharp-shooting performance of Ray Allen and the SuperSonics as the HEAT fell to the Sonics, 98-96, to snap its franchise record 14 –game winning streak. Reshard Lewis’ 3-pointer at the buzzer gave the Sonics a two-point edge, 71-69, heading into the game’s final period. In the fourth, Allen led Seattle by scoring 11 of his game-high 35 points, including two clutch free throws with 46 seconds remaining to give Seattle a 95-93 advantage. The HEAT responded to tie the game when Wade scored two of his 23 second-half points on a driving lay-up. After Danny Fortson made 1-of-2 free throws with 13 seconds to go, Vladimir Radmanovic grabbed the rebound, drew a foul and made both shots for a 98-95 lead with 1.6 seconds to play. The Heat had one last chance to tie the game when Eddie Jones was fouled by Lewis while shooting a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds remaining, but he missed two out of three free throws.
In the fourth quarter with under two minutes to play in a two-point game, Rafer Alston came up huge for the Miami HEAT hitting a three-pointer, getting the steal on the next possession, than dropping in another jumper from downtown to help put away the Seattle SuperSonics on Friday night, 82-74, at the AmericanAirlines Arena. Alston finished the game with 15 points, four rebounds, five assists, one blocked shot, and tied his career-high of five steals. The HEAT led by 16 points at the half after Seattle tied a franchise low with eight points in the first quarter. The eight points also tied the franchise low for the fewest points allowed by the HEAT in a period. The Sonics continued to battle back and closed the gap to five points at the end of the third quarter.
A hot-shooting Miami HEAT team, led by 21 points from Lamar Odom, lifted the HEAT past the Seattle Supersonics 105-
98 at KeyArena. Miami shot a season-high 52.7 percent from field, connecting on 39-of-74 shot attempts. The win also marked the HEAT’s first road
victory of the season and second all-time win at Seattle. Ironically the HEAT ended its last six game losing streak on the road at KeyArena Dec. 7,
2001. Odom, who recorded his fourth double in his last five outings, also added 11 rebounds, six assists and two steals. Eddie Jones chipped in with
20 points, followed by Dwyane Wade’s 18 points, Udonis Haslem’s fourth double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds and Loren Woods’ 12 points
and nine rebounds off the bench. Every HEAT player that saw action on Tuesday scored for the team.
Vladimir Radmanovic scored 19 points, connecting on 6-of-11 from the field and 5-of-7 from the three-point
line, in leading the Seattle SuperSonics to a 100-71 victory over the HEAT. The loss was the third consecutive for Miami on the road and have now dropped eight of its last 10 games. Rookie Caron Butler was the only HEAT starter to reach double-figures, scoring 12 points in 27 minutes of action. Malik Allen (2 pts), Brian Grant (2 pts), Eddie Jones (5 pts) and Travis Best (2 pts) combined to score only 11 points. The HEAT was led in scoring by Rasual Butler, who poured in a career and season high 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field including 3-of-5 from the three-point line off the bench. Miami shot just 30 percent from the field (26-of-86), while Seattle shot 51 percent from the field (39-of-76) and 53 percent from the threepoint line (7-of-13). Radmanovic’s five three-pointers tied a record against the HEAT in a half and most points in a quarter by an individual. Seattle jumped out to a 34-12 score in the first quarter and never looked back.
Eddie Jones scored 16 of his team high 23 points in the second half, seven in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s
match-up with Seattle, but had his game tying lay-up blocked with five seconds remaining, then watched as his game winning three-point attempt with time running out sail over the rim, as Miami fell at home to the SuperSonics 84-82. Seattle jumped out to an 31-20 lead in the first quarter and led by as many as 12 points before the HEAT starting chipping away at the lead. Rashard Lewis led Seattle with 24 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots, followed by Gary Payton’s 20 points and a game high 11 assists. HEAT head coach Pat Riley was ejected in third quarter with the scored tied at 62-62. Miami immediately responded on a three-pointer by Jones to take a 65-64 lead into the fourth quarter. Brian Grant recorded his fourth straight game with double figure rebounds and his third double-double of the season. Reserve guard Mike James had a career high 15 points (all in one quarter), his first double figure game of the season and most of any HEAT player in a quarter.
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