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Wade, O'Neal lead Heat to victory

March 08, 2005 18:58 IST
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Dwyane Wade scored 32 points and Shaquille O'Neal added 25 to power the Miami Heat to a 108-100 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

Despite playing for the fourth time in five nights, the Heat shot 54.9 percent from the field to win their sixth straight outing and their 10th consecutive home game.

Shandon Anderson had 13 points for the Heat while Udonis Haslem contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Allen Iverson collected 27 points for the Sixers, who lost for the first time in three games.

Samuel Dalembert, who was involved in a fourth-quarter altercation with Alonzo Mourning which resulted in the Heat center being ejected for a double technical foul, added 21 points for Philadelphia.

Mourning played only four minutes and scored one point.

Chris Webber struggled in his first game since he and O'Neal moved to the Eastern Conference, picking up 10 points in 26 minutes.

In Dallas, Marquis Daniels registered 32 points as the short-handed Mavericks beat the Toronto Raptors 113-105.

Dallas was without the injured Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley. Jason Terry had 23 points for the Mavs and Josh Howard chipped in with 22 points and eight rebounds.

Morris Peterson led Toronto with 23 points while Milt Palacio added 19.

In Chicago, Kirk Hinrich notched 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds to guide the Bulls to a 90-85 triumph over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Eddy Curry recorded 16 points and seven rebounds for the Bulls while Chris Duhon had 13 points and 10 assists.

Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 26 points.

In Denver, Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points in only three quarters as the Nuggets won their seventh straight game, 111-98 over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Wesley Person added 18 points in 22 minutes for the Nuggets, who are on their longest winning streak in 16 years.

Damon Stoudamire led Portland with 24 points and Darius Miles had 16.

In Los Angeles, Lorenzen Wright claimed 23 points to carry the Memphis Grizzlies past the Clippers 105-102.

Brian Cardinal added 20 points for Memphis while Mike Miller picked up 17.

Corey Maggette amassed 37 points for the Clippers.

 

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