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MIAMI -- For the Miami Heat, this was a night of comebacks.
First, coach Pat Riley said he'll return after missing six weeks because of
knee and hip surgeries. Then Dwyane Wade shook off a bruised left shoulder
and outscored Portland by himself in the final quarter.
Now, the Heat's long trip back to .500 is complete, too. Wade had 35 points
and the Heat beat Portland 104-85 on Tuesday night, giving Miami seven wins
in eight games entering the All-Star break.
"I'm just glad we won. We've gotten to the point we kept talking about," said
Heat interim coach Ron Rothstein, who went 13-9 as Riley's replacement and
helped the team recover from being six games under .500 on Jan. 27. "Now this
is our launching pad for after the break."
Wade had 16 of his points in the final quarter, one more than the Trail
Blazers managed as a team, and almost single-handedly decided things with
three straight baskets in an 88-second span early in the period.
Miami led 73-70 entering the fourth and the game was still in doubt when Juan
Dixon hit a 3-pointer with 9:14 left, but Wade's three baskets pushed the
lead to 85-75 -- the Heat's biggest at that point -- with 7:46 remaining.
Miami would lead by as many as 21 in the final minutes.
"He showed why he is one of the best players in the league," Portland's Joel
Przybilla said. "He just took over. They showed why they are the world
champs."
Zach Randolph had 17 points and six rebounds for Portland, and Jarrett Jack
added 16 points for the Trail Blazers, who had a modest two-game winning
streak snapped.
Portland was only 4-for-13 from the floor in the first 10 minutes of the
final quarter and wound up shooting 42 percent for the game -- compared with
56 percent by Miami, which narrowly missed matching a franchise record by
blocking 14 shots, and forced 17 turnovers that led to 27 points.
"We can't win many games with 15 to 20 turnover" Portland coach Nate
McMillan said. "Last game we had 20 turnovers, tonight we had 17. You're
spotting these guys, who are champions, 27 points when you do that."
Udonis Haslem had 12 points and Jason Kapono and James Posey each added 11
for Miami. Shaquille O'Neal, who didn't play in the fourth quarter for the
second straight game, finished with six points and five rebounds in 24
minutes.
When the Heat resume play next week, Riley will be back on the sideline; he
left the team Jan. 3 to address his medical issues. Riley announced his plans
to return 45 minutes before gametime.
"We're just looking forward to keep going on this path," Wade said.
Wade hurt his shoulder -- he called it a hyperextension and said he heard a
pop -- with 9:36 left in the third quarter. He drove past Jack and went
airborne, collided with Przybilla and immediately began writhing in pain once
he hit the ground. Once he got up, he quickly headed for the Heat locker room.
"I probably looked at the tunnel about seven times," Rothstein said.
Sure enough, Wade emerged from that tunnel about 6 minutes later, feeling
fine. He was 7-for-11 from the floor after the collision and has eight
straight games of at least 25 points, matching the franchise record.
"I had my rhythm from the first half and just kept it going," Wade said.
Brandon Roy had 15 points for Portland, but managed only two on 1-for-8
shooting in the final three quarters. Ime Udoka added 14 and Dixon had 12 for
the Trail Blazers.
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