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Wade scores 28 as Heat beat Raptors 103-95
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By The Associated Press
February 17, 2011
Toronto, ON — Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, LeBron James had 23 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists and the Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 103-95 Wednesday night.
Miami took an 88-79 lead on Wade's three-point play with 6:37 left. Bargnani made a free throw on a three-second call, then he and DeRozan hit back-to-back jumpers as the Raptors cut it to 88-84 with 5:48 remaining.
James made five of six from the line over the next two minutes, giving the Heat a 93-87 lead with 3:53 to go.
After Bosh made one of two from the line, missing for the first time after hitting his first nine, Bargnani answered with a three-pointer, making it 94-90 with 2:43 remaining.
James made another free throw and, after DeRozan missed a reverse layup, Erick Dampier tipped in Wade's miss, giving Miami a 97-90 lead with 1:50 left.
Returning to Toronto for the first time since joining James and Wade in Miami after seven seasons with the Raptors, Bosh was booed from the moment he took the floor for pre-game warmups, even when he was shown on the video screen during the American national anthem. Fans also booed when the camera panned to James.
The boos, however, were tamer than the hostile reception James received when the Heat visited Cleveland on Dec. 2, or the jeers directed at Vince Carter when he returned to Toronto after being traded to New Jersey.
After the game ended, Bosh blew kisses to the crowd as he walked off the floor to a mixture of cheers and boos.
Bargnani and DeRozan each scored 10 points in the first quarter, but the Heat got seven from James and six each from Bosh and Wade to lead 29-27 after one.
Bosh scored eight points in the second but James missed a three with less than a second left. Miami led 50-46 at the half.
Wade had 11 in the third and Miami opened the quarter with an 8-2 run, including four points from Bosh, to open a 10-point lead, its biggest of the game at that point. But after he was fouled by Mario Chalmers, Leandro Barbosa made three free throws with 33 seconds left, cutting the deficit to 80-72 heading into the fourth.
NOTES: Toronto is 0-3 against Miami this season. The Raptors host the Heat again on April 13, the final game of the regular season for both teams. ... Bosh spoke to a crowd of more than 40 reporters about an hour before the game. ... Heat forward Mike Miller (FSY), who scored a season-high 32 points in Miami's 120-103 home win against Toronto on Jan. 22, sat out with a right-eye injury. Miller has taken hard hits in each of the past two games, including an elbow to the head Tuesday at Indiana. ... Singer Jon Bon Jovi watched from a private box.
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