Wade and LeBron heat up as Miami Heat drop New Orleans Hornets 106-90: NBA Recap
Miami Heat came back to winning ways with a 106-90 victory over the New Orleans Hornets Saturday night here at AmericanAirlines Arena, snapping a two game slide.
Dwyane Wade scored a game high 26 points, LeBron James was hot as ever he collected 24 points and dished out 7 assists, Chris Bosh posted 13 points while their three point specialist Ray Allen collected 11 points, going 4 out of
6 from the floor.
Ryan Anderson paced the Hornets 24 points; Robin Lopez posted 20 points and grabbed 8 rebounds while Jason Smith came off the bench to add 12 points.
"The motor was better. We didn't do everything right ... but the commitment on the defensive end was better than the last two games." Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra on the strong defensive performance of the Heat, who made 12 steals
and blocked 7 Hornets shots.
Heat took some time to find their rhythm and were a bit sluggish in the first quarter, but they took control of the game in the second and then raced to victory.
The score was tied on 8 early in the period after a Lopez free throw for the Hornets. Roger Mason Jr. knocked down a three pointer to put the Hornet ahead on 13-10, before Mario Chalmers countered it with a shot from behind the
arc to put Heat up 15-14. The Hornets were looking sharp and Anderson sank a three pointer to open up a 7 point lead on 25-18. New Orleans held on to their lead for a while and a Lopez driving layup had them leading 27-20 before Heat made a 7 nil run to tie
the score on 27. Hornets were leading 32-31 by the end of the period.
Hornets got off to a decent start in the second period and were up 37-31 after the early goings of the quarter. The defending NBA Champions then sprang into action and went for an 11-0 scoring spree to snatch the lead, going up
42-37. There was no looking back for them after that as they kept pulling ahead and a James layup pushed their lead to 51-39. Miami were enjoying a comfortable 64-47 lead at halftime.
LeBron scored the first six points for Heat in the third period to put them up 70-54. The Hornets however, were not to be silenced that easily and an 11-2 run slashed the deficit down to 65-75, with 3:59 to go in the quarter. The
Heat put brakes on their charge though and were leading 86-72 by the end of the period.
The outcome of the match was pretty clear by the end of the third quarter and the Hornets never really looked like threatening Heat.
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