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The Miami Heat start its fourth game of a seven game road trip against the Milwaukee Bucks on a cold Wednesday night. Miami, who is playing its second game of a back to back, came from Minnesota after a thrilling, down the wire game that ended with the Heat in the winner circle and also taking their record to three games above .500.
Dwyane Wade, who has been sizzling hot averaging over 30 plus points per game over the last seven games, was just simply ice cold tonight. A career 48% field goal shooter, Dwyane was held to just 25% form the field and was held to under 20 points for just the fifth time all season.Wade made up for his poor shooting by dishing out 13 assists to go with his 17 points and two steals. Fortunately for the Heat, its young core came up big off the bench when it was most needed.
Amazingly Daequan Cook ,who was held score less against the Timberwolves, simply torched the Bucks defense. Cook came in to the game mid way through the first quarter and went 5-5 from the three point line ending the quarter with 15 points. Daequan ended the game with a career high 24 points and out scoring the Bucks bench by him self.
Along with Cook being on fire, rookie Michael Beasley came out firing also. The bench duo combined for 45 points and really put Miami's offense on their back and hulled it over the finish line to a 102-99 road win. Michael looks like a man on a mission these last few games making a serious argument about why he should have gone first in the draft.
Key Points:
-Starting point guard Mario Chalmers played just over nine minutes and was held scoreless through out the game. Though the offense ran smoothly through Chris Quinn, Mario's defense was sorely missed as Luke Ridnour exploded for a game high 25 points.
- For a good portion of the night, Michael Redd and Richard Jefferson were held on check, helping the Heat maintain a lead in the second half.
- After Miami showered the Bucks with a river of three's in the first half, they failed to connect from the arch in the second half.
- Three point shooting in the NBA is like an addiction, it feels good when it's going down but at some point down the road everyone hits the wall. Luckily for the Heat after they hit the wall, Beasley,Haslem and Marion found ways to keep the scoring trend going.
- Miami starts slow about 90% of the time. The moment the bench comes in, the offense is fluent, the defense has picked up and Miami begins to play how it s. Is there any bigger of an indication that the starting line up needs to be tweaked? It is said that defending the mountain is easier than trying to conquer it!
Updates:
- According to a Miami Herald article, Heat forward Shawn Marion "badly" wants to be traded. His season stats mimic those he posted his rookie season which was his worst season statistically in the NBA. Most of it is due to a steady helping of a Pat Riley type half court set offense. This may be the final nail in the coffin confirming that chances of seeing Shawn in a Heat uniform after the trade deadline are slim to none.
- Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune writes that the Minnesota Timberwolves, who originally drafted Mario Chalmers, would have kept him if they would have known about a trade that came just minutes after they dealt Mario to Miami. No real solid talk about trades with the Timberwolves has presented it self but they have already shown interest in Udonis Haslem and now Mario Chalmers. This just adds fuel to the already Heat-Timberwolves trade talks that is swirling through out the net.
- Days after being waived by the Memphis Grizzlies, Shaun Livingston is with out a team but according to the Suns, who had some interest in signing Livingston, he is leaning towards a return to south Florida and rejoin the Miami Heat.
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