KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2010 / SPORTS 7B NBA Powerhouse Miami Heat defeats NJ Nets, 101-78 The devastating trio, Wade, James and Bosh, pick up a three-game winning streak for the Heat after a win over the New Jersey Nets ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — Dwyane Wade studied the sheet of paper in front of him, wondering if there was a mistake. "Is this first half stats?" Wade asked. "Nine shots?" "That's the whole game." LeBron James answered. James scored 20 points, Bosh and Wade were close behind, and the Heat ended the New Jersey Nets' unbeaten start with a 101-78 victory Sunday. Wade doesn't need to shoot much anymore, not since james and Chris Bosh joined him to form a potential powerhouse in Miami. Bosh finished with 18 points and Wade added 17, both getting most of them in Miami's dominant first half before sitting out the fourth quarter. James played a little of the final period and added seven rebounds and seven assists. "The balance is what we are here together for." Wade said, "to have an opportunity to make the game easy on everyone and we're doing it. We're playing great team basketball and we're still not where we want to be, but we're making sure everyone gets an opportunity." It was the most impressive offensive performance yet for the Heat, who have won three straight since beginning their new era with a loss in Boston on opening night. Miami shot 68 percent in the first half, when its Big Three combined for 41 points—one fewer than New Jersey—and the stats only lowered when the reserves took over toward the end. gled in two of Miami's first three games. "When I watch other games and I'm not aggressive, we don't do as well on that certain possession, we either turn the ball over or we don't get a good shot because we're fighting the shot clock," he said. Brook Lopez scored 20 points and rookie Derrick Favors had 13 points and 13 rebounds in the Nets' first loss this season before new "The balance is what we are here together for, to have an opportunity to make the game easy on everyone." Bosh was 8 of 10 from the field, determined to be more aggressive after he strug- owner Mikhail Prokhorow, who watched his third game this week before heading back to Russia. DWAYNE WADE Miami Heat shooting guard The Nets followed their 12-70 finish from last season by opening with victories over Detroit and Sacramento — an especially good start since they set an NBA record by dropping their first 18 games of 2009-10. But those are lottery teams. Miami is a championship contender. The Heat were coming off their first big victory, overpowering rival Orlando 96-70 on Friday night in their home opener. Coach Erik Spoelstra said before Sunday's early start he hoped there would be no hangover. Even with lames picking up a pair of early fouls, the Heat made 10 of 14 shots (71 percent) in the first quarter, building a double-digit lead less than halfway through the period en route to a 29-18 cushion after one. Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who followed James from Cleveland to Miami, started the second quarter with a flurry, and the lead was up to 18 after a dunk by James. The Nets couldn't do much to cut into it and the Heat led 58-42 at halftime. Nothing to worry about. "I told my team during the course of the year that there will be two or three or four games where you're not very good, and this was one of them," Nets coach Avery Johnson said. "We weren't good from the start. We were stuck in the mud, we were stuck in second gear." James made his first visit to a team he met with during free agency. He admitted Sunday he would change some things about the process if he had the chance — he didn't specify what they were — but reiterated he's comfortable he made the right decision. The Nets were the first team to sit down with James and believed the new direction they promised under Prokhorov gave them a chance. James praised the organization before the game but fans apparently haven't forgiven, booing the former crowd favorite during introductions and the first few times he touched the ball — though there were loud cheers when he threw down a couple of powerful dunks. James said he considered that the NBA's great new show could have been based in New Jersey. "On the way to the game, I even mentioned it to Chris, just saying 'This is a point where we could have ended up at,' James said. "But at the end of the day, we're the Miami Heat team, we're the Miami Heat franchise and we have a goal." Carlos Arroyo had 12 points for the Heat, who broke 100 points for the first time and finished at 54 percent from the field. Eddie House finished with 11 and fellow reserve ligauskais scored 10. "When they get everyone involved like that they are obviously a tough team to beat. They got it going against us tonight." Nets forward Joe Smith said. "Defensively, they do a great job of clogging the paint and making you take tough shots from the perimeter. You just have to find a way to get the easy looks and tonight we just didn't do that." NFL Chargers rally to take out the Titans ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — Antonio Gates is playing pretty well for a guy with turf toe. Vince Young isn't as lucky. Taking advantage of yet another mismatch, Gates got behind linebacker Will Witherspoon to haul in a go-ahead, 48-yard pass from .Philip Rivers midway through the third quarter to help the San Diego Chargers rally for a 33-25 win Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, who lost Young to another injury. returning from a sprained left knee and ankle that kept him out of a win against Philadelphia a week earlier. Young completed 10 of 21 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns. San Diego (3-5) snapped a three-game losing streak and won its eighth straight game against the Titans dating to 1993. The victory may have saved the season for the Chargers, who have been off to their worst start in four seasons under coach Norv Turner. Young had played well after The Titans lost wide receiver Kenny Young was hurt while scrambling with less than six minutes to play and had to be helped off the field. Kerry Collins moved the Titans to the Chargers 15 before Chris Johnson dropped a pass on fourth-and-2 with 30 seconds to go. The Titans (5-3) had their three-game winning streak snapped. San Diego is the only team Titans coach Jeff Fisher hasn't beaten. Britt to a hamstring injury in the first quarter, Chargers rookie running back Ryan Mathews sustained cuts and scrapes when his helmet came off in the third quarter but he returned. Gates, caught his ninth TD pass this season for a 24-19 lead. The star tight end was late coming out of the locker room after halftime because he was getting his foot re-taped. Rivers had his fifth 300-yard game of the season, completing 27 of 36 for 305 yards, with two TDs and one interception. He also threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles with 6:51 left. The Chargers botched the point after, which would have given them a nine-point lead. Young's 71-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Nate Washington pulled the Titans to 27-25 with 11:43 left. The conversion pass to Johnson failed. The win may have saved the season for the Chargers, whod been off to their worst start in four seasons under coach Norv Turner. The Chargers trailed 19-7 late in the second quarter before getting three straight scores. Mathews scored on a 7-yard run 1:55 before halftime and Kris Brown kicked a 34-yard field goal midway through the third quarter to bring the Chargers within two. Gates 'TD catch gave San Diego its first lead since the first quarter. Brown kicked a 36-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter for a 27-19 lead. On the Titans' first play from scrimmage, Young hit Washington for the long touchdown. The Titans took their 19-7 lead on a 29-yard TD run by Johnson with 4:43 left in the second quarter. He started right and then cut back to his left, avoided two tackles and then picked up a key block from Young, who took out cornerback Antoine Cason at about the 15 to clear the way to the end zone. Young then slung Johnson over his shoulder and carried him toward the bench. Another Chargers specialteams blunder led to a 2-0 Titans lead less than two minutes into the game. Nick Schommer blocked Mike Scifres' punt, with the ball bouncing out of the end zone and into the stands for a safety. Rivers led the Chargers on an 83-yard,15-play drive capped on a 1-yard run by fullback Mike Tolbert for a 7-2 lead. The Titans got Rob Bironas' 21-yard field goal and a 1-yard TD pass from Young to tight end Craig Stevens on consecutive drives to take a 12-7 lead. NBA Clippers' shooting woes lead to Mavericks victory ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Jason Kidd ended the first half with a 65-foot shot-put heave from inside the 3-point arc at the opposite end, Caron Butler scored 17 points and Shawn Marion had 10 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 99-83 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. Dirk Nowitzki added 16 points and seven rebounds for the defending Southwest Division champions in their first road game of the season. Kidd finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Rookie Blake Griffin had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Clippers, who missed 14 of their first 16 shots and finished at 34 percent while falling to 0-3 on the season under new coach Vinny Del Negro. None of the starters reached double digits until Griffin converted a slam dunk with 5:32 left in the third quarter. Griffin missed nine of his first 11 shots and also was hit with his first technical foul in his third NBA game from referee Mark Lindsay after teammate Ryan Gomes was called for his fifth foul with 3:06 to play. Baron Davis came up empty on his first five attempts before connecting on a 20-footer that trimmed Dallas' lead to eight at 66-58 with 5:58 left in the third. Rasual Butler, the Clippers' 3-point specialist, was 0 for 5 from behind the arc and played 21 scoreless minutes. The Mavericks, who squandered an 11-point lead in the first half before taking a 49-47 halftime lead on Kidd's miracle shot, pulled ahead 63-52 with a 10-1 spurt capped by Tyson Chandler's slam dunk off an alley-oop feed from Kidd with 7:23 left in the third period. 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