6A / SPORTS / TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
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Miami Heat's LeBron James continues to dribble after falling as Washington Wizards' Alonzo Gee defends in Miami on Monday. James scored 30 points in the Heat's 105-94 victory.
James and Wade lead Miami with nearly 60 points
MIAMI - LeBron James and Erik Spoelstra had a pregame meeting on Monday to talk about Miami's offensive woes.
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And for Spoelstra, it was a milestone, his 100th regular-season victory, coming in career game No.182.
Andray Blatche scored 26 for Washington, which is 0-8 on the road. Gilbert Arenas added 23 for the Wizards, who lost to the Heat for the eighth time in the teams' past nine meetings.
Early returns suggest it was a productive chat.
Nick Young scored 13 and JaVale McGee finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Washington.
James scored 30 points, Dwyane Wade added 26 and the Heat beat Washington 105-94 on Monday night, keeping the Wizards winless away from home this season.
The Heat topped 100 points for the first time in their past seven games, and led by as many as 22 on the way to just their second win in their past six games.
James had 20 of his points in the first half, Wade added 15 in the third quarter, and though it didn't get into a blowout until the fourth quarter — it's the fifth time already this season where the Wizards have lost by double digits — it was comfortable for Miami throughout.
The Wizards were without No.1 draft pick John Wall, who missed his second straight game with a bruised right knee, and went largely with a seven-man rotation for much of the night. Washington was also again without Al Thornton (ankle) and Yi
He did it in a hurry, too.
Miami's lead was only 55-49 with 10:31 left in the third quarter, before Wade — who has been slumped — got his scoring touch back.
Wade scored 15 points in the quarter, matching a Heat season best for any quarter this season and needed only 6:17 to get that done. Consecutive jumpers 27 seconds apart, both set up by james, got him started, and he went on the attack the rest of the quarter — getting all 11 of his remaining points either at the foul line or on driving layups.
His personal spurt ended with 3:17 left in the period, when Wade split defenders on a spin move, got fouled, made a layup from the left side and hit the free throw for a 76-63 lead.
Jianlian (knee).
From there, things got chippy.
Washington's Hilton Armstrong and Miami's Juwan Howard were ejected with 32.3 seconds left in the third. Armstrong flagrantly fouled Heat center Joel Anthony on a layup attempt, pushing him with both hands in what was deemed a flagrant-2 infraction. Howard's night ended after referee Bill Kennedy saw he had pushed Armstrong in the back while coming to Anthony's defense.
The Wizards' Kirk Hinrich and Miami's James Jones were called for double technics after getting in each other's faces with 8:20 left to play, and Washington's Trevor Booker was called for a flagrant-1 about 5 minutes later.
James made 6 of his 9 shots in the first half, then started 2 for 7 following the break before hitting a 3-pointer with 2:32 remaining for a 103-83 lead.
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Thunder rolls with a win against Hornets
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook scored 12 of his 25 points during a decisive 14-0 run late in the fourth quarter and also had 11 assists and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied to beat the New Orleans Hornets 95-89 on Monday night.
After the 3-pointer, he mocked slamming guns down into holsters at his side.
Westbrook scored six in a row to tie the game, then kept going with a driving layup and a 3-pointer that put the Thunder up 88-81 with 1:38 to play.
Kevin Durant hit four free
throws down the stretch to seal the game and finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds.
David West scored 20 points to lead New Orleans, but missed his final six shots while Oklahoma City was making its comeback Chris Paul added 17 points, 14 assists and five steals as the Hornets lost for the fourth time in five games after an 11-1 start.
Westbrook missed 10 of his first 15 shots and committed eight turnovers but did away with all those struggles in his final flurry.
He made his final four attempts and didn't turn the ball over in
the final 6 minutes as Oklahoma City wiped away an 81-75 deficit
Jeff Green and Thabo Sefolosha added 13 points apiece for the Thunder, who bounced back from a one-point loss in Houston a night earlier.
New Orleans rallied back to tie it at 50 on Belinelli's jumper from the free-throw line to start the second half.
Oklahoma City sustained an early 10-0 run by Paul and Belinelli.
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