[The Heat Is On]

Dwyane Wade was on a mission -- and it was impossible for the Phoenix Suns to stop him. Wade scored a season-high 43 points, and the Miami Heat beat the Suns 107-92 Friday night in the first matchup between the teams since the Shaquille O'Neal for Shawn Marion blockbuster trade last February. Neither O'Neal nor Marion was much of a factor in the game dominated by the unstoppable Wade.



Wade scores 43 points in Heat victory (AP)

[Gotham Dark Knight]

“I was on a mission to bounce back from my last game,” said Wade, referring a season-low 12 points against Portland on Wednesday night in an embarrassing 106-68 loss. “My shot was there and I just wanted to focus tonight. I focused all the way through tonight. I haven’t been doing that (recently).”
Udonis Haslem had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Daequan Cook scored 15 and rookie Mario Chalmers added 13 points for the Heat.

Leandro Barbosa, playing on his 26th birthday, led the Suns with 20 points. Raja Bell had 16 and Amare Stoudemire 14.
The Suns played without All-Star guard Steve Nash, sidelined with a right thigh contusion, sustained Wednesday night in a collision with Minnesota rookie Kevin Love. Nash’s absence was evident, as the Suns had difficulty controlling the ball.


Nice to see Wade do well, but Nash was out...would he had done likewise against Nash running the Suns???