The Heat rolled to a 66-37 halftime lead and then cruised to victory.  The Heat were scorching from the floor as they shot 60.3% and they outrebounded the Bucks 43-34 and those factors helped lead them to a very easy win.  Dwyane Wade had a great game with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.  Jason Kapano had a good night too with 15 points and 3 rebounds.  James Posey had a solid game off the bench with 13 points and 4 rebounds.  Michael Doleac had his best game of the season with 11 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals.

The Heat improved to 20-25 on the season with this win.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270130014

This season has been a mess so far for the Miami Heat.  It started to go south real soon as Shaquille O’Neal went down with a knee injury that required surgery.  He has only played in 6 games this season and the Heat will have a hard time making the playoffs if Shaq doesn’t stay healthy in the second half of the season.  The Heat are sitting at 19-25 on the season which is 7.5 games behind the Wizards in the Southeast Division of the NBA.  But, they are only 2 games behind the Nets for the #8 seed in the playoffs.  Dwyane Wade is doing his best to keep his team in the playoff hunt by averaging 28.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game this season.  But he can’t do it all.  Udonis Haslem has played very well this season for the Heat as he’s averaging 11.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game this season.  He should be able to keep that up in the second half.  Alonzo Mourning has been great in the middle as he’s averaging 10.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in about 24 minutes per night.  He likely will see a small decrease in playing time with Shaq’s return to action. 

The Heat really need Jason Williams, Antoine Walker, James Posey and Gary Payton to get motivated in the second half or the Heat will be watching the playoffs on TV this summer.  Williams is averaging 10.2 points and 5.1 assists but the Heat need more from him.  Antoine Walker has played much better since the league switched back to the leather ball and they need him to keep that up, because he’s only averaging 8.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game and that won’t get it done.  Gary Payton and James Posey have the look of a couple of washed up basketball players.

The Heat had a hard time rebounding as the Bulls outrebounded them 51-42 in this game and that hurt them.  Dwyane Wade had an off night shooting the ball as he only hit 8 of 24 shots from the floor.  He wound up with 24 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals.  James Posey hit 5 of 10 three-point shots and wound up with 17 points and 8 rebounds.  Jason Kapano added 16 points.

The Heat fell to 19-25 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270127004

The Heat played no defense tonight as the Knicks shot 53.6% from the floor as a team and Jamal Crawford dropped 52 points on them!  Dwyane Wade led the way for the Heat with 37 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.  Shaq started but he only played 14 minutes and scored 14 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and blocked 4 shots.

The Heat fell to 19-24 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270126018

Shaquille O’Neal is back, but it didn’t help last night as the Pacers outrebounded the Heat 52-43 and that really hurt.  Dwyane Wade had a fantastic game with 32 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocked shots.  Jason Kapano added 18 points.  Udonis Haslem also had a good game with 14 points and 15 rebounds.  Shaquille O’Neal only played 19 minutes and scored 5 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.

The Heat fell to 19-23 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270124011