In the +Miami HEAT's Saturday night game against the +Portland Trail Blazers, +Damian Lillard 's 3-pointer gave Portland a 32-30 lead and +Robin Lopez added a layup as
the first quarter came to a close with Portland leading.
In Q2 Norris
Cole's pass to Dwyane Wade sends Wade tearing towards the rim in his, “Here I come,” Marquette style. He drives with such momentum he hits his target in the rim
but then hits the floor hard (36-45). The Trail Blazers stretch the
lead when +Dorell Wright's layup is good (34-43). Miami closes the gap but
Portland holds a 62-58 advantage at half-time.
Chris Bosh brings a layup and
+Rashard Lewis throws a triple to put the Heat up 71-69 in Q3. Portland quickly
reclaims the lead, pushing the score to 79-86 on Williams' 3-pointer. The
Blazers lead by as many as nine points.
In Q4 the Heat
is down 93-96 when Wade passes and
Bosh hits 3 to tie the score 96-96 with 4
minutes
remaining in the game. Taking a pass from +Ray Allen Wade makes a tear to the rim
to tie the score at
98-98. With 2 minutes remaining
Bosh hits 3 again all net, no rim. Miami takes
a lead
101-98 but the Trail Blazers are in hot pursuit. Wade
goes to the rim adding
2 with 29 seconds (103-105).
Wade makes a tear to the rim to drop 2 and tie the
score at 105-105. Then Wade fouls giving Portland 2
at the line with 15 seconds left in the game.
Now there are only 9 seconds and counting. With 7 seconds left in the game Wade races to the rim, but he is not alone. On his trail there
is triple defense in hot pursuit. Now, only 4 seconds left in the game. The Heat is down 2 (105-107) the clock is running. Wade runs faster. Defense closes in on Wade, he sees
an opening and passes out to Bosh 30 feet outside the rim. The ball goes a
little to the right.
Two Trailblazers race towards Bosh with arms flying. Time
is of the essence. Bosh stretches
to reach the ball, then with poise, balance and his own unscripted game plan Bosh solidly grounds himself and takes the shot. By the time
the Trailblazers reach Bosh he has already set up and released the ball. It
flies high in the air towards the rim. The entire Modo Center is on their feet.
You can hear a pin drop when the ball drops in, all net no rim.
From 30 feet
Bosh hits a triple to give Miami a lead with a final score of 108-107. That
gives Miami its best NBA record of 23-7. +Dwyane Wade +Michael Beasley and +Mario Chalmers contribute 37 points. +Norris Cole and +Udonis Haslem help set the team up for the
win.
+Chris Bosh generally averages 16 points per game. He more than doubled that with 37 points.
Bosh generally averages 29 minutes per game but with +LeBron James on the bench with a
strained right groin, Bosh covered some of the 36 minutes generally played by LeBron. Coach +ERIC SPOELSTRA played Bosh a total of 39 minutes.
With 37 points and 39
minutes Bosh nearly averaged
a point a minute. “Bosh, you the man.”
