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Wade leads the Heat to the win over the Lakers
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LA, Nov.5 - The Game started out very close. Shaq and Co were able to make some shots inside, but Kobe and the Lakers responded with their good defense and were able to stop some of Heat's attacks
"We wanted to concentrate on Shaq and try to stop him, but Shaq passed out of the double team to the open guy and the guy knocked the shot" - said Caron Butler who scored 13 points and had 5 assists.
The Lakers decided to switch to zone defense and almost never double teamed Shaq after LA took a time out.
Eddie Jones scored 12 of his 18 points in the 2nd quarter, mostly from knocking down the threes." I was wide open when Wade took the ball inside and passed it out to me...all I had to do is to make it"
Damon Jones scored 15 points and made the crutial free thows at the end.
Udonis Haslem was the monster on the boards and pulled down 15 rebounds with 12 points.
But the player that made the Lakers work was Dwayne Wade. "He drove to the rim almsot everytime and was able to shake lose off Kobe almost every time" - said coach an Gundy "Thats the effort I want to see from every player on my team"
In the closing seconds of the 4th quarter Damon Jones knocked down some free throws. The Lakers were only trailing by three. Kobe took a three point attempt and missed at the buzzer.
The Next game the Heat will play is on November 7th at Sacramento.
Play of the Game>> Dwyane Wade goes for a dunk and gets an AND 1.
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