122
119
Heat Box Score Clippers Boxscore
Player Of The Game
1st Quarter- It started off very close with both teams nailing there first two shots. Shaq Oneal had gottan an early foul in the first minute and a half so the coach had to sit him.Elton Brand was on fire and nobody could stop him, all he had was dunk after dunk. Jason Williams hit a three to give them the lead and finished the quarter with 9. Shaq on the other hand blocked 4 shots but had picked up 3 fouls only in the third quarter. No body was a ball bog on the Heat and 6 players had atleast 2 points in the first half. Lastly, on the Clippers side J. Singleton had an amzing 8 points...but all of them came from foul shooting.
2nd Quarter- It was all tied up after every possetion in the first 2 minutes of the game. Then Shaq finnaly scored his first basket early in the quarter and then he went on fire. Cuttino mobly was also nailing shot after shot no one could contest any of h is shots. Jason Williams made another 3 and a couple of short range ones to make his point total at 16! Both coaches where happy at the end of the quarter and both teams played great. This quarter was mostly all starters for the Heat.
Key Players At The Half-
Heat-
Shaq Oneal
Points-8
Rebounds-5
Assits-0
Steals-0
Blocks-5
Clippers
Cuttino Mobely
Points-15
Rebounds-0
Assits-1
Steals-0
Blocks-0
3rd Quarter- In the third quarter of this game the Clippers where comming back and actually took the lead by 1 once. Shaq played sloppy and was 0-3 from the field but had 2 blocks. Jason Williams did alright who got a couple of assits, but the key player was Dwyane Wade with 8 points. Every player on the Clippers is doing good and almost every player that played contributed somehow. The game is still very close and any team could win. The coach says that the Heat need to pass the ball a little more and get in the paint more.
4th Quarter- The final quarter of regulation was a very tight and close game. The lead was going back and forth. But until the Clippers went on an 7-0 and found themselves up by 5. But the Heat didnt give up, they played and played untill they were tied with 13.5 seconds left. Then with 5.5 seconds left Dwayne Wade made a dunk and the Heat went up by 2. But then Cuttino Mobeley missed a 3 pointer! But then Chris Wilcox got the rebound with .6 seconds left made a layup!!! So its going into overtime.
Overtime- Very horrible shooting in this overtime which both teams missed there first 3 shots that they attempted. Foul after foul went by and almost every point in this quarter was by foul shooting. Shaq fouled out 2 minutes into the extra time and Alonzo Mourning went in, and did not so bad. Jason Williams made 5-6 in free throws in over time to give the Heat some motivation. Shaun Liviingston fouled out and that was the end of the Clippers. The Heat had won on overtime with a final score of 122-119.[url][/url]