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LeBron James scored 33 points for Miami to bring their sixth consecutive victory
Miami took the lead from the very beginning, but starting with a shy one. They finished the first quarter 28-27 as no conclusion could be drawn at the moment. Things started to look clearer for the visitors when Heat played more convincing into the second period. With Dwyane Wade also in great form, Miami dominated Utah almost at all facets to claim the second quarter 28-23 and claim a six-point advantage at the half time. Wade would add 28 points for Miami as he also had four rebounds, four assists and two steals, converting in the same time two three-pointers of three attempts. Being the one in charge with the free throws, Wade brought eight points from 11 free throws.
Indeed, the victory was the more important it has been claimed in front of a very lousy and hostile crowd who didn’t miss the opportunity to boo any Heater. Said James: “Right now every win is significant. When you go into a building like this, a hostile environment with a team that’s very good, great in this building, it’s always good to get a win like this.” On the other side, Deron Williams admitted Miami’s clear win. It’s a different team than we saw a month ago, and we knew that coming in. They had a game plan and executed it.” Williams scored 21 points for the Jazz to assist his team-mates 12 times. He also had four rebounds and one block.
Utah was just one step from producing the same surprise they did on November. Then, they would beat Miami after cutting a 22-point deficit to overcome Heat and finally defeat them. But last night things looked totally different for both sides. Although Utah were very close though to come up with another surprise as they led Miami after the third quarter 78-77. But neither Williams’s 21-pointer, nor Al Jefferson’s 25 helped the Jazz too much. So they were starting to concede their fifth home defeat.
Starter Zydrunas Ilgauaskas added 16 points for Heat, finishing his 26-minute job with ten rebounds, one assist and one steal. Furthermore, Chris Bosh scored 14 points, having nine rebounds and three assists. Carlos Arroyo is still among the starters who score less than the benched. He played 23 minutes, but didn’t score any points, while Mario Chalmers and James Jones finished with eight points each. Arroyo would also miss his only free throw.
The second half saw both teams claiming a quarter each. Thus, Utah took a seven-point lead (28-21) which they couldn’t somehow manage the advantage into the last quarter. As a consequence, Miami thrashed the hosts a 14-point lead into the fourth to claim the much expected victory. Benched Erick Dampier had six rebounds, one assist, two steals and one block as he scored two points for Miami. Juwan Howard would also add two points for the visitors in his nine-minute showing. Two rebounds and one assists were included.
As for Jazz’s starters, they all scored at least 11 points. Paul Millsap added 18 points to finish the game with five rebounds, two steals and one block. Andrei Kirilenko had 13 points and provided three rebounds, three assists and one steal. Finally, Raja Bell came up with 11 points, two rebounds, one assist and two steals. Benched CJ Miles and Earl Watson added eight, respectively two points for Utah.
Miami improved their winning record of the season to 15-8 (5-5 away) to go third in the Eastern Conference, while the Jazz dropped to a 16-7 winning record (9-5 home), sitting fourth in the Western where leaders San Antonio Spurs recorded a 18-3 winning record, while Dallas completed their ten-win streak to lie second in the same conference.
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