The Miami Heat grabbed a win with Dwyane Wade back in the lineup and are set to play again on Monday night.
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Wade Returns to Court
Wade has been struggling with injury, missing seven games with a strained left hamstring.
But Wade returned to score 27 points — 13 in the fourth quarter -- and the Heat beat the New York Knicks 86-79 on Sunday night.
“For me, the fourth quarter is the only one where I can be selfish,” Wade said.
After trailing by as many as 16, the Knicks pulled to 65-63 on Tim Hardaway Jr.’s layup with 9:22 left.
Wade followed with a baseline jumper and scored 12 of Miami’s next 15 points to help the Heat maintain the lead.
“I played 32 minutes, but it felt a lot more like 50,” said Wade, who added five assists and shot 11-of-18. “It took a while. Early on I was just trying to make plays for my teammates.”
After the Knicks again pulled to 79-77 on Amare Stoudemire’s tip-in with 1:23 left, Bosh hit his 3-pointer and New York never got closer.
“When the situation gets a little tense, a little tight, we need a shot and we run plays that we normally get good looks off of and it was just about having your feet set and shooting with confidence,” Chris Bosh said.
Wade said the Heat have been doing great on offense without him but stressed a need to pick up the defense.
“We just want to get back on track. We hit the road, it feels good that I’m coming back now. But it doesn’t guarantee us nothing,” he told the Sun Sentinel.
“So we’ve got to get back on track. And the biggest thing for us is what kind of defensive disposition do we have when we come out? Offensively, we’ve been playing fine, even when I was out. The guys were still in the top 10 in scoring, as a whole. It’s about how we come out defensively and we take care of that side.”
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