The Basketball Diaries - The Heat Hold On

Miami Heat 104 Indiana Pacers 101

The Heat nearly blew a 16-point lead, but some idiotic defense by the Pacers at the end of the game helped them escape with a win. The Pacers hit a three to get within 102-101 with 15 seconds left in the game, but when the Heat inbounded the ball to Dwyane Wade, they refused to foul him. Wade ran down the court and the Pacers just ran along side him. Of course, Wade for some reason attempted a layup with 4.3 seconds left. He was trying to draw a foul for no reason, when he could have just let the clock run out. Luckily for Wade, the shot dropped, and Indiana missed a last second three pointer that would have tied the game.

Dallas Mavericks 114 Los Angeles Lakers 95

Another day, another Dallas win. This game was never really in doubt as the Mavericks got some revenge against the Lakers, the only team to hand them a loss in the last six weeks. "That was pretty much all the motivation we needed," said Josh Howard. "We lost focus in the fourth quarter out there [in Los Angeles]. Tonight, we took it upon ourselves as a team, without coach even having to tell us, and played our game." Josh Howard had 29 points and 11 rebounds, while Dirk had 27 and 10 to lead Dallas to it's 19th win in their last 20 games.