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MIAMI -- The slumping Miami Heat broke out of its malaise -- at least for one game -- by defeating the Houston Rockets 113-104 on Sunday aft...
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MIAMI -- The slumping Miami Heat broke out of its malaise -- at least for one game -- by defeating the Houston Rockets 113-104 on Sunday afternoon at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Heat guard Ray Allen came off the bench to score 14 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter. Miami closed the game on a 15-2 run.
Allen finished with excellent shooting numbers: 7 of 11 from the floor, 4 of 6 on 3-pointers and 7 of 7 from the foul line.
The Heat, who entered Sunday having lost five of their past six games, also got 24 points each from forward LeBron James and guard Dwyane Wade.
Forward Chris Bosh added 18 points and eight rebounds.
Houston was led by guard James Harden with 30 points. Center Dwight Howard had 21 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots. It was his third double-double in a row and his 45th in 66 games.
The Heat (45-19) trail the Indiana Pacers by two games in the loss column in the battle for the best record in the Eastern Conference.
Houston (44-22), which lost for the third straight game, is in fourth place in the Western Conference.
The Heat never trailed in the first half despite allowing Houston to shoot 73.3 percent from the floor in the first quarter.
Miami led 32-28 after a first quarter in which James had 11 points and the team shot 50 percent from the field. Normally a weak rebounding team, the Heat had five offensive rebounds compared with none for Houston.
The Heat led 57-54 at halftime. They were up by as many as 11 points in the second quarter before Houston rallied.
Houston's shooting cooled off in the second quarter, when it made 42.9 percent from the field, but the Rockets did a better job on the boards, grabbing five offensive rebounds to one for Miami.
Houston took its first lead of the game in the third quarter and was up 81-79 heading into the fourth. Howard already had a double-double -- 19 points and 10 rebounds -- through three quarters. Harden and James each had 22 points.
Heat guard Ray Allen came off the bench to score 14 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter. Miami closed the game on a 15-2 run.
Allen finished with excellent shooting numbers: 7 of 11 from the floor, 4 of 6 on 3-pointers and 7 of 7 from the foul line.
The Heat, who entered Sunday having lost five of their past six games, also got 24 points each from forward LeBron James and guard Dwyane Wade.
Forward Chris Bosh added 18 points and eight rebounds.
Houston was led by guard James Harden with 30 points. Center Dwight Howard had 21 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots. It was his third double-double in a row and his 45th in 66 games.
The Heat (45-19) trail the Indiana Pacers by two games in the loss column in the battle for the best record in the Eastern Conference.
Houston (44-22), which lost for the third straight game, is in fourth place in the Western Conference.
The Heat never trailed in the first half despite allowing Houston to shoot 73.3 percent from the floor in the first quarter.
Miami led 32-28 after a first quarter in which James had 11 points and the team shot 50 percent from the field. Normally a weak rebounding team, the Heat had five offensive rebounds compared with none for Houston.
The Heat led 57-54 at halftime. They were up by as many as 11 points in the second quarter before Houston rallied.
Houston's shooting cooled off in the second quarter, when it made 42.9 percent from the field, but the Rockets did a better job on the boards, grabbing five offensive rebounds to one for Miami.
Houston took its first lead of the game in the third quarter and was up 81-79 heading into the fourth. Howard already had a double-double -- 19 points and 10 rebounds -- through three quarters. Harden and James each had 22 points.
