The Miami Heat jumped off to an early lead, thanks to James' strong start. By halftime, they led the Magic by 10 points. The Second half started like the first and the Heat continued to dominate the Magic. They stretched their lead to 16 at the end of the third, but got sloppy on defense. The Heat allowed 37 points in the fourth quarter, and the Magic comeback brought them within three points. Luckily for the Heat Ryan Anderson was unable to hit the three pointer, and Miami went on to win the game. The Heat are once again building up momentum, and increased their winning streak to four games with Thursday night's victory.
Chris Bosh especially struggled on the Feb 3 game, only making 3 of his 12 field goal attempts. Bosh finished the game with 13 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (missed most of the third quarter due to a hard foul from Dwight Howard) also shot poorly going 5-12 from the field. He ended the night with 14 points and 4 rebounds. Eddie house was the only other player on the Miami roster to reach the double digit mark. He went 4-9 for the field and managed to pull as many rebounds as Bosh. House has been the one player on the Heat bench that consistently delivers for his team.
LeBron's amazing performance was definitely needed by the Heat, since the other two members of their "big three" didn't have the type of performances one would normally expect from them. Still LeBron performance was enough to give the Miami Heat a 104-100 victory over a solid Magic basketball team. No time to rest yet though, the Heat have another game in less than 24 hours against the Charlotte Bobcats.
David is a Miami Heat fan that has followed the team for 15 years
Sources:
Associated Press, " LeBron James scores 23 of his51 points to lead Heat "
All stats and game information from espn.com
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