the Miami Sports Dude

Damn we needed that. The Heat beat the Spurs 100-85 today, bringing Miami back to within a game of .5oo.

Just got back from the game and I got one thing to say. Dwyane Wade is money.

In a game that we needed to win, where he started off going 1-3 in the first half, D-Wade came up big once again in the 4th. Wade scored 18 of his 26 points in the 4th quarter while Eddie Jones (remember Eddie Jones?) added 12 and Udonis The Crushernaut Haslem and Antoine Leroy Jenkins Walker each added 10.

Best sight of the day, however, was Shaq's 16 points. The Big Aristotle was all over the place in this game, going 7-11 from the field and 2-3 from the stripe. Watching Shaq getting his legs back is a great sign (He's alive! ALIVE!!).

And everybody's new favorite Heat, Jason Kapono, got his first double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. He's got pretty hair.

Best part of all, the Heat beat a top contending team, something they've struggled to do all season long. Even better, booing in unison with my fellow Heat fans whenever they showed over-rated unhot Eva Longoria on the jumbo tron. I imagine they must have shown her roughly about 1,654 times on today's broadcast on ABC. Did they show her when D-Wade rudely smacked away not one, but two, of Parker's shots in the 4th? If they did, what was her expression? Please let me know in the comments. Her and Parker and the weird fascination the media has with them irritates me to no end.

Game Notes & Musings:

-D-Wade showed that, no matter how slowly he starts a game or how much a team contains him, he shows up in the 4th when it matters. Dare I say it? Yes I will: CLUTCH (eat my sh-- Dan Le Batard!)

-Eddie Jones is coming around. He needs significant minutes every night. When he was on the bench, Tony Parker went off on us. When Eddie was on the floor, Parker was nowhere to be seen.

-I don't want to lose James Posey unless it's for someone like Corey Maggette. This Sam Cassell nonsense is giving me the hives.

-Shaq served notice. Once the All Star break comes and goes, move the hell outta the way Eastern Conference!!!

-This was my first visit to the AAA since we won it all last year. First thing I did when I got there was stare at the championship banner for about half an hour. Jackass that I am, I didn't bring a camera to take a picture of it. Idiot! I'll make amends next time.

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