Wade gets 10,000th point, leads Heat win
Associated Press
Dwyane Wade went over 10,000 points for his NBA career.
Dwyane Wade scored 25 points to push his career total to 10,005, reserve Udonis Haslem had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the Miami Heat stayed unbeaten by downing the visiting Chicago Bulls, 95-87, last night.
Carlos Arroyo scored 12 points, Mario Chalmers added 11 and Michael Beasley overcame a 3-for-12 shooting night to finish with 10 points and 11 rebounds for Miami, which took the lead for good on a jumper by Wade with 3 minutes, 1 second remaining. Luol Deng scored 26 points for Chicago.
Wade made a free throw with 1:32 left in the third quarter for his 10,000th career point, the first player to score that many in a Heat uniform. According to STATS LLC, among the other 42 active players on the list, only LeBron James and Allen Iverson have a higher scoring average than Wade, who reached the plateau in his 397th regular-season game.
A spectacular individual play by Wade ensured Miami took the lead into halftime. He beat all five Bulls on one play - splitting two with a behind-the-back dribble around the top of the key, then thwarting the other three with a changing-hands layup with 14.9 seconds left, and Miami led 49-48 at intermission.
In other games:
* At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant's 41 points led the Lakers over the Atlanta Hawks, 118-110.
* At Boston, Paul Pierce scored 27 points and the Celtics improved to 4-0 with a 97-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets. Chris Paul scored 22 points with eight assists for New Orleans.
* At Toronto, Jameer Nelson scored 30 points and J.J. Redick had a career-high 27 as the Orlando Magic hit 17 three-pointers to beat the Raptors 125-116. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 35 points and 16 rebounds.
* At Oklahoma City, Steve Blake scored 18 points and Brandon Roy made a late push to finish with 16 and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Thunder 83-74.
* At Denver, Carmelo Anthony extended his torrid start with 42 points in the Nuggets' 133-123 shootout win over the Memphis Grizzlies. O.J. Mayo scored a career-high 40 points for Memphis.
* At Phoenix, Channing Frye hit six three-pointers and scored 25 points, Jason Richardson had 23 points in his first game following a two-game suspension and the undefeated Suns beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-112.
Noteworthy
* Allen Iverson is expected to make his season debut for the Memphis Grizzlies tonight at Sacramento. Iverson is recovering from a partial right hamstring tear and missed his third straight game when the Grizzlies played the Nuggets in Denver last night.
* New York Knicks forward Al Harrington has been fined $25,000 for criticizing referees after the Knicks' 102-100 double overtime loss at Charlotte Friday night.
