Behind
the masked man, the Miami Heat cruised to a 108-82 victory against the New York
Knicks Thursday at American Airlines Arena. James had 31 points, four rebounds
and four assists in his first game back since he sustained a broken nose last
week.
The
Knicks kept it close in the first half behind Carmelo Anthony, who
finished with 29 points and seven rebounds. New York trailed by just five at
halftime before the Heat turned it on in the third quarter; as they went on a
23-3 run to close the third quarter up 87-64. In the fourth the game continued
to be a blowout, with 6:49 left in the game the Heat started to sit key players
such as LeBron and Chris Andersen.
LeBron
set the Internet in a craze with the Batman/Toro looking, carbon-fiber black
mask he chose to protect his nose. These were James post-game comments about picking
the black mask “It went with the uniform. We were wearing throwback black. I
was able to get a carbon fiber (mask), which is actually lighter than the one
I'd been wearing in practice. It came through at the last minute and I went
with it."
Despite
all the talk about James' facial accessories, LeBron has now scored at least 30
points in five straight games for the Heat. LeBron has had a monster month of
February as he averaged 30.8 points, 6.7 assists, 8.1 rebounds, while shooting
57.5%; nobody has averaged these numbers in a month while shooting such as high
field goal %, since
Wilt
Chamberlin did it in 1966. He has elevated his game in the month of February
after Kevin Durant had an incredible month of January. During KD’s excellent
month of January many people in the media world, rushed to the equation that KD
was MVP. The way James has played lately obviously shows LeBron doesn’t want to
let Durant run away with the MVP trophy. If James wins the MVP again this year,
it will be his 5th in his career. He will pass Jordan who has 4
MVP’s in his career, he will tie Bill Russell with his five MVP awards, and it
will also bring him within one MVP award of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who owns the
record of most MVP’s by anybody in NBA history.
GP
|
MIN
|
FGM
|
FGA
|
FG%
|
3FGM
|
3FGA
|
3FG%
|
FTM
|
FTA
|
FT%
|
OREB
|
DREB
|
REB
|
AST
|
TOV
|
STL
|
BLK
|
PF
|
DD2
|
TD3
|
PTS
|
+/-
|
October
2
|
37.3
|
7.0
|
14.0
|
50.0%
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
50.0%
|
5.0
|
6.5
|
76.9%
|
0.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
10.5
|
3.0
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
1.5
|
1
|
0
|
21.0
|
0.0
|
November
14
|
35.0
|
9.7
|
15.9
|
61.0%
|
1.4
|
2.9
|
48.8%
|
6.1
|
7.6
|
80.2%
|
0.6
|
5.4
|
6.0
|
5.9
|
3.6
|
1.1
|
0.4
|
1.2
|
1
|
0
|
26.9
|
6.4
|
December
14
|
37.1
|
9.2
|
15.9
|
58.1%
|
1.4
|
4.1
|
35.1%
|
4.8
|
6.8
|
70.5%
|
1.4
|
6.7
|
8.1
|
6.9
|
3.2
|
1.6
|
0.3
|
1.9
|
3
|
0
|
24.6
|
3.1
|
January
14
|
39.0
|
10.1
|
18.1
|
56.1%
|
1.0
|
3.6
|
27.5%
|
6.5
|
8.5
|
76.5%
|
1.1
|
5.4
|
6.5
|
5.9
|
3.7
|
1.1
|
0.2
|
1.9
|
2
|
0
|
27.8
|
4.4
|
February
9
|
38.8
|
11.9
|
20.7
|
57.5%
|
1.9
|
5.2
|
36.2%
|
5.1
|
7.6
|
67.6%
|
0.9
|
7.2
|
8.1
|
6.7
|
3.7
|
2.7
|
0.3
|
1.6
|
3
|
0
|
30.8
|
8.7
|
Wade
finished with 23 points on 10-for-13 shooting from the floor. Dwyane Wade has
now put together quite an impressive three-game stretch of 20-point games.
He as looked noticeably healthy, as his play of
late has looked like the Wade of old. If you look below, you can see how he
elevated his play in the month of February; as he average 21 points, 5.5 assist,
5.6 rebounds, while shooting 60% from the floor.
GP
|
MIN
|
FGM
|
FGA
|
FG%
|
3FGM
|
3FGA
|
3FG%
|
FTM
|
FTA
|
FT%
|
OREB
|
DREB
|
REB
|
AST
|
TOV
|
STL
|
BLK
|
PF
|
DD2
|
TD3
|
PTS
|
+/-
|
October
1
|
36.1
|
5.0
|
13.0
|
38.5%
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
100%
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
40.0%
|
0.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
0
|
0
|
13.0
|
2.0
|
November
12
|
33.4
|
7.6
|
14.1
|
53.8%
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
16.7%
|
3.8
|
5.3
|
71.9%
|
0.9
|
3.9
|
4.8
|
5.8
|
3.6
|
2.3
|
0.5
|
2.1
|
1
|
0
|
19.1
|
6.9
|
December
10
|
32.5
|
8.6
|
15.4
|
55.8%
|
0.3
|
0.8
|
37.5%
|
3.2
|
4.3
|
74.4%
|
0.9
|
3.6
|
4.5
|
4.1
|
2.5
|
1.7
|
0.6
|
2.0
|
0
|
0
|
20.7
|
4.4
|
January
9
|
32.6
|
6.6
|
12.6
|
52.2%
|
0.3
|
0.6
|
60.0%
|
2.1
|
3.1
|
67.9%
|
1.2
|
3.6
|
4.8
|
4.0
|
2.4
|
1.0
|
0.8
|
2.2
|
0
|
0
|
15.6
|
1.2
|
February
8
|
34.4
|
8.8
|
14.4
|
60.9%
|
0.1
|
0.4
|
33.3%
|
3.4
|
3.9
|
87.1%
|
1.6
|
4.0
|
5.6
|
5.5
|
3.4
|
1.0
|
0.3
|
2.3
|
3
|
0
|
21.0
|
8.6
|
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
POS
|
MIN
|
FGM-A
|
3PM-A
|
FTM-A
|
+/-
|
OFF
|
DEF
|
TOT
|
AST
|
PF
|
ST
|
TO
|
BS
|
BA
|
PTS
|
||
F
|
36:38
|
13-19
|
1-2
|
4-6
|
+21
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
31
|
||
F
|
35:22
|
3-6
|
2-4
|
0-0
|
+24
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
||
C
|
24:12
|
3-6
|
0-1
|
0-0
|
+15
|
1
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
||
G
|
27:08
|
10-13
|
0-0
|
3-4
|
+17
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
||
G
|
20:05
|
5-8
|
1-3
|
0-0
|
+6
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
||
29:27
|
5-9
|
0-1
|
1-2
|
+15
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
|||
19:39
|
4-6
|
1-3
|
2-2
|
+18
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
|||
16:41
|
0-1
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
+17
|
1
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|||
10:22
|
1-4
|
1-1
|
1-2
|
+2
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|||
08:50
|
1-2
|
0-0
|
1-2
|
-6
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|||
06:49
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||
04:47
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
+2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|||
DNP - COACH'S DECISION
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
|
240
|
45-74
|
6-15
|
12-18
|
3
|
36
|
39
|
18
|
22
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
1
|
108
|
|||
60.8%
|
40.0%
|
66.7%
|
TEAM REBS: 4
|
TOTAL TO: 13
|
|||||||||||||
INACTIVE
•
Knicks: Andrea Bargnani, Kenyon Martin, Iman Shumpert
•
Heat: James Jones,DeAndre Liggins
TECHNICAL FOULS
•
Knicks: --
•
Heat: --
SCORING
•
Lead Changes: 7
•
Times Tied: 1
ARENA STATS
•
Arena: American Airlines Arena, Miami,
FL
•
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #18
Matt Boland, #30 John Goble
Duration: 2:29
•
Attendance: 19634
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