LeBron Gets 41 – Heat Tops Pacers 117-112

MIAMI - With LeBron James on the bench, the Pacers took control quickly.

Unfortunately for them, he returned.

Reigning league MVP, twice had 41 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, Chris Bosh added 19 points and the Miami Heat rallied to 14-point deficit to beat Indiana Pacers 117-112 Tuesday night for their seventh straight victory.

Miami held Indiana to 28 percent shooting quarter, giving up just 15 points, while in 1997 the first three periods, and so Mario Chalmers effect Dahntay Jones will be a key for 5 seconds violated 8.9 seconds remaining.

James took care of everything else, and moved to Miami a half game of idle best record in the Eastern Conference in Boston.

"We realized in the fourth quarter," James said. "Held them to 15 points, and we executed."
In his last 20 games, averaging 29.6 points by James, 8.6 rebounds and 7.5 assists. It is no coincidence that the Heat are 17 to 3 in the contest.

"I'll tell you who plays basketball and MVP both ends of the court," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. "I had an engine that no fatigue at night. It was incredible."

James scored 26 points in the first half, sending a dunk through the net and accidentally head Dwyane Wade - "My bad," James said later - and then spend a tear in the last 2 minutes where he transformed what was a 66-52 deficit into a 66-63 game at halftime.

James goes on the attack - behind Danny Granger for a dunk in transition, gushing from the top post and take a pass from Chalmers for a second, so converting a layup as he was moving polluted .

"We would have been up 40 if it were not for him," said Granger. "He was unconscious."
In the end, Miami needed all his heroism.

"The best player in the world was at his best in their building," said Pacers interim coach Frank Vogel, who fell to 4-1 since taking over the sideline Indiana. "It 's hard to beat."

Wade scored 17 and Chalmers added 16 for Miami, who moved five games before the second place in Atlanta, the Southeast Division.

"You do not have to be great every night," Wade said. "We must find a way to help your club win, and we were able to do so."

Roy Hibbert scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds for Indiana. Granger scored 19 and Tyler Hansbrough added 18 for the Pacers.

Indiana's best chance 60 percent less than a point in the second half, and was at 57 percent entering the final quarter. But the Pacers shot 5 for 18 in the fourth, including a section brought to life the terrible heat.

Indiana lost nine straight shots to span nearly 6 1 / 2 minutes, but the position of Granger is 51.9 seconds remaining - the end of a drought - the Pacers got within 111-110.
They needed a stop and could not offer.

Mike Miller missed a 3-pointer, but Bosh grabbed an offensive rebound to extend detention and James at the end of winding connection of 17 feet with 14.1 seconds to play a lead of 113-110 heat.

"A shootout for three quarters, both teams scored the ball, playing in obvious ... and scoring with relative ease," said Spoelstra. "Finally, we made a stand in the fourth quarter."

Darren Collison scored 15 points, Josh McRoberts added 12 and Jones scored 11 of Indiana, who tried to get to Boston and Dallas team that has beaten twice this season in Miami.

Heat has spoken to both Monday and Tuesday pre-game seeking to avenge the 93-77 loss at home to the Pacers on Nov. 22. It was easily his worst defeat of the season - look at the margin of 16 points in this game have exceeded the margin of 13 points from their four other total loss to Miami.

The words do not translate in games. At least for much of the night does not mean they do not.
With James on the ground in the first two quarters, Miami dominated Indiana with 11 Without him, the heat has outperformed by 14 - and it happened quickly.

James just had a break in the first half, 3 minutes, 35 seconds rest early in the second quarter. New York and Miami dominated 18-4 in that stretch to turn a 33-29 deficit into a 45-37 lead when James came back in the game.

It was not until 4:34 remained in the room of Miami to return to the top, comes when Erick Dampier hit the back of Miss Wade by a border of 106 to 105 - the first conductor of heat from opening two minutes of the second quarter.

Pacers did not lead again.

"If we want the size, fit together," said Spoelstra. "And we're not there yet."