Miami's Sweet 16

The Miami Heat extends the franchise record to 16 after beating the Orlando Magic last night 97 to 96. Lebron James finished with 26 points, but only three rebounds and two assists. He was in fact 11 for 12 from the free throw line. Dwayne Wade has been on his game recently and ended the game with 24 points along with 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh recorded a double-double with 17 points in addition to 10 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic of the Magic on Wednesday night recorded 25 points and 21 rebounds and gave the Heat fits all night long. Miami walked into the game thinking that it would be an automatic win but they didn't expect Orlando to give them problems. It was assumed that Miami would would celebrate their win with no competition. At halftime, Heat led by 55 to 40 and dominated that hald.

During the second half,  the Orlano Magic remarkably got back into the game scoring 34 points in the third quarter. The Heat had slowed down and relaxed during that quarter in which they shouldn't have. In the final mintues of the final quarter, the Magic led by four points. Struggles came Orlando's way beause they had numerous player in foul trouble which gave the Heat an advantage. With 12 seconds left, the Heat called a timeout to have the last shot. The Magic led by one.

I didn't know who was going to take the ball in to score, either Wade or James. In fact, it was Lebron who drove straight to the basket and scored off a layup to put the Heat up by one. With no timeouts left, the Magic had only 3 seconds left. They shot the ball from half court but would miss and that was game. Lebron James had nine of his team's last 14 points. I knew he was clutch all along.

Miami would improve to 45-14 of the season. Their next two games include the Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers. Miami's last lost was against the Pacers back in Febraury, so it's an important game to win.