Dwayne Wade was back today for the Heat, but the lowly Bobcats spoiled his return by beating them in OT. Wade had 12-3-8 in 27 minutes, but missed the free throw that would have won it at the end of regulation. Gerald Wallace had 30 points for the Bobcats as his breakout season continued. Overall, I am sure the Heat are glad to have Wade back in the lineup. Shaq had 15-9. Detroit, the team Miami is chasing, won at home against Cleveland. Close game, but Prince locked up LeBron, Chauncey hit some big shots, LeBron missed some big free throws and the Pistons won it at the end as usual. The King had just 20 on 5/16 shooting. He was 9/9 from the line at one point, but missed both his throws with the Cavs trailing by 4 at the end. His free throw shooting has been dropping every year since he entered the league. He needs to work on it in the summer or something.
Phoenix handled the Lakers pretty well. Their offensive execution was very effective today as they pulled away from the Lakers in the third and withstood couple of their runs to win it easily. Raja Bell hit all of his 6 attempts form 3 to recover from a 0/10 shooting against the Hornets from downtown. That's some 2-game swing for Bell. He is a tough son of a gun. He doesn't get intimidated by Kobe or the boos and seems to actually shoot better against LA. He was even laughing and chatting with Kobe today. Looks like they have put their hatred behind. The Suns will play LA in the playoffs if the current seeding stay the same. Kobe had 34 on 14/25 shooting, but those were benign points for the most part. Nash had 25-5-11 himself for a great night. Turiaf was a pest on the boards as he had 19-15 in this game.
Chicago welcomed Andres Nocioni back today, but the Raptors couldn't care less a they spanked them 103-89. Anthony Parker (who?) had a career-high 27 today to help Bosh who had 22-11. Joey Graham also tied his career-high with 19 for the Raptors. Lil Ben had 27 in the loss. Big Ben was not feeling too good today and Tyrus Thomas got injured during the game for the Bulls.
Cleveland @ Detroit - 82-87
Phoenix @ LA Lakers - 115-107
Chicago @ Toronto - 89-103
Interesting games on the board for Apr 9-Th (Monday)
LA Lakers @ Denver - Denver is currently ahead of the Lakers and I wonder if the Lakers are OK with that since 6 plays the Spurs and 7 plays the Suns.
LA Clippers @ Dallas - Clippers are fighting the Warriors for the 8-Th spot.
Utah @ Golden State - A home game for the W's here, but against a tough opponent.
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