The Miami Heat were unable to handle the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night with a 96-95 loss at American Airlines Arena. The Heat, who had their seven-game home winning streak snapped, lost to the Nets in Miami for the first time since 2008. The Nets also captured the season series for the first time since 2007-08 as they defeated Miami for the third time this season.
The first quarter was close as neither team led by more than six points as they were tied at 22-22 after one quarter. Brooklyn(33-30) pulled ahead 42-34 with 3:58 left in the second quarter, but Miami(44-18) came back with eight consecutive points and they were tied 42-42 at halftime.
The Nets held a six-point margin twice in the third quarter and were up 73-71 at the end of the period. They led 87-81 midway through the fourth until Miami were on a 11-5 run to tie the game at 92-92 with two minutes to go. Brooklyn would regain the lead for the rest of the contest and got the one-point victory.
Dwyane Wade dropped down 22 points while Chris Bosh put together 24 points and seven rebounds. LeBron James added 19 points with seven assists and Mario Chalmers compiled 14 points and nine rebounds.
Paul Pierce gathered a game-high 29 points for the Nets while Mirza Teletovic came off the bench with 17 points. Shaun Livingston moved through with 13 points and seven rebounds.
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