Heat stuff Bulls 95-93
Shawn Marion’s dunk with 1.1 seconds left gave the Miami Heat a 95-93 win over the Chicago Bulls Thursday night.
Dwyane Wade, selected as a starter for the Eastern Conference in the NBA All-Star game this weekend in Phoenix, scored 24 points. Wade scored eight points in the fourth quarter and found Marion for the decisive dunk.
Reserve Michael Beasley finished with 21 points for the Heat, who came in as a loser of five out of the last seven games.
Ben Gordon finished with 34 points for Chicago.
With Miami trailing 86-85, Wade led an 8-0 run. Mario Chalmers had a reverse layup to give Miami the lead back, then Marion blocked Derrick Rose’s shot and finished with a dunk on the other end. Wade made a jumper, then hit a fadeaway over Rose to give the Heat a 93-86 lead with 1:13 left.
The Bulls came back by scoring seven consecutive points. Tyrus Thomas’ basket got them within 93-90 with 35 seconds left, then Ben Gordon was fouled by Daequan Cook on a three-point attempt. He hit all three free throws to tie the game at 93-93 with 6.5 seconds left.
Kirk Hinrich then stole Marion’s inbound pass, but the Bulls turned it over when Wade did the same to Thabo Sefolosha’s pass with 3.5 seconds left.
The Heat executed this time when Wade found a streaking Marion for an easy dunk.