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Show i DAILY Friday, February 3, 2006 HERALD NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Cavali hort p 1d ag against Miami | All-Star starters set : Tim Reynolds ASSOCIATED PRESS points andthe Mi- j 4 ing he'll likely be a strong ae forcoe ee | Yao Ming edged Kobe as MIAMI — Dwyane Wade scored 24 tim a THE ASSOCIATED-PRESS $ spot. no Pistons wer {voted into the starting lineup, ay votegetter | ite the team’s 38-6 record in fan balloting for the 55th — the NBA’sbest by a wide NBA All-Star game Thursday, margin. ing runs to beat Cleveland 101-73 on Thursdaynight, snapping the Cavaliers’ sevengame winning streak. The Heat used a 22-0 firsthalf runtobuild their lead, then went a ona 19-1 4 ms game-clinching burst in the fourth quarter while dealing the MIAMI 401 Cavaliers CLEVELAND 73. their biggest loss of the season. Shaquille O'Nealhad 21 points andeight rebounds, the fifth player in league his-' tory to earn 13 consecutive selections for the midseason showcase. Yao and Tracy McGrady give the host Houston Rockets two starters inthe Feb..18 game, They were joined onthe Western Conference’squad by Bryant, San Antonio's Tim Duncan and reigni Steve Nashof Phoenix—.who will be a first-time All-Star starter. Cleveland's LeBron James was the top Eastern Conference votegetter, edging O'Neal by 15,155 votes. It’s the secondstraight All-Star trip for James, who sayshe’sstill votes for the top overall _ spot in the bake despite missing 21 games following surgery to clean out an infection in his left bigtoe. It’s the fourth All-Star trip for the 7foot-6 center from Chine. and the eighth for Bryant,who leads the NBAin scoring and had an 81-point effort— the second-biggest night in NBA history — last monthin the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over Toronto. Yaofinished with 2,342,738 votes; Bryant had 2,271,631 in the closest finish among the toptwoplayers in All-Star balloting since Vince Carter, then of Toronto, edged Miami’s hours after he and Wade were ami Heat La two big scor- and il e O'Neal became’ Yao edged Bryant by 71,107 drawing motivation from be- Alonzo Mourning by 33,385 namedas Eastern Conference ing snul votes in 2000. All-Star starters. Gary Pay- season. ton added 14points, Antoine Walkerhad 12 and James Posey had 11 points and10 rebounds for Miami, which won its fourth straight and moved a season-best 11 games over -500. Unlike his soon-to-be AllStar teammates, LeBron James’ day wasn't perfect. * “Whathay twoyears ago, that really motivated me to comeout and play even harder,” James said. Added Cleveland coach Mike Brown:“It’s an honor to be around him,it’s an honor to work with him and I’m excited for him andhis family because he definitely deserves it.” James, the East's leading vo- ALAN DIAZ/Associated Press goes to the basket as Miami Heat's Shaquille O'Neal, looks Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, right, . on during thefirst quarter Thursday in Miami. ‘ during his rookie “It’s every player's personal goal, to make the All-Star team,” McGrady said. “It’s a personal accomplishment guys want to maketo get a chance to participate against the elite players. Every player in this league wantsto be there.” Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy, however, doesn't think players on losing teams should Philadelphia's Allen Iverson, tegetter in fan balloting, will —— start the midseason showcase for the second straight year. left inthe third capped an lI-1 _left to push the Heat's lead Wadedribbled uptheleft But he missed 10ofhis first 13 run, and the Cavalierslater cutback to 91-68. sideline and around Cleveshots beforefinishing with 29 the deficit to 71-62 on AnderO'Nealthen sealed the win _land’s Sasha Pavlovic, who points, seven assists and five son Varejao’s layup with 1:32 with two highlight-reelplays. ° tried cutting his progress off reboundsfor the Cavaliers. remainingin the period. First, he took an entry pass aroundthe midcourtstripe. No other Cleveland player The Cavaliers got within from Williams with 4:35 left Wadesidestepped Pavlovic, scored in double figures. 10 on anotherbasket by Vaand was immediately fouled retrieved the ball and threw Miamiled 59-33 with 9:36 rejao early in the fourth, but by Cleveland’s Alan Henderlongalley-oop to O'Neal left in the third quarter before Miami scored the game’s next son. So O'Nealsimply flipped — who threw the dunk down. Cleveland, playing for the 13 points — capped by Wade theball over his shoulder Miamishot 52 percent, secondstraight night, rallied. dunking analley-oop pass — andinto the basket. compared to 34 percent by the DrewGooden’stip-in with 7:22 from Jason Williams with 5:22 And about 90 secondslater, Cavaliers. SCOREBOARD makeit. Houston (16-29) has Indiana’s Jermaine O'Neal and first-time All-Star starter Dwyane Wadeof Miami r out the East’s starting five. “Hopefully, I can become a staple,like my teammate Shaq,” Wadesaid. “I’m grateful that NBAfans think so highly of my game.” Jermaine O’Neal will miss the gamewith an injury; Detroit's Rasheed Wallace finished third in the voting among East forwards, mean- the worst recordin the Western Conference. “One ofthe thingsI really do believe is — andit would've affected our twoguysthis year, so it wouldn't have been good —I don't believe anybody on sub-.500 teams should be in the All-Star game,” Van Gundy said. “It shouldbe all a reward for winning. Now that would affect our guys which,I'm glad no one took my advice _for this year.” FAST FACT Onthis date in 2001, the XFL muscled its way onto the national sports scene with its first two games. 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