Heat Play "most intense and correct defense" in Win over Minnesota <font color="red"><div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Heat holds Wolves to lowest point total of season</div></font><div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> <font color="black">MIAMI (AP) -- Shaquille O'Neal couldn't specifically say why the Miami Heat changed their defensive ways. He wasn't being coy, either. </font> <font color="black">"If I said what I heard, it'd all be whistles," O'Neal said, referring to coach Pat Riley's halftime remarks. "It'd all be bleeps." </font> <font color="black">Whatever Riley said at halftime certainly worked. The Heat held Minnesota to 23.5 percent shooting over the final two quarters and beat the slumping Timberwolves 97-70 on Sunday night. </font> <font color="black">Dwyane Wade scored 19 points, O'Neal had 16 and Alonzo Mourning had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Miami, which allowed a season low in points, set a season high for margin of victory and held the Timberwolves to their lowest total this year. </font> <font color="black">"We had a decent second quarter and the third quarter was probably the best defense, the most intense and correct defense that we have played probably this year," said Riley, whose team outscored Minnesota 56-26 in the second half. "The mentality was entirely different. I thought that just sort of propelled us."</font> </div> Recap + Highlights
