<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> WASHINGTON, April 8 (Ticker) -- Shaquille O'Neal made sure that the Miami Heat bounced back quickly from a tough loss. O'Neal scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Heat completed a season sweep of the Washington Wizards with a 99-86 victory. NBA TV highlights from Wizards-Heat: Play Miami (50-26) rebounded from a 95-82 loss to Detroit on Thursday, moving 3 1/2 games ahead of the surging New Jersey Nets (46-29) for second place in the Eastern Conference. The Nets had a 14-game winning streak snapped earlier Saturday in a 108-102 loss to Cleveland. O'Neal shot 13-of-16 from the field and Derek Anderson scored 20 points and hit five 3-pointers off the bench for the Heat, who shot 46 percent (38-of-82). Udonis Haslem added 13 points and 14 rebounds to forge Miami's 46-33 advantage on the boards. Despite trailing by as many as 12 points in the first quarter, the Heat went on a 12-1 run midway through the second to pull ahead 43-36 on a hook shot by O'Neal with 5:27 remaining. Behind nine straight points by Gilbert Arenas, the Wizards closed within 51-47 with 2:33 remaining before halftime. Miami managed to pull away in the third as Washington managed just 12 points. Arenas scored 30 points and Antonio Daniels added 25 for the Wizards, who committed 19 turnovers. </div> http://www.nba.com/games/20060408/MIAWAS/recap.html Good win against a playoff team. I find it hard to believe this Washington team is the 5th best Eastern team. Good job at forcing turnovers. I think this game showed us that Shaq is still the most important part of our team and we can still revolve our team around him.
