<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The best way to keep track of Dwyane Wade on Monday might have been to fix your eyes on the rim. Eventually, Wade would find his way to it. The Heat guard had one of the most efficient scoring games of his career, leading the Heat to its season-high sixth straight win -- 101-94 against the Raptors -- by scoring 32 points on 15-of-19 shooting. Making the feat all the more impressive for the 6-4 guard was that only four of his 19 attempts came from beyond five feet. The other 15 attempts came as Wade either carved his way to the basket or broke free for a fast-break dunk. ''That's why we call him Flash,'' said Shaquille O'Neal, who had 27 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks. ``He's one of the fastest guys in the league and a great player.'' Wade tied a season high with seven dunks and added five layups, getting to the rim every which way possible. Heat coach Pat Riley was particularly impressed with a fourth-quarter play in which Wade stole a Mike James pass and took it in for a reverse dunk that extended the Heat's lead to 98-91 with 3:18 remaining in the game. ''The steal he made at the end, he was running full steam,'' Riley said. ``Anybody else who would've caught the ball would've ended up in the first row [of seats]. But he stole it and made the cut at the same time without going out of bounds. He has tremendous athleticism, strength, force and instincts. ``That's what he does. He's a very instinctual player, and he was at the rim all night.'' It's that ability to get into the open court that Antoine Walker says allows Wade to put up big offensive numbers every night. ''I think he gets more easy buckets than, say, a Kobe Bryant or a LeBron James, so that's good for him,'' said Walker, who finished with 11 points, eight rebounds, three assists and a blocked shot. ``Also, I think he does a good job of picking his spots.'' The Heat needed every bit of Wade's offense Monday, as the gutsy Raptors built a 13-point lead by the opening moments of the second quarter. At the 9:09 mark of the second quarter, the Heat still trailed 39-29. That's when Wade sparked a 12-2 Heat run with consecutive buckets, and the Heat eventually ended the first half leading 53-49. ''I saw a lot of gaps,'' Wade said. ``When you have guys like Jason Williams and Antoine Walker who can shoot the three, the defense is going to be on them. I was able to get more gaps tonight and didn't have to settle for too many jumpers.'' Wade hit 14 of his first 15 shots on the night, not missing his second shot until the 5:45 mark of the fourth quarter, with the Heat leading 90-89. The miss, a layup, would have made Wade 15 of 16 for the night. Against the Sonics on Saturday night, O'Neal finished the game 15 of 16 from the field. Was Wade trying to match his teammate? ''No,'' O'Neal said. ``He's not that good.'' Still, with Wade's help, the Heat scored 72 points in the paint, following its 84-point effort in the paint against the Sonics. O'Neal was 11 of 16 from the field Monday. ''I'm shooting at a real high percentage in the paint, so we just have to keep getting the ball inside, keep getting out on the break, and we'll just keep going for layups,'' O'Neal said. ``I think we should use the three as the last option. Sometimes we use the three as the first option, and it gets us into trouble.'' After the game against the Sonics, Riley was critical of his team's shot selection, which allowed Seattle to whittle a 21-point Heat lead to one in the fourth quarter. Riley had no such issues against the Raptors. Riley said his team's paint production is impressive. ''Oh my,'' Riley said. ``I'm not going to be looking for threes and jump shots when we can get that kind of activity [in the paint]. Eventually you start to see [the defense] collapse more and more and more. ``That's an impressive number.''</div> Source
