HEAT 96, NUGGETS 88

Dwyane Wade scored 22 points, Jermaine O'Neal added 18 and Miami dealt Denver its first loss of the season.

Mario Chalmers scored 16 points, Quentin Richardson added 13 and Udonis Haslem finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, which is 5-1 for only the third time in their 22 seasons and beat the Nuggets for the first time since Dec. 17, 2004.

Arron Afflalo scored 18 for Denver, held more than 27 points below its season scoring average.

SCORING

Denver	21	17	18	32	--	88
Miami	23	27	28	18	--	96

Denver Min	FG	FT	O-T	A	PF	Pts.
Totals 240	34-72	18-24	8-34	10	23	88
CAnthony 36:59	12-22	6-10	2-8	2	3	30
Martin 11:37	0-1	0-0	0-2	0	2	0
Nene 29:59	4-7	3-3	0-8	0	4	11
Billups 30:51	2-7	2-2	0-0	2	0	6
Carter 19:03	0-5	0-0	0-1	0	1	0
Andersen 21:15	0-1	2-2	2-3	0	0	2
Afflalo 28:57	7-12	3-5	0-4	2	5	18
Lawson 23:39	5-10	0-0	2-2	2	2	11
Allen 9:09	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0
Balkman 15:03	2-3	2-2	2-6	1	3	6
Graham 13:28	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	4

Percentages: FG .472, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 2-13, .154 (Afflalo 1-2, Lawson 1-3, C.Anthony 0-2, Carter 0-2, Billups 0-4). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 19 (19 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Andersen 2). Turnovers: 19 (C.Anthony 5, Billups 5, Afflalo 3, Nene 3, Carter 2, Balkman). Steals: 10 (Billups 2, Carter 2, Afflalo, C.Anthony, Balkman, Nene, Lawson, Martin). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 5:03 first.

Miami Min	FG	FT	O-T	A	PF	Pts.
Totals 240	37-75	16-24	14-41	16	22	96
Richardson 38:20	6-15	0-0	2-9	2	4	13
Beasley 31:09	3-8	0-0	1-3	1	1	7
O'Neal 34:25	8-11	2-4	0-7	1	5	18
Chalmers 33:45	6-9	0-0	1-5	4	2	16
Wade 41:02	6-17	10-12	1-2	5	1	22
Haslem 30:03	4-9	3-6	6-10	0	1	11
Arroyo 14:15	2-3	0-0	1-1	1	3	4
JAnthony 10:03	1-1	1-2	2-3	1	4	3
Wright 6:58	1-2	0-0	0-1	1	1	2

Percentages: FG .493, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 6-17, .353 (Chalmers 4-5, Beasley 1-2, Richardson 1-7, Wade 0-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 18 (18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (O'Neal 3, Haslem, Wade). Turnovers: 17 (O'Neal 3, Wade 3, J.Anthony 2, Arroyo 2, Beasley 2, Chalmers 2, Haslem, Richardson, Wright). Steals: 7 (Beasley 2, Wade 2, Chalmers, O'Neal, Wright). Technical Fouls: Defensive three second, 8:13 fourth.

A: 19,600 (19,600). T: 2:17.