D Wade dominates Pacers

MIAMI (AP) - Dwyane Wade shook off flu-like symptoms to score 38 points, and the Miami Heat rallied from 15 points down to beat the Indiana Pacers 109-100 on Saturday night.

Shawn Marion had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Michael Beasley scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half for Miami. Udonis Haslem added 16 points.

Marquis Daniels scored 25 points, and Danny Granger added 23 for the Pacers, who fell to 1-4 on the road. Rasho Nesterovic scored 13 points, T.J. Ford added 11 and Brandon Rush had 10 for Indiana.

Granger hit a 3-pointer with 2:41 left to get the Pacers to 99-98, but Miami came up with steals that set up dunks on each of its next two defensive trips.

Chris Quinn got the first steal and set up Wade for an easy score, and Haslem got both the steal and the dunk on the next series to push the Heat lead to five with 1:45 left. Indiana never got closer.

For the second straight night, Indiana’s offense faltered down the stretch. The Pacers scored 54 first-half points before losing to Orlando 100-98 in overtime on Friday, and put up 60 in the first two quarters against Miami.

But the Heat outscored Indiana 61-40 in the second half, improving to 5-2 at home. Miami didn’t get its fifth home win last season until Jan. 26.

Even though the Heat hadn’t played in three days, it was the Pacers who seemed like the fresher team in the early going.

Daniels scored 10 points in the first quarter alone, the last five of them coming to cap a 9-2 spurt over the final 2:54 of the period, after which Indiana led 31-20. The Pacers opened the lead up to as many as 15 in the second, before settling for a 60-48 edge at the break—matching the most points Miami has allowed in any half this season.

If Wade, who missed the morning shootaround because he wasn't feeling well, wasn’t there, things would have been much worse.

He went 5 for 5 from the field in the second quarter, including a pair of 3-pointers in the final 35.7 seconds, to keep Miami within some sort of striking range.

And in the third, Miami erased the deficit, needing nearly the full 12 minutes to get that done.

Beasley, who came out early during the intermission and spent some time shooting by himself on the Heat end of the floor—scored 10 points in the quarter, despite picking up his fourth foul along the way. Plus, Miami amped up the defense, holding Indiana to 35 percent shooting after the Pacers shot nearly 55 percent in the first half.

Any time Miami would trim the margin to one or two points in the third, it seemed like Daniels would have the answer for Indiana, with an array of short jumpers and layups to bolster the Pacers’ fledgling margin. But Quinn hit a 30-footer with 0.4 seconds left in the quarter to draw Miami into a 79-all tie, the first since midway through the opening period.