Different looks for Heat, Lakers at All-Star break

If Kobe Bryant’s season seems tough, imagine what Dwyane Wade went through five years ago.

If Kobe Bryant’s season seems tough, imagine what Dwyane Wade went through five years ago.

Guard Dwyane Wade scored 16 of his 30 points in the final quarter as the Miami Heat defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 107-97 in a National Basketball Association matchup Sunday at American Airlines Arena.

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was suspended for one game by the NBA on Thursday for kicking Charlotte’s Ramon Sessions in the groin in a game on Wednesday.

LeBron James scored 30 points and Dwyane Wade added 21 to power the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat to a 105-89 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday.

Miami star guard Dwyane Wade had surgery on his troublesome left knee on Monday and is expected to be ready for action when NBA training camps open in October, the Heat said.

Miami Heat star guard Dwyane Wade, the leading scorer on the US Olympic basketball team that won gold four years ago, will miss the 2012 London Games because of knee surgery.

No longer is anyone talking if Erik Spoelstra, the first Asian and the first Filipino-American to coach an NBA team, would have a job next season.

LeBron James had 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade both scored 19 points as Miami beat New York 106-94 on Wednesday to win the Eastern Conference first-round series in five games.

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade insisted Thursday that pride in representing America was his motivation for playing in the Olympic Games, not money.

New York’s Jeremy Lin had by far the worst game of his remarkable NBA emergence as the Knicks were beaten 102-88 by the Miami Heat on Thursday.

Miami’s Dwyane Wade scored 26 points to lead the Heat to a 99-79 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, putting the hosts back in their place with a convincing victory in the clash between two NBA divisional leaders.

Dwyane Wade was back in the Miami lineup looking like he had never left as the all-star guard scored 28 points to lift the Heat to a 99-89 win over the New York Knicks on Friday.

LeBron James returned to the Miami lineup and scored 22 of his 32 points in the first quarter, setting up the Heat’s 101-90 victory over the New Jersey Nets in the NBA on Saturday despite still being without Dwyane Wade.