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Heat top Bobcats, keep pace in East playoff race

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03/20/2010 - Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Quentin Richardson set a Heat franchise mark with six three-pointers in the first half, helping the Heat grab a 77-71 win over Charlotte to jump in front of the Bobcats in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race.

Michael Beasley added 16 points and seven rebounds for Miami, which won for the seventh time in 10 games to move a half-game ahead of Charlotte for sixth place in the East. Dwyane Wade had one of his lowest scoring outputs of the season, pouring in just 14 points to go with nine assists and five rebounds.

Wade, though, contributed on the defensive end, tying a career-high with five blocks. Udonis Haslem and Joel Anthony each provided nine points; Haslem added 13 rebounds, while Anthony had nine in the win.

Stephen Jackson scored 18 points to lead the Bobcats, who have lost three of four after a six-game win streak. Gerald Wallace had 15 points, while Boris Diaw had 12, as Charlotte shot a miserable 29.2 percent from the field.

With the score tied at 61-61 with nine minutes remaining in the contest, Miami went on a 10-0 burst to assume command. Beasley accounted for six of the points, including a basket with 5 1/2 minutes left to make it 71-61.

Charlotte went to the line on each of its next three possessions, and four consecutive Wallace free throws brought the visitors to within 71-67 with four minutes left.

The Bobcats got as close as two, 73-71, on a Wallace basket with 1 1/2 minutes to play, but he missed his ensuing free throw after being fouled, and Chalmers responded with a pair from the line for Miami with 55.4 ticks left.

Each team missed a three on its next touch, but Dorrell Wright corralled an offensive board for Miami with 28.8 seconds to play. Wade took the ensuing inbounds pass but inexplicably threw the ball away; he was bailed out as Wallace missed a long distance shot with 13.8 ticks on the clock.

Chalmers followed with a 1-for-2 effort from the line to stretch the lead to five, and the Heat held on in the final moments.

Charlotte grabbed a 21-20 lead after one quarter, but Miami went in front in the second and took a 47-45 into the locker room at halftime.

Both teams went extremely cold from the field during the third quarter, as Miami outscored Charlotte, 14-11, to grab a 61-56 advantage heading to the fourth. The Heat then went scoreless over the opening three minutes of the fourth quarter, allowing Charlotte to tie the game, 61-61, on a Thomas free throw.

Game Notes

The Bobcats squandered a chance to sweep the season series but still won three of four from the Heat in 2009-10...Miami finished a six-game homestand at 4-2...Heat forward/center Jermaine O'Neal missed the game with a sprained ankle...Charlotte is a half-game ahead of Toronto for seventh and three games ahead of Chicago in the East standings...Wade also had five blocks against Toronto on November 19, 2008...Miami shot just 35.9 percent from the field...Diaw had nine rebounds, while Wallace added eight.

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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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