Heat, Spurs grab 2-0 leads in conference semifinals

Shaquille O'Neal wasn't at his best. Again, it didn't matter -- Dwyane Wade saw to that.

Wade controlled the game Tuesday night with 31 points, including a critical three-point play with 1:05 left, and added a career-high 15 assists, helping the Miami Heat stay perfect in these playoffs with a 108-102 home win over the Washington Wizards.

Miami leads the Eastern Conference semifinal series 2-0. Thursday's Game 3 is at Washington, where the Heat have won 11 times in its last 14 tries.

"It's kind of like pick your poison," Wade said. "You can either let me shoot or you can give somebody a layup. And tonight they came up on me, so some other guys got layups."

Eddie Jones had 13 of his 21 points in the first quarter for Miami. O'Neal scored 16 points, Damon Jones had 14 and Udonis Haslem had a 14-point, 13-rebound effort for Miami.

Antawn Jamison, playing with tendinitis in his right knee, had a playoff career-high 32 points for Washington. Gilbert Arenas added 28 for the Wizards, but the third member of their high-scoring trio, Larry Hughes, missed his first 11 shots and finished with 15 points on 5-for-17 shooting.

Wade continued his brilliant postseason run by making 10 of 15 shots and grabbing seven rebounds. In the first three quarters, Miami had 29 baskets, 22 either made by Wade or set up by his passes.