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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal had 34 points and 15 rebounds, Dwyane Wade scored 33, and the pair combined for more than a dozen dunks to help the Miami Heat defeat the New Orleans Hornets 111-99 on Saturday night.
Wade and O'Neal entered the game averaging a combined 47.1 points, a mark they surpassed in the third quarter, when the Heat lead by as many as 20.
Damon Jones helped Miami open the large lead with three 3-pointers in the quarter. He finished with 22 points. But Miami did most of its scoring inside (64 points), and shot 55 percent as a result. Hornets centers Jamaal Magloire and Chris Andersen tried to defend O'Neal cleanly — sending him to the foul line only seven times — but posed few problems for the imposing center, who routinely spun by or muscled through them for dunks or easy layups.
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