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MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade and LeBron James came up with the idea several hours before the game. If the Miami Heat were going to have a moment of silence to honour the victims of the Connecticut school shooting, then they wanted their own children to share in that solemn tribute. So several players did exactly that -- and maybe it was no coincidence that the Heat came up with one of their most complete showings of the season. James had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Heat never trailed on the way to beating the Washington Wizards 102-72 on Saturday night. "We were focused on the game," Wade said. "We had heavy hearts for the families that dealt with the tragedy. But we had to play basketball, and ... for our fans and our family we had to come out here and do our job." And thats exactly what the Heat did. Wade and Udonis Haslem each scored 13 for Miami, which outscored Washington 29-10 in the third quarter to build a 33-point lead. James had 16 points alone in the third, ensuring he would finish with at least 20 points for the 26th straight regular-season game and 42nd consecutive game overall dating to last season. Chris Bosh added 12 points for the Heat, who turned 21 turnovers into 30 points. "We worked the game," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Regardless of who was in the game, what the score was, work our game. Lets try to get back to our identity and be consistent. ... You should have some of these games where you jump on teams and youre able to sustain it." Bradley Beal scored 19 points and Cartier Martin added 18 for the Wizards, who beat the Heat 105-101 in Washington on Dec. 4. This one went much differently. Consider: By halftime, Miami already had 50 points. Through three quarters, Washington still only had 46. "I didnt know what we were running half the time," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "Credit to Miami. They came out and put pressure on us and we didnt handle their pressure. I dont know what we were doing from an offensive standpoint." It was an emotional day in Miami, as it has been at just about every U.S. sports venue since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. on Friday sent shock waves across the country. Several Heat players spoke about how the massacre that left 20 children and six adults dead at an elementary school affected them, and before tipoff on Saturday, Miami held a moment of silence. The added twist was the presence of the kids: Several Heat players brought their children onto the court for that moment, with Bosh holding his son Jackson to his chest. "I couldnt imagine being in the position some people are in right now," Bosh said. "It wasnt like they were dropping their kids off in a dangerous situation. It was school." Once the game started, Miami was all business. Miami held Washington to 29 per cent from the field in the opening quarter, ran out to a quick 16-point lead and never yielded control. Jordan Crawford made a 3-pointer for the Wizards early in the second to cut the Miami lead to 28-22, but after that, it was all Heat. "We kind of turned into putty tonight," Wittman said. By halftime, it was 50-36, and Wade set James up for an easy basket with 4:35 left in the third to push the Heat margin to 69-40. After that, the only drama remaining revolved around whether James would extend his streak of 20-point games, with everyone in the building knowing that he would be sitting out the entire fourth quarter of the runaway game. He got there, and then some. James went on a personal 8-0 run to end the third, finishing his night with a flourish. A turnaround jumper with 1:56 left in the third started the end-of-quarter flurry, followed by a pull-up jumper on the next possession to give him 19 points. And when Ray Allen controlled a Norris Cole-versus-Beal jump ball, he flung it down court to James, who collected the pass and made a layup to pass that 20-point plateau once again. For good measure, James made one more 17-footer late in the quarter, going to the bench for good when the period ended. "We came out and set a tone early on," Wade said. "And everyone followed." NOTES: Former Heat C Shaquille ONeal sat courtside, shaking hands with several players during the first half. World No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy also was in attendance. ... Haslem, Bosh and Wade combined to shoot 16 for 22. ... The Heat, whose biggest lead in Washington was only five, led by as many as 35 on Saturday. ... Washington fell to 1-10 on the road. Cheap Jerseys From China . The Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospect, chosen in the first round of this years Major League Baseball draft, is getting ready to commence his career with the Vancouver Canadians of the single-A Northwest League amidst high hopes from the parent club. wholesale jerseys china . How is this, Coach? 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After ending Juventus 49-game unbeaten run in Serie A last weekend, Inter has slipped four points behind the leader and defending champion. wholesale nfl jerseys paypal . - Once he finally made his way to the victorious visiting clubhouse, Justin Verlanders teammates greeted him with chants of "Cy Young!" and sprayed him in the face with bubbly.Paris, France (Sports Network) - Six-time champion Rafael Nadal and three- time Grand Slam runner-up Andy Murray were a pair of winners, while 6-foot-9 American John Isner lost in an epic second-round affair Thursday at the French Open. The 10th-seeded Isner succumbed to oft-injured Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16 in a more-than-five hour war of attrition on Court Chatrier. Mathieu needed seven match points to finally stop Isner, who misfired wide on one final forehand after a grueling 5 hours, 41 minutes of tennis. The fifth set was a French Open-record 2 hours, 28 minutes. Isner and Mathieu also set a record for the longest one-day match in the history of the French Open. It was also the second-longest ever in the tournament, and not since 1957 had their been a match at Roland Garros with more games played. The gutsy Isner crushed 41 aces, but also piled up 98 unforced errors (98-40) in a match that had only six service breaks, including four and a match-ending one by the French winner. The 30-year-old Mathieu had to rally from two sets down in his first-round match here against German Bjorn Phau. The towering Isner, of course, is best known for beating Frances Nicolas Mahut in the longest-ever tennis match two years ago at Wimbledon. Isner needed more than 11 hours over three days to outlast Mahut in an opening-round bout at the All England Club in 2010. A 70-68 fifth set against Mahut lasted more than eight hours. Isner was the last American man standing in Paris this week. Meanwhile, the second-seeded former world No. 1 Nadal dropped only four games in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 pasting of Uzbekistans Denis Istomin on Court Lenglen. Nadal dropped only five games in his opening-round win here on Tuesday. Nadal rolled in 1 hour, 50 minutes and was not broken by the overmatched Istomin. The amazing Nadal is now 47-1 lifetime on the red clay at Roland Garros, including his Open-Era-record-tying six titles. Hes currently the reigning two-time champ, including a victory over Roger Federer in last years finale. The 10-time major titlist Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic in the last three Grand Slam finals. Nadals third-round opponent here will be Argentine Eduardo Schwank. The fourth-seeded Murray, meanwhile, received treatments for a bad back and almost retired before recording a 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 come-from-behind victory over Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen on Chatrier. The Scot needed 2 hours, 27 minutes to move on. "I was few points probably from stopping," Murray said. "I just didnt really want to stop the match. Then at the end of the second set I started standing up at the change of ends, and my back started to loosen up a little bit." Murray, who lost to the great Nadal in his first-ever French Open semifinal here a year ago, has now reached the third round in Paris five straight years.dddddddddddd Up next for the British star will be Colombian Santiago Giraldo, who took out 25th-seeded promising Aussie Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. Fifth-seeded French favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga completed a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe after their match was suspended because of rain on Wednesday, while sixth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer whipped Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 to secure a spot in the round of 32 for an eighth consecutive year. Eighth-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic got past Frances Jeremy Chardy 7-6 (7-4), 6-1, 7-5, while 12th-seeded Spanish clay-court specialist Nicolas Almagro took care of former Aussie Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 6-3, 7-5, and 13th-seeded gritty Argentine Juan Monaco moved on by handling Czech Lukas Rosol 7-6 (7-4), 6-0, 7-6 (7-5). Another French victor on Day 5 was nifty 17th seed Richard Gasquet, who overcame talented Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3. In other second-round action involving seeds, No. 19 Canadian slugger Milos Raonic fired 16 aces in dismissing American Jesse Levine 6-4, 7-5, 6-2; Argentine Leonardo Mayer derailed No. 24 German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 7-5; No. 27 Russian Mikhail Youzhny topped Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Italian Fabio Fognini knocked out No. 28 Serb Viktor Troicki 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6; No. 29 Frenchman Julien Benneteau cruised past Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; and the aforementioned Schwank drove out No. 32 German Florian Mayer 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4). Raonic will meet Monaco in his next outing, while Youzhny will face Ferrer in the round of 32. Veteran French crowd favorite Arnaud Clement lost to Belgian David Goffin 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 0-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a match that was suspended because of rain Wednesday with Goffin leading 5-1 in the fifth set, while oft-injured former world No. 2 German Tommy Haas moved on with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 blitzing of Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. The third round will begin on Friday, including matches for the No. 1 Djokovic and third-seeded Federer. The reigning Aussie Open, U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion Djokovic will face Frances Nicolas Devilder, while the former No. 1 2009 French Open titlist and four-time Roland Garros runner-up Federer will battle the aforementioned Mahut. Federer is the all-time mens leader with 16 major titles. Also on the Day-6 schedule will be the former Aussie Open runner-up Tsonga, seventh-seeded former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych, and ninth-seeded former U.S. Open champ Juan Martin del Potro. ' ' '
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