Heat beat Magic a second straight day
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-28 16:49

Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, Eddie Jones added 24 and the Miami Heat beat the Orlando Magic for a second straight day, 112-103 Sunday night.

Miami Heat 's Dwyane Wade , left, scores in the third quarter as Orlando Magic 's Steve Francis , (3) looks on in Orlando, Fla. Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. The Heat won 112-103.[AP]

The 12-time All-Star was hardly missed against his former team — in either game.

Wade scored 14 of his 25 points in the final quarter Saturday to lead the Heat to a 101-98 victory in Miami. He didn't wait that long to take over Sunday in Orlando.

Wade scored 11 points in the third quarter, giving him 20 for the game and helping the Heat build a nine-point lead. He also dished out 11 assists.

Grant Hill led the Magic with 34 points, while Steve Francis added 22 points and seven assists.

Miami's two Joneses, Eddie and Damon, came up big in the fourth.

Wade opened the final period with consecutive jumpers, then Eddie Jones scored 12 straight points for Miami. He hit two 3-pointers, a jumper, a reverse layup and two free throws.

He added a jumper with less than 4 minutes to play that made it 99-93. But the Magic, who trailed by 16 at the half, trimmed the lead to 99-97 on Hill's 3-pointer and Hedo Turkoglu's layup.

Damon Jones answered with his sixth 3-pointer of the night. He finished with 22 points, including a layup with 48.6 seconds to play that made it 108-100.

The Heat have now won all three meetings against Orlando this season, and the Magic — one the NBA's worst defensive teams — have shown little signs of being able to stop them. The Heat have scored 330 points in the three games.

Francis was in a new role for the second straight game and had similar results.

Francis moved from point guard to shooting guard before Saturday's game and started that one 0-for-6 from the floor. He was 0-for-7 before making a basket Sunday and finished just 5-of-16.

Hill picked up the slack again. He was 11-of-20 from the floor a day after finishing with a game-high 28.

The Magic have lost three in a row since Francis was fined for missing practice on Feb. 22.

Orlando looked like it might turn things around early because of Miami's slow start. The Heat trailed 12-4 after the first 4 1/2 minutes, but Wade's dunk gave them a 20-18 lead that they never relinquished.

The Heat shot 50 percent in the first quarter (10-of-20) and were even better (11-of-18) in the second en route to the big lead.