MIAMI – Dwyane Wade needs a wingman.
Sunday’s defeat at Orlando counts as one loss for the Miami Heat, but Wade’s teammates were outscored twice.
– There was Magic 122, Heat 99.
– And Wade 50, Rest of Heat 49.
Wade’s career-high 50 points in the blowout loss brought new light to an old problem, with the Heat again asking their MVP candidate to bear an inordinate amount of the offensive load.
“Dwyane’s a great player, but he can’t do it by himself,” Heat forward Udonis Haslem said.
Never was that more visible than Sunday.
It’s the first time this season a player reached 50 in a losing effort, and the first time since March 14, 1995 – when Dana Barros had 50 for Philadelphia in a 136-107 defeat against Houston – that someone scored so many and his team lost by 20-plus points.
The rest of Miami’s starters combined for 15 points. Not exactly a shot of momentum heading into another game with postseason implications Tuesday, at home against Detroit. (AP)