The Miami Heat mauled the Charlotte Bobcats in a 129-90 blowout Sunday to improve to a franchise-best 5-0 start to an NBA season. Needing a pair of Dwyane Wade last-second game-winners to defeat Charlotte and Minnesota in back-to-back games last week, the Heat buried the Bobcats early in the rematch. “We came into the game with a very heightened sense of having the ability to concentrate,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra told reporters. “It speaks to our guys' professionalism.” Talent-loaded Miami built a 28-point lead by halftime to effectively kill the game as a contest in front of their home crowd. Chris Bosh led the way with 24 points and 10 rebounds and Wade added 22 as Miami continued their impressive start to the season. Beaten by the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals last June, the Heat have exploded from the blocks at the start of the the compressed 66-game campaign. Their 129 points were an NBA-high for the fledgling season, sharing the wealth among their big-name players and compiling 33 assists for the game. LeBron James, who entered the contest averaging 33 points per game, played just 28 minutes and chipped in with 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Magic 102, Raptors 96: Ryan Anderson scored 24 points and led a fourth-quarter rally that sent the Orlando Magic past the Toronto Raptors. The Magic trailed by as many as 16 points, but went on a 16-0 run in the final period. Orlando shot 4-for-5 on 3-pointers during the burst, with Anderson making two of them, as the Magic took a 94-88 lead with 3:05 left. Dwight Howard had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Magic, who have won four straight since a season-opening loss to Oklahoma City. J.J. Redick added 21 points and Hedo Turkoglu had 15 points and seven assists. Andrea Bargnani paced the Raptors with 28 points, and Jose Calderon had 18 points and 13 assists. Celtics 94, Wizards 86: Rajon Rondo had 18 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds while Kevin Garnett had 24 points and nine rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics over the winless Washington Wizards. Cavaliers 98, Nets 82: Antawn Jamison scored 23 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers made 16 3-pointers in a win over the New Jersey Nets. Bulls 104, Grizzlies 64: Carlos Boozer scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls easily won their home opener, pounding the Memphis Grizzlies. Nuggets 99, Lakers 90: Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points, Ty Lawson had 17 points and 10 assists and the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers. Nene had 13 points for the Nuggets, who avenged a three-point loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles less than 24 hours earlier. Pau Gasol had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Andrew Bynum had 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Lakers. Kobe Bryant scored 16 points on 6-of-28 shooting. After a seesaw battle for most of the final period, the Nuggets scored the final 11 points to pull out the win. In other games it was: Minnesota 99, Dallas 82; Sacramento 96, New Orleans 80; LA Clippers 93, Portland 88.
