Miami Heat's Chris Bosh (R) battles Washington Wizards JaVale McGee for a loose ball during third NBA game in Miami Monday. (Reuters) MIAMI: Finally, the ‘Big Three' made solid contributions and the Miami Heat crushed the Washington Wizards 105-94 Monday with LeBron James scoring 30 points and Dwyane Wade adding 26. With Chris Bosh, the third member of the Heat's leading trio, chipping in with 20 points, it was the kind of night Heat fans had hoped for after the franchise's free agency coup. Miami led 52-44 at halftime and the only signs of tension came at the end of the third quarter when the Wizards' Hilton Armstrong and Miami's Juwan Howard were ejected. Andray Blatche scored 26 points and had nine rebounds for Washington, which is 0-8 on the road. Gilbert Arenas added 23 for Washington. The Wizards were without No. 1 draft pick John Wall, who missed his second straight game with a bruised right knee. Miami entered Monday's game having lost four of its last five games and with pressure mounting on coach Erik Spoelstra amid speculation the players were unhappy with his methods. After signing James and Chris Bosh and securing the return of Wade, the Heat were expected to challenge the Boston Celtics for dominance in the East and battle the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA title. But under intense media scrutiny, the Heat have failed to click as a team and Saturday's loss to the Dallas Mavericks included an incident where James bumped into Spoelstra as he walked to the team bench during a timeout. The incident became an instant YouTube hit and prompted plenty of media speculation, but Spoelstra and James dismissed it as nothing more than an accident. “It was really nothing,” said Spoelstra. “Incidental contact ... it wasn't intentional or anything.” James met with Spoelstra before Monday's game and the NBA's two-time league MVP shot down reports of a rift. “If I have something to say to Coach Spo, I'm going to go to Coach Spo. If he has something to say to me, which he's done, he's going to come to me,” said James. “It is nothing I'll take behind his back. I've never done that, I will not do that.” Thunder 95, Hornets 89: At Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook scored 12 of his 25 points during a decisive 14-0 run late in the fourth quarter and had 11 assists as Oklahoma rallied to beat New Orleans. Westbrook scored six in a row to tie the game, then kept going with a driving layup and a 3-pointer that put the Thunder up 88-81 with 1:38 to play. After the 3-pointer, he mocked slamming guns down into holsters at his side. Kevin Durant hit four free throws down the stretch to seal the game and finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds. David West scored 20 points to lead New Orleans but missed his final six shots while Oklahoma City was making its comeback. Chris Paul added 17 points, 14 assists and five steals as the Hornets lost for the fourth time in five games after an 11-1 start. Mavericks 101, Rockets 91: At Dallas, Caron Butler scored 13 of his 19 points during a decisive third-quarter run and Dirk Nowitzki had 20 points and 10 rebounds as Dallas stretched their winning streak to six games with a victory over Houston. Shawn Marion added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and J.J Barea scored 11 for the Mavericks. Kevin Martin's 17 points and Luis Scola's 15 paced the Rockets, who've lost six of eight. Dallas used a 17-6 third-quarter run capped by 11 straight from Butler to expand a seven-point halftime edge to 77-59. The Mavs carried an 83-71 lead into the final quarter, and were up by as many as 22 down the stretch.
