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MIAMI (AP)\u2014Mike Bibby<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> came to Miami to provide veteran leadership. The
\nHeat soon may be asking him for much more.<\/p>\n

LeBron James<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 33 points, Dwyane Wade<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 32 and Miami never trailed
\nduring a 103-98 victory over the Denver Nuggets<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Chris Bosh<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> finished with his fifth straight double-double, 18 points and 11
\nrebounds. But the Heat may have taken a significant hit when starting point
\nguard Mario Chalmers<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> was carried off the floor late in the first quarter with
\nwhat was preliminarily diagnosed as a sprained right knee.<\/p>\n

Bibby, the only other true point guard on Miami\u2019s roster, scored 14.<\/p>\n

J.R. Smith<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 27 points and Danilo Gallinari<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> finished with 23 for Denver,
\nwhich went 0-2 on their back-to-back swing through Florida after losing in
\nOrlando on Friday night. Denver was without point guard Raymond Felton<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> who
\nsprained his ankle in the final minute of that loss to the Magic and is not
\nexpected to play when the Nuggets host Toronto on Monday.<\/p>\n

Ty Lawson<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 16 points, Wilson Chandler<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> finished with 12 and Nene scored
\n10 for the Nuggets, who also played much of Saturday without guard Arron
\nAfflalo<\/a>(notes)<\/a>.<\/span> He aggravated a left hamstring strain in the first half and did not
\nreturn.<\/p>\n

But Chalmers\u2019 health concerns clearly seemed the most pressing of all.<\/p>\n

Chalmers was guarding Lawson on the right wing with about 1 minute left in
\nthe first quarter when he got hurt. Lawson tried to drive and Chalmers tumbled
\nbackward, appearing to favor his left leg. Chalmers tried to recover, then
\nmaking contact with Lawson\u2019s outstretched right leg as he made a jumper.<\/p>\n

Chalmers, who has started 27 straight games since Jan. 22, went down,
\nholding his right knee. He will be re-examined on Sunday.<\/p>\n

James picked up where he left off in Atlanta on Friday night, shooting 6 for
\n8 in the opening quarter for 13 points and helping stake the Heat to a 29-21
\nlead. But by then, Denver was finding its groove, and actually got within one on
\na 3-pointer by Smith with 7:20 left until halftime.<\/p>\n

Miami stretched the lead back to double-digits three times, only to see the
\nNuggets keep rallying. And in the fourth, things got downright dicey for Miami,
\nwith Denver getting within four twice.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets never got any closer.<\/p>\n

Gary Forbes<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> made a 3-pointer with 10:09 left to help Denver close to 82-78,
\nand Gallinari scored inside about a minute later to keep the Nuggets within
\nfour.<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t score again for nearly four minutes, and the Heat put things
\naway with a 10-0 run.<\/p>\n

Wade stole the ball from Gallinari, passed to Bosh, who found James for a
\ndunk that pushed Miami\u2019s edge to 89-80. James added two free throws 28 seconds
\nlater, and Wade hit a 3-pointer with 5:59 left to stretch the edge to 94-80.<\/p>\n

Denver made one more late burst, closing to 99-94 on a jumper from Chandler
\nwith 42.3 seconds left. But James\u2014who is 31 for 46 from the field in his last
\ntwo games\u2014sealed it with a runner off the glass with 21.5 ticks remaining.<\/p>\n

So really, two big bursts were all Miami needed.<\/p>\n

The Heat scored the game\u2019s first 10 points, while Denver missed its first
\nseven shots. Wade connected on his first four shots, the last of which gave
\nMiami a quick 14-3 lead, and James had consecutive dunks to put the Heat up 25-9
\nin the early going.<\/p>\n

Denver played uphill the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

NOTES: The Heat honored former first-round pick Tim James, now an Army
\nCorporal, with a pregame ceremony, part of their tradition of recognizing
\nservicemen who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. \u2026 Miami was again without
\ncenter Zydrunas Ilgauskas<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> who missed his fifth straight game with an infected
\nfoot. \u2026 Lawson was the first Denver starter to reach double figures. Gallinari
\nand Smith, the Nuggets\u2019 top two reserves, already had cracked the 10-point mark
\nby the time Lawson got there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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