Sunday, March 4, 2012

Haslem delivers at ideal time for Heat _ again

MIAMI (AP) — The season began with Udonis Haslem inspiring the Miami Heat with his words. He gave a passionate speech in the locker room nearly seven months ago, talking about how desperately he wanted to win a championship to honor his recently deceased mother.

Now, Haslem's inspiring the Heat with his play.

Or, perhaps more accurately, simply by playing.

He scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half, and had a pair of dunks — the first was his first basket since Nov. 20 — to begin and end a critical 10-0 run. That was the final margin Wednesday in Miami's 85-75 win over Chicago Bulls that tied the Eastern Conference finals at a game apiece.

"Huge. Huge," Heat …

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