April 26, 2009 (part 4); Heat blew off Hawks; Mavs' Terry is Sixth Man of the Year

The Miami Heat showed an overall performance as they pounded the Hawks en route to a victory, 107-76, infront of the whole Miami crowd who cheered them on.

All starters from the Heat scored in double figures, led by Dwyane Wade with 29 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 1 steal. Jermaine O'Neal had a monster game with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 3 block shots. Mario Chalmers added 15 points and 5 rebounds. Udonis Haslem also had a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while James Jones had a hot night with 11 points on 3 out of 3 from the three-point area.

The Hawks on the other hand were led by Mike Bibby, Al Horford and Josh Smith, who had 13 points each. Bibby also had 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Horford added 7 rebounds and 2 assists, while Smith contributed 8 rebounds.

Joe Johnson had an off night, scoring 10 points on 5/17 from the field, with 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game 4 of the series will be on Tuesday, April 28 at 8:00 AM, still from Miami.

Game 3
Atlanta 76
Miami 107
AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, Florida
ATL: Josh Smith- 13 pts, 8 rebs, 1 blk.
MIA: Dwyane Wade- 29 pts, 7 rebs, 8 assts, 1 stl.
Heat lead series 2-1
Game 4 on Tuesday, April 28 at 8:00 AM from the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami.

Meanwhile, the NBA awarded Dallas Mavericks' guard Jason Terry with the Sixth Man of the Year award. He was voted unanimously as no other sixth man in the league performed that good as Terry did this season. He averaged 19.6 points, his 2nd highest average to date and his highest as a Maverick.

He joins Roy Tarpley (1988) and Antawn Jamison (2004) as the third Maverick player to win this said award.

The Wizard was here... :)