Big 3 lead Heat to victory over Raptors

 　　TORONTO, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Dwayne Wade¹, Chris Bosh and Lebron James combined to score 86 points for the Miami Heat in a 113-101 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

　　The victory was the Heat's second victory in as many nights, after defeating the Dallas Mavericks² at home the night prior.

　　"We weren't going to lose this game we had to dig deep down and just continue to play. I thought we did a great job, after getting in real late, starting the game with energy, trying to get ourselves going. It was a fight," said Heat guard Dwayne Wade following the game.

　　With the score tied at 83 after three quarters, Wade stepped up in the final frame, scoring 13 of his game-high 30 points in the victory. Wade also added 6 rebounds³ and 6 assists.

　　The victory also marked forward Chris Bosh's second time back to Toronto, the team that drafted him fourth overall in the 2003 draft. Bosh did not disappoint the capacity crowd at the Air Canada Center, scoring a game-high 30 points while adding 8 rebounds.

　　Bosh was excited to be back to the city he called home for his first seven seasons in the NBA.

　　"I've played 100 billion games here and have a lot of great memories here. Anytime I come here, I don't want to disappoint myself and have a bad game... Friday night in Toronto, I remember that. A very competitive game, a good atmosphere," said Bosh.

　　Heat forward Lebron James was satisfied with the victory given the circumstances created from the condensed schedule.

　　"We didn' t get in until 4:30 last night coming all the way from Miami after a tough win against Dallas. To be able to come here and play against a team that we know will be energized⁴ and the building was going to be packed from wall to wall and to come in and get a win is great," said James, who added 26 points of his own in the contest.

　　Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was also satisfied with the effort and now prepares for their next game against the Celtics.

　　"We weren't necessarily quite as disciplined as we needed to be defensively, our mentality⁵ and mindset was good," said Spoelstra. "I am very encouraged with our no excuses attitude coming into this one particularly here on the road to bring that mindset. Now we move on to the next city and it has to continue with that mentality against a very tough team at home."

1 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

2 mavericks   

未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )； 标新立异的人，不合常规的人

参考例句：

• And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？
• And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。

3 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

4 energized   

v.给予…精力，能量( energize的过去式和过去分词 )；使通电

参考例句：

• We are energized by love if we put our energy into loving. 如果我们付出能量去表现爱意，爱就会使我们充满活力。 来自辞典例句
• I am completely energized and feeling terrific. 我充满了活力，感觉非常好。 来自辞典例句

5 mentality   

n.心理，思想，脑力

参考例句：

• He has many years'experience of the criminal mentality.他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
• Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。