Finally Miami, with Wade at the helm, beat one of the top teams - in the Detroit Pistons. He scored the last seventeen points in a close game, which included the winner with only a couple of seconds left to play. The final score was 100-98.

The Miami Heat have habitually struggled agains the best teams. They are now 1-7 against the league's four top teams.

Trailing 90-83 with 4.30 minutes remaining, Wade came in to the picture with seventeen consecutive points - a franchise record. He made his final seven shots and scored twenty-eight points in the second half.

Shaq also did his part, keeping Miami in the game early on and finishing with a season-high of thirty-one points.

The Pistons have lost three of their last five games but they still have best record in the NBA at 41-9.

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