WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dwyane Wade scored 40 points, including a go-ahead jumper with 25 seconds left, to lead the Miami Heat in a 93-89 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.
It was the first time Wade reached 40 points since getting a career-high 55 in April against New York. Quentin Richardson had 19 points and nine rebounds for Miami (4-1).
Wade took the spotlight away from Washington's Gilbert Arenas, who scored 32 but was 9 of 27 from the field.
Arenas missed a layup with 17 seconds left after Wade's jumper, falling hard to the ground after driving through traffic, and rushed a short jumper on the next possession with the Wizards trailing by three points to end Washington's chances.
Arenas gave Washington an 89-87 lead with 1:30 remaining, driving the lane for a layup with 1 second showing on the shot clock. Jermaine O'Neal hit a jumper to tie it 19 seconds later.
DeShawn Stevenson missed two free throws with 44 seconds left to set up Wade's jumper.
Brendan Haywood had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Caron Butler had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Washington.
The tight final minutes came after Miami opened up a big early lead. Haywood opened the game with the dunk, but the Wizards didn't hold the lead again until Haywood's hook shot at 6:28 left in the third quarter gave Washington a 57-56 edge.
The rest of the quarter belonged to the team's dueling stars. Arenas scored nine of Washington's final 13 points in the third quarter. Wade outdid him, tallying Miami's final 10 points, including a last-second layup to tie the game at 66 entering the fourth quarter.
Miami had led by as many as 19 in the opening quarter, going up 27-8 with 3 minutes left in the first.
The Wizards clawed back in the second period. With Arenas on the bench, Washington went on a 17-2 run over a nearly 5-minute span to pull to 37-36. Wade made sure the Heat would hold on to the lead with a pair of 3-pointers, and Miami led 50-41 at halftime.
The Wizards finished the game without starter Mike Miller, who left in the fourth quarter with a left shoulder sprain. Miller first hurt the shoulder in the third quarter in a collision with the Heat's Mario Chalmers. Miller was taken to the locker room and returned to the bench a few minutes later with his shoulder taped. He re-entered the game late in the third quarter.
Miller, who was acquired by Washington in a trade with Minnesota in June, aggravated the injury with 9:11 left in the fourth quarter when he fell to the court on a foul by Miami's Joel Anthony. Miller completed the 3-point play and stayed in the game for about another minute before again leaving for the locker room.
NOTES: Miami G Daequan Cook sat out his third straight game with a right shoulder strain. ... This was the first of three meetings between the teams in November. They play again in Miami on Nov. 10. ... Miami swept the series (4-0) last season. ... Haywood was given a technical foul for hanging on the rim after a third-quarter dunk.
Received 11/04/09 10:09 pm ET
