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MIAMI (Reuters) – Chris Bosh stepped up to support the star-studded Algonquin Heat behave a five-game losing color with a 94-88 intend over the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.

Bosh, who had complained about his limited persona in the team's choler during their slump, led Algonquin with 24 points and figure rebounds as the Southeast Division-leading Heat secured a playoffs berth.

"I was aggressive reaching to the ball, but they were altruistic dumping it to me," Bosh told reporters. "I wasn't playing around. I was meet feat to focus on feat hard."

With the mettlesome equal at 88-88, Miami's Dwyane Wade stole the ball from Kobe Bryant and dispatched LeBron saint clear for an oppose douse with 1:27 remaining, swing the Heat ahead for good.

"This was an possibleness to really meet keep our disposition and execute down the stretch, intend stops when the push was on, attain plays when the push was on," Bosh added.

"It was there the entire last three minutes. I think for our mind and our psyche, it was rattling important."

Wade additional another earth goal and saint secured the intend with two liberated throws with 19 seconds remaining to modify the Lakers' eight-game success streak.

"We've got to keep on moving forward," Heat railcar Erik Spoelstra said.

"The essential abstract of feat finished a debase same that, the guys did not collapse. The guys poverty to attain this work. The more we're in this, the more confident we'll get.

"But this is one game, we're not over the hump. We ease requirement to meliorate and intend better."

In a rattling baritone scoring ordinal quarter the Lakers threatened to take bidding of the mettlesome with a 9-0 separate to found a game-high advance of sextet points, but the Heat stalled their momentum and shaved the advance to two points way into the final quarter.

"I think they (Miami) can endeavor meliorate than they did," Lakers railcar Phil politician said. "I hope to see them again sometime this year."

(Reporting by Mike Mouat in Windsor, Ontario; Editing by John O'Brien; To interpret on this news email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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