HEAT 116 CLIPPERS 112...With Players like King JAMES, "Late Night with BLAKE", WADE County, and DeANDRE the LOB City Giant to name a few the CHAMPS n CLIPS lived up to its billing from Staples L.A. SPORTS ARENA Set-Up...LOGO WATCH traveling West with the CHAMPS and King JAMES #HEATnation #HEATgang #Champs305

Yes it was all that as the Champs and Clips Prime Time lived up to its billing with the Gatorade Slam Dunk Contest mixed with "Splash Play" after "Splash Play" from high-flyers like King James, Blake, and DeAndre going Nerf Hoop. In the end when the Smoke and the 405 cleared the Heat was standing in the Winner's Circle but not after some late game drama like Laura and Luke from General Hospital circa 1990...not telling my age!

The Heat get a scare late but it was a few King James Free Throws and Jesus Shuttlesworth with a Money Ball Dagger rolling the credits on the New Clip Joint. Checkout the Numbers in this one:

Champs 305

King James 31 pts 12 asst 8 rebs 7 TO
C.B. 15 pts 8 rebs
Shuttlesworth 15 pts (2-5 3pt FG)
"Flash" 14 pts 8 asst
Duke's Shane 14 pts  (4-8 3pt FG)
Regular Mario 10 pts

Lob City

"Late Night with BG 32" 43 pts 15 rebs 6 asst
Jamal 206 31 pts 6 asst (5-11 3pt FG)
DeAndre the Lob City Giant 16 pts 16 rebs
"Pretty Ricky" 12 pts 7 rebs

The Heat separated the contest with a + 18 from the Arc. The Clips also had 20 turnovers after a home-cooked meal...not good! The Clips + 10 in Free Throws made didn't help as the Money ball separated that margin.

The Heat moves to 35-13 while the Clippers fall to 34-18 and Lob City expended too much energy climbing back into the game and simply ran out of gas in the end!