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Miami 117, Phoenix 113

The Phoenix Suns wanted to make sure Dwyane Wade didn’t beat them with his trademark driving, slashing game.

He and the rest of the Miami Heat did it by making one jumper after another, instead.

Wade scored 10 of his 31 points in the final four minutes and the Heat ended their longest road trip of the season with a 117-113 victory over the Suns on Monday night.

“I’m getting a lot more comfortable with my game, especially with my pull-up jumper,” said Wade, who scored 16 in Miami’s 40-point first quarter. “I wanted to come out and be real aggressive and put some pressure on them.”

“It’s the best win for us this year, obviously,” Heat coach Pat Riley said. “We need them. Sometimes in April or March you’ll look back and say there might have been a breakthrough game, a confidence game for you when you have to get through a lot of stuff.”

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Nash and Suns coach Mike D’Antoni downplayed the significance of the losses.