Heat finish strong, go up 1-0 on Bobcats

LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane Wade added 23 and the Heat rode two big runs to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-88 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series. Miami trailed for much of the first half, but rallied and has now topped Charlotte 17 straight times.

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Wednesday. Al Jefferson will be getting plenty of treatment until then.

Kemba Walker scored 20 points for the Bobcats, who started fast behind Jefferson -- who was diagnosed with a strained left plantar fascia after a misstep in the first quarter, and got a pair of injections just to continue playing.

Jefferson still finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds.