And that wasn't all the Bobcats did to spoil Wade's fun today.

Gerald Wallace scored 30 points, Walter Herrmann hit two big 3-pointers in the final minute and the Bobcats ruined Wade's return from a dislocated left shoulder by beating the Heat 111-103 in overtime — a loss that seriously hurt Miami's hope of having a home-court edge for the first playoff round.

"It's exciting to get back, but at the end of the day, you always want to win. You always want to come back and help your team win," Wade said. "I came back and at times, I looked OK and at times, I didn't."

That summed up Miami's night.

Wade played 27 minutes, scoring 12 points on 3-for-9 shooting from the field and 6-for-12 from the foul line — part of a costly Heat effort from the stripe. Miami was 26-of-44 from the line and that, combined with a season-high 26 turnovers, was simply too much for the defending NBA champions to overcome.

"When you don't play as hard as you can play, you make 26 turnovers and the other team is shooting over 50 percent, you're going to have a very difficult time," Heat coach Pat Riley said. "Plus missing 18 free throws, I don't know how you can win."

Especially when Charlotte — a team now 16 games under .500 — plays nearly flawlessly in overtime. The Bobcats were 6-for-7 in the extra session, with Herrmann going 3-for-3, all from 3-point range, including two daggers in the final 43 seconds.

Raymond Felton had 16 points, Hermann had 15 and Okafor and Brevin Knight each scored 13 for the Bobcats. Jake Voskuhl added 12 for Charlotte, which was without rookie forward Adam Morrison, who missed his first game of the season with a sprained left knee tendon.

"They're a veteran team and they maintain their poise all the time, so you know they were going to make a run," Bickerstaff said. "But I'm more impressed that we didn't succumb."

So were the Heat.