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Updated at 5:18 p.m., Monday, March 9, 2009

NBA: What a Wade! Pours in 48, including 3-pointer at end lifts Heat

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade decided two overtimes were enough, in emphatic fashion.

Miami's MVP candidate stole the ball from John Salmons with 4 seconds left, then made a running 3-pointer as time expired to lift the Heat to a wild 130-127 double-overtime win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.

Wade — who finished with 48 points and 12 assists in 49 minutes, shooting 15-for-21 from the field — made a 3-pointer at the end of the first half, then again at the end of regulation.

And after missing a layup at the end of the first extra session, he more than atoned for that at the end.

Referees reviewed the play for more than two minutes, before Mark Wunderlich shot his hands in the air, officially giving Miami the win.