Heat reaches break with return to .500

Dwyane Wade shook off a bruised left shoulder and outscored Portland by himself in the final quarter to help complete the Miami Heat’s long trip back to .500 with a 104-85 victory Tuesday night over the Trail Blazers at Miami, giving them seven wins in eight games before the All-Star break.

“We’ve gotten to the point we kept talking about,” said Heat interim Coach Ron Rothstein, who went 13-9 as Pat Riley’s replacement. “Now this is our launching pad for after the break.”

Wade, hurt late in the third quarter, had 16 of his points in the final quarter, one more than Portland.

Dallas 99, Milwaukee 93 -- Overcoming a 16-point second-half deficit, the Mavericks outscored the Bucks, 28-11, in the fourth quarter as Milwaukee failed to make a field goal in the final 7:05 at Milwaukee.

Dirk Nowitzki had 38 points on the road for Dallas. Andrew Bogut had 16 points and 17 rebounds for the Bucks.

Houston 109, Sacramento 104 -- Tracy McGrady had 28 points and 12 assists in an overtime thriller at Houston to help the host Rockets overcome Ron Artest’s career-high tying 39 points.

Toronto 112, Chicago 111 -- Chris Bosh had 25 points and made two free throws with 2.1 seconds left to lift the visiting Raptors despite blowing a late 12-point lead. Luol Deng scored 30 for Chicago.

Memphis 108, New Orleans 104 -- Hakim Warrick scored 15 points, including six straight in a 7-0 fourth-quarter run, for the host Grizzles.

Tyson Chandler had 17 points and a franchise record-tying 23 rebounds for New Orleans.

San Antonio 107, New Jersey 82 -- Tim Duncan scored seven of his 21 points in a 20-0 run to start the second quarter in the visiting Spurs’ victory over the Nets without Jason Kidd (back).