NBA Wade takes the heat off Shaquille as Cavaliers drop second straight

LeBron James had 21 points and eight rebounds for Cleveland.
MIAMI (AP) -- Shaquille O'Neal made sure the arena was filled. Dwyane Wade took care of sending the record crowd home happy.
Wade scored 28 points and O'Neal added 17 points and nine rebounds in his home debut for his new team as Miami beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 92-86 Thursday night before 20,235 Shaq-crazed fans -- the largest crowd to see a Heat home game.
O'Neal scored the game's first points on Miami's opening possession and the Heat never trailed.
"I knew what I was doing when I got traded," said O'Neal, who was shipped to Miami by the Los Angeles Lakers over the summer. "I'm a student of the game. I wanted to go somewhere where I wouldn't have to start over. This is the team."
Udonis Haslem had 15 points and Rasual Butler added 11 for Miami, 2-0 for the fourth time in its 17-year history.
Drew Gooden had 24 points and LeBron James had 21 points and eight rebounds for Cleveland (0-2). Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who tied a career-high with 35 points Wednesday in a double-overtime loss to Indiana, managed just eight.
"I thought we played as well as we could play," Cleveland coach Paul Silas said, "under the circumstances."
Ending the suspense
Cleveland was within 61-60 with 4:59 remaining in the third, but Wade scored six points in a 12-6 run that pushed Miami's lead to 73-66 at the end of the quarter. Wade made 10-of-20 shots, with six rebounds, five assists, three steals and three blocked shots.
"That's one of the best performances I've seen from a second-year player," O'Neal said.
A 12-6 Miami run midway through the fourth quarter, with Haslem getting five points, sealed the win. Over the final 17 minutes, Miami held Cleveland to 32.3 percent shooting.
"We had some defensive lapses," O'Neal said, "but we picked it up in the third and fourth quarter."
He had seven points in the first 3 1/2 minutes -- never showing any ill effects of the strained left hamstring that bothered him throughout training camp. O'Neal played in six-minute spurts to protect the hamstring, but remained on the court until the game's end, indicating that the Heat isn't overly concerned with the injury.
O'Neal played 32 minutes, shooting 7-of-17 from the floor -- and 3-for-9 from the foul line, putting him off to a 5-for-16 start to the season from the stripe. He missed 5 of 6 field-goal tries after halftime.
Jeff McInnis had 14 points for Cleveland, which was held to 38.8 percent shooting.