James scores 35, Heat finally beat Bucks 114-96

By Chris Jenkins

Associated Press

Published: Monday, Feb. 13 2012 8:35 p.m. MST

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Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) tries to drive past Milwaukee Bucks' Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Milwaukee.

Morry Gash, Associated Press

Summary

LeBron James scored 35 points and the Miami Heat finally found a way to beat Milwaukee, using a third-quarter surge to beat the Bucks 114-96 on Monday night.

MILWAUKEE — LeBron James scored 35 points and the Miami Heat finally found a way to beat Milwaukee, using a third-quarter surge to beat the Bucks 114-96 on Monday night.

Dwyane Wade scored 22 and Mario Chalmers added 13 for the Heat, who were 0-2 against the Bucks coming into Monday night's game.

James scored 16 of his points in the third quarter as the Heat outscored the Bucks 35-24 to take control of the game.

Carlos Delfino scored 24 for the Bucks, who were coming off a loss to Orlando on Saturday night.

With the win, Miami ran its record to 22-7 — equaling the franchise's best start after the first 29 games of a season, set in 1996-97 and again in 2004-05.

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