Smith scored 37 points, his third consecutive 30-point outing, and the New York Knicks beat the Charlotte Bobcats 111-102 on Friday night for their season-high seventh straight victory.
James finished with 32 points on 11 for 14 shooting, 10 assists and eight rebounds, Bosh scored 15 points and the Heat won their 26th straight game, topping the Charlotte Bobcats 109-77 on Sunday night.
He hit buzzer-beating game-winners against the Charlotte Bobcats and Phoenix Suns, but had terrible shooting performances in other games, including a 4-for-20 showing in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
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The Charlotte Bobcats owner exchanged vows with 35-year-old former model Yvette Prieto on Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla.
Even the awful Charlotte Bobcats have ranked from the low-to-mid 20s in attendance the past few years with Michael Jordan at the helm.
On Sunday they barely squeaked past the Charlotte Bobcats, Michael Jordan's sad, wheelless bus with a 4-31 record.
The Philadelphia 76ers share their facility (the Wells Fargo Center) with the Villanova Wildcats, and North Carolina, Michigan State and Connecticut all have professional basketball teams (Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics, respectively) within a 51-100 mile range from where they play their regular season home games.
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Gordon and Pargo, whose second 10-day contract expired earlier this week and was signed for the rest season, combined for 24 of Charlotte's 31 points in the second quarter to give the Bobcats a 54-53 lead at halftime.
Over their final 14 games, they'll play just four the Charlotte Bobcats (twice), Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers against teams with sub-.500 records.
Low-revenue teams that have been struggling, like the Indiana Pacers and Charlotte Bobcats, will be able to more easily compete and get see their valuations get a big boost.
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