Quote of the Night

Dwyane Wade turned in his 11th 30-point night of the season in Friday's win over the Lakers, which caused more than a few people to harken back to the days when Kobe Bryant regularly put up monster numbers like that, because the Lakers were so lacking in the front court.

Afterwards, I asked Kobe if he saw any similarities and he smirked.

`No, because if I was hot like he was (Friday), I would've had 50 points because I would've shot the ball like 45 times, not 25 times like he did,'' Bryant said, laughing. ``I would've kept going.''

If Bryant hadn't said that though, this quote from Udonis Haslem would've topped the night's notebook.

Haslem was asked about Bryant's last shot, which rattled around the rim a few times before finally bouncing out and giving the Heat the victory.

``He puts up a shot with Shawn (Marion) all over him and the shot goes halfway down,'' Haslem said. ``If you can get half a point for a bucket, he would've gotten half a point and we would've won by half a point.''