MILWAUKEE, March 26 (UPI) -- Dwyane Wade scored 30 points Friday and Miami took control early en route to an 87-74 victory over Milwaukee.
Miami moved within a game of Milwaukee for fifth place in the Eastern Conference and maintained a half-game advantage over seventh-place Charlotte.
The Bucks lost their second straight after winning 15-of-17. They shot just 31.5 percent from the field.
Milwaukee was already playing without Andrew Bogut (back) and Ersan Ilyasova (illness), and the Bucks lost Carlos Delfino during the second quarter of this contest.
Delfino was carried off the court on a stretcher after landing hard going for a rebound and then having Miami's Udonis Haslem fall on him. Delfino was taken to a local hospital for observation and team officials said he had full use of his extremities.
John Salmons scored 23 points for Milwaukee. The rest of the starters made only 5-of-29 shots.
Miami limited the Bucks to 35 points in the first half while taking a 13-point advantage at intermission and was not threatened during the final two quarters.
