James Within 3 of Jordan: Heat Beats Minnesota for 15th Straight Win

LeBron James is within three games of Michael Jordan’s longest winning streak, as the Miami Heat beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 97-81 Monday. The Heat now goes back to Miami and can tie the Bulls’ longest winning streak if they beat Orlando (Wednesday), Philadelphia (Friday) and Indiana (Sunday).

Of course, Scottie Pippin was a big part of Jordan’s winning streak, and Dwyane Wade was the bigger star Monday as he missed only eight shots while getting 32 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds compared to just 20 points and 10 rebounds for James.

Miami broke a 6-point game open after J.J. Barea hit Ray Allen hard and was thrown out of the game.

For the UPI story on the game, click here.

Dec 29 1995-Feb 2 1996		Bulls	Opp	Streak	Feb 3 2013-March 10 2013		Heat	Opp
Indiana Pacers	h	120	93	W 1	Toronto Raptors	a	100	85
Atlanta Hawks	h	95	93	W 2	Charlotte Bobcats	h	99	94
Houston Rockets	h	100	86	W 3	Houston Rockets	h	114	108
Charlotte Hornets	a	117	93	W 4	Los Angeles Clippers	h	111	89
Milwaukee Bucks	h	113	84	W 5	Los Angeles Lakers	h	107	97
Seattle SuperSonics	h	113	87	W 6	Portland Trail Blazers	h	117	104
Philadelphia 76ers	a	120	93	W 7	Oklahoma City Thunder	a	110	100
Washington Bullets	a	116	109	W 8	Atlanta Hawks	a	103	90
Philadelphia 76ers	h	116	104	W 9	Chicago Bulls	a	86	67
Toronto Raptors	a	92	89	W 10	Philadelphia 76ers	a	114	90
Detroit Pistons	a	111	96	W 11	Cleveland Cavaliers	h	109	105
New York Knicks	a	99	79	W 12	Sacramento Kings	h	141	129
Vancouver Grizzlies	h	104	84	W 13	Memphis Grizzlies	h	98	91
Miami Heat	h	102	80	W 14	New York Knicks	a	99	93
Phoenix Suns	h	93	82	W 15	Minnesota Timberwolves	a	97	81
Houston Rockets	a	98	87	W 16	Orlando Magic	h	Wed	3-6
Sacramento Kings	a	105	85	W 17	Philadelphia 76ers	h	Fri	3-8
Los Angeles Lakers	a	99	84	W 18	Indiana Pacers	h	Sun	3-10
Average Bulls Score		106	89		Average Heat Score		107	95