MIAMI (AP) -- A distinct chill was coming from the sheet of ice

that will host a traveling skating show this week. And when the

Toronto Raptors lost their cool, they were finished.

Shaquille O'Neal had 28 points and Dwyane Wade added 27, leading

the Miami Heat to a 103-91 win Tuesday in a game marred by the

fourth-quarter ejections of Raptors forward Morris Peterson and

coach Sam Mitchell.

Damon Jones added 14 for Miami, which outscored Toronto 24-10

over the final 8:01, extended its franchise-best home winning

streak to 17 games and moved 10 games ahead of Detroit in the

Eastern Conference standings. The Heat could clinch home-court

advantage for the first three playoff rounds by Saturday.

"Sometimes we come out fast, sometimes we don't," Wade said.

"But as long as we end strong, that's all we really care about."

Rafer Alston had 19 points and Chris Bosh had a 16-point,

13-rebound game for the Raptors, who also got 15 points from

Peterson.

Miami led by six points with 3:46 left when Wade drove the lane

and was fouled by Peterson. The two got tangled up, exchanged words

and were separated -- but Peterson kept shouting as O'Neal tried to

intervene.

"He fouled me pretty hard and after the play, he fouled me

again," Wade said. "I let him know, pretty much, that you can't

do that."

Wade was called for one technical; Peterson was called for two,

drawing the second after his shouting fit.

"We were playing hard and for the most part I thought we had a

chance to win the game," Peterson said. "So when something like

that happens, (it's) your emotions that take charge. I got the

short end of the stick."

Mitchell was thrown out with 1:47 remaining after arguing a foul

called against Jalen Rose, who clearly tried to trip Eddie Jones

under the basket after the two battled for a rebound.

"There's nothing I can say that wouldn't get me fined,"

Mitchell said. "When you have three or four players cursing at

each other, how do you determine which one said the worst of the

profanity?"

The Heat didn't escape the game unscathed. Eddie Jones, who had

11 rebounds for just the 14th double-double of his career, injured

his right ankle with 1:11 left and was helped off the floor. He

appeared to roll the ankle while leaping into the first row of

stands for a loose ball, but X-rays were negative.

Jones, who received treatment after the game and said the ankle

"wasn't all that bad," and he's hopeful of playing in Indiana on

Thursday. He said he slipped on a spilled drink and was afraid the

injury was very serious.

"I'm not going to coach worried about that stuff. I mean, if I

didn't want to get guys hurt, I wouldn't play any of them," Heat

coach Stan Van Gundy said. "And nobody would get hurt. We wouldn't

win, but we'd keep everybody very healthy."

Miami led for only 1:44 of the first half, missed nine of its

first 10 shots and allowed Toronto to shoot 50 percent in the

opening two quarters -- yet still managed to go into halftime tied

at 51.

O'Neal had 18 points in the half; he, Wade and Damon Jones

combined to score 42 of the Heat's points before halftime. While

the Heat was relying on only a trio, Toronto was getting

contributions from its entire roster -- each of the 10 Raptors who

logged time in the half scored at least two points.

The same threesome scored Miami's first 12 points in the third

quarter, and when Eddie Jones, who missed eight of his first nine

shots, hit a 3-pointer from the right corner with 7:33 left, Miami

went up 66-59.

Toronto answered with a 13-5 run, with Bosh getting consecutive

baskets to put the Raptors up 72-71 with 2:37 left in the third

period. But Keyon Dooling and Shandon Anderson scored the game's

next eight points for Miami and helped the Heat end the third with

a 79-76 lead.

"We had to conjure up some energy for this team," O'Neal said.

"It's hard to conjure up energy for a team like that. A team like

that is always going to have a little more energy, get up a little

bit more."Game notes
Assistant coach Jim Todd took over following Mitchell's

ejection. ... Raptors forward Matt Bonner had an interesting

second-quarter line: five minutes, 3-for-3 from the floor, seven

points, four fouls. ... The halftime tie was Miami's first of the

season. ... Dolphins coach Nick Saban and actor David Hasselhoff

were among those at the game. ... The 6-foot-2 Alston won a jump

ball against 6-8 Udonis Haslem midway through the fourth quarter.