WASHINGTON (AP) a While LeBron James and Dwyane Wade chilled at the end of the bench a and with Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem also out of the choice a the Miami Heat's B-squad established a record for 3-point attempts, broke the franchise record for victories in a time and clinched home-court advantage through the playoffs. So, here is the matter for discussion. If they could beat the Washington Wizards a' a lottery team trying to end ninth a' how would the what-was-left-over of heat rank among all NBA teams? "Most absolutely we would be a playoff team," said Rashard Lewis, who scored 17 points in Wednesday's 103-98 win. "Probably not really a top-three team, but I think anywhere from there we'd be fighting for a playoff spot, because we have got a lot of masters on the team, a lot of wise guys on the team that understand how to perform the game." Lewis must have been dreaming when he explained that. At the least that's how Washington's Martell Webster felt. "Then he woke up, right?" Webster said. "Honestly, no. We ought to have blown that group out, to share with you the truth." Heat tossed up the ball AAU-style and determined a 25 turnovers, shooting 41 3-pointers and making 17. However, that was enough to have the win that ensures they'll end much better than the Western Conference-leading San Antonio Spurs. The Warmth, who've won four straight, also reached 62 wins for the first time, going one prior to the 1996-97 team. Something does be meant by "it to us because locker room," instructor Erik Spoelstra said. "We haven't been here before as a business. It is a issue. We should keep carefully the main thing, the main thing. But at the same time frame it's a nice accomplishment. "The home court, we've it. But we do not want to be afraid of it." Afraid? "You can not be afraid of success," Spoelstra said. "We have had a goal on our back all year, and in the playoffs, that's the way in which it ought to be. ... They had to make that property court, and so when they get there." they'll need to show it Jimmy Allen scored 23 points, leading five Heat players in double figures. A.J. Price tied a lifetime career large with 23 points, and John Wall had 17 points, 11 allows and nine rebounds for the Wizards, who had won nine straight at home. James (right hamstring) and Wade (sprained ankle and bruised knee) saw the game looking like two guys sitting at a stop, Bosh stayed home and missed a straight game with flu-like symptoms, and Haslem got the night time off because of a sore right ankle. John played in Tuesday night's 94-83 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, but the Heat are playing it safe with the ruling league MVP. "Not a setback," Spoelstra said. "Want to ensure he thinks right. He was slightly tight recently after the game." Wade missed his sixth straight game. Haslem sat out after producing his first double-double of the growing season on Tuesday. He said when he planted while pursuing a jump he felt a, but he doesn't expect you'll be sidelined for long. "I don't want it to be a situation where I go into the playoffs with some thing nagging," Haslem said. The lack of the big names gave a low-key to the overall game, exhibition sense. Heat committed 11 turnovers in the initial quarter, though had a three-point lead. Ohio concluded with an increase of 3-pointers (17) than 2-pointers (16). Neither group light emitting diode by double digits before the Heat went ahead 98-88 with 2:53 remaining, with a play and a 3-pointer by Allen typing the function. The game fit a recent Wizards pattern of playing to the degree of their opposition. "I don't know when we have beat a team in 2013 that's had their primary men out," coach Randy Wittman said. "That is got to be remedied somehow." Notes: Webster left in the 3rd quarter by having an abdominal tension. "It is super-sore. ... It is one of those times where you've surely got to shut it down," said Webster, though he didn't eliminate returning for the final activities of the season. ... Washington's Trevor Ariza missed his 2nd straight game with a sore left leg. ... Wall was whistled twice for traveling in the initial half, resulting in a dialogue with established Olandis Poole. "I asked him what's the big difference from now and the initial two years I was called by you, and he didn't reveal it to me," Wall said. "So ideally I do not have him for a while." ... The Wizards' pursuit of ninth position has been ridiculed, but Wittman mentioned it seemed unlikely if the group was 4-28. "What are you wanting to strive for?" Wittman said. "Eighty wins, when you're 4-28?" ... Miami enhanced to 14-1 on the second night of back-to-backs. Dumb Follow Frederick White on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JGWhiteAP
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