ATLANTA (AP) – Dwyane Wade scored 31 points, handed out 11 assists and had the most spectacular defensive play of the night, leading the Miami Heat past the Atlanta Hawks 99-93 on Wednesday.

Wade just missed the first triple-double of his career, also pulling down eight rebounds.

Shaquille O’Neal and Udonis Haslem each had 21 points for Miami, which went ahead to stay, 85-84, when O’Neal dunked off a pass from Wade with 5:51 remaining.

The Hawks closed to 92-91 on Kenny Anderson’s three-point play with 1:43 to go, but Haslem hit a jumper, Al Harrington turned the ball over and Wade hit a couple of free throws to clinch it.

Wade’s defensive stop came with about 8 minutes remaining when Jelani McCoy, a 6-foot-10 center, went in for a one-handed dunk, only to get it stuffed back in his face by the 6-4 Wade.

The fourth quarter went back and forth, with three ties and eight lead changes before the Heat took control.

Antoine Walker score 22 points and Jason Collier had 20 for the Hawks, but Wade was the difference. He shot 12-of-17 from the field and 7-of-8 at the foul line.

The two worst free throw-shooting teams in the league both had respectable nights at the line. The Heat was 23-of-32 (72 percent) and the Hawks made 22-of-28 (79 percent).

Even O’Neal managed to crack the 50 percent barrier, going 5-of-9.

The Hawks had only 10 players in uniform. Guard Royal Ivey (sprained knee) and center Peja Drobnjak (sprained ankle) didn’t dress, and former starter Boris Diaw didn’t play at all.