Basketball: Miami rally for win

The Miami Heat staged a frenetic fourth-quarter rally to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 98-96 yesterday and propel themselves back into the hunt for the NBA basketball championship.

Dallas leads the best-of-seven series 2-1 but the next two games are in Miami.

The Heat squandered a nine-point halftime lead by getting outscored 34-16 in the third quarter and trailed 77-68 entering the final frame.