MIAMI - LeBron James scored 36 points, and the Miami Heat moved back atop the Eastern Conference standings by running past the Indiana Pacers 98-86 on Friday night. The Heat scored the first 16 points of the second half and werent in trouble again. Miami (54-25) leads the Pacers (54-26) by a half-game in the East race. Mario Chalmers scored 13, Udonis Haslem added 11 and Chris Bosh and Ray Allen each scored 10 for the Heat. Paul George scored 22 for Indiana, which got 18 from David West, 12 from Luis Scola and 11 from Lance Stephenson. Pacers centre Roy Hibbert had only five points and one rebound, grabbing it with just over 2 minutes left in the game. Miami has games against Atlanta, Washington and Philadelphia left. Win them all, and the Heat would have home-court advantage through at least the East finals — which went seven games against Indiana last season. The Pacers — who sat their starters against Milwaukee on Wednesday in an effort to rest for this one — still play Oklahoma City and Orlando. In the opening minutes of the second half, a predictably tight game turned into a surprise blowout. The Heat were up three at the half, then opened the third on a 16-0 run. Chalmers opened the barrage with a 3-pointer, James hit a pair of free throws after taking a hard foul from West in transition, and a steal and layup from Toney Douglas forced the Pacers to call time down by 10. Miami was just getting started. James got fouled by Stephenson and turned that into a three-point play, and consecutive putbacks by Haslem off misses by James at the rim pushed Miamis lead to 17 with 8:13 left in the third. That led to Indianas second timeout of the quarter. And a couple of minutes later, the Pacers were up to more timeouts taken since halftime (three) than points scored (two). Indianas first field goal of the half came when Bosh was called for goaltending on a shot by Luis Scola with 6 minutes left. Miamis lead was eventually as much as 23, and it was 76-54 when the Pacers started to make things look plenty interesting, if only for a few moments. Indiana scored 13 straight points, getting within 76-67 early in the fourth. But Evan Turner was whistled for a technical foul after arguing a non-call from two possessions earlier, Ray Allen made a free throw to end the Heat drought, and that started a 9-0 rebuttal run by the Heat. Rashard Lewis ended that spurt with a dunk, good enough to earn him a chest-bump from James moments later, and just like that Miami was up by 18 again. Neither team led by more than five in the opening half, after which Miami held a 45-42 lead. James made four jumpers in the first 5 1/2 minutes, then missed all three of his shots in the remainder of the half, but still went into the break leading all scorers with 17 points. There were two things of note from the opening 24 minutes: Indiana had 10 turnovers to Miamis three, and Pacers centre Roy Hibbert was no factor. Hibbert, the 7-foot-2 centre who has simply toyed with Miami plenty of times in the clubs recent meetings, played 16 first-half minutes with basically nothing to show for his time. He went into the break with no field-goal attempts and no rebounds — the first time hes ever logged that many minutes in a half without at least one shot or board. NOTES: Miami kept Dwyane Wade (hamstring) out for the ninth straight game, and Greg Oden was still sidelined by back spasms. ... Haslem is Miamis all-time leader in offensive rebounds, grabbing the 1,506th of his career in the second quarter. ... From the Department of Go Figure: Miami went 0-4 against Brooklyn, Indiana went 4-0 against Brooklyn, so the Heat and Pacers went 2-2 against each other. ... All Game 1s in the conference-quarterfinal round will be April 19 or 20. ... 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Deion Sanders Jersey .com) - Coming off a pair of tough losses last week, the Syracuse Orange will try to put an end to their first losing skid of the season when they pay a visit to the Maryland Terrapins at the Comcast Center on Monday night in Atlantic Coast Conference action.Wayne Rooney insists he will play where he is picked under England interim manager Gareth Southgate. England face Malta on Saturday at Wembley in their first fixture since the departure of Sam Allardyce last week and the subsequent appointment of Southgate. Rooneys best position has divided opinion following his spell as a midfielder under Roy Hodgson during Euro 2016, with Allardyce even claiming it was not for me to say where the 30-year-old played following his one, and only, victory in charge against Slovakia in September. But when asked about his potential position against Malta, Rooney said: I dont know, thats a question for Gareth. Its getting a bit tiring, the question of whether I am going to play as a striker, midfielder or number 10. I have answered that question many times, its the same answer. Ill play where the manager wants me to play, I dont pick myself and I have never picked myself for England. Sam Allardyce was non-commital over Rooneys position in the England team I play to instructions and I am sure the instructions Gareth gives me, whether to play or not to play, are instructions I will try to do to the best of my ability.Rooney has endured a difficult start to the new Premier League season for Manchester United and has been left on the substitutes bench for the previous three matches by Jose Mourinho. England captain Wayne Rooney talks about being dropped from Manchester Uniteds starting team Of course, you want to play. As a football player you want to play, its my job. I lovve football and I love being involved in the team, he added.dddddddddddd Rooney has started from the substitutes bench in each of Manchester Uniteds last three matches Obviously, I am not starting at the moment at Manchester United, but I need to work hard to get back in the starting XI, which I am doing and when I get my chance I make sure that I take it. I am fully supportive of the team, the players and the manager of Manchester United. Of course, I want to be involved, but the most important thing is that we win. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. Allardyce left his post as England manager over allegations he discussed how to circumvent the Football Associations rules on player transfers while speaking to undercover Daily Telegraph reporters.Rooney did express sympathy for his former boss, but quickly turned the focus to the immediate future under Southgate and securing victories in the upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifiers, with England also travelling to face Slovenia next Tuesday. Its a shame, everyone could see how excited Sam was for the job. He had come in and showed that enthusiasm to the players, its a shame that it has happened and I am sure he deeply regrets it, Rooney said. Allardyces reign as England manager lasted just 67 days That was a decision for the FA to take and, for us, we must concentrate on working with Gareth. Everyone seems fine and happy, we need to work in the training sessions before Saturday.We have got two games this week that we need to try and win, whether it was Gareth or Sam, they are games which we need to go and get six points from.If we do that, Gareth will be happy and well be happy. You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! 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