MIAMI (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Lakers look to follow their impressive Sunday win over the New York Knicks and cap their five-game road trip with a victory against the Miami Heat tonight.

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Shaquille O'Neal took over the NBA's scoring lead, scoring 43 points while overpowering Patrick Ewing in a 92-85 victory over the Knicks. The victory gives the Lakers 21 wins in their past 22 games, with the lone loss coming at Washington on Thursday.

O'Neal (29.0 ppg) passed Philadelphia 76ers phenom Allen Iverson by three-hundredths of a point in his attempt to win the scoring title for the first time since 1994. Last season, Iverson edged the 7-foot-1 center in the scoring race.

O'Neal, who has reached 40 points three times in his last four games, will face Heat All-Star center Alonzo Mourning tonight. O'Neal had 17 points and 11 rebounds while Mourning recorded 21 points and nine rebounds in the Lakers' 93-80 win over the Heat on March 5 at Los Angeles.

Kobe Bryant had 24 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in Sunday's win at New York, bouncing back from a season-low seven-point performance on 2-of-10 shooting in Friday's victory at Detroit.

Los Angeles has a comfortable 4½-game lead over Portland for the best record in the NBA and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.

The Heat will have a tough time extending their franchise-record win streak at home. They have won 13 straight here -- the most in the league -- since a loss to lowly Chicago on Jan. 18.

With a win tonight, Miami can extend its winning streak to a season-high six games. The Heat have a two-game lead over the Knicks for the Atlantic Division lead and trail East-leading Indiana by only three with 13 games remaining.

Jamal Mashburn scored the game-winning basket with less than three seconds left to lift Miami to a 92-90 overtime triumph in Cleveland on Saturday. Mourning fouled out in only 24 minutes of action and scored just four points.

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Mar. 9 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 19 Mar. 20 Mar. 22 Mar. 24 Mar. 26 @ Golden State Sacramento @ Denver @ Washington @ Detroit @ New York @ Miami Golden State Phoenix @ Sacramento W 109-92 W 109-106 W 118-108 L 102-109 W 110-82 W 92-85	Mar. 6 Mar. 10 Mar. 12 Mar. 14 Mar. 16 Mar. 18 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 24 Mar. 26 @ Phoenix Denver @ Indiana Milwaukee Philadelphia @ Cleveland LA Lakers @ Atlanta @ Milwaukee @ Orlando L 92-100 W 96-88 W 105-96 W 108-104 W 92-77 W 92-90