Jason Terry had 35 points for the Mavericks. Howard added 25 and Nowitzki 20.
For the second time in three games, Wade was unstoppable in the fourth quarter, scoring 17 points on every shot in his personal playbook. His 18-foot jumper gave the Heat a 91-89 lead with 1:08 left, but Nowitzki, who had just missed Dallas' first free throw after 18 in a row, knocked down a 14-footer.
Wade finally missed on his next attempt, and Dallas capitalized as Nowitzki drew O'Neal on a double team and made a nice pass down low to Erick Dampier, whose dunk gave the Mavericks a 93-91 lead with 10.1 seconds to go.
Wade wasn't done, not even close.
He drove the right side, got his body tight with Adrian Griffin, and pushed off just enough to get space and banked in a 10-footer with 2.8 seconds to go to tie it 93-93 and rock the arena once again.
Dallas had a final chance, but Terry, triple-teamed by Wade, O'Neal and James Posey misfired from just beyond the line before the horn sounded and a Game 5 that had it all had at least another five minutes.
Dallas was 18-for-19 from the free-throw line in the first four quarters, and went 3-for-6 from the line in overtime.
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