MIAMI — Stephen Jackson scored 13 of his season-high 35 points in the fourth quarter, D.J. Augustin added all 13 of his in the final 11 minutes and the Charlotte Bobcats won a road game for just the second time this season, beating the Miami Heat 107-97 on Saturday.

Jackson shot 11 of 20 from the floor, added eight rebounds, and his 3-pointer in front of the Heat bench with 1:50 left sealed it for Charlotte, which erased an early 19-point deficit and improved to 2-14 away from home.

Dwyane Wade finished with 29 points and 11 assists for Miami, which dropped its third straight and plays host to Atlanta and Boston before playing 20 of its next 27 games away from home. Quentin Richardson scored 20 for Miami, which got 14 from Michael Beasley and a 13-point, 10-rebound effort from Udonis Haslem.

Gerald Wallace scored 15 for Charlotte.

Wade hit a 3-pointer with 7:33 left, raising three fingers to the crowd, and giving Miami an 83-81 lead. That was essentially the last hurrah for the Heat, as Jackson answered on the next Charlotte possession with a 3-pointer of his own — and, in turn, threw up three fingers as well.

Augustin hit a 3-pointer three minutes later for a five-point lead, and Charlotte held on, dealing Miami — coming off a 30-point loss in San Antonio — one of its most frustrating losses of the season.

The beginning of the game never would have suggested that was possible. The Heat opened the first half sizzling, then went into intermission steaming.

Miami made its first six shots for a quick 14-4 lead, and when Beasley elevated over Boris Diaw to slam a missed 3-pointer by Richardson — maybe the most spectacular finish of the second-year forward's career — the Heat lead was 13, then ballooned to as much as 29-10 later in the opening quarter.

And then Charlotte woke up.

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The Bobcats were 0-14 this season in road games where they had trailed; their lone win away from Charlotte coming in a wire-to-wire triumph at Washington on Nov. 28. But they made that 19-point deficit disappear in a hurry, getting within 13 by the end of the first quarter and then turning the game entirely around in the second 12 minutes.

With Jackson's 14 points in the period leading the way, Charlotte outscored Miami 32-16 in the second quarter, shooting 12 of 14 from the foul line to take a 49-46 lead into the break. Before heading into the locker room, Wade drew a technical foul for airing frustration to the officiating crew.

Back and forth it went in the third quarter, with 10 ties and four lead changes. Richardson made all three of his shots in the quarter, all from 3-point range, but the Bobcats held Wade to 2 of 7 shooting in the period and went into the fourth up 73-72 after Diaw's layup with 1.7 seconds remaining.

NOTES: Wade had seven assists in the third quarter alone. ... Heat point guard Mario Chalmers played in his 113th straight game, tying the eighth-longest streak in team history. ... It was the first of four meetings between the divisional rivals this season.

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