The Heat improved to 2-2 on its season-long seven-game road trip. The Heat (20-17) plays the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, followed by games Saturday and Sunday against the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder. The Heat is 2-5 on the second night of back-to-back games.

Dwyane Wade helped the Heat avoid losing its second straight game on the road.

Wade, the league's leading scorer, had 31 points, but his biggest moment came in the fourth quarter defensively. He blocked Randy Foye's shot, and Foye got the ball back and kicked to Rodney Carney, who missed a three-pointer with 10 seconds left.

It ended what had been a stellar night for Foye.

The Timberwolves guard had reeled off six straight points on jumpers midway through the fourth quarter to give Minnesota a five-point lead. While Wade patrolled the lanes seemingly looking to get steals, Foye hurt the Heat. He had 14 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter.

But his performance wasn't enough to overcome the Heat.

Wade drew a foul with the Heat leading by one point and hit one of two free throws to give the Heat a two-point lead. Rookie Michael Beasley's free throw gave the Heat a three-point lead and Minnesota (11-26) would get no closer.

Shawn Marion and Udonis Haslem each had double-doubles. Marion had 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Haslem had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Haslem had a milestone night, recording the 4,000th point of his career on a layup with 8:03 left in the second quarter.

Marion's two free throws with 22 seconds left gave the Heat a 97-96 lead. Earlier in the quarter Marion's two free throws pulled the Heat to 89-86, but Carney responded with a layup to give Minnesota a five-point lead. Beasley tied the score at 91 with a jumper.

After scoring 21 points in the first half, Wade was held to 10 the rest of the way.

The Heat fought back after trailing by 13 in the first half and survived what could have been costly mistakes late.

Beasley was called for a travel and missed a layup down the stretch. Wade fouled Foye with the Timberwolves leading 96-95 and 39.8 seconds left.

The Heat held Timberwolves center Al Jefferson to 9 points on 4-of-14 shooting. Jefferson is one of only three players in the league averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds (Tim Duncan and Dwight Howard are the others).

The Heat trailed by six at halftime and it looked like Minnesota would be too tough to overcome. Each time the Heat got close, the Timberwolves would go on another scoring spree. Through three quarters the Timberwolves converted 9 of 18 three-pointers and shot nearly 50 percent from the field.

The Heat ended its streak of allowing opponents to score at least 100 points, which had happened in its previous three games.

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