Luol Deng is still learning how he fits as Miami's new No. 3 with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.
The Dallas Mavericks might say he's coming along just fine.
Deng scored a season-high 30 points, Bosh and Wade added 20 apiece and the Heat stayed perfect against Dallas since the 2011 NBA Finals with a 105-96 victory on Sunday night.
The Heat have won seven straight regular-season games against Dallas since the Mavericks took three in a row in the finals to capture their first championship.
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Miami was without LeBron James in this rematch, while the Mavericks faced the Heat for the first time since the return of two important pieces from their title team, Tyson Chandler and J.J. Barea.
But Deng was the key offseason acquisition that mattered most, going 13 of 19 from the field with five rebounds and four assists as the ball-moving Heat shot 55 percent to 42 percent for Dallas.
"We still have a lot to figure out," Deng said. "Their game plan today, they doubled Bosh and D-Wade, and we did a good job of moving the ball and had a lot of open jumpers."
Deng also badly outplayed Dallas' big free-agent pickup in Chandler Parsons, who had just four points and is 2 of 20 from the field the past two games.
Bosh, coming home to Dallas as more of a headliner without James, had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, while Wade added a game-high 10 assists to help the Heat roll despite their third straight back-to-back. They have two more this month.
"This was a very, very good win -- our best win of the year so far," Wade said. "It was a challenge to play six games in nine nights."
Monta Ellis led the Mavericks with 23 points, including the first 10 for Dallas in the third quarter, when the Mavericks got as close as four after trailing at halftime for the first time this season.
But Deng scored seven points on a 12-2 run that pushed the lead back to 14. The Heat led by as many as 22 in the fourth quarter before the Mavericks closed the gap.
"There's no way they should come into our building on our home court and play harder than us," Parsons said. "We've got to pick it up there."
Dirk Nowitzki scored 17 points, and Chandler had season highs with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Barea scored three points in 13 minutes.
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