TORONTO, 10 May 2005 — Dwyane Wade poured in 20 points and Shaquille O’Neal added 19 to put an MVP snub behind him as the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 105-86 in Game One of their Eastern Conference semifinal in Florida on Sunday.

In the day’s other playoff game in San Antonio, Tony Parker notched 29 points and Tim Duncan chipped in with 22 as the Spurs drew first blood in their Western Conference semifinal, cruising to a 103-81 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics.

O’Neal finished a close second to Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash in balloting officially announced during the game, but the big center appeared unconcerned by the snub.

However, it took only a few moments before Heat fans voiced their displeasure at the news by chanting, “MVP”.

O’Neal also had seven rebounds in just 26 minutes of action before fouling out.

“I thought Shaq played very well,” Miami coach Stan Van Gundy said.

“He looked strong and I think he did a very good job for us.”

Keyon Dooling contributed a career-high 15 points on his 25th birthday while Eddie Jones added 13 for the Heat, who improved to 5-0 against the Wizards this season.

They will now try to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series when they host Game Two today.

Gilbert Arenas had a game-high 25 points and six steals for the Wizards, who fell 0-2 behind the Chicago Bulls before rallying to sweep the next four games of their quarterfinal series.

Larry Hughes added 23 for the Wizards while Antawn Jamison had 13 and Jared Jeffries and Brendan Haywood 10 apiece.

“We have a locker room full of guys who love a challenge,” Hughes said. “We’ve been down before.

“We can definitely win a basketball game any time we step out there.

“This season they (the Heat) have beaten us pretty well but we never felt like we can’t play.”

The Heat, who had not played for a week after a four-game quarterfinal sweep of the New Jersey Nets, needed some time to find their rhythm.

Leading 49-47 at the intermission, the Heat took control in the third quarter, outscoring the Wizards 33-17 to surge 82-64 ahead.

After dropping Game One of their quarterfinal series to the Denver Nuggets, the Spurs made sure there would be no similar letdown against Seattle, taking charge from the opening tip-off and leading by 27 points at the half.

“It was a good first half but we didn’t play as well in the second half,” said Duncan, who also had nine rebounds and four blocks.

“We understand what we have to do, take care of home court.”

The SuperSonics, however, played almost the entire contest without two of their key players when All-Star guard Ray Allen and Vladimir Radmanovic went down in the opening half with ankle injuries.

Allen, who averaged 32.4 points per game in the first round series against Sacramento, left the game in the second quarter and did not return.

There was no immediate report on the condition of either player or if they would be available to play in Game Two.

Without Allen, Rashard Lewis led the SuperSonics with 19 points while Antonio Daniels hit for 15.

Glenn Robinson chipped in with 16 points and Manu Ginobili added 10 for the Spurs, who will host Game Two of the best-of-seven series today.