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JEREZ, Spain - With six weeks to go before the start of the Formula One championship, the first pre-season testing session in Jerez will offer early clues as to whether any team can stop Mercedes from crushing its rivals again.Although last season was thrilling, that was due to the rivalry within Mercedes between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, with Hamilton sealing his second F1 title on the last day in the much-hyped double-points race in Abu Dhabi.In the first year of the V6 turbo hybrid engines, Mercedes triumphed in 16 of 19 races and finished nearly 300 points clear in the constructors championship. Red Bull won the other three races.In the two months since Abu Dhabi, Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren have been frantically trying to figure out how to close the gap.Teams have been reshuffled, too, with four-time champion Sebastian Vettel quitting Red Bull after a miserable year to join struggling Ferrari, which saw two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Spain leaving to join a revamped and ambitious McLaren.Energized by Alonsos arrival, using Honda engines for the first time since 1992, and with chief executive Ron Dennis back at the helm, McLaren hopes the MP4-30 car can bring back the glory days of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in the late 1980s.Such aspirations are far-fetched, but a first GP win since 2012 is realistic given the highly experienced pairing of Alonso and Jenson Button, the 2009 F1 champion.Were prepared for a steep learning curve, said Alonso, who had an unhappy spell at McLaren in 2007. But its clear to see that inside McLaren-Honda, theres total commitment, and a real change in feeling.The home fans will be cheering on the 33-year-old Alonso when the 2015 F1 cars make their track debuts Sunday in southern Spain, and he will take the start line in Melbourne on March 15 more fired up than ever.My motivation could not be stronger for the new season, said Alonso, who finished sixth last year. Ive done a lot of training during the winter break, to reach my peak physical fitness.Alonso has not won a GP since winning at the Spanish GP in May 2013, and Ferrari failed to win a race last year for the first time since 1993.Vettel has little room for error, and much will be expected of the 27-year-old German.Ferrari will hope that the post-season break did Vettel some good because things got so bad last year at Red Bull that he even considered retiring, according to Red Bulls team principal Christian Horner.Williams drivers Felipe Massa — the 2008 F1 runner-up — and Valtteri Bottas will be feeling confident after finishing last season strongly.Elsewhere, all eyes will be on 17-year-old Max Verstappen as F1s youngest ever driver begins his career with Toro Rosso alongside newcomer Carlos Sainz Jr of Spain — the son of two-time rally world champion Carlos Sainz.Daniil Kvyat has the task of replacing Vettel at Red Bull, although given his speed and confidence that is a challenge the 20-year-old Russian driver will relish.Eight teams will take part in testing, which ends on Wednesday. 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"It kind of just happened," Bosh said. "I was wide open so I figured I would take a step back and in the words of our late teammate Mike Miller, let it fly. That was really it." LeBron James led the Heat with 26 points, Bosh finished with 22, Dwyane Wade scored 17 and Mario Chalmers added 12 for Miami, which has beaten the Bobcats 14 straight times. Kemba Walker scored 27 points for the Bobcats. Gerald Henderson scored 17, and Al Jefferson finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds for Charlotte. "Its disappointing because I felt we had them. We outplayed them," Henderson said. "They just came up with the plays at the end of the game that championship teams tend to do." The Bobcats outscored Miami 25-14 in the third quarter and led by 14 points with 9:14 left. And then Miami scored 34 points in the final 8:20, which works out to a 196-point pace over a full regulation game. The Heat made 11 of their final 13 shots, with Boshs 3s leading the way -- Wade getting the assist on all three of them. "It started with us," Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said. "Instead of playing possession by possession, we made mistakes. They started going to the basket and we couldnt get them under control." James was highly effective again, scoring his 26 on only 13 shots and while dealing a balky back that has bothered him all season and flared up Friday in Toronto. James got treatment Saturday, received more Sunday until the start of pregame warmups, and played 38 minutes. "I dont think we did anything bad in the game," JJames said.dddddddddddd "We defended. They hit some tough shots. We didnt turn the ball over, I think we had only 14 turnovers, they didnt have a bunch of offensive rebounds, they didnt have many fast-break points. Just one of those games where youve got to gut it out. And well take it." The Heat were down 12 when James re-entered the game with 8:04 left. He quickly got a three-point play to cut the lead to 79-70, and things got interesting. A 3-pointer from James with 6:18 left cut the lead to six. He made a pass to Chalmers for another 3 about 90 seconds later, getting Miami within three. Soon, the Bosh long-range display began. "Chris stepped up big," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Once he hit the first one, the second one, you could tell he wanted it." Charlotte scored the first six points of the second half, then opened things up with a 16-8 run. The Bobcats made five straight shots, all jumpers from an average of 18 feet, while the Heat missed their final five of the quarter and trailed 73-61 entering the fourth. Things werent decided until the final seven-tenths of a second. Walker was fouled while shooting a 3 with Miami up four. He made the first two free throws, tried to miss the third intentionally, but his shot bounced in and time expired one pass later. "We didnt think we had it," Walker said. "This is the NBA. Guys can score and be back in the game in a heartbeat. Thats what they did." Miami led by 10 twice during the first half, before the Bobcats put together an 18-7 run and took a one-point halftime lead. Wade was credited with his second block of the night on the final play before halftime, the swat being No. 676 of his career, the most recorded by an NBA player standing 6-foot-4 or shorter. Dennis Johnson was the holder of that distinction, getting 675 blocks in 1,100 games. Sunday was the Wades 679th game. NOTES: During one stoppage in play late in the first half, James shot a pair of 3-pointers that bounced off the rim, noteworthy because he shot them left-handed (he writes with his left hand, but plays with a dominant right hand). ... Michael Kidd-Gilchrist returned to the Charlotte lineup after missing one game with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. 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