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FRANKFURT, Germany - Newly promoted Hoffenheim took over the lead in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a comeback 5-2 win over 10-man Hannover, while Bayern Munich needed a late goal to clinch its first victory in four games. BenJarvus Green-Ellis Jersey. Vedad Ibisevic scored the first and last goals as Hoffenheim rallied from a 2-1 deficit, tallying the final four goals in 13 minutes to continue its magical first season in the German league. "Its just really important that we won today," Ibisevic said. "We had an excellent morale in the second half. Its hard to say where we get our energy from, but we are just hungry not to lose. And then we played really well at the end." Coach Ralf Rangnicks team improved to 16 points from eight games to lead on goal difference from Hamburger SV, which plays Sunday against Schalke. Hoffenheim has scored at least four goals in three of its last four games, three of which ended in victories. Munich, the defending champions, remained 11th in the standings with 12 points despite beating Karlsruher 1-0 after Miroslav Kloses 86th-minute goal. "This was an enormously important victory for us," said Bayern manger Uli Hoeness, whose team had lost two of its previous three games. "We missed some chances early and then became nervous. And we had some luck in scoring late, but thats what we need right now, especially after the last couple of weeks." Werder Bremen drew 3-3 at home against Borussia Dortmund to be in 10th place in the standings. Bremen striker Claudio Pizarro scored two goals in the final three minutes - including in injury time - but Mohamed Zidan scored a minute later for Dortmund, which improved to seventh with 13 points. "We are too passive defensively," Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf said. "We cannot play like this if we want to play for the title. We had to win this game after Pizarros goal." Bayer Leverkusen jumped to third with 15 points after a comfortable 2-0 victory at last-place Eintracht Frankfurt. Zvjezdan Misimovic scored two goals as Wolfsburg beat Arminia Bielefeld 4-1, while Gojko Kacar found the net in the 87th for Hertha Berlin to beat Stuttgart 2-1 at home. Milivoje Novakovics goal gave Cologne a 1-0 victory over 10-man Energie Cottbus for the teams third straight win. Super Bowl Jersey. Eustache, Quebec on Sunday. The crowd favourite started the race on the inside lane leaving him with no where to go as cars stacked up in front in the second turn of the first lap. Authentic Tom Brady Jersey. After skipping two races in Sestriere, Italy, last weekend, the defending overall World Cup champion will also sit out a giant slalom and slalom in Kranjska Gora this weekend. Hakeem Nicks Authentic Jersey. The other 29 NHL teams have until noon ET on Friday to put in a claim for either player. 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Midway through this season, the pair have seen nary a dip in their usual numbers, even improvement in some categories -- and both expect those trends to continue. "Its a developmental relationship," Wade said. "We understand to be successful, thats what we need to do. But also, thats what weve always done. Thats why weve both individually have been successful in this game." Entering Tuesdays games, James ranked No. 3 in the NBA in scoring at 25.9 points per game, Wade two spots back on that list at 25.1. Yes, those numbers are down, but only nominally: James came into the season averaging 27.8 points in his career, Wade 25.4. If those paces hold, they would be only the third duo over the past decade to finish a season among the NBAs top five in scoring. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille ONeal did it with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2002-03, and Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony did so for Denver in 2007-08. "Theyre great players and theyve proven to be productive in their careers," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "So once they became comfortable with this team and with each other, that was a matter of time." When it comes to PAR, James and Wade are on the leaderboard, for certain. James score gets rounded to 40.2 -- 25.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 7.2 assists, just a smidge ahead of Minnesotas Kevin Love (39.6). Wade ranks ninth league-wide in that ranking at 35.8, his points complemented by a career-high average of 6.5 rebounds along with 4.2 assists. "The one thing Ive always done is try to be the complete player," Wade said. "Same goes for LeBron." The Heat entered this season with some thinking they were embarking upon an impossible mission, taking three players who have always been the focal point of their respective teams and putting them together in Miami. But James, Wade and Chris Bosh -- who is averaging 18.6 points, down from his career-best 24.0 average last season in Toronto -- have found aa way to make it work so far. Authentic Eli Manning Jersey. Even with a slew of injuries, Miami is 31-13. Wade practised again Tuesday in sunglasses, his eyes still sensitive to light after a migraine-filled weekend, and he hasnt ruled out wearing them for Miamis next game on Thursday in New York. Bosh still has not practised because of a sprained left ankle and could end up missing the four-game, five-day stretch that starts with that Knicks matchup. And James has dealt with shin and ankle problems already this season, but hes the healthiest of the trio at this point. As a gag, he even wore sunglasses as well on Tuesday, unable to resist the chance throw Wade a jab. "D-Wade is like a kid who transferred schools and doesnt have any friends," James said. "So I felt like me putting on the glasses today, Im going to help him be accustomed to the new school." He doesnt need glasses to see that what the Heat are doing is working. There were some clear growing pains in the first quarter of the season, when Miami stumbled out to a 9-8 start. Since then, James said he and Wade have tried to revert back to their former selves in some respects, spending more time attacking defences like usual instead of trying to react to one another. Miami is 22-5 since -- still the second-best record in the league since Nov. 29, behind only San Antonio (24-5), even with a recent four-game losing streak factoring into the Heat mix. "I just think it came to a point where I think we were sacrificing too much and it was hurting our team," James said. "It was hurting our individual play. We just went back to the style of basketball we knew how to play -- and thats being in attack mode." NOTES: Spoelstra did not formally rule Bosh out of the four-game, five-night odyssey that starts Thursday, but gave clear indicators that the power forward is, at best, doubtful. "I dont have a timetable for him. All I can tell you is hes getting better," Spoelstra said. ... James and Wade both said they felt for the plight of Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who was ripped by several NFL players on Twitter after coming out of the NFC championship game with a knee injury. The Bears said Monday that Cutler had a sprained MCL. "Im not going to question his toughness," said Wade, a Bears fan. ' ' '
