PORTLAND -- Coming off a pair of disappointing home losses, a four-game west coast road trip could've been considered intimidating to the Heat.

Based on opening night, it was a welcome change.

The Heat got a complete effort offensively, with Dwyane Wade playing distributor to the hot shooting duo of Michael Beasley and Quentin Richardson, and began its four-game trek with a 107-100 win over the Trail Blazers.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, coaching for the second time in his hometown, saw this coming.

``After the Washington game, we had a great, productive, heartfelt day on Saturday,'' Spoelstra said. ``There was a little bit of a change in focus and commitment to what we're doing. I thought we played extremely well against Boston -- just couldn't put some shots down at the end -- but that started the process. I think everybody in that locker room, all 15 guys and the coaches, were looking forward to coming out west.''

Beasley and Richardson certainly appeared to enjoy the change of scenery.

Beasley continued what has been the best stretch of his career, scoring 27 points on 8 of 15 shooting with eight rebounds.

It was just over a year ago in Portland that Beasley went from rookie starter to bench player. After the Heat lost by 38 to the Blazers in the 16th game of the season, Spoelstra moved Beasley to the bench to make room for Joel Anthony in the starting lineup for a more traditional lineup. Beasley finished his uneven rookie season averaging 13.9 points and 5.4 rebounds.

This season, Beasley has been heading in the right direction entering this year's game at the Rose Garden. In his previous six games, the second-year forward has averaged 17.6 points and 9.3 rebounds, solidifying his spot in the starting lineup.

Tuesday, he looked even better, playing aggressively from the start against Portland emergency starter Dante Cunningham, who was filling in for the injured LeMarcus Aldridge.He finished the half with 18 points, his best scoring half of the season, and the Heat leading 60-50.

``Some of the best plays Mike made were ones where he just had patience,'' Spoelstra said of Beasley, whose 11 free throws made and 12 attempted were both career highs. ``He waited to see how they were going to cover him. If they came down and double-teamed, he was making great passes to the weak side. It shows you how far he's come just in his ability to analyze the game and make plays, and make the right play. He was terrific tonight.''

The Heat's other starting forward wasn't bad either.

Having found his way back into the starting lineup after missing four games with a bad back and coming off the bench against the Celtics on Sunday, Richardson found his shooting stroke early against the Blazers.

Richardson hit two three-pointers in the first quarter and scored again in the post against Steve Blake, giving him eight in the period. He added another bucket in the second quarter, giving him 10 at halftime.

Richardson kept up the hot shooting in the second half, knocking down another pair of threes in the third quarter that saw the Heat extend its 10-point halftime lead to 88-72 entering the fourth quarter. He finished with a season-best 20 points and led the team in rebounding with nine. Richardson also helped hold Brandon Roy to 9 of 25 shooting for the night.

``He gave us a tremendous amount of toughness and grit defensively,'' Spoelstra said. ``One of the toughest covers in the league, Brandon Roy, and he was matched up virtually every single minute against him, making it tough.

``Offensively he stretched the floor, and those secondary post-ups gave us breathing room, and that's something he's done over the course of his career.''Even with Daequan Cook not playing a single minute -- he is shooting just 29 percent from the floor this season -- the Heat still made seven three-pointers, with Richardson's four leading the way.

After far too many subpar shooting performances, Wade played the role of distributor Tuesday, hoping that it would eventually open up the floor for him.It helped that Mario Chalmers was in foul trouble for much of the night, giving Wade a handful of minutes at the point guard spot.

But Wade appeared to be looking to dish regardless of what position he played, resulting in his first double-double of the season with 22 points and a season-best 12 assists.With Beasley going as well as he was, it was easy for Wade to take a backseat in the scoring department.

``I saw my teammates were making shots early on, and when they're doing that I want to make the game easy for all of us and I want to feed them,'' Wade said. ``I wasn't trying to force anything.''