Nobody’s been hotter against the Heat than Vince Carter.

The Nets know that, and more importantly, the Heat can quite vividly recall the four games he played against them this season.

So yeah, Carter will attract some attention from Miami defenders when the Eastern semifinals begin tomorrow at American Airlines Arena.

“It doesn’t matter,” Carter said. “There’s four other guys on this team that can score.”

Carter, one half of the Nets’ dynamic, double-barrel scoring attack with Richard Jefferson, averaged 38.5 points against Miami in four regular-season clashes this season.

Carter menaced the Heat worse than any other squad that made it to the Eastern playoff bracket, a season-long effort highlighted by a 51-point performance against Miami on Dec. 23. He scored 19 points in the third quarter of that 95-88 win, the first of three straight victories against the Heat after the Nets dropped the first meeting in November, the one game Shaquille O’Neal did not play in.

The offensive flood was the third-highest single-game output in Nets history, and tied a career-high for Carter. It was just a glimpse at the dominance he would enjoy against the Heat this year.

“Vince had some unbelievable games,” Jefferson said, “two, in particular.”

The next time the teams met, Feb. 4, Carter continued his dynamic attack against on Miami in registering 27 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his second-ever triple-double and first with the Nets in a 105-92 victory. Carter scored a rather pedestrian 20 points in the final game of the season between the teams in a 90-78 triumph on April 2.

The three straight wins to close out the season series represented a dramatic change of fortune against the Heat, who won the first meeting of the season, the only game in which O’Neal did not play of the four against New Jersey.

The one-for-all and all-for-one Nets will need more than a percolating Carter to get past the Heat. Last spring, the Nets were swept out of the first round by Miami in four games, despite Carter’s impressive numbers on the offensive end of the floor.

In Game 1 of that series, Carter collected 27 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in a 116-98 loss. In Game 2 he had his lowest output of the four games with 21 points in a 104-87 loss. Despite 36 points, nine boards and 10 assists in Game 3, the Nets were 108-105 losers in the closest game of the one-sided series. And in Game 4, Carter again posted a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds in a 110-97 loss that bounced the Nets out of the tournament.

“It’s always in your mind,” Carter said of the sweep. “We definitely wanted an opportunity to get back in the playoffs and erase that memory. Now we have an opportunity to play that team again and give them a better challenge.”