At Miami:
LeBron James (second from left in the photo), named series Most Valuable Player, scored 37 points and grabbed 12 rebounds on Thursday night as the Miami Heat won their second consecutive National Basketball Association championship with a 95-88 game-seven home win in the Finals over the San Antonio Spurs. Dwyane Wade also had a double double (23 points, 10 rebounds) for the Heat, who won their third NBA title overall as the Spurs' bid for a fifth league crown was foiled.
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At Miami:
Ray Allen converted a three-point shot with 5.2 seconds remaining in regulation time (shown here) and forced overtime on Tuesday night as the Miami Heat came back from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and defeated the visiting San Antonio Spurs 103-100 to square the NBA Finals at three games apiece. LeBron James delivered a triple double (32 points, 11 assists, and 10 rebounds) for the Heat, offsetting the 30-point, 17-rebound performance from the Spurs' Tim Duncan. The series---and the NBA championship---will be decided in Miami on Thursday.
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At San Antonio:
Manu Ginobili (that's him here) scored 24 points and dished out 10 assists on Sunday night as the San Antonio Spurs won game five of the NBA Finals 114-104 over the visiting Miami Heat. Tony Parker scored 26 to pace the Spurs while Danny Green added 24 and Tim Duncan 17 (to go with his 12 rebounds). LeBron James and Dwyane Wade each had 25 points and Ray Allen came off the bench to score 21 for the Heat. San Antonio, who leads the series three games to two, can wrap up their fifth league title with a game-six victory in Miami on Tuesday.
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At San Antonio:
LeBron James scored 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Dwyane Wade (that's him here) scored an additional 32 and Chris Bosh 20 (to go with his 13 rebounds) on Thursday night as the Miami Heat squared the NBA Finals at two games apiece following their 109-93 game-four home triumph over the San Antonio Spurs.
The series will resume on Sunday night at San Antonio.
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At San Antonio:
The San Antonio Spurs demolished the visiting Miami Heat 113-77 on Tuesday in game three of the NBA Finals, enabling the hosts to take a two-games-to-one lead. Danny Green, who scored 27 points, made seven of the Spurs' Finals single-game record 16 three-point baskets, while Gary Neal, who added 24, made six three-pointers of his own. A dejected LeBron James, shown here, scored 15 points (and grabbed 11 rebounds) while Dwyane Wade paced Miami with 16. The series will resume in San Antonio on Thursday night.
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At Miami:
Mario Chalmers scored 19 points while LeBron James (that's him blocking a shot by San Antonio's Tiago Splitter) added 17 as the Miami Heat, with five players in double figures, used a 30-5 run in the third and fourth quarters on Sunday as they smashed open what had been a tight game and dominated the visiting San Antonio Spurs 103-84 in game two of the NBA Finals. The series, now deadlocked at one game apiece, will continue in San Antonio on Tuesday.
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At Miami:
Tim Duncan scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Tony Parker (that's him, here), who scored 21, hit a desperation jump shot with 5.2 seconds remaining as the San Antonio Spurs knocked off the Miami Heat 92-88 on Thursday in the opening contest of the NBA Finals, all in spite of LeBron James' triple double (18 points and rebounds, 10 assists).
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