ScoreBoard: Spurs Steal Home Court Advantage, Take 3-1 Finals Lead

The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat 107-86 to take 3-1 series lead. The Spurs won both games on the road in Miami by a combined 40 points. Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs with 20 points and game-high 14 rebounds. Tim Duncan had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs. Tony Parker scored 19 points and Patty Mills came off the bench with 14 points for the Spurs. Boris Diaw had an all-around game for the Spurs with 8 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. The Spurs bench scored 41 points and all 13 players scored for them. The Spurs outrebounded the Heat 44 to 27 and the Spurs made 40 out of their 70 field goal attempts (57.1%).

LeBron James scored a game-high 28 points and had a team-high 8 rebounds for Miami. Chris Bosh had 12 points and James Jones came off the bench to score 11 points for the Heat. Dwyane Wade made a disappointing 3 out of 13 shots to finish with 10 points and 4 assists for Miami. Ray Allen came off the bench to score 8 points and the Heat didn’t get much production from any other players. Miami failed to take advantage of home-court for games 3 and 4 and this could be the last game in Miami this season.

Miami needs to bring their A game for game 5, its do or die time if they wish to win three championships in a row. The Big 3 winning 2 out of 4 championships would be consider a failure, they need to win 3 if they want to keep their main core together. Bosh and James can opt of their contracts soon and Miami can’t afford to lose any of them.

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