Heat vs. Spurs final score, NBA Finals 2014 Game 5: San Antonio destroys Miami, 104-87, to secure title
After going down by 16 points early, the Spurs came roaring back and ran
away with Game 5 to win the franchise's fifth NBA championship.
The San Antonio Spurs have officially gotten their revenge on the Miami Heat, winning Game 5 of the NBA Finals, 104-87,
after going down by 16 points early to secure the franchise's fifth NBA
championship on Sunday night at the AT&T Center.
Kawhi Leonard
put forth another magnificent performance, scoring 22 points and
grabbing nine rebounds to lead San Antonio. Manu Ginobili had an
excellent game off the bench, adding 19 points. Patty Mills
was also dynamite off the bench, scoring 17 points and knocking down
five threes. Four of those threes were in the third quarter when the
Spurs opened up a 21-point lead.
San Antonio shot 12-of-26 from
three-point land on the night. Thanks to Ginobili and Mills, the Spurs'
reserves outscored the Heat's subs by 23 points. San Antonio also got it
done with defense, holding Miami to just 40-percent shooting.
LeBron James
had 31 points on 10-of-21 shooting to lead the Heat, but the four-time
MVP got little help from his star teammates as the dream for a
three-peat died. Chris Bosh had 13 points, while Dwyane Wade continued to show his age by scoring just 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting.
On the brink of elimination, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra changed up his starting lineup, going with Ray Allen
over the struggling Mario Chalmers. The move worked at first, as Miami
scored the first eight points of the game, with James capping off the
run with a put-back dunk:
With the crowd hyped up, San
Antonio went up by as many as eight and took a seven-point lead into the
break. Miami managed just 11 points in the second quarter, shooting
4-of-15 and turning the ball over four times.
Things didn't get much better
in the third quarter for the Heat, as they only scored 18 points while
the Spurs' offense continued to roll. With three-pointers raining down,
San Antonio turned the seven-point halftime lead into a 19-point margin
heading into the final frame.
Miami made a brief run at the
outset of the fourth quarter, cutting the deficit to 14. But San Antonio
had nothing to do with a comeback attempt, beating back the Heat and
securing the title to erase the bad memories of the 2013 NBA Finals.
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