Spurs on brink of another NBA title
The San Antonio Spurs moved within one victory of a fifth NBA title Sunday by beating the Miami Heat 114-104 behind a game-high 26 points from Tony Parker and 24 from Danny Green.
The San Antonio Spurs moved within one victory of a fifth NBA title Sunday by beating the Miami Heat 114-104 behind a game-high 26 points from Tony Parker and 24 from Danny Green.
Win or lose, Sunday marked the final home game of this season for the Spurs. The series shifts back to Miami for Game 6 on Tuesday, and the winner will be decided on South Beach.
Gary Neal scored a playoff career-high 24 points as San Antonio authored a 23-8 run to start the third quarter and went on to rout Miami 113-77 in game three of the NBA finals on Tuesday.
Joey Crawford, whose controversial ejection of Tim Duncan in 2007 led to the referee’s suspension, will work an NBA finals game involving San Antonio for the first time since his run-in with Duncan.
Results on Monday from the semi-final round of the NBA playoffs (all series best-of-seven):
The NBA slapped Indiana center Roy Hibbert with a $75,000 fine Sunday for his post-game tirade after the Pacers’ game-six playoff victory over the Miami Heat.
Several times around the start of these playoffs, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra insisted that the postseason path his team would wind up navigating had the potential to be more challenging than the route they took to the NBA championship a year ago.
The Miami Heat rediscovered its offensive punch, beating the Indiana Pacers 114-96 on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Eastern Conference finals.
Third-seeded Maria Sharapova battled to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Elena Vesnina on Sunday to book her fourth-round berth at the Miami ATP Masters and WTA hardcourt tournament.
For the Miami Heat, it has been anything but an ordinary path along the way to this extraordinary 24-game winning streak.
LeBron James scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to lead defending NBA champion Miami past New York 99-93 on Sunday as the Heat matched its record win streak with a 14th victory in a row.
J.J. Redick gave Orlando its first lead on a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left, Arron Afflalo tied his season high with 30 points, and the Magic beat the Los Angeles Clippers 104-101 on Saturday to snap a 10-game skid.
It wasn’t pretty, but the Miami Heat avoided a big letdown and got the win they needed.
LeBron James had 27 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists as the Heat handed the Charlotte Bobcats their 16th straight loss, 105-92 on Wednesday night.
