-----------FINAL SCORE-- Spurs win 114-104 to take a 3-2 lead. Read the summary.
1:06 Parker and Green quickly add five points to put the game out of reach again!
1:43 Spurs turn it over again! Wade to the line 1-2.
2:23 remaining in the Game---- Spurs turn it over. 9-point game.
2:30 Heat ball Allen hits the three, but it's waved off for a moving screen. Lack of discipline again costs the Heat.
2:47 Allen from three! YEP! 11-point game. Parker wisely slows it down. Parker travels. Heat with chance to bring game down to single-digit points.
3:27 James AND-1! Broke down the Spurs defense beautifully to get to the line.
4:26 Allen to the line. Hits his free throws. Spurs up by 15. This one is over. Heat down by 17. It's time to chug up threes.
4:26 Heat turn it over. Parker draws another foul. The Heat are useless on both offense and defense.
5:08 James with the dish. Bosh with the bucket. Parker accelarating and trying to put this one away! hits the layup.
5:18 Parker with the drive. Gets fouled. Will go to the line. 2-2
6:00 Ginobili with a tremendous fadeaway! Leonard picks up the steal.
6:22 What a move by Duncan. What a move by Wade! Spurs and Heat exchange buckets.
TIMEOUT SPURS------------- It would take a huge Spurs debacle for the Heat to win this game.
7:29 Allen en fuego. Now Bosh finishes with an easy hoop! 13-point game.
8:50 Heat can't buy a bucket. Allen kncoks down a three. Again with a possible 4-point play.
9:31 TIMEOUT HEAT!
9:55 17-1 run going back to the third. LeBron misses consecutive layups. Green misses the three and Duncan is there for the putback!
TIMEOUT HEAT-----OOOH! LEONARD WITH A THREE!!! 18-point game.
10:41 Diaw draws foul on Battier. Ginobili playing like he truly is going to retire.
James is cold from the floor. Heat offensive is non-extistant once again.
11:06 Splitter throws up the ball. 24-second violation. James with the short jumper. Misses. Spurs push it up.
12:00 Spurs' defense around the rim too tough for the Heat as Allen misses an easy layup.
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Spurs finish this on a 12-1 run.
GINOBILI WITH THE LAYUP! Battier misses the half-court three.
James will go to the line. Misses first free throw. 1-2
35 seconds Ginobili misses a three that would have made the crowd go crazy.
1:36 Bosh turns it over. Spurs ball. Spiltter with the easy bucket! 11-point game! 10-0 run sparked by the Danny Green three!
2:09 Ginobili on the attack. Spurs quickly up by 9 now!
2:26 Spurs ball. And-1! Ginobili with a chance to make it a 7-point game. 4th foul on Allen. Fans are yelling Manu.
2:49 Danny Green from three!!!!! He shot that one from Mexico. Wade with the moves. Gets blocked. Duncan running the floor. Green in the paint. bosh can't grab the loose ball.
Battier was fouled as Wade was shooting. Battier knocks down the free throw. 1-point game.
3:31 Battier for three. . Misses. Bosh with the offensive board. Heat try again. Neal with great defense. AND-1!!
Heat playing wihtout point guard. James grabs the board.
TIMEOUT SPURS--------- It's a four-point game in the 3rd quarter. Allen bites on Neal head fake. Spurs ball.
4:26 Wade with the jumper. Back to six. James with his 2nd rebound. Bosh with the hook over Green.
James misses the three badly. Parker takes it straight to the hoop. Heat's transition defense was off.
TIMEOUT HEAT----- No matter what happens in this game, the Spurs will get praised for those two possessions in the third quarter, where they turned the ball over, but got back to protect their rim.
5:19 Chalmers misses two threes. James hits floor hard. Slow to get up. Might be bit of an acting job to get referees' attention.
6:13 WOW!!! Spurs transition defense destroying the Heat! LeBron can't finish at the basket. Then Parker responds!!
6:36 Wade with the jumper. Four-point game.
6:54 Diaw to the line. Misses free throw. 1-2 from the line.
Wow. Heat can't capitalize on steal. Wade and LeBron miss opportunities.
7:23 Chalmers misses the three. Duncan posting on Bosh. Great pass to Leonard, Chalmers called for the foul. His 4th.
8:07 Leonard looking like a center. Bucket over Miller. Heat bring it up. James controls. Chalmers from three GETS THE ROLL!
8:38 Leonard picks ups third foul...Wade with tear drop.
8:50 Ginobili with the drive. Miller was wide open, gives it up. Chalmers draws foul on Parker.
9:02 Heat can't grab rebound. Duncan with the offensive board and gets fouled.
TIMEOUT HEAT----9:34 The James three counts. It's not a two-pointer. Heat can't score on possession after timeout.
9:47 Wade can't take advantage of Spurs turnover. GREEN WITH THE MOST THREE-POINTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE FINALS!
Heat start 2nd half on 7-2 run.
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The Spurs survive a Heat run and lead 61-52 at the half
TIMEOUT SPURS---- Parker to the hoop. SCORE!
34.2 seconds wade responds with a tear drop of his own. Bosh bricks, no airball. They call it a 24-second violation.
48.6 seconds Battier with wobbly knees and Parker scores with the tear drop.
1:15 Ginobili 3-3. 10-point game. Battier then knocks down a three.
Could have been a flop?
2:05 Heat bring it up. Allen misses the three. James doesn't get the foul. Can't finish the layup. James still upset. Battier fouls Ginobili. It could be another double-digit lead for San Antonio.
2:14 LeBron at the line. 1-2. Can only bring it down to a five-point game. Duncan over Haslem.
2:31 James with an easy two over Green. Spurs push. Ginobili hits the deck and goes to the line. 1-2 from the line.
2:46 Heat in the penalty. Green goes to the line.
3:10 LeBron working on Leonard. Hits the short jumper.
3:25 Allen brings down the rebound. James was spotting up for a three. Leonard called for foul on Battier. Heat inbound.
4:02 Wade controls. Works by a screen. Misses the layup. Spurs push. Parker to Leonard. Bosh called for the foul on Duncan.
3:22 Heat have scored 12 straight points. Duncan with the ball. Turnaround over Bosh.
5:08 AND-1!!! Allen hits the three and hits the free throw. 7-point game.
TIMEOUT SPURS---- Diaw turns it over and the Heat are making the Spurs pay!
5:59 Leonard tips it in. Uh oh. Heat on a bit of a roll. Defense steps up. Popovich and Tony Brothers going at it.
6:26 Wade misses. puts it back up. Heat ball. Battier looked to have pushed Leonard out of bounds. Heat take it up.
6:51 Wade with the drive and bucket. Duncan draws the foul. 2-2 from the line.
7:17 Bosh doing a great job on the board. Allen now on Green. Loses Green. GREEN TIES ALLEN WITH A THREE OVER ALLEN!
Heat's defense is non-existant, Spurs shooting 67 percent. Their offense is worse shooting 28 percent.
8:05 Heat win the jump ball. Okay, Bosh made me look bad. Misses open jumper. Green for three! YESS!!!! That's 21 in the series.
Oh, by the way. Green hit another three.
Spurs are putting a hurting. Nobody in a Heat jersey is putting an effort like Bosh. Heat should ride that wave until they get things going on offense.
TIMEOUT HEAT------------ Bosh will shoot free throws. He's fired up after grabbing the offensive board. Still, LeBron, Wade and Bosh have 17 of the Heat's 22 points.
9:15 Allen for three. No. Wadeto Battier. In and out. Bosh draws the foul. First free throw for the Heat in this quarter.
Wow. The Heat are really struggling, to say the least and to put their performance in kind words. The Spurs defense is good, but not as good as the Heat are making them look right now.
10:32 Splitter tips the rim. Heat push. Chalmer misses. Leonard drives. Battier tries to draw the foul. 2 points for Leonard.
10:48 James air balls or got blocked. Chalmers called for a foul on the other end.
11:05 Chalmers gets his ball blocked. Chalmers then pokes the ball away from Splitter. Heat ball.
11:51 Splitter called for the foul. Battier for three! OH WOW! He hits it. Splitter dunks it over Bosh!
12:00 Heat inbound the ball and control at the start of the quarter.
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The Heat Big 3 score 17-19 points. The Spurs go silly and share the ball and win the quarter 32-19 and close the quarter on 15-2 run.
14 seconds Allen stops the bleeding. Leonard pops the three!!! Chalmers runs it up. misses the three at the buzzer.
JAM! Leonard with the dunk. 12-point lead. Spurs on a 12-0 since James' three-pointer.
1:35 Wade can't finish. Parker again on Cole. Parker called for the travel. Heat ball. Only 2nd turnover for Spurs.
2:14 Haslem misses the layup. Neal fakes. Hits the jumper! 10 point Spurs lead.
James controls the ball. Wade gets the pass. Working on Green. Wade bricks as Duncan was in his face. Colon Parker. Parker finishes.
3:20 Parker drives again. Allen called for the foul. ... Parker 2-2 from the line.
TIMEOUT HEAT------ Heat ball. Allen in the game. James posting on Diaw. Settles for jumper again. In and out.
3:55 James doesn't take advantage of matchup against Diaw and settles for jumper. He misses. Parker drives and connects with the layup.
4:25 Kames Cole wide open. Horribly misses. Duncan harassed and fouled. Duncan to the line. Duncan 1-2 from the line.
4:32 Bosh called for his second foul. Parker with the crossover and the layup, no, Parker gets fouled. Parker 1-2 from the line.
Ginobili on the bench. Cole in to play. Diaw checks in for Spurs.
5:02 Duncan with the beautiful turnaround hook. LEBRON JAMES TIES IT! First three for the Heat.
5:40 Heat with consecutive turnovers and can't take the lead. Spurs ball
6:16 Wade with the block and then draws the foul. Takes a trip to the foul line. 2-2
The Spurs have only missed two shots, Heat have three blocks.. Ginobil three changed. Just a two-pointer
6:43 TIMEOUT SPURS---- Heat connecting with easy bucket in the paint.
Parker appears to truly be injured as he has struggled to get to the basket early on.
7:34 Wade with the easy bucket. Ginobili responds with his second three!
8:25 Miller missed the three after Leonard hits the jumper. Green being aggresive for no reason. Green runs back and blocks Chalmers' wide open three. Miller with beautiful D on Parker. Ginobili controls. Block with his second block
9:25 Heat push the ball. Wade on the attack. Bosh misses a jumper from the free throw line. Miller to James on the fastbreak! JAM!
Green wins the jump ball. Duncan with a layup.
9:40 James just missed an alley-hoop! Jump ball. Wade battled for the ball. James couldn't handle the pass from Chalmers.
10:01 Ginobili draws the foul. Hits first free throw. 2-2. Jams then drives and draws the foul. 1-1... 2-2 from the line
10:17 Ginobili to Duncan for the jam. Wade can't respond.
10:42 Ginobila and Wade doing it for their teams. Ginobil 2 points, 2 assits.
11:17 Wade draws the foul. Goes to the line. 2-2
Ginobili's shot was a two. But refs haven't signaled a review.
11:40 Ginobili immediately knocks down a three as the Spurs won the tip.
Giobilu on the floor as he makes the starting lineup. Playing for Spillter.
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This series has definitely not disappointed as the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs play in Game 5 of the 2013 NBA Finals. As ESPN pointed out, 74 percent of the teams who win Game 5, win the NBA Finals. If you can't watch the live action, check out this live blog of the Spurs vs. Heat with play-by-play, commentary and stats of tonight's game, which tips off at 8 p.m. ET.
The Heat won Game 4 because their "Big 3" scored 85 of the team's 109 points. Dwyane Wade looked like he was 25 years old again, when he helped the Heat win their franchise's first championship. Wade had 32 points and six steals to highlight his night. Despite his awesome performance, it was Lebron James who finished with the game-high 33 points. He was doing exactly what the Spurs had avoided all season long, getting a full head of steam before finishing at the basket. With the Spurs 19 turnovers, the Heat were able to run the fastbreak and play their style of basketball. The only thing the Heat didn't do in Game 4 was completely alley-hoops, but they were in full control in the second half of this game.
For the Spurs, they continue to dominate the three-point line. With Gary Neal and Danny Green consistently hitting shoots from beyond the arc, the Spurs have been able to spread the floor. The bad news for them heading into Game 5 is that Tony Parker will not be 100 percent. We have seen plenty of miraculous playoff performances, if Parker is truly injured, he will have to muscle through his ailments as the Spurs will need somebody to draw the defense.
The Spurs might consider this game a must-win since the series will head back to Miami. The winner will take a 3-2 lead in the series and have a chance to close out the series in Game 6 on Tuesday. Will the Heat heavily rely on their "Big 3" again or will Gregg Popovich and the Spurs make the right adjustments?
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