The Thunder attempted a comeback in the fourth quarter, and with 37 seconds left in the game, Oklahoma City's.Miami won Game 3, 91-85, to go up two games to one in the series. Meanwhile, Durant has tied the game at 92 with under five minutes left and the drama of when LeBron will come back is mounting. Wade gets a couple of free-throw to push the Heat lead to 68-64, their biggest lead of the game to that point. While Adams was a centerpiece on a Thunder team that pushed the 73-win Warriors to a Game 7, the imagination of what would happen had they kept Harden is impossible to escape, especially in a re-watch. 2 option, no matter the circumstances, was vital to the Heat. We are only months away from Presti making a trade that would change the Thunder forever, sending Harden to Houston for Kevin Martin and a first-round draft pick that eventually became Steven Adams. And with LeBron on KD, trying some way to slow down Durant’s incredibly efficient play over the first three games, the onus in this game to create will fall on Russell Westbrook.Now, we also have to note that LeBron took the challenge of guarding Durant more tightly from the start after Serge Ibaka suggested that he could not defend Durant for 48 minutes, as the ESPN crew shows on the screen.
Miami 3, James Harden 0.Westbrook’s fury is one of the most inspiring things about this game and it’s willing the Thunder to stay in this game and keep their Finals hopes alive. The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions.Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) and shooting guard Dwyane Wade react in the final moments during the second half at Game 5 of the NBA finals, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Miami. Three takeaways from the Toronto Raptors’ impressive 105-92 road win against the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the 2019 NBA Finals to take a 3-1 series lead.
Instead, they will play the Bucks in Game 5 Tuesday in Orlando. During the playoffs, they defeated the.The Thunder came into the Finals as the second-youngest finalists in NBA history.The season series was tied, 1–1, with both teams winning at their home floor.The Thunder defeated the Heat, 105–94, in Game 1. Miami had a slim 47–46 halftime lead before Oklahoma City began the third quarter with a 10–4 run, eventually building a 10-point lead midway through the period. But even when he wasn’t making a lot of shots, Battier’s intangibles would save the Heat more than once.Westbrook’s energy and the hot shooting of Durant are not enough to keep pace with a modern machine the Heat are working with, feeding off of the interior play of Wade and James to generate quality shots at the rim and on the 3-point line. This delay was due to the,This was the second consecutive appearance for the Heat, after losing to the,In the regular season, the Heat finished with 46 victories, then defeated the,The Heat retained much of the same cast from the previous year, save for Shane Battier, rookies,This was the Thunder's first NBA Finals appearance since the team,The Thunder finished with 47 wins, second in the Western Conference. Wade then drives the lane and his gritty night of heroics continues.
The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions.Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh (1) reacts after Game 5 of the NBA finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Miami. LeBron played his best Finals game tonight and hit a huge shot to give the Heat a lead, but Wade’s heroics of playing hurt throughout the night helped give the Heat the push they needed when LeBron couldn’t even run.However, Westbrook has one last run, and LeBron’s cramps are getting worse.