After a blowout Game 2 loss, the San Antonio Spurs come back with vengeance with a blowout Game 3 113-77 win over the Miami Heat, taking control of the NBA Finals with a 2-1 series lead.
During the postgame interviews, Miami's LeBron James delivered just one message multiple times while reflecting on the stunning loss in the locker room.
"I've got to be better," James said.
According to USA Today, James relayed that message at least five times during his six-minute interview from his locker, after having had one of his worst playoff performances in his career-- 15 points on 7-for-21 shooting - invoking memories of his 3-for-11, eight-point performance against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of the 2011. Finals.
"I'm putting everything on my chest and on my shoulders," James said. "I've got to be better. It's that simple. My teammates are doing a great job, and I'm not doing my part.
"I've got to do more. I've got to do more both offensively and defensively," James said. "I've got to put the ball in the basket. I had some great looks. They didn't go."
For the third consecutive game, James failed to score at least 20 points. So far during the series he's averaging 16.7 points and shooting 38.9% from the field, including 3-for-13 from three-point range.
If the Heat have any hope to bounce back in this series, they'll need James to get his act together.
Meanwhile, in their blowout win the Spurs' Tony Parker suffered a hamstring injury late in the third, which limited his minutes in the fourth.
Parker, who scored six points and eight assists in just under 28 minutes, said he will have an MRI scan performed on Wednesday.
"I felt something, my hamstring ... I have no idea," Parker said. "We'll do an MRI and hopefully it's nothing big and it's just a little cramping, got tight on me.
Parker added, "It got tight on me ... it was just a weird feeling."
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