After getting blown out in Game 3 the Miami Heat and LeBron James stormed back in Game 4 with a great performance from the Big Three and now the series is a best of three now after the 109-93 victory that saw 85 points from James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
The Heat needed a game like this and now they have control once again in the NBA Finals, as they have home court advantage back after taking a game on the road in San Antonio after dropping Game 1 at home. Wade played better than he has all series with 32 points and some excellent defensive plays, while Bosh was excellent as well while dropping 20 points with 13 rebounds and now the team is ready to take the lead. Tony Parker wasn't 100 percent and James kept hitting clutch shots at the end to keep the Spurs from coming back.
Wade had his best game of the playoffs and with the series tied 2-2 all that is left is a best of three and Tim Duncan known what his team needs to do after he led the team with 20 points on the night. The game was tied 49-49 at halftime and the Heat were able to shut down Gary Neal, Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard after they went crazy in Game 3 and kept them to 35 points total on Thursday night. The Spurs were doomed by turnovers and Miami continued to capitalize all night and even after an 11-2 run the team held things in check.
Now the blowout loss in Game 3 is just a loss and the team is back on track and the Big 3 showed why they were brought together in the first place and when Wade, James and Bosh are playing that well, the team is hard to beat. The team has been playing much better in the second half than earlier in the series and James was essential down the stretch as the Spurs attempted to comeback, but they ran out of time. James said he knew he needed to play better and Wade as well and the Heat got what they needed and tied the series at 2-2 and now have pushed their streak of not losing two games in a row even further.
James had 33 to lead the team while Bosh added 13 rebounds and Mario Chalmers had five assists. The Spurs got 20 from Duncan and seven rebounds from Kawhi Leonard as well as nine assists for Tony Parker, who was dealing with a bad hamstring. The Heat dominated the Spurs in the fourth quarter after the first three were fairly close and that ended up being the difference as James was able to keep the team at bay.
"All of them provided us great energy defensively. And that got us off to a decent start. And quite obviously they are big components to what we do offensively," said Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra.
"We run almost every trigger through them. This happened to be a game where they were all able to be aggressive. The next game might present a different challenge. But we needed every bit of it tonight."
"When Bosh, Wade and James score the way they did tonight and shoot it the way they did tonight, teams are going to have a difficult time," said Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.
"When those guys play like that, you better be playing a more perfect game. You can't turn it over that many times. It's a bad combo."
