The Miami Heat lost to the San Antonio Spurs by the score of 107-86 in Game 4 the NBA finals and now the playoff standings has the series 3-1 after the Spurs win and the series shifts back to Texas for Game 5 and that will be on Sunday and now LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are in danger of losing to Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili for the championship.
The Spurs once again got off to a great start and their bench was very good and Duncan did not even need to do that much and now San Antonio needs just one win for the NBA title. Miami now has to make a comeback and this is the first time in two years that Miami has lost two games in a row and they do not usually lose at home and the Spurs took care of that as well. James had 28 points and eight rebounds and was shut down for most of the game and so was Wade. Leonard led the Spurs and Miami never found their rhythm and it was very surprising
This is the first time in 49 playoff games that the team lost two in a row and they won their last 13 games after a playoff loss and this was the second straight blowout. The team hadn't lost at home in the playoffs before the finals and now they have to comeback from a 3-1 deficit and in the NBA finals that is very rare. This is the 11th time that San Antonio has won by 15 or more points in the playoffs and the team did it three times against the Heat.
Miami was down 22 points with five minutes left and their championship form was nowhere to be found and James did not have any answers and missed some shots down the stretch. James was on the bench at the end near the finish of the fourth quarter and now the team has no choice but to win three games in a row to win the series.
Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and made so many big shots and Leonard had 14 rebounds and this comes after his great performance in game 3. Last season he averaged 11 rebounds per game last year and he has been one of the best players on the court in this series and is one reason the Spurs are up 3-1.
Boris Diaw has had a great game and he was close to a triple double and he had as many assists as the Heat at one point and he was one of the keys to winning the game.
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