Thunder vs. Heat Score: Live Blog with Play-by-Play of Christmas Day NBA Game

Dec 25, 2012 05:05 PM EST

FINAL SCORE---- Thunder 97-103 Heat

Kevin Martin just gets the ball in. Westbrook shoots the three after Durant misses and misses the three! Westbrook thought he was fouled. Westbrook loses his cool and Allen shoots free throws. 

Allen makes those pressure free throws look sooooo easy. 

15.6 remaining--- Allen goes to the line. .... Durant hit a jumper to make it a point game. 

Seconds left in the game and it's now a one-point game. 

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Chalmers with the assist to Wade

Wade follows up a Collison jumper with a slam dunk and Durant answers back with a layup 

Chalmers on fire.... Bosh just gives Heat a six point lead only to see Durant trim it back to four

Thunder have ball. 

Durant witht he three! .... Thunder get the steal, no turn it back. Battier shoots three as shotclock expires and misses

Wade with the jam down low

Ibaka gets a tech... Westbrook shoots his free throws. 

Play is under review as they try to figure out if a flagrant 1 or 2 will be called.

Westbrook falls down. Heat have ball. Westbrook with the steal. Goes up! Gets hit and has beef with Battier!!

Kevin Martin Can't make the layup. Wanted the foul, didn't get contact. 

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James gives Heat the lead in final seconds of third quarter

LeBron gets Durant in the air to draw the foul. 

Wade was injured

Tied ball game! 1:23 remaining in the third quarter

Now Chalmer steps it up and knocks a three to give Heat lead. Then Westbrook knocks down the tie

DURANT GIVES THE THUNDER THEY'RE FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME AS HE FADES AWAY AND FALLS DOWN FOR THE FOUL! 

Westbrook and Ibaka make consecuive buckets

Shot clock violation for OKC... 

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James completes a three-point play. 

2:31 remaining in the first half----

James over Ibaka! James has 14 points...

LeBron James with the JAM off the offensive rebound!!!! 

Teams are struggling from the floor. Bosh recently commits an offensive foul on a fastbreak. 

7:29 remaining in the 2nd quarter---

Kevin Martin ties it up with a layin! 

Knocks down back-to-back threes!

Miller knocks down the three!

END of 1ST Quarter
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Durant gets a tech for arguing foul 

Chalmers with another bucket! 12 points for him in the first quarter. 

Heat take it back and Chalmers pops a three from the elbow on a feed from James

Heat go on a run. James battles for his own rebound. Then dumps it over Ibaka.

5:21 remaining in the first

After starting the game down 13-2, the Thunder are on a 9-2 run

Pregame--- Game tips off at 5:46 p.m. ET. We'll bring results as soon as the Lakers and Knicks game is over. 

-------------Welcome to the Live Blog of Heat vs. Thunder---------------

The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Miami Heat for a rematch of the 2012 NBA Finals with tipoff at 5:30 p.m. ET.In case you can't watch the game, join us for a live blog of this game, which you will not want to miss. We will bring you scoring updates and a play-by-play of the action.

This is the third and probably best of the five games scheduled to go down today.

The Heat and Thunder, to no surprise, are the best teams in the NBA. They have the best records and are looking to make another bid for the NBA Finals.

The Heat have the best player in the world in LeBron James. Meanwhile, the Thunder have the best set of young players in the league with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka.

The Thunder will try to bounce back after their loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Heat are winners of four straight and look to continue rolling.

Who are you rooting for in this matchup. Let us know and let's start talking.

These teams could be the best in the league for years to come and we are likely to see them faceoff in the Finals if they continue playing at this level. 

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