Game #14: Los Angeles Lakers (10-5) vs. Miami Heat (9-4)
Game #14: Los Angeles Lakers (10-5) vs. Miami Heat (9-4)
| Final - 1.17.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Spurs | 35 | 28 | 12 | 23 | 98 |
| Miami Heat | 26 | 23 | 39 | 32 | 120 |
Game #14: Los Angeles Lakers (10-5) vs. Miami Heat (9-4)
Miami’s win against the San Antonio Spurs was a microcosm for how the team must play if it hopes to replace the bad taste of losing in the 2011 NBA Finals with the sweet taste of winning the 2012 World Championship. They must apply themselves more on the defensive end of the floor.
Huge 3rd quarter sends Heat to comeback victory over San Antonio
San Antonio Spurs, perfect at home, still in search of a road win, travel to Orlando to play the 10-3 Magic. Pounding the Rock previews the match-up for the Spurs.
LeBron James and Chris Bosh each scored over 30 points as the Miami Heat overcame a 16 point first half deficit with a 39-point third quarter and beat the San Antonio Spurs 120-98 in Miami Tuesday night.
The Miami Heat took the Spurs best shot and came back to blow them out. What does this mean for a team who's playing more youngsters than veterans?
The San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat will meet on NBA TV on Tuesday night as Tim Duncan looks to continue to his trip to the fountain of youth. If Dwyane Wade misses the game due to injury, it'd certainly helps the Spurs' plight.
Game #13: San Antonio Spurs (9-4) vs. Miami Heat (8-4)
Dwyane Wade suffers ankle injury as Heat lose again in Denver
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 35 | 28 | 12 | 23 | 98 |
| Miami | 26 | 23 | 39 | 32 | 120 |
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Jefferson | 22 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Tim Duncan | 26 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-1 | 8 |
| DeJuan Blair | 23 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 30 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Tony Parker | 25 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 18 |
| Tiago Splitter | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Cory Joseph | 22 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Danny Green | 22 | 7-11 | 6-7 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Matt Bonner | 21 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| James Anderson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Gary Neal | 16 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Malcolm Thomas | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Manu Ginobili | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| T.J. Ford | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 38-80 | 10-25 | 12-17 | 36-11 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 18-1 | 98 | |
| .475 | .400 | .706 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (8 pts) | |||||||
| Miami | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 34 | 12-21 | 4-6 | 5-9 | 5-1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 33 |
| Chris Bosh | 36 | 14-22 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 8-1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 30 |
| Joel Anthony | 20 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 6 |
| James Jones | 31 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Mario Chalmers | 28 | 4-8 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Udonis Haslem | 24 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Shane Battier | 14 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Mike Miller | 15 | 6-6 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Norris Cole | 19 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Terrel Harris | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Mickell Gladness | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Juwan Howard | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Eddy Curry | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Dwyane Wade | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Dexter Pittman | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 46-79 | 16-26 | 12-19 | 33-9 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 19-0 | 120 | |
| .582 | .615 | .632 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (27 pts) | |||||||