NBA Finals: SI's Best Photos

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SI Staff
Publish date:
Jun 13, 2014

NBA Finals: SI's Best Photos

Spurs 107, Heat 86

SI's best shots from Game 4 of the NBA Finals, in which the Spurs took a 3-1 lead in the series. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and 14 rebounds as San Antonio routed the Miami Heat again.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the Finals, and the way LeBron James and the Heat were outclassed twice on their home floor makes it hard to imagine the two-time champions being the first.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Tony Parker had 19 points for the Spurs, who shot 57 percent from the field.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Boris Diaw and his teammates can win the franchise's fifth NBA championship with a victory at home in Game 5 on Sunday and avenge last year's seven-game loss to Miami.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

All 13 Spurs who played scored a point, including Danny Green, who finished with nine -- all from behind the arc.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Tiago Splitter and the Spurs lost twice in Miami to end last year's finals, their only defeat in the championship round. They won their two games in South Florida this time by a combined 40 points.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Kawhi Leonard hustles to keep the ball out of Chris Bosh's hands. In Game 4, Miami seemed to lack the energy -- or maybe effort -- to defend San Antonio's precision ball movement for the full 24 seconds.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

LeBron James tried to keep the Heat in it with 28 points and eight rebounds, but Dwyane Wade was just 1 of 10 through three quarters and finished with 10 points.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

If Mario Chalmers and the Heat force a Game 6, it would be in Miami on Tuesday.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Manu Ginobili played 28 minutes, doing his usual job of drawing fouls while scoring seven points.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

It was another rough start for LeBron James, who battled cramps in Game 1, then left the court and briefly returned to the locker room midway through the first quarter Thursday.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Kawhi Leonard turned in another spirited effort in defending LeBron James.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Ray Allen gets swarmed by the Spurs defense.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Tiago Splitter finishes a reverse layup for two of his six points. Under coach Gregg Popovich, the Spurs have won 15 of the 18 best-of-seven series in which they led 2-1.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Patty Mills, center, roots on his teammates. He came off the bench to score 14 points -- two more than Chris Bosh.

Spurs 107, Heat 86

Erik Spoelstra's team hadn't lost back-to-back games in the playoffs since dropping three straight against the Boston Celtics in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals.