James and his teammates will leave the AT&T Center after Game 5 with their title streak snapped and facing questions about their futures.
The Heat arrived in San Antonio for Game 1 as the NBA's two-time defending champions. The dominant showing, defined by free-flowing passing at the offensive end and tenacity on the defensive end, halted the Heat's reign as NBA champions. "Hard to believe, isn't it?" Spurs guard Manu Ginobili told ESPN's Stuart Scott when asked about his team's historic performance following the presentation of the Larry O'Brien Trophy by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. They became the first team in the history of the NBA Finals to win three straight games in the same series by that margin, according to ESPN Stats & Info. All four of the Spurs wins (Games 1, 3, 4 and 5) came by 15 or more points. It makes last year OK."Īfter coming within seconds of winning the championship a year ago before an improbable Heat rally denied them, the Spurs were absolutely ruthless when it came to finishing off games in the 2014 NBA Finals. "We remembered what happened last year and how it felt in that locker room and we used it and built on it and got back here," Duncan told ESPN's Doris Burke on the court as the celebration whirled around him at the AT&T Center.
It also brought the franchise its fifth NBA championship since it selected Tim Duncan with the No. A third-straight lopsided Finals victory gave the Spurs a 4-1 series triumph and avenged a heartbreaking loss to the Heat in the 2013 NBA Finals. The Spurs won the 2014 NBA Finals with a resounding 104-87 win over LeBron James and the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series at AT&T Center in San Antonio on Sunday night.
History is then and now for the San Antonio Spurs.
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