Miss any of Tuesday's action? Get caught up with our first half and third quarter recaps of Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
After being completely blitzed by the San Antonio Spurs in the first half, the Miami Heat would outscore the Spurs 25-15 in the third to cut San Antonio's lead to eleven at the end of three, 86-75.
Danny Green and LeBron James traded buckets down low to start the fourth, keeping the margin at eleven.
We would have three straight turnovers from there (two by the Spurs, one by the Heat) as the Heat would jump into their half-court offense. However, James would lift his pivot foot on a feed down low, committing a travel to give the ball back to the Spurs on another turnover.
On what looked like a travel from the naked eye, Kawhi Leonard gets a layup on an extra step to give the Spurs a 90-77. Ref said he was juggling the ball.
The Heat and Spurs trade failed trips down the floor (including a Leonard miss from three), before Ray Allen goes in to NB2K mode - side-stepping Danny Green to give himself an open sideline three. The bucket trimmed the Spurs lead to ten, with Gregg Popovich calling timeout right after. 90-80 Spurs with 9:08 left.
Boris Diaw throws the ball right to LeBron James coming back from commercial (James' fourth steal), but Norris Cole bricks a contested mid-range shot - followed by James picking up his fourth foul on the loose ball.
From there, the Kawhi Leonard Show returned to the stage. Leonard attacked a bad angle closeout by Ray Allen in the corner, speeding down the baseline for a wicked tomahawk flush.
Tony Parker pickpockets LeBron James on the Heat's next touch, as Leonard picks up another two - this time at the charity stripe after being hit while shooting. 94-80 Spurs.
Crossover. Misdirection. Vintage Dwyane Wade slices to the basket for two, dropping the deficit back to 12.
Leonard gets right back into form on offense for the Spurs, though, penetrating and kicking to Tony Parker for an open three. Spurs by 15. LeBron James would answer quickly, however, dropping in a two on the Heat's next touch. 97-84 Spurs.
Boris Diaw draws another personal foul by the Heat on the Spurs' next possession, putting Miami over the limit. Diaw hits one of two to bring the lead to 14.
From there it goes Ray Allen turnover, followed by Tony Parker turnover (LeBron's fifth steal), then followed by a great defensive play by Leonard in transition - throwing off Ray Allen's rhythm on a layup. Spurs get the board and Dwyane Wade commits another Heat foul.
We go to an official's timeout with 5:39 left, with San Antonio leading 98-84 and getting two shots after the break from Manu Ginobli.
Ginobli hits both to make it 100-84. On the Heat's next run down the court, James draws Ginobli's fourth foul on an isolation look at the arc. A bad pass, however, leads to an open fast break for the Spurs - with Ginobli putting in the easy layup.
Dwyane Wade and Kawhi Leonard trade twos, as the lead remains 18 with just over four to go.
Rashard Lewis makes his fourth three out of five attempts on the Heat's next touch, getting the disadvantage back down to 15.
Kawhi Leonard just kept chugging though, drawing a foul to pick up another point at the stripe. Spurs by 16 and Leonard with a game-high 29. He would proceed to give the point right back, however, fouling Wade in the act of shooting who hits one of two. 105-90 with 3:16 left.
The arena starts to clear in Miami during an official's timeout, as Rashard Lewis was bleeding and needed to be cleaned up.
The Spurs went back into passing drill mode on their next trip, darting it around until Duncan could get it down low. The Big Fundamental would draw a foul and hit two at the stripe. Lead to 17.
LeBron James would make an aggressive run to the hoop on the Heat's next possession, but would miss a floater to the right of the lane.
Each team traded misses as the clock fell under 2 minutes. The Spurs would continue to run the time down, missing one shot before Leonard grabbed an offensive board. The ball would cycle to Tony Parker who drew a foul on Dwyane Wade. TV timeout as Parker gets two after the break. 107-90 Spurs with 1:36 left.
Parker hits both freebies after the commercial, making it 109-90 San Antonio.
A Miami free throw makes it 109-91 as the American Airlines Arena is silent.
Aron Baynes makes it 111-91 for the Spurs with his first bucket of the game as the Spurs continued to work the clock after a Miami miss.
Miami would get the ball back with 31 seconds left, failing to convert on their first shot attempt. However, the Spurs would step out of bounds on the rebound giving it back to the Heat in a garbage time sequence.
Norris Cole drew a foul and picked up one of two at the line, as that does it after a Spurs rebound on the missed second attempt. Spurs win 111-92.
Kawhi Leonard led all scorers with 29 points as the Spurs regain home-court advantage after splitting the first two with Miami at home. San Antonio leads the series 2-1 with Game 4 in Miami on Thursday.
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