SPURS CRUSH HEAT, TAKE 3-1 SERIES LEAD

Last year the Spurs were on the brink of a championship and it slipped from their grasps. Now here they are again and it would take the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history for the Heat to be champions for the third straight year. “They’re the two-time champs, they’re a great team and there is still one more game,” Spurs guard Tony Parker said. “We have to win one more game.”

Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and 14 rebounds, Tony Parker added 19 points and Tim Duncan chipped in 10 points and 11 rebounds2 to lead the Spurs in a 107-86 rout of Miami.”I’m pleased that they performed as well as they did while we’ve been in Miami, and that’s about as far as it goes,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “Now we’ve got to go back home and play as well or better.” Game 5 is Sunday in San Antonio and with a win the Spurs will be champions.

“They smashed us,” Lebron James who had 28 points and 8 rebounds. said. “Two straight home games got off to awful starts. They came in and were much better than us in these last two games. It’s just that simple.” No team HAS EVER came back from a 3-1 hole in the finals. “We put ourselves in a position where it is about making history,” James said.