Sports Genius
Live Blogging Game 5 of the NBA Finals
6:40: 20 minutes to go! Can the Heat keep the three-peat dream alive, or can the Big Fundamental finally pick up his fifth ring?
6:53: Spurs fans are getting into the spirit of things.
7:01: Kevin Love may or may not be heading to San Antonio next season.
7:18: Safe to say LeBron doesn't want this series to end! He slams a putback dunk and the Heat are up 8-0. Spurs timeout.
7:21: Kawhi Leonard with his first triple of the game!
7:22: Tony Parker has seen some terrible things, Part II.
7:25: It's been a minute, but Samuel L. Jackson's poetry following Game 4 deserves a mention.
7:28: Miami's passing the ball like the Spurs had been passing it the whole series.
7:33: Kawhi Leonard is automatic from three. 'Nuff said.
7:34: Spurs getting hot from beyond the arc. So what does LeBron do? Hit a 3 pointer from Austin with the shot clock running down.
7:37: Norris Cole to the scorers' table instead of Mario Chalmers.
7:38: So far, the Spurs have 12 bench points while the Heat have 0.
7:42: At the end of the 1st, the Heat are up 29-22.
7:48: Green with another missed three? What's happening?
7:51: Let's use this time-out to acknowledge James' and Parker's talents outside of the game.
7:52: Spurs shooting 8 for 27 so far (29.6%). So un-Spurslike.
8:05: Leonard hits a three for Spurs to take the lead for the first time! 4:48 to go in the second.
8:10 Spurs are currently on a 25-8 run
8:11: El Contusione makes the deafening Spurs crowd go absolutely wild with a drive to the basket!
8:24: Diaw is the game's assist leader with three.
8:19: Halftime! Spurs lead 47-40.
8:37: 3rd quarter underway. Will the Spurs have a better start than they did when the game began?
8:40: With that brick, Tony Parker has still not scored in Game 5.
8:41: 8:52 to go in the third and nothing is going in.
8:51: The Heat have scored 13 points in the last 17 minutes. The only way they could look any worse was if Roy Hibbert was starting for them.
8:51: After a fairly slow start, Spurs now lead by 14. Are the Heat's flames about to go out?
8:55: Splitter gets his revenge on Heat with a huge block!
8:58: Spurs now have a 17 point lead!
9:04: Spurs fans are now mocking the chant Heat fans stole from soccer fans.
9:06: Patty Mills in on fire, hitting his fifth from down under.
9:08: Parker is slightly less hot - finally picking up his first points of the game - not that it's holding them back!
9:23: Good Ol' JR wants to put an end to it!
9:34: It's not NBA Jam, but Parker is heating up!
9:37: Only a miracle could get the Heat back in this now
9:45: It's so close. Spurs players getting a huge ovation at the AT&T Center.
9:48: It's all over! The San Antonio Spurs are your 2014 NBA Champions!
10:05: Kawhi Leonard is the Finals MVP and, true to form, doesn't say all that much. It's a special one (and night) for him! That's all from us tonight, good night!