The San Antonio Spurs turned the rematch with the Miami Heat into no match at all.
The Spurs finished off a dominant run to their fifth NBA championship Sunday night, ending the Heat's two-year title reign with a 104-87 victory that wrapped up the series in five games.
Here they are again, back on the brink of a championship.
It slipped away from the San Antonio Spurs last year, but it would take something special -- historic, actually -- to stop them now.
No cramps, no problems for LeBron James.
And with their superstar making it to the finish this time, the Miami Heat bounced back from a loss, just as they always do in the playoffs.
"Beat the Heat!" had a whole new meaning in a sweltering start to the NBA Finals.
The San Antonio Spurs handled the conditions, and the team, and it sure helped when a suffering LeBron James couldn't make it to the finish.
There's been a lot of talk regarding a billboard that might be real or fake regarding the Spurs/Heat NBA Finals. The idea regarding the built vs. bought notion is one that rather drives me crazy.
Ricky Rubio scored 23 points and Gorgui Dieng had 12 points and 15 rebounds, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 110-91 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.