In the second half, the Nets fought back as they cut the deficit to 4, but they got no closer as the Bulls prevailed with a 99–93 victory. One of only three players to win NBA MVP, All star MVP and Finals MVP in the same year, he also won four NBA Championships and made the All-Star team 15 times throughout his career.Such was his legacy in the NBA that he has had his jersey retired by both the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers, and was named NBA scoring champion twice.Undoubtedly one of the biggest names in modern basketball, Curry has already competed in five consecutive NBA Finals, winning three.He has lived up to the potential the Warriors saw in him, making him a first round draft pick from Davidson College.

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This was the 12th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning eight of the first 11 meetings.

The Bulls stunned the Heat in Game 1 with a 93–86 victory.

The second brackets indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to date. The Spurs finished the regular season with 58 wins, finishing in first place in the This was the Miami Heat's fourth appearance in the NBA Finals and the third appearance for three straight years, attempting to win their third NBA championship.

The 2013 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2012–13 season. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The If there were more than two teams tied, the team that wins the tiebreaker gets the highest seed, while the other teams were "re-broken" from the first step until all ties were resolved. The Heat entered the fourth quarter with a 62–58 lead and led 86–83 with just over two minutes to play when the Bulls scored the game's final 10 points.

This was the first playoff meeting between the Heat and the Spurs.The following records were set or tied during the playoffs: After Marco Bellinelli's game-tying three-pointer knotted the game at 86, Nate Robinson took over, scoring two consecutive shots to put the Bulls up 90–86 with just over 40 seconds left.

The Heat finished with the best regular season record, recording a league leading 66 wins, and first place in the The Heat won both games they played against the Spurs during the regular season: 105–100 on November 29, 2012, and 88–86 on March 31, 2013.

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They were 0–6 in their last 6 road Game 7's. Although they finally closed to within one point, 75–74, with 3:05 left in the third quarter, they could not overtake and San Antonio started to pull away after that. Allen made both free throws to put Miami up 103–100.

4-2. The National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals is the championship … Curry would score to cut the deficit to 1-point with 32 seconds left.

An NBA champion needs to boast a top-eight scoring differential and top-eight net rating per 100 possessions. That score would hold all the way down to final moments, where Dwyane Wade missed a jumper trying to extend the lead, and San Antonio getting the rebound with 12 seconds left. The 2012-2013 NBA season is in the books, as the Heat snuck past the Spurs in one of the better Finals series in league history.

2013 NBA Playoffs; Standings; Schedule and Results; Leaders; Stats. During that run, San Antonio bounced back in Game 3, setting the Finals record for most three-pointers in a game (16), and giving the Heat their worst loss in franchise playoff history.

2013 NBA Finals Spurs vs. Heat 2012 Finals 2014 Finals. The National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of its postseason.All Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner …

The Nets led wire-to-wire as they routed the Bulls 106–89 to take a 1–0 series lead. This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bulls winning four of the first six meetings. The Big Three (the trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh) for Miami finally came together in a big way.San Antonio used a marquee shooting performance to down the Heat and take a 3–2 series lead. Nate Robinson caught fire, scoring 23 points in the 4th quarter, including 12 unanswered points as the Bulls cut the deficit to 109–107 with just over one minute remaining.

This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Thunder/SuperSonics franchise winning five of the first six meetings.