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Miami Heat's LeBron James (L) bumps chests with Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant - Source: Reuters
End game: Heat 91 - 85 OKC
The Heat hang on to go up 2-1 in the series to put them in the same position as last year's finals.
Game four to come on Wednesday. Tune in again here on tvnz.co.nz for more live scoring updates of that match.
Heat 91 - 85 OKC
Westbrook 3-pointer misses to end things. The Heat take it out to claim game three.
Heat 91 - 85 OKC
Westbrook foul, costly turnover for OKC: Wade makes 2 from 2.
Heat 89 - 85 OKC
Oklahoma City team timeout.
Heat 89 - 85 OKC
Blocking foul on James Harden: James misses first free throw, nails the second.
Heat 88 - 85 OKC
Sefolosha foul: Bosh free throw 2 from 2.
Heat 86 - 85 OKC
Miami team timeout.
Heat 86 - 85 OKC
Sefolosha reverse dunk shot, Westbrook jump shot.
Heat 86 - 79 OKC
James drives inside and puts it in off the glass with 2.07 remaining...
Heat 84 - 79 OKC
Durant catch and shoot, OKC pet play.
Heat 84 - 77 OKC
Oklahoma City team timeout.
Heat 84 - 77 OKC
James layup followed by a driving dunk, then free throw 1 of 1.
Heat 81 - 77 OKC
Wade free thrrow 1 of 1.
Heat 80 - 77 OKC
Wade drives to make a floating jump shot to give him 22 so far.
Heat 78 - 77 OKC
Miami team timeout.
Heat 78 - 77 OKC
James free throw, makes 2 of 2.
Heat 76 - 75 OKC
Harden makes layup shot.
Heat 74 - 73 OKC
Westbrook unleashes a pull-up jumper before Durant
hammers in an alley-oop jam to get back within a point. This is
what the Thunder missed in that third quarter.
Heat 74 - 69 OKC
James Jones knocks down a three before Haslem pulls off a
block for the Heat. Hosts ahead by 5.
Heat 71 - 69 OKC
Fisher and Haslem trade field goals to open the final
quarter.
Third Quarter: Heat 69 - 67 OKC
Heat 69 - 67 OKC
James weighs in with a 3 pointer. Thunder have been
stagnant since Durant left the court. And that's the third
quarter.
Heat 66 - 67 OKC
Harden has one more from the line. Wade jump-hooks for
two, then nabs a couple of free throws as well. One-point game
again.
Heat 62 - 66 OKC
James Jones goes to the free throw line twice, and comes
away with full points both times. Harden gets a free throw at the
other end.
Heat 58 - 65 OKC
Shane Battier sinks two free throws after being fouled by
Ibaka.
Heat 56 - 65 OKC
James gets his first points of the half. Heat then give
up two offensive rebounds to send Serge Ibaka to the line. He comes
away with one.
Heat 54 - 64 OKC
Derek Fisher has been hot from beyond the arc today, and
he nails another three AND draws the foul. Converts the four-point
play.
Heat 54 - 60 OKC
Wade then draws a foul from Durant and that's Durant's
fourth. He takes a seat as Harden comes on. Wade gets one from the
free throw line.
Heat 53 - 60 OKC
Durant scores again, but Wade gets an easy bucket to stay
7 adrift.
Heat 51 - 58 OKC
Durant chimes in with a tip-in 2.
Heat 51 - 56 OKC
Super drive and layup from Westbrook on the back of a Ibaka field
goal puts the visitors ahead by five. Good start to the second half
by them.
Heat 49 - 52 OKC
Durant makes two free throws to edge OKC ahead again,
before Westbrook and Sefalosha combine to nail an alley-oop.
Heat 49 - 48 OKC
Dwayne Wade begins scoring in the second round with two free
throws. Durant makes a jump shot in response.
Halftime: Heat 47 - 46 OKC
James (16 pts) and Wade (11) are the big scorers for the
Heat in that first half, while Durant and Westbrook (both 13) head
up the scoreboard for Oklahoma City.
Heat 47 - 46 OKC
Battier nails another three, but Westbrook responds by
sinking one as well. Little to separate the teams in the first
half.
Heat 44 - 41 OKC
LeBron James drives and draws the foul. Gets the shot off
too - so that's a 3-point play.
Heat 41 - 41 OKC
Durant knocks down a pull-up jump shot, but Shane Battier
gets a big three at the other end.
Heat 38 - 38 OKC
OKC get two back to tie it up, before a timeout is
called.
Heat 38 - OKC 36
LeBron and Wade combine on the baseline to produce a
3-point play. Great reverse layup that draws the foul.
Heat 35 - OKC 36
Perkins' free throws give the visitors the lead. Bosh can't get the
shot off before the clock runs out.
Heat 35 - OKC 34
Wade gets two more, before Westbrook passes off to Derek
Fisher who knocks down the first three-pointer of the
game.
Heat 33 - OKC 31
Durant nails a turnaround jump shot. Wade gets the ball
on the break and lays it up for the Heat.
Heat 31 - OKC 29
LeBron goes to the free throw line and comes away with
two.
Heat 30 - OKC 29
Russell Westbrook backs up, and throws in a pull-up
jumper. One-point game. Wade shoots air at the other end.
Heat 30 - OKC 27
Haslem gets two free throws, but James Harden drives in
the lane to pick up an And1.
End of first quarter. Heat 26 - OKC 20.
Heat 26 - OKC 20
Durant stops in the lane to put up a good hook shot.
Udonis Haslem hits two free throws on the next possession.
Heat 24 - 18 OKC
Miller and Nick Collisson then get trips to the free
throw line, but Collison can't find the net for OKC. James quickly
scores on the break.
Heat 20 - 18 OKC
Mike Miller crashes the perimeter and gets a tip in.
Westbrook at the line at the other end, sinks both.
Heat 14 - 12 OKC
James gets an easy layup after Wade gets an offensive
rebound. OKC get two at the other end.
Heat 12 - 10 OKC
Kevin Durant gets on the board to tie the match up, but
the Bosh gets two more to restore the slim lead.
Heat 12 - 8 OKC
Russell Westbrook sinks a jumper, and Kendrick Perkins follows it
up with another 2. James hits a jump shot at the other end.
Heat 10 - 4 OKC
Dwyane Wade nets two more and the Heat are surging to an early lead
here. OKC are notoriously slow starters, but they had vowed to
reverse that trend in game 3. So far, no good for the
visitors.
Heat 8 -4 OKC
And all of a sudden it's 8-4. Quick start to the game there. James, Wade, Bosh, Perkins and Sefalosha are all on the board.
Tip-off
Heat get the ball first up, but the shot isn't good. The
American Airlines Arena is alld ecked out in white for the home
team.
Pre-match
Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder are all tied up at
one game apiece, as the teams head to Miami for the first
time.
The Thunder came back from an early deficit to run away with the
first game, before the Heat helf off a spirited surge from the
hosts to take the second match.
Can Kevin Durant and company regain the series lead? Or will the
Heat be too difficult to overcome at home?