2014 NBA Finals
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| Dates | June 5–15 | ||||||||||
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Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs) |
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United States: English: ABC and ESPN3 Spanish: ESPN Deportes Canada: TSN |
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| Announcers | ABC:
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| Radio network | ESPN Radio | ||||||||||
| Announcers | Kevin Calabro and Hubie Brown | ||||||||||
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| Eastern Finals | Heat defeated Pacers, 4–2 | ||||||||||
| Western Finals | Spurs defeated Thunder, 4–2 | ||||||||||
| Game 1: | Scott Foster, Marc Davis, Ken Mauer |
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| Game 2: | Dan Crawford, James Capers, Jason Phillips |
| Game 3: | Monty McCutchen, Tony Brothers, Zach Zarba |
| Game 4: | Joe Crawford, Mike Callahan, Tom Washington |
| Game 5: | Scott Foster, Marc Davis, Ken Mauer |
The 2014 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2013–14 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat in five games (4–1) for the Spurs' fifth NBA championship in the franchise's history. The Spurs outscored the Heat in the series by the largest average point differential (14.0) in Finals history. San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard was named the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP).
This was a finals rematch from the previous NBA season, which Miami won in seven games, handing the Spurs the franchise's first ever Finals defeat in 2013. This marked the 12th Finals rematch, but only the fifth since the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The Spurs had home-court advantage since the team finished the regular season with a better record (62–20) than the Heat (54–28). For the first time since 1984, the Finals was played in a 2–2–1–1–1 format (Games 1 and 2 at home for the higher seeded team, Games 3 and 4 at home for the lower seeded team, Game 5 at the higher, Game 6 at the lower, and Game 7 at the higher). The series began on June 5, 2014, and ended on June 15, 2014.
Although LeBron James did not repeat as league MVP, he was still among the top players in the league for the two-time defending champions. Dwyane Wade was rested regularly during the regular season to preserve his knees, but returned to his old form during the playoffs. The third All-Star of the Big Three for Miami, Chris Bosh, played well to end the Eastern Conference Finals.
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