Spurs Freeze Heat – NBA Roundup For June 12th

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs relied on their outside shooting in taking a two-games-to-one lead in the NBA Finals.

The Spurs set a finals record for three-pointers made, going 16-for-32 to post a 113-77 pounding of the Miami Heat. Danny Green drained seven shots from beyond the arc and finished with 27 points. Gary Neal made six three-pointers and finished with 24, including a trey that beat the halftime buzzer.

Tim Duncan bounced back from his worst game ever in the finals, finishing with 12 points and 14 rebounds.

The Spurs already led by 15 before scoring the first 13 points of the fourth quarter. Miami never drew closer than 31 points following Green's final three-pointer of the night with six minutes left.

LeBron James shot just 7-for-21 and finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds. The four-time MVP missed 11 of his first 13 shots before scoring seven straight points near the end of the first half.

Dwyane (dwayn) Wade had a team-high 16 points for the Heat, who were coming off a 103-84 victory in Miami.

Game 4 is Thursday in San Antonio, where the Heat have won just three times in 26 tries.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is apparently on his way to the Charlotte Bobcats as their new associate head coach. A person familiar with the situation says the Bobcats and the 50-year old Ewing have reached an agreement in principle. The person spoke to The Associated Press Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the hire has not yet been made official.

Ewing worked for five years as an assistant coach with the Magic alongside Steve Clifford, who was hired as the Bobcats head coach last month.

The 50-year-old Ewing was a teammate of Bobcats owner Michael Jordan on the 1992 USA Olympic "Dream Team" that won gold at the Barcelona Games.