Miami pressured the Pacers at both ends of the court and took control of the game with a 33-16 second quarter and led 52-37 at halftime. Bosh didn't have a great scoring game (nine points) but he grabbed eight rebounds, his series high against a team that rendered him ineffective for a majority of the series. The question was, what would the Heat get from Wade and Chris Bosh, who had struggled offensively against the defensive-minded Pacers. Miami knew what it would get from LeBron James, who finished with what is standard fare for him: 32 points, eight rebounds and four assists. "We'll enjoy this," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said, "for a short period of time." In that Game 7, Wade had 21 points and nine rebounds, was active defensively and looked like his old self as the Heat destroyed the Indiana Pacers 99-76 in an anticlimactic conclusion to what had been a captivating and competitive series. "Everything that happened in first six games didn't matter to us," Wade said. It is a big reason the Heat are in their third consecutive Finals.
That's because he ignored it going into Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals and had his best game of the series. The Cavaliers and Warriors putting on a classic game that kept viewers transfixed until the final buzzer certainly helped, too.MIAMI - Dwyane Wade will pay no attention to any criticism of his game as the Miami Heat get ready to play the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals beginning Thursday. With James' quest to bring Cleveland its first major championship since 1964, the Warriors attempting to complete a historically great season and a number of fascinating minor storylines, the recipe was perfect for Game 7 to be a record-setting broadcast. James became just the third player in league history to record a triple-double (27 points, 11 assists, 11 rebounds) in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, joining Elgin Baylor and Jerry West.Ĭleveland also became the first team in Finals history and 11th in NBA history to recover from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven series. Spurred on by series MVP LeBron James, the Cavaliers knocked off the Warriors, 93-89, in Oracle Arena. That's the highest average viewership for an event that was not related to the World Cup. ESPN also announced the game averaged 598,000 viewers on its streaming platform, WatchESPN.
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