The 2014 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2013–14 season of the National Basketball Association. The San Antonio Spurs defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat in five games for the Spurs’ fifth NBA championship in franchise history. This was a Finals rematch from the previous NBA season, which Miami had won in seven games, handing the Spurs the franchise’s first-ever Finals defeat. The Spurs outscored the Heat in the series by the second-largest average point differential in Finals history.
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The 2014 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2013–14 season of the National Basketball Association. The San Antonio Spurs defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat in five games for the Spurs’ fifth NBA championship in franchise history. This was a Finals rematch from the previous NBA season, which Miami had won in seven games, handing the Spurs the franchise’s first-ever Finals defeat. The Spurs outscored the Heat in the series by the second-largest average point differential in Finals history, and ended their chances of a three-peat. San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard was named the Finals Most Valuable Player. This tournament was the latest to start until the 2020 edition, which was not played until September and October due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. This marked the 12th Finals rematch, but only the fifth since the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. For the first time since 1984, the Finals were played in a 2–2–1–1-1 format. The series began on June 5 and ended on June 15, with each team winning at home. The regular season series was split 1–1, withEach team won at home: The Spurs rebounded from their seven-game loss to Miami in the 2013 Finals to win the series, 4–1.
The Heat were the first team since the 1987 Boston Celtics to make it to four straight NBA Finals, and only the fourth team in NBA history to achieve that goal, besides the 1966 Boston Celtics and the 1986-87 Boston Celtics. After winning their first four over nine seasons, this was their first since 2007. San Antonio blew out Miami in each of their four wins. The Spurs finished the playoffs by 12 wins by 15 points or more, the most ever in the postseason. The Miami Heat had won 11 straight games in the playoffs, the fifth longest in league history. They were seeking to become the first NBA team to three-repeat since the 2002 Los Angeles Lakers. They had an 11–14 record in the last 25 games, and had won two back-to-back wins in the 2012 and 2013 playoffs. They eliminated the Brooklyn Nets and won 4–0 in the Conference Semifinals, despite being swept by Brooklyn in the regular season. In their third consecutive Conference Finals, they eliminated the Oklahoma City Thunder and won the series 4–2, despitebeing swept by Oklahoma City in theRegular season.
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