体坛英语新闻："Big 3" total 85 as Heat beat Spurs to get 2-2

SAN ANTONIO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Miami "Big Three" collected as many as 85 points to help the Heat go past San Antonio Spurs 109-93 for a Game 4 victory on Thursday, drawing the series 2-2 and getting back the home court advantage for the defending champion.

LeBron James, the four-time NBA MVP who spoiled the last game by just scoring 4 in the first half, snatched a game-high 33 points from his aggressive offense. Dwyane Wade finished at 32 points and 6 steals. Chris Bosh contributed 20 points and 13 rebounds. ' "It's a little bit of everything, that they've provided for us," said Heat coach Eric Spoelstra about the "Big Three".

"All of them provided us great energy defensively, and that got us off to a decent start. Quite obviously they are big components to what we do offensively. We run almost every trigger through them."

The solid Heat defense forced 18 turnovers out of the Spurs, and they converted them to 23 points. The away them, much smaller in size, out-rebounded their opponent 41-36, and at the same time resulted 12 more points in the painting area.

"The turnovers obviously hurt us," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.

"We can't give them over 20 points off turnovers. They are too good."

Spurs leader Duncan had a team high 20 points. Tony Parker scored 15, all of which came from the first half.

"That's one of the keys of the series," addressed Parker the turnovers.

"We have to cut out turnovers. They played great defense tonight."

Parker had the hamstring hurt two days ago, and the second half seemed too big a burden for the unhealthy version of him. "It was just fatigue," said Parker. "I just missed the easy shots, and hopefully I'll get more healthy and I'll be better by Sunday."

The host team had a wonderful start of the game, outscoring the Heat 15-5 to force a timeout. The Heat strengthened their defense after the timeout, finishing a couple of fastbreaks to pull the score back.

James and Wade kept attacking the rim, and the Heat extended the lead to nine points into in second quarter. However, the experienced Spurs took the chance in the last three minutes in the first half, delivering an 11-2 spurt to level the score 49-49.

Second half saw the struggle of the Spurs, both offensively and defensively. The four-time NBA champion didn't do enough to stop the "Big Three", and they allowed an 11-point away team lead with less than seven minutes left.

The Heat was nothing but cautious in the finals minutes, keeping pace to take home the 16-point victory.

Game 5 would take place on Sunday on the same court.