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San Antonio lead Miami by six points at halftime in Game Six

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tim Duncan scored 25 points as the San Antonio Spurs snatched a 50-44 halftime lead over the Miami Heat in Tuesday's Game Six of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals. Duncan shot 11-of-13 from the floor as the Spurs overturned a six-point deficit in the second quarter to lead the defending champions by six at the break. Kawhi Leonard scored 10 points for the Spurs while Mario Chalmers led the Heat with 14, including two from behind the arc.

NBA: NBA Finals result

Result on Tuesday from the best-of-seven NBA Finals: at Miami Miami 103 San Antonio 100 (overtime) (Series level 3-3) afp

Heat face crunch time in bid to keep Finals alive

By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - An enthralling NBA Finals reaches Game Six later on Tuesday with the San Antonio Spurs one win away from clinching their fifth championship and the Miami Heat knowing they must win to keep their season alive. The Spurs ended their run of three home games with an explosive 114-104 win over Miami on Sunday to go 3-2 up in the best-of-seven series, and history suggests that gives them the edge.

Preview: Spurs at Heat

The San Antonio Spurs are one win away from their fifth NBA title and the Miami Heat need a series-saving victory when Game 6 of the NBA Finals is played Tuesday. San Antonio took a 3-2 lead with a 114-104 victory Sunday behind a season-best game from Manu Ginobili and another superb performance from 3-point shooter Danny Green. Miami is vying to become the fourth team to rally from a 3-2 deficit with two homecourt victories.

NBA: Spurs to go for broke in game six

The San Antonio Spurs are making a habit of winning bounce back games in the 2013 National Basketball Association playoffs. The Spurs have lost four games in the post-season and each time they have rebounded with an impressive victory. In the NBA finals, they were blown out 103-84 by the Heat in game two, but bounced back to win by 36 in game three, 113-77. They lost 109-93 in game four, then jumped out to an early lead and never trailed in a 114-104 win Sunday in game five.

Miami's Big Three on brink of another Finals letdown

By Frank Pingue SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Nearly three years after the formation of a partnership designed with the sole purpose of winning multiple NBA championships, the Miami Heat's 'Big Three' - LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh - are on the cusp of a second Finals letdown. The All Star trio have been unable to prevent Miami falling 3-2 behind to the San Antonio Spurs in the best-of-seven championship series with the next two games scheduled for South Florida on Tuesday and Thursday.

NBA: Parker not your typical Frenchman

San Antonio Spurs TV announcer Sean Elliott says Tony Parker's gritty performance in game five of the NBA finals shows he's not your typical French citizen. "Everything that they've said about French people doesn't apply to him. It just doesn't apply. He's as tough as they come," Elliott told the San Antonio Express-News. Parker had a game-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field despite playing with a mild hamstring strain in the Spurs 114-104 win over the Miami Heat on Sunday.

Spurs outpace Heat 114-104 to take 3-2 series lead

San Antonio, Jun 17 (EFE).- The Spurs' top players returned to form as San Antonio beat Miami 114-104 to take a 3-2 lead over the defending champion Heat in the best-of-seven NBA Final. Though playing with an injured hamstring, Tony Parker led the Spurs with 26 points, and 36-year-old Manu Ginobili, who has been struggling in the finals, contributed 24 points and 10 assists. Danny Green was also key for San Antonio, hitting six of 10 three-pointers.

NBA: Spurs on brink of another NBA title

Red-hot Danny Green scored 11 of his 24 points in the second quarter to lead San Antonio to a 114-104 win over Miami Sunday and to the brink of a fifth NBA championship in Spurs history. The Spurs seized a 3-2 lead and can wrap up the best-of-seven series against the reigning champion Heat with a victory on Tuesday in Miami. The Spurs came out swinging in game five, jumping out to an 8-4 lead and never trailing in front of a crowd of 18,581 at the AT&T Center. Their lead ballooned to as many as 20 in the fourth quarter.

NBA: NBA finals result

Result on Sunday from the NBA championship series (series best-of-seven): at San Antonio San Antonio 114 Miami 104 (San Antonio leads series 3-2) afp
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