Curry's 36 leads Warriors past Heat, 123-114 (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPgbUWnddX-Mma2vJeoHWl122n6VXKh_zQwrP0HzbvsbNsVX0nFPnbwlOWUGgrSAyLej_LuFGAJIFWYDwMoP5QXOv8XE7gnUbdtMYeoylKetiUlDk9y3PYhyobE3VOmoNX6tFE3tx0qo/s1600/201401022101756738051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPgbUWnddX-Mma2vJeoHWl122n6VXKh_zQwrP0HzbvsbNsVX0nFPnbwlOWUGgrSAyLej_LuFGAJIFWYDwMoP5QXOv8XE7gnUbdtMYeoylKetiUlDk9y3PYhyobE3VOmoNX6tFE3tx0qo/s320/201401022101756738051.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388760495902_5287" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">MIAMI (AP) -- Game-high in points. Game-high in assists. Game-high in steals. Oh, and for good measure, he made as many 3-pointers as the entire <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="8" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/mia" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Miami Heat</a> roster.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"><section class="yom-mod " data-ylk="mid:mediacontentrelatedstory;mpos:1;elm:hdln;elmt:ct;cat:Related Stories;rspns:nav;t1:a3;itc:0;sec:lst-ct;" id="mediacontentrelatedstory" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></section></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388760495902_5296" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="9" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4612" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Stephen Curry</a> had another night to remember.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388760495902_5306" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="10" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/gsw" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388760495902_5305" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Golden State Warriors</a> continued their surge.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388760495902_5315" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Curry finished with 36 points, 12 assists, four steals and made eight 3-pointers, <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="11" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3956" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">David Lee</a> finished with 32 points and 14 rebounds, and the Warriors ran past the Heat 123-114 Thursday night to extend the NBA's longest current winning streak to seven games.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Curry was spectacular,'' Warriors coach <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="12" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/156040" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Mark Jackson</a> said. ''If he doesn't make the All-Star team, I might retire.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">If the Heat had a vote, Jackson's job would be safe.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-scores yom-sports-match-score yom-sports-scorething js" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Thu, Jan 2, 2014</h3></div><div class="bd" style="color: black; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="yom-sports-scorething-day"><table class="nba boxes" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px auto; width: 280px;"><tbody class=" final game link" data-index="0" data-url="/nba/golden-state-warriors-miami-heat-2014010214/" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><tr class="team away winner" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 3px 8px 1px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nba large gs" style="background-color: #042a5c; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nba-40-1550761.png); background-position: -800px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Golden State</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 3px 0px 0px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">123</span></td><td class="links" colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 5px;"><span class="meta" style="color: #888888; display: block; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><a class="no-pjax" data-rapid_p="1" data-ylk="lt:s;sec:mod-sch;slk:game;itc:0;ltxt:;tar:sports.yahoo.com;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/golden-state-warriors-miami-heat-2014010214/" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Final</a></span></td></tr><tr class="team home " style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 8px 3px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nba large mia" style="background-color: #252525; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nba-40-1550761.png); background-position: -480px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Miami</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">114</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''One of the best shooters this NBA will see,'' Heat star LeBron James said. ''I mean, if you can find a better shooter than him right now, especially with the way he handles the ball - and the light that he has, it's more than green, it's fluorescent - you just hope that he misses.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">He did miss a few. Just not very many.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Curry was 13 for 22 from the floor, 8 of 15 from beyond the arc. Lee made 13 of 17 shots. The Warriors made 15 3-pointers; the Heat managed only eight.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''It's a good experience against a championship-caliber team,'' Curry said. ''They know how to get it done so to come in here and play the way we did, it shows we're on the right path.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Klay Thompson scored 16 points and Harrison Barnes added 15 for the Warriors.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsgameleaders_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-game-leaders" data-gid="nba.g.2014010214" id="mediasportsgameleaders" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Game Leaders</h3></div><div class="bd league-nba" style="color: black; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><ul class="players" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="1" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4612/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Stephen Curry"><img alt="Stephen Curry" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/0lsXWUoznPLF29qt9JwXeg--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTg2MDtjcj0xO2N3PTY2MDtkeD0xO2R5PTE7Zmk9dWxjcm9wO2g9MjE1O3E9MTAwO3c9MTY1/http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/i/us/sp/v/nba/players_l/20121217/4612.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="2" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4612/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#30, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="3" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/gsw/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Golden State</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="border: 0px;"><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Points Scored: 36"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Pts:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">36</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Total Rebounds: 2"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Reb:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">2</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Assists: 12"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Ast:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">12</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="4" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3704/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="LeBron James"><img alt="LeBron James" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/rmVsnrQpU888BwJDbouLbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTg2MDtjcj0xO2N3PTY2MDtkeD0xO2R5PTE7Zmk9dWxjcm9wO2g9MjE1O3E9MTAwO3c9MTY1/http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/i/us/sp/v/nba/players_l/20121217/3704.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="5" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3704/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#6, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="6" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/mia/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Miami</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="border: 0px;"><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Points Scored: 26"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Pts:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">26</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Total Rebounds: 5"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Reb:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">5</td></tr><tr style="background-color: transparent;" title="Assists: 5"><th class="stat" scope="row" style="background-color: #e3e7ec; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; padding: 8px;">Ast:</th><td class="value" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">5</td></tr></tbody></table></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">James scored 26 points and <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="13" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3708" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Dwyane Wade</a> added 22 for the Heat, who had all five starters in double figures. Chris Bosh scored 19, Mario Chalmers had 17 and Shane Battier added 11 for Miami.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But the Heat allowed Golden State to shoot 56 percent, plus finish with a 40-31 rebounding edge.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''They played a heck of a ball game,'' Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. ''They deserved to win this one.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">About the only blip for the Warriors were turnovers. They had 20, which Miami turned into 32 points. Without those, this might have been a lot worse.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''More than anything it keeps the ball rolling,'' Lee said after matching his season-high for scoring. ''Anytime you play the champions like this it's a measuring point. Tonight was no exception.''</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp portrait onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="14" data-uuid="148d2a05-4710-3c12-8c78-96bdcbf877de" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/curry-39-36-leads-warriors-photo-030751877--nba.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Curry&#39;s 36 leads Warriors past Heat, 123-114"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 427px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Curry&#39;s 36 leads Warriors past Heat, 123-114" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="427" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9KrFYz019c7ecAM3yTtL.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTQyNztxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401022004722897872" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson gestures during the first half of an NBA basketball game ag …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">They were sizzling from the get-go. The Warriors opened by making 11 of their first 13 shots - and somewhat unbelievably, were trailing at time, down 29-28 for a few seconds late in the first quarter.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Golden State scored on 14 of its first 21 possessions and led 38-33 after the opening quarter, putting up the highest point total for any period against the Heat this season. Things cooled, albeit slightly, in the second, and the Warriors went into the break with a 65-61 advantage.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And then the third quarter was all about Curry.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">He was dazzling, wowing Julius Erving at one end, Johnny Manziel on the other and pretty much frustrating the Heat at all points in between.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Nothing you can do,'' Wade said. ''You contest it and hope he misses.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Curry went on a personal 7-0 run early in the period, all of them jumpers, one where he gave a quick look-back to James after a high-arcing, high-difficulty connection from the right corner. That barrage gave Golden State a 13-point lead, and a 3 from Curry put the Warriors up 91-76 with 3:27 left in the quarter.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Curry had 14 in the quarter, matching his output from the entire first half. The lead was down to nine entering the fourth, down to six when James made a 3-pointer with 5:18 left - but Curry's final 3 of the night pushed the margin back to nine with about 3 minutes remaining, and the Heat never got closer.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Vintage Steph,'' Lee said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">NOTES: Golden State's 123 points were the most allowed by the Heat at home in a non-overtime game since James, Wade and Bosh became teammates. ... Attendance was 20,350, tying the largest home regular-season crowd for the Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena. ... 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