Miami Heat 59 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder 49: Second Quarter Breakdown Game 5- NBA Finals 2012
After making an impressive start to the game, Miami Heat continued to dominate the proceedings in the second quarter against Oklahoma City Thunder and were holding a double digit lead 59-49 at the halfway mark of Game 5.
LeBron James put up 8 points in the period to take his total to 15 for the game. The intensity with which James had this Miami team playing was impressive. They were working together on both ends of the floor and were looking to
dominate the young Thunder squad.
Dwyane Wade conjured up 5 points in the period while Chris Bosh mustered up 10 points till the half. Mario Chalmers managed to get 3 points and 1 assist in the period.
The impressive long range display continued for Mike Miller as he managed to knock down another couple of treys to take his total to 12 points for the game on a 4 of 4 shooting from behind the three point line. He however committed
four personal fouls and had to be taken off by Miami coach Erik Spoelstra deep into the period.
On the other hand, Kevin Durant was still leading his team with 14 points till the half but also had 3 turnovers to his name. Russell Westbrook was right behind him with 13 points. James Harden managed to 6 points in the period,
taking his tally to 8 points. Serge Ibaka managed to get 2 points while Derek Fisher came off the bench for 5 points of his own in the second quarter.
The struggle for OKC was not that they could not keep up to pace with Miami in transition but the problem was that they were unable to knock down most of their shots.
Durant and Westbrook were responsible for missing several of their field goal attempts and Harden once again failed to show up.
Things started to get a little physical late in the period when Kendrick Perkins was hit with an offensive foul for his first turnover in the game. Scott Brooks opted to replace the big man on the floor with veteran point guard
Fisher.
While the Thunder struggled, Miami seemed to be kicking on all cylinders. They were passing the ball, making innovative team plays on the offense and had the younger OKC unit on the run for most of the frame.
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