LeBron James scored 32 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Dwyane Wade matched his postseason high with 21 points, and the Heat ran away from the Indiana Pacers 99-76 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night.
In the NBA Finals for the third straight year, the Heat will play the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 on Thursday in Miami.
The Heat had alternated wins and losses with the Pacers in the first six games of the series, and were coming off their worst offensive outing of the season in Game 6.
Miami led by as many as 28 points, a shocking amount for a series that had an aggregate score of Heat 569, Pacers 564 entering Monday night. The Heat actually trailed by six in the early going and were still down 21-19 after the first quarter, and it was starting to look like it would be one of those down-to-the-wire nights.
Ray Allen added 10 points for Miami, which earned its 78th victory of the season, matching the 11th-best single-season total in NBA history.
Roy Hibbert scored 18 points for the Pacers, who got 14 from David West, 13 from George Hill and 10 from Lance Stephenson. All-Star Paul George was held to seven points on 2-for-9 shooting and fouled out early in the fourth quarter.
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