After a drive and finger roll by to-that-point-star-of-Game-2 Danny Green, the San Antonio Spurs led the Miami Heat 62-61 with 3:50 remaining in the third quarter. They seemed to have a pretty strong chance of weathering a bad offensive performance from longtime stars Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, and another subpar shooting game from rising sophomore Kawhi Leonard. The Heat looked awkward at times, with MVP LeBron James unable to get on track and Erik Spoelstra's squad unable to get and maintain a lead despite San Antonio's struggles.

And then, it all broke loose.

You can define it however you'd like — a 42-22 run over the next 15:50, a 30-5 run until Gregg Popovich pulled his starters with 7:43 remaining, a 35-9 run until Spoelstra pulled his with 4:58 left — but what happened was basically biblical. The floodgates opened, the Heat roared forth, the Spurs were washed away, and the tide carried both teams back to San Antonio with the 2013 NBA Finals tied at one game apiece.

But how did it happen? Let's look at a few key elements in the epic run that decided Game 2:

• LeBron, unleashed.

Well, duh.

Before the 3:50 mark of the third, he had six points on 2 for 12 shooting, four rebounds, four assists, two steals, two blocks in 29 minutes, 41 seconds. Over the next 10 minutes and 50 seconds: 11 points, 5 for 5 shooting, four rebounds, three assists (all for 3-pointers), one steal and one pretty cool block you might have heard about.

That block kickstarted a sensational, whirlwind 35-second period that BDL Editor Kelly Dwyer called "perhaps the finest quick-hit sequence of playoff basketball we’ve seen since Michael Jordan’s era," which you should really watch one more time:

Jimmy Kimmel has had quite a bit of success getting celebrities to read mean tweets written about them on his ABC late-night program, striking a comedic nerve by having famous people confront and react to some of the awful things that we awful Internet people have to say about them at any given time. On Sunday, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" applied the bit to the NBA as part of ABC's NBA Finals coverage, having a slew of NBA players and related folks read some of the insulting stuff their adoring public is all-too happy to share in (relatively) anonymous 140-character bursts.

Some are milder than others, though I suppose one's definition of "mild" might vary depending on whether or not one is being accused of performing sexual acts with gazelles. And though Kimmel's show has come under some scrutiny in the past for faking some of the tweets participating celebrities recite, these tweets all appear to be quite real; even a couple that no longer appear to exist were still acknowledged/copped to by the people alleged to have written them. Because why not take credit for this?

Yes, LeBron James' mammoth fourth-quarter rejection of a Tiago Splitter dunk came in the midst of a roaring Miami Heat run that turned Game 2 of their NBA Finals series against the San Antonio Spurs into a blowout victory. No, it wasn't a truly game-changing, momentum-shifting play like, say, Roy Hibbert's man-cave-adorning stuff on Carmelo Anthony that sparked an Indiana Pacers win over the New York Knicks. In the grand scheme of the game at hand, it was a play that didn't really "matter."

But, like, of course it mattered.

It was one of the most singularly impressive athletic feats we've seen in the NBA Finals, a signature moment for James that reminded everyone watching that, when push comes to shove, he's the most dominant physical force in the NBA. It was amazing, and worth rewatching and revisiting today. Often, and in myriad forms.

Here it is in super slow motion, courtesy of the NBA's Phantom camera:

Here it is, over and over again, from a wide variety of camera angles, soundtracked by appropriately apoplectic commentary from the folks who called the game:

Here it is, recast as an NBA BIG commercial by intrepid (and talented) YouTube user wonderpulp:

And here are 10 still shots of the moment of truth, each seemingly more ridiculous than the last:

Besides LeBron-on-Tony, what else should we look out for in Game 2? (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images)

After a thrilling start to the NBA Finals that saw the San Antonio Spurs take a 1-0 lead over the Miami Heat thanks to the order-within-chaos brilliance of Tony Parker, both teams, their fans and folks like me have had two full days to digest what happened and think about what comes next. We know Dwyane Wade says Game 2 is a "must-win" for the Heat with three games in San Antonio looming. We know all eyes will be on Chris Bosh every time he tees up a shot, on LeBron James every time he chooses to pass rather than shoot, and on both James and Parker whenever they get matched up one-on-one.

But in addition to those subplots — plus the Spurs' ball security and the way each team shoots from the corners, two key pieces I wrote about Friday — what else should we be keeping an eye on as we head into Game 2? Here are three more questions to consider as we get set for tipoff and pray for another four quarters like the ones we got Thursday:

• Can San Antonio keep getting bodies behind the ball to prevent Miami from getting out in transition?

Among other things, the Heat want more of this in Game 2:

NBA Commissioner David Stern presents Chauncey Billups the Twyman-Stokes Award. (Photo via @NBA)

Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups became the first-ever recipient of the NBA's Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award on Sunday, as first reported by Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Marc J. Spears.

"I pride myself in being a good human being and a good teammate, and obviously this is a Teammate of the Year Award, but I think more importantly, it's about just being a good person," the five-time All-Star and 2004 NBA Finals MVP said after receiving the award.

Billups received the award in a ceremony before Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on Sunday. NBA players selected the 16-year veteran as the inaugural winner of the award, "which recognizes the NBA player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and his commitment and dedication to his team," according to the league. The NBA will make a $25,000 donation to the charity of Billups' choice in recognition of the honor.

"I can't think of a player who is more deserving and who embodies the virtues of this award than our first-ever recipient," NBA Commissioner David Stern said Sunday. "He is a leader, a selfless player who has rightfully earned the trust and respect of his teammates throughout his career."

Drazen Petrovic goes to the basket. We miss him. (Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images)

A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out.

C: The Bergen Record and ESPN. Friday marks 20 years since the death of Drazen Petrovic, the trendsetting, trail-blazing, 3-bombing, heart-racing guard whom Steve Popper remembers as "a Croatian combination of Pete Maravich, Michael Jordan and Manu Ginobili" and whom the New York Times' Harvey Araton tells ESPN contributor Todd Spehr was the first European-born NBA player "to carry himself like a star." If you never got to see Petrovic play, get thee to YouTube. If you did, and just want to remember, click that link or one of the two above, and spend a few moments revisiting one of the brightest-burning lights this game has ever seen.

PF: San Antonio Express-News. Buck Harvey on Tony Parker, the "no fluke" San Antonio Spurs and a Game 1 win that wasn't really an upset is just a delightful read.

SF: SB Nation. This is brilliantly thorough work by Mike Prada in breaking down how Parker has become what he argues is "the NBA's toughest riddle" to solve, a point guard with absolute mastery of his own skills and his team's offensive system, the ability and freedom to ad-lib as needed, and a bottomless gas tank that keeps him pushing and pushing and pushing until the opposition falls backward.

The Indiana Pacers' season came to an end when they were blown out by the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday, but while the team's focus will now turn to offseason moves and the management of expectations, Indiana's individual players and fans have plenty of great moments from a successful season to look back on — including center Roy Hibbert's mammoth rejection of New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony during the fourth quarter of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

In case you don't remember it, here it is:

Yep — still awesome.

The Knicks held a 92-90 lead with 5:04 left in the fourth quarter when Hibbert turned back Anthony's dunk attempt and energized the Bankers Life Fieldhouse faithful. From there, Indy ripped off a 16-7 run to take control of the game and earn a 106-99 win that eliminated the Knicks and moved Indiana on to the final four.

It was a huge play, a game-changing and season-extending play, the kind of thing that deserves to be commemorated. And now, as Hibbert shared with his Twitter followers, it will be, in that holiest of holy places — his "man cave."

The art in question:

All day, Chris. (Issac Baldizon/NBAE/Getty Images)

Heading into the NBA Finals, a number of analysts suggested that, with all due respect to the San Antonio Spurs, a Miami Heat offense that struggled mightily at times in the Eastern Conference finals would hit its stride after dispatching the Indiana Pacers' brutal defense.

"Chris Bosh in particular would feel like he's getting out of jail," TNT commentator Steve Kerr told USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt, due to the "more free-flowing" and less physical nature of the game the Spurs like to play ("They don't beat you up").

Reasonable folks can differ as to whether San Antonio beats you up — if nothing else, they do seem to step on your head — but one thing's for sure: the Spurs sure didn't mind letting Bosh be a free man when it suited them.

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The most obvious case came with just over a minute left in the fourth quarter and the Spurs leading 90-86. You remember — LeBron James dribbles up the court and gets a high screen on Kawhi Leonard from Ray Allen. Tony Parker offers sort of a half-hedge that James easily dribbles around on a drive to the lane. As James enters the paint, Tim Duncan slides over to meet him, leaving Bosh all alone beyond the arc on the right wing. Bosh rises, fires ...

... and misses. Danny Green grabs the rebound, calls timeout and secures possession with less than 60 seconds left. It didn't ice the game (some Tony Parker magic would do that) and it wasn't one of the highest-impact plays of the game (at least, not according to NBA.com's win probability measurements), but coming up empty there hurt Miami and helped San Antonio hang on for a 92-88 Game 1 win.

After the game, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was asked whether he'd drawn up Bosh's long-range try, the big man's fourth 3 of the night, all unsuccessful.

"We had an opportunity to get into the paint. He was open," Spoelstra said. "Probably open for a reason at that point. But we had a couple of different options, triggers to get guys into the paint or to get into another situation."