NBA2012 NBA Finals Game 4

ThunderVERSUSHeat

2012 NBA Finals Game 4 · Jun 19, 2012

Oklahoma City tried to even the Finals in Miami while Kevin Durant and LeBron James carried the weight of their generation's first championship matchup.

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Game lineups

Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five

Miami Heat

StarterCBChris Bosh

StarterDWDwyane Wade

StarterLJLeBron James

StarterMCMario Chalmers

StarterSBShane Battier

Away starting five

Oklahoma City Thunder

StarterKPKendrick Perkins

StarterKDKevin Durant

StarterRWRussell Westbrook

StarterSISerge Ibaka

StarterTSThabo Sefolosha

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.

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Spoiler-free context

Thunder and Heat entered this 2012 nba finals game 4 with season-long stakes and player legacies already attached to the matchup. The setup matters on its own: the result and the defining sequence remain reserved for the recap.

2012 NBA Finals Game 4 placed Thunder and Heat in a matchup whose importance had been established before the opening tip rather than by the final score.
The central players brought distinct career and team trajectories into the night, giving the eventual signature moment meaning beyond a standalone highlight.

Sources: Game box score · Game highlights

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