LeBron James Helps Heat Hold Off Thunder for 2-1 NBA Finals Lead

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The Miami Heat hold a two-games-to-one lead in the National Basketball Association Finals for the second year in a row after withstanding a late Oklahoma City Thunder rally for a 91-85 victory.

LeBron James scored 29 points and Dwyane Wade added 25 last night for the Heat, whose seven-point fourth-quarter lead was cut to one in the closing minutes at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. Oklahoma City missed its last three shots and the Heat sealed the victory from the free-throw line, where they made 31 of 35 attemptsBloomberg Terminal, including 25 of their last 27.