@eliudprom @eliud2013 heat again Heat to face Spurs in Finals after seeing off Pacers

The Miami Heat booked their place in their third consecutive NBA Finals with a dominant 99-76 win over the Indiana Pacers.

The win sets up a meeting against the San Antonio Spurs with Miami set to host Game one on Thursday night.

LeBron James, who shook hands with David Beckham, top-scored with 32 points, while Dywane Wade awoke from his slumber to score his first 20-point game since Game two against the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round.

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For Indiana the two players who have done most to get the team to this stage, Paul George and Roy Hibbert, had terrible games by their standards with both finding themselves in foul trouble. Ray Allen added 10 points and Chris Bosh had nine points, eight rebounds and three blocks, as the Heat when into half-time with a 52-37 lead meaning the contest was all but over.

After scoring 28 points and 27 points in his last two games (and more than 20 points two more times in the series) George had just seven points in Game seven and fouled out with almost eight minutes left.

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Hibbert fared slightly better with 18 points and eight rebounds but he had been averaging more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, and missed key parts of the game that allowed Miami to extend an insurmountable lead.

Indiana also committed 21 turnovers, 15 by half-time, and lost the rebounding battle – a key area where they had previously been dominant – 43-36.

'They taught us a lesson,' said Indiana coach Frank Vogel. 'This team has been there before. They have been to the championship. They've won it all. And they know how to ratchet up their defence at a level that just imposes their will on a basketball game.'

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James, who added eight rebounds and four assists to his 32 points, said: 'By any means necessary… we took care of business.

'We just focused on every possession, trying to get stops, play Miami Heat defence, create havoc. I thought we did that tonight.'

Wade, whose struggles in this year's play-offs have been well documented, added: 'I'm going to play through pain because this is my job. My team depends on me. Like I said a couple of series ago, I would love to be one of the players who never has to deal with these injuries. But that's not my path.'