>> well, mario chalmers is a winner. and he's done it his whole life. earlier, the coach said he believes in mario because he's due, he's due for a big game and he came through for us. >> doris: erik spoelstra, like he says, these games come down to four or five plays. how driven were you to make sure you do whatever? >> whatever it takes. you miss opportunities so no matter what was going on in the game, we believe in ourselves, we believe in each other. you can see that on offense. i gave the ball up to rio a few times. you know, we got a win. >> doris: how do you manage closing a period, winning the hardest game with being so close to another title, how do you walk that line? >> we can't start the way we started today. we got to come out focused with energy and just play the game like it's our last. another game seven, if we do that, we'll be fine. >> doris: mike. >> mike: nice, simple answer. mario chalmers magnificent tonight. a fantastic performance, and the heat needed it. and what a fourth quarter, a new career-high in the playoffs for chalmers w

>> well, mario chalmers is a winner. and he's done it his whole life. earlier, the coach said he believes in mario because he's due, he's due for a big game and he came through for us. >> doris: erik spoelstra, like he says, these games come down to four or five plays. how driven were you to make sure you do whatever? >> whatever it takes. you miss opportunities so no matter what was going on in the game, we believe in ourselves, we believe in each other. you can see that on offense. i gave the ball up to rio a few times. you know, we got a win. >> doris: how do you manage closing a period, winning the hardest game with being so close to another title, how do you walk that line? >> we can't start the way we started today. we got to come out focused with energy and just play the game like it's our last. another game seven, if we do that, we'll be fine. >> doris: mike. >> mike: nice, simple answer. mario chalmers magnificent tonight. a fantastic performance, and the heat needed it. and what a fourth quarter, a new career-high in the playoffs for chalmers w

mario chalmers stepped up big, blew past three oklahoma defenders and that was the dagger. had 25. miami held on to take a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 104-98 win. >>> the heat can wrap up their second title in franchise history tomorrow night, game five, 9:00 p.m. eastern in miami. >>> baseball, reds and indians in tied in the ninth. runners on the corner. picked a terrible time for a wild pitch. in came the go-ahead run and cincinnati up 2-1. the lead short lived, bottom of the inning, one on for cabrera, ended with a two run bomb to right. indians walk off with a win. >>> a lot of down time during a baseball game, enough time for teammates to turn on each other. to pittsburgh where brad lincoln fell victim to the dreaded cup on the hat prank. his teammates discreetly attached a paper cup with bubble gun. took several minutes and a ton of laughs before he realized the joke was on him. when you have a cup on your head and egg on your face all you can do is give the camera a big thumb's up. your first look at sports, i'm fred roggin. >>> for another look at the weather

mario chalmers stepped up that. was the dagger. chalmers had 25.mi held on to take a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 104-98 win. >>> the heat can wrap up their second title in franchise history tomorrow night. game five, 9:00 p.m. eastern in miami. >>> baseball reds andi indians tied it. in came the go-ahead run and cinci was up, 2-1. the lead was short louisvilled. cabrera ended with a 2-1. they walked off with the win. >>> just enough time for teammates to turn on each ore. the pittsburgh with the pirates brad lincoln fell to the dreaded cup on the hat prank. they discreetly attached the cup to his hat with a ton of bubble gum. when you've about got a cup on your hid and egg on your face, all you can do is give the camera a big thumb's up. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> that's something bill would do. >>> coming up, another big hollywood break-up, and which actresses earn the most in tinseltown? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus many will tell you life in the cia is

mario chalmers stepped up big in his absence, blew past three oklahoma defenders, and that was the dagger. chalmers had 25. miami held on to take a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 104-98 win. >>> the heat can wrap up their second title in franchise history tomorrow night. game five, 9:00 p.m. eastern in miami. >>> baseball, reds and indians tied at 1-1 in the ninth. runners on the corners, nick hagadone picked a terrible time for a wild pitch. in came the go-ahead run and cinci was up, 2-1. but the lead was short-lived. bottom of the inning, one on four, asdrubal cabrera. he ended it with a 2-1 bomb to right. indians walked off with a 3-2 win in ten. >>> and, finally, there's a lot of down time during a baseball game, just enough time for teammates to turn on each other. to pittsburgh where the pirates' brad lincoln fell victim to the dreaded "cup on the hat" prank. his teammates discreetly attached a paper cup to his cap with bubble gum. it took several minutes and a ton of laughs before brad realized the joke was on him. when you've got a cup on your head and egg on your face, all you

mario chalmers comes through, driving lay-up to put the heat up five. , 12 in the fourth quarter. a big play, miami up three points with about 15 seconds left. shot clock about to expire but west brooke commits the foul intentional foul. they could have gotten a stop and gotten the ball back, they did not. a mistake on an otherwise great night for russell westbrook. heat win 104-94. now up three games to one in the series. they trailed by 17 points in this game and came back. they can hold up that trophy the they win game five tomorrow night in miami. >>> baseball, the yankees looking for their 11th straight win, hosting the braves tied at three in the sixth. jason hayward lines one off the glove of mark teixeira, hit his foot. brian mccann comes around to score. braves go up a run. teixeira shaken up on that. a-rod represents the yankees last hope, down 9-3. pops out to end the game. braves with 4-3 and ends the winning streak at ten games. still lead the al east by 2 1/2 over the orioles. reds traveling down i-71 to take on the indians. tribe down a ru

lebron james, rightfully, so, but so much help that he had tonight, mike miller, shane battier or mario chalmers or norris cole. so many players contributed. miller with the seven three-pointers. miami heat are the nba champions. and so many people to thank. outstanding crew that we have all season long, talk about sacrifice and hard work, they are the epitome of that. for jeff van gundy, doris burke, producer tim corrigan, director jimmy moore and this great, great crew we are honored to work with, mike breen saying thank you for watching our coverage of the nba finals. coming up next, it's your late local news, "nightline" and "jimmy kimmel live" over most of these abc stations. on the west coast, it's "jimmy kimmel game night." after these messages, we'll be back with one final look at the miami heat and their road to a title, right after these messages. ♪ [ male announcer ] the 5th quarter. the 60 minutes after the game when you finish the competition for good. ♪ take in protein. start rebuilding muscle. ♪ and stay in the game. ♪ he's in the 5th quarter. are you? protein to rebuild muscle. g

mario chalmers did his thing, 24. it with lebron watching from the sidelines the last couple of minutes. they can close it out and win the title on thursday night. >>> dodgers, interleague play in oakland tonight. hi, matt kemp. over 20,000. kemp will be out until probably the all-star break. seth smith, gwynn kicks it around. and brandon mccarthy is real good. 7 innings, 2 hits, did not allow runs. final of 3-0. >>> barry zito torn apart this evening in anaheim. this is one where you scratch your head and say, you know, consider eating the remainder of his contract. he's been lousy. albert pujols hits him for a 3-run homer. 3 and 1/3. 9 hit, 8 runs. uh-oh there it goes . mark trumbo off the top of the wall. zito has allowed 17 runs in his last 14 innings. 12-5 angels win. melky cabrera had 3 more hits. >>> keeps getting worse for 1-time nfl no. 2 draft pick ryan leafy. they're laying him out there. he's going to go to prison in great falls montana for seven years . but he'll serve less than that. first it's a drug tr

off the steal mario chalmers to lebron. miami running away with it, up at the half. thunder hung around. kevin durant with two of his team hie 32. cutting the lead to single digits but the night belonged to the heat. lebron, the scorer, bachl lebron the facilitator. time after time he kicked it out o mike miller for a three and he didn't disapoint. miller was a staggering seven of eight from the arc. they tied with 14 three-pointers, blue it white open late in the third with a remarkable 16-0 run. lebron finishes with 26 points 13rks dimes and 11 boards, a triple-double for the finalefin. the miami heat are the nba championships. they pete the thunder. >> i dreamed about this opportunity for a long time including last night, including today, you know. and, you know, my dream has become a reality now. it's the best thing ever. >> you know, obviously we all expected it to be a little easier than it was, you know, but we had to go through what we had to go through last year. we needed to. and as much as it hurt, we had to go through that pain and that suffering, and ton

mario chalmers, the steal. keep an eye on james. running the floor for the nasty jam.umping up the crowd early. another thunder turnover. they had 13 turnovers on the night. chalmers to d. wade. one-handed. just 30 seconds in the first. durant, to the back for a huge jam. take another look. the sickest 2 of his 32 on the night. and thunder trial by five. second quarter, shane battier, no good. james, the rebound. finds chris bosh for 2 of his 24. the heat lead by 12 now. just under five minutes. durant's pass, stolen by chalmers. he finds james in transition for the bucket. and the heat by ten at halftime. third quarter, james. wide-open for three. miami, an 11-point lead. fourth quarter, now. wade, to mike miller. he was on fire from beyond the arc. seven of eight from three-point land. 23 off the bench. the heat had 14. tied for most of the nba finals. and it was lebron james, fighting his way for the bucket and the foul. that one, a triple-double for king james, as the heat go on to win, 121-106. they are nba champions. >>> remember, the college world series lives o

what a performance tonight for mario chalmers. the miami heat provides game four. >>> lebron james and the heat one win away from the title they so desperately crave. he throws it to him down the lane. banks it

off the steal, mario chalmers to lebron. miami running away with it, up 59-49 at the half. thunder hung around. kevin durant with two of his team-high 32, cutting the lead to single digits, but the night belonged to the heat. lebron the scorer became lebron the facilitator. time after time he kicked it out to mike miller for a three and he didn't disappoint. miller was a staggering seven of eight from beyond the arc. in fact, the heat tied an nba finals record with 14 three-pointers, blew it wide open late in the third with a remarkable 16-0 run. lebron finishes with 26 points, 13 dimes, and 11 boards, a triple-double for the finals' mvp. king james has finally been crowned, and the big three silence the critics. the miami heat are the nba champions. they beat the thunder, 121-106. >> i dreamed about this opportunity, this moment, for a long time, including last night, including today, you know. and, you know, my dream has become a reality now, and it's the best thing that ever happened. >> you know, obviously we all expected it to be a little easier than it was, you know,

mario chalmers was the closer. 12 of 25 in the fourth. miami up five.ussell westbrook, so good, even stephen a. smith had to have a postgame mea culpa. gets to within three. off the jump ball. okc needed to get possession. heat got it instead. they have a 3-1 series lead. no one's ever rallied from that deficit. >>> and europe 2012. say hello to england/ukraine and controversy. that's wayne rooney, after a two-game suspension. making his presence felt. 48th minute, finding the post and finding the net. he takes care of the rest. the co-host country wish they were playing iing uefa. gets out of the last second. but upon review, it looks like ukraine had tied it. but instead, it's disallowed. england wins the game and will face italy. >>> the college world series, 8:00 eastern time tonight. kent state and two-time defending champion, south carolina, on espn3 and watch espn. >>> coming up on "america this morning," who is the highest-paid actress in hollywood? you might be surprised. >> yeah. i didn't expect that one, either. >>> also, what really happened

rondo, in transition, fouled by mario chalmers. then, the big ticket impersonation. brass knuckle push-ups gets the crowd fired up. bosh no. james, yes. 30 in the first half. when all was said and done, lbj had 45. and the heat were running away. give the c's credit. tried to rally. they got in a two-point hold. it's not going to be easy. james, 45, 15 and 5. the last time we saw a line like that, wilt chamberlain. early fourth, heat rolling. wade, 2 of his 17. and then, wade, returning the favor to james. heat win 98-79 and will force a decisive game seven in miami on saturday night. >>> the celtics have played in one more game seven than any team in league history. and they'll get one more crack at it saturday night in south beach. and you can see it, at 8:30 p.m. eastern time on espn, your place for the finals. >> that's going to be a good one. >>> coming up next, "the pulse." one of our favorite stories of the morning. once homeless, a new graduate's next stop, harvard yard. all multivitamins give me the basics. they claim to be complete. only centrum goes beyond

mario chalmers to james. bucket and the foul. thunder down three. westbrook, pullup jumper. got it. down one. 20 seconds left. thunder down four. sefolosha, oh, man. bad pass. the heat win it 91-85 and take a 2-1 series lead. >>> nascar quicken loan 400. on a 143-race winless streak. tony stewart backed off. gives up the lead to dale jr. 13 to go. lead over tony stewart. earnhardt led 96 laps. snaps his winless streak and wins at michigan. dale jr., his first win since 2008. climbs out in victory lane. what an awesome victory for dale earnhardt jr. >>> here's a friendly reminder. game four of the nba finals, tuesday. kia nba countdown gets you ready at 8:30 eastern. then, tipoff, 9:00 eastern, on abc. >>> a british race car driver is in the hospital this morning after an accident in the le mans race. watch how his toyota hybrid was flipped into the air and buried in a barrier, after being flipped by a ferrari. he broke his back in two places. but by evening, davidson was on twitter, chatting about the crash. apparently he'll be just fine. >> amazing how some of them can survive a cr

off the steal mario chalmers to lebron. miami running away with it, up 59-49 at the half.hunder hung around. kevin durant with two of his team high 32. okc cutting the lead to single digits. but the night belonged to the heat. lebron the score or became lebron the facilitator. time after time he kicked it out o mike miller for a three and he didn't disapoint. miller was a staggering seven of eight from the arc. the heat tied an nba finals record with 14 three-poters, blew it wide open late in the third with a remarkable 16-0 run. lebron finishes with 26 points, 13 dimes, and 11 boards, a triple-double for the finals mvp. king james has finally been crowed and silenced the critics. the miami heat are the nba champions. they beat the thunder 121-106. >> i dreamed about this opportunity for a long time including last night, including today, you know. and, you know, my dream has become a reality now. it's the best feeling i've ever had. >> you know, obviously we all excted it to be a little easier than it was, you know, but we had to go through what we had to go through last y

mario chalmers drives, dishes to lebron. he takes the hit, gets the foul. lebron with a game-high 34 points. but boston would dominate the next two quarters. in the third, celtics up 13. paul pierce up top, kevin garnett finishes. those two combined for 47 points. boston up 15. celtics' point guard rajon rondo has been a beast lately. still in the third, watch this. behind the back, fake, and he lays it in. take a closer look. check out the face of udonis haslem, completely faked out. rondo with 21 points, 10 assists. sell takes take game three 101 -91. they trail the series two games to one. >>> tiger woods is back in the hunt at jack nicholas' tournament. the four-time memorial champion looked like the tiger of old, shooting an impressive two under par in gusty winds. he began today just one stroke off rory sabatini's lead. let's go to ohio, the village golf club. we pick tiger up on the 7th hole, drops his club on the backswing. tiger not happy with people shouting in the crowd. that gets old. and look where the ball ends up in the bunker, and tiger not

second quarter, heat, fast break, mario chalmers finds lebron for the layup. a 10-0 run for the heat. before the half, kevin durant tried to get his team backs into it, hits the three. durant had 32 points in a losing effort. third quarter, lebron drives, out to shane battier who drains the three. lebron had 13 assists, 26 points, 11 rebounds. his first triple-double of the year. only the fifth player ever to have a triple-double in a title-clinching game. wade, finds lebron. lebron drives, makes the move on kendrick perkins. miami up 13. thunder getting sloppy. durant loses the ball. bosh gets it. boom, dwayne wade. stutter step, layup, foul. wade 20 points. maybe the most surprising performance of the night was from mike miller. he hit his seventh three-pointer of the game in the fourth quarter. had 23 points off the bench. until last night miller had not hit a three-pointer since 1976. with three minutes to play, the outcome well in hand, coach erik spoelstra took james and wade out of the game, rousing applause from the crowd. it was an amazing performance

mario chalmers drives. dishes to lebron. he takes a hit. gets the hoop. and the foul.he game high, 34 points. he is balling. after the opening quarter. celtics. boston up 13. kevin garnett. they trail the series, two games to one. and last time i checked it was not raining inside there. think the only place it wasn't raining to day. >> you know what is wrong with baseball. >> they don't have a roof in florida. doesn't make sense. >> makes a lot of sense. why the marlins did it too? >> sa peit's the rain, jim. it's the rain. a lot of >>> breaking news in oakton, virginia, erica gonzalez on the scene of a house fire. she is on the phone with the latest, erica. >> talk about the side effects of the severe weather that we have seen today. this may very well be another example of that. fairfax county fire fighters were called out to this scene, 3100 block, about an hour ago. now prior to that, two hours prior to that, the residence of this two-story home called emergency officials saying they had heard or seen some type of lightning strike. neighbors called in and said the

practice today and will may tomorrow night for sure and there is miami with a huge boost from mario chalmers. there is a look haegd now, he noticed a team is focused on wrapping up this title. >> the reason i don't think it's hard to keep focus is because we've been here before in a sense of we had a lead in the finals. and have been up two games and wind up losing finals so for this team, he think we understand moment is the biggest thing. >> there is ever since jason giambe left seems like they've been looking for a reliable first placeman. >> this 28-year-old has been raking since being brought up june 6th. >> i'm thankful for an opportunity i never thought i'd have. >> he came to spring training and knew the chance of making bigs was limited. his manager asked with a he can do to get him back into the show. brandon said let me play first base. >> and i wasn't gold glover but i felt this could be something to help me get back up here. >> this is making someone feel welcome. >> absolutely. there are good guys on the team. >> and there is earned player of the week. >> i didn't think about i

mario chalmers comes up with it and gets fouled.halmers simps both free throws, the heat go on to win 104-98. after a gutsy performance from lebron, they take a commanding lead. after the game, erik spoelstra and lebron talking about playing through cramps. >> that three was just sheer will and competitiveness to contribute in some way, but it got to a point it was four on five. so, you know, we had to make a change. >> i didn't want to come out, you know, like i said, sat on the bench, got rehydrated as much as i could. sat through a few plays. i was able to go back into the game. like i said, i'm happy, and blessed i was able to make a big shot in a big game. you know, my team was able to close it from there. >> i do look the tuxedo shirt. the best game about the press conference is he wasn't wearing the silly glasses that a lot of the guys are playing. dwyane wade was wearing the flip-up glasses. >> i wear those. >> you're allowed. that's okay, jim. >> they're indoors, right? >> do you really? >> no. >> okay. good. >>> the baseba

what a fourth quarter for mario chalmers. >> it sounds like he was saying chalbers. >> russell westbrooknts last night and they still continue beat the heat. >> i think the series is gone. dan henning has full-court press this morning. >> this is the full court press. >> i am great. thanks for asking. no one ever asks me that. other headlines. >> read the news. >> wednesday harry reid showed he is hip with the times and follows baseball. he channeled washington national slugger bryce harper who last week answered a question from a reporter about drinking beer in canada since he is only 19 and mormon by answering, that's a clown question bro. yesterday, senator reid was asked about immigration to which reed responded, that's a clown question, bro. reporters got it right away had a good chuckle. >> i don't want to answer that question. >> that's a clown question bro. >> there he is. >> bryce harper. he is like 18 years old. >> 19 years old. >> didn't want to drink in canada. when he was asked employed it, he said that's a clown question. harry reid doesn't want to talk about immigration. i

westbrook fouls mario chalmers. why was that a bad play? seconds actually left on the shot clock for miami. oklahoma city could have got an stop and gotten the ball back. instead, they get free throws and they hang on to win, 104-98 one mistake on a great night for best westbrook. heat up three to one in the series and have a chance to win it all tomorrow night game five in miami. >> question, what occurs first, the beginning of the nfl preseason or the end of the -- >> you won't get off this? what do you have against the nba? >> it's time for them to go home. >> lebron james, dwyane wade, kevin durant and russell westbrook on one court. >> it's 100 degrees out. go home. >> it's great. what it's about. >>> to baseball, yankees looking for the 11th straight win. we told you what happened. tied at three in the sixth. runners on the corner, jason hayward lines up with off the foot of mark teixeira. the braves go up a win. bottom of the ninth, a-rod has a chance to tie it. down 4-3. he pops out. braves win 4-3. yankees streak over at 10. they l

mario chalmers to wade for the dunk. that tied the game with five minutes left.seconds left. he gives it up to. tied at 89- 89 to go to overtime. 1:51 left in regular overtime. that's the first time he has fouled out. four seconds left, heat down. dwyane wade, great look at the basket. that three would have won it. but it's just off. celtics hang on to win game four, 93-91. six of them scored double figures. pierce had 23 before he fouled out. the series picks up for game five tomorrow night in miami, tied at 2-2. spurs and thunder tonight in san antonio. that series also tied at 2-2. >>> 11 days until the start of the u.s. open, tiger woods putting the tour on notice. in an incredible performance yesterday at the memorial in ohio, seventh hole, tiger with a chance to birdie. he sinks the long putt to close in on the leaders. one of the four birdies on the front nine. 16th hole, shot of the year so far, tiger flops it up there and lets it roll. he rolls by, that thing keeps rolls but he sinks it. unbelievable birdie chip. he got some help from his competition who

let's go to the highlights, second quarter, heat fast break, mario chalmers finds lebron gave the heatlead. kevin durant hits a three, draws within 13 of the heat. only three-pointer for the thunder in the first half. durant had 32 points in a losing effort. third quarter, lebron drives, kicks it out to shane battier. lebron 13 assists with 26 points, 11 rebounds, his first triple-double of the year, only fifth player ever to have a triple-double in a title-clenching game. later in the quarter, dwyane wade, finds lebron, top of the key, lebron drives, makes a move around kendrick perkins, gets the two. up by 19. the thunder get sloppy. kevin durant loses the ball. chris bosh gets it. dwyane wade uses the stutter step to get the lay-up and foul. wade had 20 points. maybe the most surprising performance of the night mike miller, hits his seventh three pointer of the game in the ta third quarter. 23 points. that is coming off the bench. until last night miller hadn't hit a three-pointer all series. three minutes to play, the outcome i hand. coach eric spoelstra took lebron and dwyane wade