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MIAMI -- The San Antonio Spurs left Miami last June looking so human, Tim Duncan nearly in tears talking about how close they were to another championship. They dont look human now. They look like a machine. Up 3-1 and shooting the ball at a level never seen in the NBA Finals, the Spurs headed home with a chance to wrap things up on Sunday night in Game 5. The Miami Heat, who were able to deny the Spurs last year, have two days to figure out what can possibly be done to do it again. "Theyre a high-oil machine and they move the ball extremely well," LeBron James said. "They put you in so many difficult positions. If youre not right on time, right on target, theyre going to make you pay for it." The Spurs won by 19 and 21 in the two games in Miami and are shooting 54.2 per cent in the series. The NBA Finals record for a series of any length is 52.7 per cent. No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, and the Heat were so thoroughly manhandled in Miami that the only reason to think they could be the first is what they did in the past. Duncan said the memory of last seasons loss -- the pain thats driven the Spurs through this entire season -- would "definitely come up" before Sunday. "As I said, we know the calibre team they are, and we have a lot of respect for what theyre able to do," Duncan said. "Theyre able to throw it another gear and theyre going to do just that. They dont want this to be done." Duncan probably meant "done" as in the series. Of course, it could also mean the era. Two off days were sure to be filled by talk of the Heats uncertain future, with James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all eligible for free agency. Might such a one-sided beating convince James he had to leave to find a better roster elsewhere? Make him more resolute in his desire to stay and get the Heat back on top? The two-time champions have more urgent concerns now. "Did we expect to come here and lose two the way we did at home? No way," Wade said. "But we also expect to go to San Antonio and put up a better effort and try to come out with another win. So well get away from it (Friday), but well still think about what we need to do to try to get another win to keep the series alive." James simply acknowledged the obvious, that the Spurs were the better team, when they swept his Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007 for the last of their four NBA championships. But he wasnt supposed to be on the wrong side of the talent differential once he bolted for Miami, where the Heat would build a Big Three for this decade that would rival what San Antonios did last decade. But the Spurs go so far beyond Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili now. Theres Kawhi Leonard, who followed his career-high, 29-point night in Game 3 with 20 points and 14 rebounds Thursday and has done no worse than battled James to a draw over the last two games. Or Boris Diaw, who wasnt even in the starting lineup until Game 3 and had eight points, nine rebounds and nine assists in Game 4, serving as one of the catalysts for the Spurs mesmerizing ball movement. Individual players get hot all the time. The Spurs are on a team-wide hot streak. "I just think were playing Spurs basketball," Parker said. "Were just moving the ball and were just playing the way weve been playing all season. Wed like to do a good to great, the extra pass, and we preach that, and right now were clicking." It gets a little harder to keep that going when trying for that fourth win, the one the Spurs couldnt quite get last year, when even the real freewheeling teams tend to tighten up a bit. "I mean, every closeout game is very difficult, for all the obvious reasons," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. Especially if James delivers as so often when the Heat faced elimination, from his 45-point game in Boston in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals, to a triple-double against the Spurs in Game 6 last year, followed by 37 points in Game 7. He may need to deliver something similar, or a championship reign could be over sooner than expected. Jarrad Davis Jersey .com) - American Madison Keys grabbed a first- round victory on Sunday in a rainy start to the Apia International Sydney tournament. Marvin Jones Jr Jersey . -- All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham and the New Orleans Saints met Tuesday for arbitration on his contract. http://www.officialdetroitlionspro.com/Kenny-golladay-lions-jersey/ . Team officials travelled to Los Angeles on Thursday night to meet with the free agent, a person with knowledge of the plans said. Kerryon Johnson Jersey . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. 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Bayer Leverkusen was hosting Benfica later.Having sealed a 1-0 victory against Leverkusen against the run of the play in its opener, Monaco dominated this time around but was denied by a string of good saves by Zenit keeper Yuri Lodygin.Zenit recovered from its poor start after the break but Monacos defence was able to cope with the pressure.Monaco stuck to its usual game plan of holding possession as the visitors got off to a bright start.With Geoffrey Kondogbia and Jeremy Toulalan marshalling the midfield, Monaco immediately showed its attacking intentions when Dimitar Berbatov was picked out by Argentinian striker Lucas Ocampos in the third minute, only for the Bulgarian forward to see his left-footed shot saved.Nabil Dirar went close in the next minute with a long-range effort as Andre Villas-Boas team was almost caught cold.Zenit players struggled to string passes together but remained dangerous on the break, with Portugal playmaker Dannys shot ending wide following a good move in thhe 10th minute.ddddddddddddOcampos missed the chance to put the visitors ahead just before halftime when he controlled the ball before unleashing a powerful half-volley from the edge of the box that Lodygin tipped over the bar.Zenit returned for the restart with the same determination that has helped them go 15 games unbeaten this season, with Monaco being lucky to see Jose Rondon miss a glaring chance from close range in the 50th minute.The Venezuelan striker found himself in an excellent position after Hulks cut-back, but his weak shot posed no threat to Monaco keeper Danijel Subasic.The hosts continued to push forward and Rondon, who has scored seven league goals this season, had another chance six minutes later. Aleksandr Anyukov picked him out with a fine cross from the right, but Andrea Raggis fine defending prevented him from hitting the target.Zenit gradually took control of the game but could not find the net, with defender Nicolas Lombaerts sending his header from Hulks pass straight at Subasic in the 65th.Monaco substitute Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, who replaced Berbatov, went close to scoring his first Champions League goal in the 73rd minute, forcing the Zenit keeper to make another fine block before hitting the post with the rebound. 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