Best Tweets from Miami Heat's Battle with San Antonio Spurs

The Miami Heat suffered their worst loss of the season, falling 111-87 against the San Antonio Spurs.

LeBron James had one of his worst shooting performances of the year, yet still nearly picked up a triple-double. His struggles were largely due to great defense by Kawhi Leonard.

Tim Duncan had a great performance, as did many other members of the San Antonio Spurs. LeBron James struggled, so it was a safe bet that the team would not be able to pick up the slack. LeBron James is the team leader in points, rebounds and assists.

This was expected to be a good matchup, considering it was a rematch of last year’s finals. The game was a fun one to follow, still. Here is a collection of the best Tweets throughout the game.

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 TNT was setting the tone in the pregame.

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Heat/Spurs is coming up on TNT!!! Ernie, Chuck, Kenny, & are prepping your for the Finals rematch!  #TBT (PIC) pic.twitter.com/xiCMYgD6F2

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 7, 2014"

 Fans were tuned in.

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MIA v SAS @NBAonTNT 🏀🔥

— Robert Munoz (@Rob_Munoz03) March 7, 2014"

 LeBron got rid of the mask early.

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LeBron went through some scrimmage work at shootaround this morning w/o mask. Not totally surprised he ditched it here.

— Michael Wallace (@WallaceNBA_ESPN) March 7, 2014"

 Memories stirring of Miami's previous game.

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It's beginning to look a lot like the beginning in Houston.

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) March 7, 2014"

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 Tim Duncan began heating up.

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Tim Duncan doing things like that remains stunning, even more so now.

— RealGM (@RealGM) March 7, 2014"

 Heat down early.

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#HEATgame: End of the 1stQ - HEAT 22, Spurs 37. Chris Bosh is Miami's leading scorer with 8pts.

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) March 7, 2014"

Spurs seem to be riding high.

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Spurs playmaking phenomenal so far. Keep in mind, they're coming off win in CLE where they had 39 assists on 43 FGs.

— Michael Wallace (@WallaceNBA_ESPN) March 7, 2014"

While San Antonio is showing out, people question if Miami even showed up.

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The #Heat have decided not to much D tonight. The lanes are wide open. Rare to see against Miami's D.

— James (@JamesWalkerNFL) March 7, 2014"

 Big question looming for Miami.

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Are we in agreement that Chris Bosh is the most likely of the Heat’s trio to leave?

— Mike Prada (@MikePradaSBN) March 7, 2014"

 This picture was too good to pass up.

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Does Craig Sager have a new identity? pic.twitter.com/TJdgMqoEcU

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 7, 2014"

 Boris Diaw was hot tonight, scoring big when it mattered most.

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Diaw's 3 closes first half scoring for Spurs. San Antonio leads 62-51. Inefficient half for LeBron, who ditched the mask.

— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) March 7, 2014"

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to the Cleveland game, Boris Diaw has made 12 consecutive field goals.

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) March 7, 2014"

Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty Images

One silver lining for Miami tonight.

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Can’t remember the last time I saw Michael Beasley play this hard defensively. Has it ever happened?

— Mike Prada (@MikePradaSBN) March 7, 2014"

 Local NFL stars Brian Orakpo and Jamaal Charles were enjoying the game.

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At the Spurs Heat game with the homie @jcharles25 Pops letting us call some plays for tonite lol pic.twitter.com/TZOyVN8yZl

— Brian Orakpo (@rak98) March 7, 2014"

 Logic.

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We're forcing turnover to commit turnovers to get called for fouls. I get it! #HEATlive http://t.co/Nr1n5MC253

— #PrayForVenezuela (@iRepTeamHEAT) March 7, 2014"

 It is about time people take notice. One of the best players on the court tonight. 

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Kind of starting to think Kawhi Leonard makes a wee bit of difference for the Spurs in these type .

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) March 7, 2014"

 Not quite Jim Carey.

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Currently shooting 5 of 17 from field, LeBron working on worst game of season. With or without mask, he's been in a funk.

— Michael Wallace (@WallaceNBA_ESPN) March 7, 2014"

 Duncan with the double-double.

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21 points, 11 rebounds for Tim Duncan. #Spurs by 14

— Paul Garcia PS (@PaulGarciaPS) March 7, 2014"

 Kawhi Leonard proving something that he has already proven. Vastly underrated.

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LeBron James has 5 turnovers and 4 have come against Kawhi Leonard as his primary defender.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 7, 2014"

Talking about LeBron here... Yikes. Giving the MVP race right back to KD. 

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Make that 1-for-19. 1-for-11 today. 0-for-8 on Tuesday.

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) March 7, 2014"

 I hate when I agree with Skip.

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Kawhi Leonard made LeBron James say, "No mas."

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 7, 2014"

 Did the game mean a lot, or is it "just one game?"

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Stay weird, Heat-Spurs regular season games.

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) March 7, 2014"

 Big game for the veteran big man.

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Tim Duncan (23p, 11r, 9-13 FG) leads Spurs to wire-to-wire win over Heat. BOX SCORE: http://t.co/QOBbOtM1vJ pic.twitter.com/ZBYGd6BFgp

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) March 7, 2014"

Summary of the night.

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Miami loses to Spurs, 113-87. San Antonio again nationally ignored, again legit. LeBron has made one shot outside paint in 2 games.

— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) March 7, 2014"

The San Antonio Spurs are now only half of a game behind the Oklahoma City Thunder for first place in the Western Conference. It was a great display by the Spurs to defeat the Heat the way they did. Unfortunately, Skip Bayless went a bit overboard… I know, shocking. Skip used the conclusion of this game to tweet out what appears to be his NBA Finals prediction…..

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Spurs in 6.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 7, 2014"