Topic summary
2014 NBA Finals
(San Antonio Spurs)
Tim Duncan (2020)
Manu Ginóbili (2022)
Tony Parker (2023)
Heat:
Ray Allen (2018)
Chris Bosh (2021)
Dwyane Wade (2023)
Coaches:
Gregg Popovich (2023)
Officials:
Danny Crawford (2025)
The 2014 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2013–14 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs, played from June 5 to 15, 2014. It was contested between two-time defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat and the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs. In a rematch, the Spurs defeated the Heat 4–1 for their 5th title overall. Kawhi Leonard was named the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP), receiving 10 out of 11 votes.
The series served as a rematch from the previous NBA season, the 12th in Finals history, but only the fifth since the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. This was the first NBA Finals since 1984 to use the 2–2–1–1–1 format after the Board of Governors agreed to change the format from 2–3–2, which was used from 1985 to 2013. This was due to competitive disadvantages of a team with home court advantage having to play the middle three games on the road, as well as the increased use of chartered flights as opposed to commercial flights.
At the conclusion of this series, both teams would fall into a Finals appearance drought. The Heat would fail to advance to the NBA Finals until the shortened 2020 season, where they would lose to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games. The Spurs, who had strengthened their dynasty by winning their fifth title in 15 seasons, would fail to advance to the Finals until 2026, where they would face the New York Knicks in a rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals, the series that saw the Spurs win their first title and begin their dynasty.