NBA 2014 Standings, Score & News: Brooklyn Nets Sweep Miami Heat this Season; Mason Plumlee is Game Hero

The Brooklyn Nets beat the Miami Heat again on April 8, 2013, sweeping the defending champions in all four games in the NBA regular season. The final score was 88-87. 

In a report by ESPN, the Heat were down by one point in the final seconds. Rashard Lewis managed to pass the ball to Lebron James close to the basket, in which he jumped for a two-handed slam dunk but Mason Plumlee was there to defend.

Replays revealed that Plumlee hit James' hand on the attempt and Joe Johnson made contact with the superstar before he executed the dunk, but the referees did not blow the whistle and saw it as a clean block. 

James was obviously upset about the incident, alleging that it was an obvious foul. "He grabbed my right hand", said James. "He didn't do it on purpose, but he got my right hand." 

Plumlee said, "My initial thought was to just foul him and make him earn it at the free-throw line." in a report by USA Today. 

Erik Spoelstra, coach of the Miami Heat said, "It was a foul from my vantage point. But what can you do?" He moved on to compliment the Nets, "They're a good team. They're one of the hotter teams since All-Star break." 

Joe Johnson had 19 points, Paul Pierce had 14 points and Marcus Thornton had 16 points for Brooklyn. Plumlee blocked three shots with two in the final two minutes. Despite Plumlee's game-winning block, Paul Pierce said that he still has to comply with rookie initiatory duties like bringing his teammates towels and bags. 

As for the statistics of the four-game streak of the Nets over Miami, the scores total 389-377. Three of the four games were won by the Nets only by one point. In NBA history, the Nets is the first team to have that many narrowest-of-margin wins in playing only four games against the same opponent. It is also the third team to have that many type of wins against an opponent in the same regular season.