10 Revenge Championships in NBA History

2014 Finals: San Antonio Spurs 4-1 Miami Heat

Lebron James (L) Kawhi Leonard (R)

2013 NBA Finals: Miami Heat 4-3 San Antonio Spurs

I still to this date have no idea how the San Antonio Spurs didn't win it in 2013. Up 3-2 in the series, San Antonio led 93-89 with 28 seconds remaining and Manu Ginobili was at the line trying to ice the game.

Instead, he went 1 of 2 and left the door slightly ajar. Then after James missed a 3-pointer, the Heat got the rebound and James didn't miss from deep this time to cut the lead to 2.

San Antonio again had the chance to potentially ice it but Kawhi Leonard also went 1-2 from the line, which set the stage for that Ray Allen 3-pointer. From that point on there was really only going to be one winner. Heat won Game 6 in OT and won Game 7 to win the title.

The Spurs were pushed to the brink in Round 1 by the Dallas Mavericks the following year but escaped and made the Finals to face the Heat who'd cruised through the East. It was a no contest come Finals time.

The Heat managed to win Game 2 and that was pretty much it as Dwyane Wade was nowhere near his best. They got blown off the court in the other four games as the Spurs set the record for the largest average point differential (14.0) in Finals history. Kawhi won Finals MVP as the Spurs got their revenge and somewhat washed away the pain of blowing it in 2013.