LEBRON JAMES had 33 points and 10 assists, Chris Bosh scored 30 points — the forward going coast-to-coast for a dunk to punctuate his effort — and the Miami Heat used a historic third-quarter turnaround to erase what was a 17-point deficit and beat the San Antonio Spurs 120-98 Tuesday night, snapping a three-game slide in a most unpredictable manner.

    “We have a great luxury with three players who can do special things when you need it,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

    And one of them was in street clothes. Dwyane Wade sat out his fourth game of the season, this time because of a sprained right ankle. No matter: Miami shot 68 percent in the second half, outscoring the Spurs 71-35 after halftime.

    For the first 24 minutes, it was the Spurs doing all the embarrassing. San Antonio connected on 12 of its first 15 shots, led 52-35 with 3 minutes to go in the first half, and had Danny Green hit a pair of buzzer-beaters — the first from the top of the key to end the first quarter, the second from near midcourt to beat the halftime horn — to take a 63-49 lead into intermission.

    Miami outscored San Antonio 39-12 in the third quarter, matching the second-largest differential for any quarter in Heat history, and matching the second-worst differential in Spurs history.(SD-Agencies)