Kevin Durant scored a game-high 36 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, as Oklahoma City rallied to beat the Heat 105-94 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

"KD got a couple looks that we don't like," LeBron James said. "He had two transition threes that we gave up where he had nobody on him, and he had a couple jumpers that we didn't like either, with nobody on him. We need to make adjustments. We will make adjustments."

Shane Battier was assigned to defend Durant, with help designed to come from James.

"No, it wasn't my choice," said James, who spent the majority of the game matched up with Kendrick Perkins. "It was a suggestion that Spo [coach Erik Spoelstra] brought up, and I thought it was good early on for us. It gave us an opportunity to switch a lot of pick-and-rolls. ... Whatever the case may be, we had a good game plan to start the game."