Let’s forget about the adjectives, the cliches and the hyperbole. Tuesday night’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals was the best Finals game in a really, really long time for many reasons. Clutch shots, transcendental performances, controversial calls and decisions and several signature moments all factored heavily into Miami’s 103-100 overtime win over San Antonio to force Thursday night’s Game 7. Here are several things we can take away from this unbelievable basketball night. [Read more…]
MIAMI — For basketball fans, Tuesday night’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals was nothing short of breathtaking. It was everything one could possibly want in a game: A championship and legacies on the line, elite performances by two living legends, a seesaw battle, an epic shot by the best shooter in history to tie the game with 5.2 seconds left, and an overtime session to sort it all out. For the Miami Heat, the performance thoroughly reinforced to everyone their will
While the NBA Finals series between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat has been close, nearly all of the games had not. Until Game 6, which became one of the memorable games in NBA Finals history. [Read more…]
Gregg Popovich MIAMI — As chants of “Let’s Go Heat!” rained throughout the corridors of AmericanAirlines Arena, Armando, holding the hand of his female companion, led her through a sea of fellow Miami Heat fans. Euphoric. Shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers united by a white hot love for their Heat, they were packed as tightly into the arena’s Northwest stairwell as a bag of cotton balls. “Wow. Wow. Wow,” he said. “I can’t believe what I just saw.” What he saw was
On the eve of potentially the last game of the 2012-13′ NBA season, it’s important that we reflect on what this night really means. Who better to sum it up than the man who has ended more of these seasons dancing, jumping, hugging and drinking in confetti than anybody else: “In the NBA, rings symbolize status and power. No matter how gaudy or cumbersome a championship ring may be, the dream of winning one is what motivates players to put themselves through
LeBron James’ title count and the Heat’s arrogance at the “Welcome Celebration” won’t ever be forgotten. “But that really was for our fans and it got wonderfully out of hand. And how everybody covered it? They used it as an albatross across our back.” —Heat president Pat Riley, 11 months after the Big Three “Welcome Celebration.” MIAMI – Fairly or not, tonight’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals is a referendum on the Miami Heat’s Big Three of LeBron
My pick all along has been Spurs in 7. Do I think they will lose by 7 points or more to the Heat tonight in Miami? Not so sure about that, but Vegas has set 7 as the line. [Read more…]
The San Antonio Spurs are only victory away from becoming NBA champions. The oddsmakers seem to think they have no chance tonight in Game 6. The Spurs have been installed as 7-point underdogs for tonight’s Game 6, and they are 3.7-to-1 on the Money Line. [Read more…]