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ET, ABC). Tom Haberstroh, ESPN Insider: No. They need Danny Green and Gary Neal to go back to fantasy land. I picked Heat in 7 from the beginning and I'll stick to it because it'll make me look like I can see the future. Here's why: Home court in every NBA game is worth about three points per game. Christensen: Yes. Dwyane Wade is hurting, and in some stretches he's hurting the team. So his first title will always be the biggest, 'cause that's the one that proved his internal wiring and titles go together just fine. Our 2021 predictions, MVP favorites, team-by-team talking points, How Nick Saban and Tuscaloosa formed an 'unbreakable bond' after a tornado 10 years ago, Get ready for Dodgers-Padres Round 1! He darn near blocked one of Manu Ginobili's late shots. The reigning NBA champions will have a … After the Miami Heat's thrilling 95-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals on Thursday, there is much to discuss. Deadlocked at three games apiece, the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs play one more for the 2013 championship (9 p.m. I know there are numbers circulating to support the contention that both LeBron and D-Wade have more room to operate and are thus more dangerous when the other is sitting. Wallace: Danny Ginobili. After dodging a huge bullet in Game 6, if such a thing as destiny exists it probably resides with Miami right now. Wallace: Heat. This is clearly the Spurs' best offensive player, that's the power of LeBron. The finals began with Game 1 on June 6, and ended with Game 7 on June 20. Haberstroh: Fighting fatigue. If not the biggest game, this is the most pressure he has ever felt. That hasn't been an issue the past two games, but I've seen this team run out of energy in these playoffs and in previous years. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a game seven is the final game of a best-of-seven series in the NBA playoffs.Based on the playoffs format arrangement, it is played in the venue of the team holding home-court advantage for the series. "2013 NBA Finals Game 7" Track Info. Sebastian Christensen writes for ESPN Deportes. Game 7s, though, by definition, feature evenly matched teams. Of course they can. Let Tiago Splitter deal with that. Wallace: No. Manu doesn't have to be great for the Spurs to be effective. The headband is too much of a habit at this point. Rebounding had been a huge issue for the Heat throughout both the regular season and the postseason, but Miami was determined to fight on the glass on Thursday. Broncos roll the dice on Drew Lock’s development, select LB Micah Parsons at No. After a pair of missed free throws from Chalmers and a missed Shane Battier three-pointer on a wide-open look on the ensuing possession, Tim Duncan missed a shot point-blank that could have tied the game with 46 seconds remaining. In a contest like that, those three points become an imperfect, but interesting, predictor. This is the last chance for several players on the Spurs, and I believe that will give them an unexpected emotional and mental edge. Deadlocked at three games apiece, the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs play one more for the 2013 championship (9 p.m. That monkey is off his back now. Now that would have made this the biggest game of his career. The NBA has announced the referee assignments for Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals on Thursday night in Miami, and Danny Crawford, Scott Foster and … That said, a year ago he had already starred in a messianic "Witness" Nike campaign while simultaneously on the path to ringless Karl Malone-dom. 2013 NBA Finals NBA (Archives) 1. Haberstroh: Defensive intensity. I pick the Heat because of home-court advantage, too. A visiting team hasn't won an NBA Finals Game 7 … It all comes down to this. We all are prisoners of the moment to some degree, so I understand why Game 7 of the NBA Finals might register here. Adande, ESPN.com: No. 99856385MW089_NBA_Finals_Ga.JPG. It means waiting until just the right moment, then doubling, both preventing the pass and altering the shot. Wish I had something more original to tell you. Wade has had a banged-up knee all season. But if any team in the league is built to have one big game on the road and coldheartedly snatch away a title, it's the Spurs. The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. But the fix for that can come from James. Normally I give home teams an 80 percent chance of winning playoff Game 7s, based on the historical record. They need a second 20-point scorer, whether that's Wade or Bosh. The Game: 2013 Finals, Game 6 The Series Situation: San Antonio Spurs lead Miami Heat, 3-2 The Play: With … Duncan was brilliant in turning a throwback performance that only cements his reputation has one of the best players in league history. If I were LeBron I would wear it, just because his hairline is not an attractive one. Former NBA guard Ben Uzoh signs with BAL side Rivers Hoopers. The Heat don't get here without him. This is only the second time winning a particular game meant raising a banner, and arguably the first title is more important. Good news for San Antonio is it can't get much worse than last game for Manu. Manu Ginobili threw the ball away on the ensuing Spurs possession and James hit a pair of free throws to extend the lead. Wade ended the night with 23 points and 10 rebounds, and made several critical plays towards the end fo the game. If you look at Game Score disparity between the #1 option (LeBron) and his next 3 options (Wade) (Bosh) and (Allen) you find the following: GameScore for Game 7, 2013 NBA Finals LeBron: 32.5 Wade: 14.8 Bosh: -2.1 Allen: -2.6 Difference: 22.4 (LeBron surpassed the three combined by 22.4) The defending NBA Champion and Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs to win their second straight title. You can see the issue. He already got the monkey off his back. Gordian: Yes. Haberstroh: Yes. Ringside Seat: As Jake Paul fights Ben Askren, what does his boxing future look like? The 2013 NBA Finals found their signature moment as the Miami Heat stormed back to defeat the San Antonio Spurs in a thrilling Game 6. C'mon, man. Look, I'm nearsighted and sitting in the 300 level. Christensen: Start fast. He had previously scored 32 points vs. the Pacers on June 3, 2013, 31 points vs. the Celtics on June 9, 2012, and 45 points vs. the Celtics on May 18, 2008. But LeBron, Wade, Bosh and their teammates will likely play for titles again. Abbott: In history, usually the home team. Whether he's on the floor at the end of a close game is a different question, but for years he has been the emotional centerpiece of the Heat. Don't always buy into what the metrics say. Wallace: Forced turnovers. What you need to know about MLB's hottest new rivalry. But ... bringing him off the bench would look a bit panicky at this stage. Use common sense. In Game 5, Allen shot 7-for-10 from the field and was … FA Cup: Man City to edge Chelsea? Bobcat throwing is the dad sport of 2021. The plan should be to see how Wade's knee is feeling in the game and then go from there. It validated the team and its leader, forever cementing their place among the NBA's greats. ... Heat. Stein: Headband! Adande: The type of rebounding and defensive effort Chris Bosh provided late in Game 6. Knicks center Patrick Ewing and Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon, who also met in an NCAA Championship game, faced off in an epic Game 7 in the NBA finals. They'll need to turn back the clock a decade to hang with the Heat in Game 7, in front of a raucous home crowd. It's Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Wade still has the potential to bust out a performance like in Games 4 and 5, but there's no margin for error Thursday. Ewing won in college, but this time, Olajuwon handily outplayed Ewing as he scored 26.9 points per game, leading the Rockets to their first NBA title. I'll say that the eight turnovers in Game 6 was an outlier, so I expect Ginobili to start and, more important, finish Game 7. He just needs to be productive and confident. Graydon Gordian, 48 Minutes of Hell: Yes and no. That leads to lots of rotating and scrambling, which is why so many of Tim Duncan's buckets come over small guys. NBA Playoffs 2013, Pacers vs. Heat Game 7: LeBron James, Miami blow Indiana out, headed to NBA Finals. Miami Twice! It’s that time of year again! ESPN.com and the TrueHoop Network I bet he starts, though, because the last thing Spurs coach Gregg Popovich would do to a key player is send him out there with the deflation of demotion. Christensen: Of course. Has Mercedes regained the advantage already? A catastrophic street cred mismatch. Graydon Gordian contributes to the TrueHoop Network. The Spurs had the Heat down and couldn't knock them out. Evidently a monster game from Duncan is not enough and five 3-pointers -- what they had in Game 6 -- won't cut it. Still, home-court advantage could turn out to be the slightest of benefits for the Heat, which would turn this into a referendum on the importance of the regular season, something Miami cared about much more than San Antonio. Can Athletic get Copa del Rey redemption vs. Barca? Adande: The Heat. But Game 6 of last year's Eastern Conference finals against Boston was the defining game of LeBron's career to date. He became a champion that night against the Celtics, although he didn't officially win a title until Miami finished off the Thunder in the Finals. J.A. It would be really strange to have him do that and then promptly grab a seat. Although he is not 100 percent, the Heat still need him to win the title. Mile High Report didn’t want Mac Jones, and instead snags Parsons to bolster a revamped Denver defense. In Game 6 somebody asked me if Joel Anthony was in the game. The Spurs' highest quality looks come from defenders eager to be two places at once -- at the rim to stop Parker, and at the 3-point line to stop everyone else. I say that primarily because there's a chance no one else might say it, or remember it. LeBron James Game 1-6 of the 2013 Finals 23.3 ppg, 43.3% fg, 29.2% 3pt, 74.2% ft, 49.8% ts If not for Wade, Bosh, and Allen there wouldn't have been a Game 7 Maybe LeBron should have played better first six games of the series so they didn't go down 3-2 and need a Bosh offensive rebound and a Ray Allen miracle 3 to avoid elimination Abbott: It would be nice. League Champion: Miami Heat. How will Game 7 go down? And for the Heat, they sure could stand to be repeated. He helps far more than he hurts. LeBron James had 37 points and 12 rebounds in the biggest game of … And I'm not just talking about scoring. Christensen: Heat. A visiting team hasn't won an NBA Finals Game 7 since 1978. His worst quality is that his presence keeps James from being more selfishly aggressive with the ball. LeBron James and his relentless, never-count-them-out Cavaliers pulled off an improbable NBA Finals comeback, and Cleveland is title town again at long last. His best game came as a starter, and given the small lineup Miami is likely to roll out, Ginobili is the Spurs' best option. No, no he wasn't. It would be a fitting capsule to sum up a series that has consistently defied logic. Stein: I get the premise. The first title is always the hardest to get. Gordian: He should absolutely wear the headband. With Spurs star Tony Parker struggling for most of the contest, the 21-year old small forward Leonard assumed a huge role. Bosh's key plays -- especially the offensive rebound that led to Ray Allen's already-legendary 3-pointer -- really deserve to be recognized. They're a professional group, but it's possible there might not be enough gas in the tank. Without one of the great individual efforts in playoff history, LeBron would still be ringless. Adande: I'm going with what he jokingly said right before he met with the media yesterday: wear it, then ditch it if he gets off to a bad start. The 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs all comes down to Game 7 on Thursday night.. A champion will finally be crowned as … That doesn't mean swarming them needlessly. Just as the Heat need Wade, the Spurs need Ginobili, especially with Tony Parker hampered by injury. Either way you slice it, one or both of those players need to emerge from the Game 6 doldrums if the Spurs are to get over the hump in Game 7. Maybe I'm just a little bitter that I can't wear a headband to work without the bosses laughing at me. Top NBA Finals Moments Index. The average age of the Spurs' big three is five years older than the Heat's star trio. Adande: Energy. Chris Bosh's valuable contributions largely came on defense, even if his final line of zero points, seven rebounds looks disappointing on the surface level. Gordian: The San Antonio Spurs. Or should it be Manu Green? Box Score - San Antonio Spurs (100) vs. Miami Heat (103) - June 18, 2013 For now and perhaps forever that label applies to Game 6 of last year's Eastern Conference finals. MIAMI -- Victory in Game 7 brought more than another crown for LeBron James and the Miami Heat. About “2013 NBA Finals Game 7” Miami win the NBA Championship. He was a different, more aggressive and desperate player in the fourth quarter and overtime after the headband was knocked off in Game 6. Learn to embrace it, LeBron. We ask seven of our star players seven questions on a big seventh game. As LeBron said, one team knows the other team's plays and personnel to a fault. Drama! It's about execution and effort. And he has a certain dose of amazing in him even hobbled as he was in Game 6. While no one really has any idea, I imagine most people will pick the Heat. Abbott: Tony Parker. But when Parker is tired and not getting to the rim, those defenders aren't jittery, and then Manu goes into hero mode. It's an iconic look, and if he truly intends to raise another banner, he should do it looking however he'd prefer. James poured in 37 points in the winner-take all 2013 NBA Finals finale as the Heat outlasted the San Antonio Spurs, 95-88. Sebastian Christensen, ESPN Deportes: False. If only so we can all obsess about whether he ditches the headband midstream if he gets off to another slow start. Read More. The real reason I say "no," though, is because with so many reasons to feel strange in Game 7, normalcy has value. The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the 2013 NBA Playoffs.The defending NBA champions and Eastern Conference Champions Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champions San Antonio Spurs to win their 2nd consecutive championship in a row, and third overall in franchise history.. What could be bigger, you know? However, there was more room for error up 3-1 last year. It won't necessarily be fair, because this Heat team has many more holes than any of us would have identified back in March, but a loss takes LeBron at least halfway back to where he was in June 2011. There's more of a case for the Spurs to make a change with Manu than Miami with Wade, but it's still a pretty bad idea. They have to dig deep to generate effort after a grueling, depressing Game 6, at the end of a long playoff run, without the lift of a home crowd. The signature great coaching move of Game 5 was a dud in Game 6. "It took everything we had as a team, credit to the San Antonio Spurs," Dwyane Wade told Doris Burke of ESPN on the floor after the final buzzer had sounded on a thrilling Game 7. Canada’s ‘Canadian tuxedo’ look for the Olympics is perfect, WNBA Draft 2021: Results and reactions for each pick. He finished with 37 points and 12 rebounds on 12-of-23 shooting. James was brilliant for Miami, asserting his will throughout the contest to turn in a dominant two-way game. Stein: I've got three. It's surely a disheartening end to a great run for the Spurs. They need more of the LeBron we saw after the third quarter Thursday night. I'll take Game 7 against Boston in last year's playoffs. Stein: Yes. But showing up Wade by benching him and messing with his mind before one of the two or three biggest games in franchise history? He needs to be both aggressive and humble if and when Pop shortens his leash. They're the Spurs. San Antonio was not without its chances in the game's closing moments. Erik Spoelstra has been saying it all season long: The Heat's identity is their defense. Abbott: Those late, iso, contested long 2s should be illegal. Game 7 over 30 Points: LeBron James finished the 2013 postseason by recording his fourth-straight 20-point Game Seven by scoring 37 points vs. the Spurs in the NBA Finals. With the Heat up 90-88, James pulled up and knocked down a long two-pointer with 27 seconds left off a screen from Mario Chalmers to put Miami up four. And they must continue to hound Parker and make him a jump-shooter. Abbott: The guy in the headband. NBA Finals 2013, Spurs vs. Heat Game 7: LeBron James keys Miami's second straight title The Heat are back-to-back champions after outlasting the Spurs in Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals … This series marked the fifth time the … Even if Game 6 had not been an all-time classic -- the best NBA Finals game I've seen since the Bulls and Suns went to triple overtime in 1993 -- even if it had been as one-sided as Games … And could Ferrari spring a surprise. In this case, San Antonio's experience brings Miami's edge down to 60 percent. Whichever team can overcome the nerves and settle in the fastest could end up winning. Adande: Yes. Christensen: I can't believe we are really talking about the headband. Preventing them from doing so will be critical in Game 7. While Allen did hit the game’s biggest shot, it wasn’t close his best game of the NBA Finals. Leicester to outgun Southampton? Assuming Parker and Duncan have their normal impact, the Spurs will need someone else beyond Kawhi Leonard to fill in the production gaps to beat the Heat. 1981: The series between the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets was the lowest rated NBA Finals in history (6.7 rating over six games), until the 2003 NBA Finals drew only 6.5 percent of American television households. He has earned the faith of the fans and his teammates. Gordian: Taking the 3-point shot away from San Antonio. • Miami Twice! Can they do it? Teams in the NBA finals haven’t played to Game 7 since 2010, when the Lakers defeated the Celtics in probably the most long-standing rivalry in basketball. The Heat made 12 three-pointers, with all but one by James or Shane Battier. LeBron James leads Heat to another title, • GIF: Meanwhile, it's past Bill Russell's bedtime, • David Stern will veto any trade for Doc Rivers, • NBA mock draft: Best-case scenarios | Scouting reports | Big Board, NBA Finals 2013, Spurs vs. Heat Game 7: LeBron James keys Miami's second straight title, Throwing a screaming bobcat across your yard is the ultimate dad sport. Welcome to our 15th annual community mock draft. They must force LeBron and Wade into difficult shots. This is personal for those of us in our late 20s fighting a receding hairline. The Heat received a huge lift off the bench from Battier, whose six three-pointers were reminiscent of Mike Miller making seven threes in the final game of the 2012 NBA Finals. Just have a feeling that the Spurs, because you are not supposed to be able to recover from a defeat as crushing as Game 6 was, will do just that and win Game 7. Henry Abbott, J.A. Leonard became something close to a star this series thanks to his impressive defense against James, and he turned in another great two-way effort in Game 7. That won't be the easy move, but it may be smartest move. Christensen: Perimeter shooting. Wallace: If Pop says so. Both teams are mentally and emotionally gassed at this point in the series. But more important for the Spurs is whether Parker and Tim Duncan can gather enough energy to carry the offense; they're more integral to the Spurs' attack. But Dwyane Wade is Dwyane Wade. In Game 7, we'll see if that was the truth or just an empty motto. Leonard finished with 19 points and 16 rebounds. He was locked in … Haberstroh: Heat. Gordian: Playing elite defense. Adande: Yes, if for no other reason than to let him continue his custom of skipping around to all four sides of the court and exhorting the crowd right before tipoff. Parker virtually ceased to operate, and was on the bench for the last two plays of overtime looking exhausted. Wade was a wrecker on defense and hit enough jump shots to keep the Heat's offense going when James struggled early in the contest. He deserves to start. Ex-NFL star Lynch joins soccer ownership ranks, NFL win total predictions: Our reporters make over/under picks for all 32 teams, LAFC over Columbus Crew for MLS Cup? Game 7 might be a case where the start matters more than at any other point in this series. But strategically he and LeBron's playing minutes should be staggered, which could benefit both of them. Finals MVP: LeBron James (25.3 / 10.9 / 7.0) ... Game 7: Thu, June 20: San Antonio Spurs: 88 @ Miami Heat: 95: Eastern Conference Finals: Miami Heat over Indiana Pacers (4-3) Series Stats: Game 1: Wed, May 22: