- Heat top Spurs in OT, force Game 7
| Dime - Sources: Clips end Celts talks | Shelburne
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| 5-on-5: Alex Len
- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez
RT @ESPNNBA: Dime: Headband or no, LeBron and the Heat will play on writes @IzzyESPN - http://t.co/whLKPc32z4
about 2 hours ago
- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
Dime: Headband or no, LeBron and the Heat will play on writes @IzzyESPN - http://t.co/whLKPc32z4
about 2 hours ago
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
Game 7 of the NBA Finals on tap. This job I have? It rocks.
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- jadande J.A. Adande
RT @oenomauscrixus: This sums it all up -------> "@bomani_jones: RT @TrueHoop: Game 6 for the ages. @jadande and @bomani_jones http://t.co/…
about 3 hours ago
- jadande J.A. Adande
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
Seconds away from a title, the Spurs now have to regroup after Game 6 writes @jadande: http://t.co/UHCNliZDmk
about 3 hours ago
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
- kpelton Kevin Pelton
Listening to "With or Without You," writing about LeBron's headband (or lack thereof). DEEP.
about 3 hours ago
- kpelton Kevin Pelton
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
Miami got to try misery on for size, before everything turned. Dan Le Batard @LeBatardShow joins @TrueHoopTV: http://t.co/GOecloGSo9
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
RT @SherwoodStrauss: Look at the play Wade made, thwarting Kawhi's game-sealing rebound http://t.co/q7YCemVlAG
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
RT @LeBatardShow: Tony Parker missed 17 of 23 shots. But he also made two of the biggest of his career. What the hell happened here tonight?
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- RoyceWebb Royce Webb, ESPN NBA
Tim Thomas probably smiling tonight.
about 3 hours ago
- RoyceWebb Royce Webb, ESPN NBA
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
No one plays space-age muzak with less irony than a swanky Miami hotel.
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
Stat geeks wish Spurs would have fouled on Bosh's rebound, up 3. But watch replay ... would have been tough.
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
From the "small consolation" file: Spurs enter Game 7 knowing Boris Diaw has joined the list of key contributors.
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
Game 6 for the ages. Overtime, thrills, heroes, villains and Ray Allen. @TrueHoopTV with @jadande and @bomani_jones http://t.co/3M2pIdQEkO
about 3 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- tomhaberstroh Tom Haberstroh
RT @CoupNBA: Regarding the Wade/LeBron on/off numbers, should also note that the Heat are outscoring the Spurs with Wade on and LeBron off.…
about 3 hours ago
- tomhaberstroh Tom Haberstroh
- tomhaberstroh Tom Haberstroh
Go see @JADubin5's twitter for some revealing numbers on LeBron-Wade struggling together. Wrote about it after Gm 3: http://t.co/oimqD0ljbX
about 4 hours ago
- tomhaberstroh Tom Haberstroh
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
Heat beat the Spurs in an amazing Game 6 to force Game 7 in the #NBAFinals, the @SportsCenter Highlight of the Night: http://t.co/BcAqyfWWPr
about 4 hours ago
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
RT @JADubin5: Yes. RT @PabloTorre: @JADubin5 All these numbers just from tonight?
about 4 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
RT @JADubin5: Oh and Heat D-Rtg with LeBron + Wade on court: 112.2. Heat D-Rtg with LeBron + no Wade: 72.7
about 4 hours ago
- TrueHoop Henry Abbott
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
Did you miss any of Game 6 of the #NBAFinals? Catch the replay at 3 a.m. ET on ESPN or now on WatchESPN: http://t.co/VWwMpdzt9R
about 4 hours ago
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
MEDIA
Thursday, June 20
Game 7: Spurs at Heat, 9 ET
Play Podcast ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler looks at how there is no carryover from one game to the next. Legler also discusses why Danny Green is so open and says he expects Manu Ginobili to be effective again in Game 6.
Play Podcast ESPN NBA Insider Marc Stein discusses the chances the Celtics and Clippers will be able to work out a deal, says Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce want to remain together and chats about the possibility that the Clippers and Lakers will make a trade.
Play Podcast ESPNLA.com's Ramona Shelburne says the Celtics and Clippers are in a stare-down over a deal that would send Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett to L.A. Shelburne also discusses the possibility of a trade between the Clippers and Lakers and talks about where she feels Dwight Howard will be at the start of next season.
Play Podcast Michael Smith and Jemele Hill discuss the Clippers and Celtics potential blockbuster deal.
Play Podcast Bruce Bowen and Israel Gutierrez discuss the Spurs Game 3 domination, Tony Parker's hamstring issues and much more.
Play Podcast Bruce Bowen and Israel Gutierrez are joined by Kevin Hart to discuss the Heat's Game 2 victory over the Spurs and where the Spurs Big 3 disappeared to.
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