nba playoffs

30 teams entered this NBA season with championship aspirations. After several months and a hard fought postseason, only the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat remain in their quest to win the NBA Finals. We will be with you every step of the way, as 104.5 The Team ESPN Radio live tweets the action during the 2013 NBA Finals.

The Miami Heat will face the San Antonio Spurs in the 2013 NBA Finals, with the best-of-seven championship series beginning on Thursday in Miami.

With the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat advancing to the NBA Finals, we are now set up with a matchup for the ages to decide who gets to take home the Larry O'Brien Trophy.  But who do you think will win the series and claim this year's championship?

LeBron James scored 32 points, and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers, 99-76, in the seventh and deciding game of the Eastern Conference finals in Miami on Monday night.

Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert drew the ire of many, including the NBA's league offices, when he went on a rant following Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. Hibbert, generally perceived as a good guy by fans, used a homophobic slur and used profanity to address the media as well.

Bob Ryan, legendary NBA columnist and reporter for the Boston Globe, recently joined Mike Lindsley on 104.5 The Team ESPN Radio to talk NBA playoffs, LeBron James and his Mount Rushmore and All-NBA First Team roster in league history.  Listen here:

In a hypercompetitive Game Four in the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, LeBron James was momentarily hobbled when he landed on the foot of Lance Stephenson, rolling his ankle. A few moments later, he made one of the best blocks of this year's playoffs.

Tony Parker scored 37 points, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 93-86, on Monday night to sweep the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals in four games and advance to the NBA Finals. The Spurs broke out to a 10-point lead after one quarter and were able to hold off the Grizzlies in Memphis thanks to Parker's spectacular game...

Let's start this piece by being very clear.  LeBron James is incredible.  LeBron James has carried himself the right way since entering the league years ago (save that little "taking my talents to South Beach thing").  He has won MVP after MVP after MVP after MVP.  He has exceeded the hype, the hardest thing in sports to do, especially when you are the most hyped athlete of all-time. Rea

Here I thought Lebron James was above the nonsense and foolishness. But if his "war of words" with Indiana Pacers Frank Vogel is any indication, then James is needing some artificial means of firing himself up for the series that starts on Wednesday in Miami...

The Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks in the sixth game of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series on Saturday to join the Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA's conference finals. Here's a preview of what to expect as these four teams each attempt to advance to the NBA Finals:

Indiana Pacers 106, New York Knicks 99 Lance Stephenson scored 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks, 106-99, in Indianapolis on Saturday night to win their second-round NBA playoff series in six games...