2013 nba playoffs

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The Miami Heat repeated as NBA champions Thursday night, with LeBron James also repeating as series MVP. Michael Jordan, the player LeBron James is most often compared to, won six titles in his career, so James still needs four more to even out that score. Can he do it?

LeBron James scored 37 points, and the Miami Heat won their second straight title by beating the San Antonio Spurs, 95-88, in a thrilling Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals in Miami on Thursday night.

It all comes down to this. After a ridiculous Game Six, we have a one game playoff for the NBA championship. This is the way it should be, as the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs will play for 48 (or more) minutes with the right to hoist the Larry O'Brien Trophy on the line.

Ray Allen is the best three point shooter of all time. But no shot in his entire career was more meaningful to his team than the one he hit at the end of regulation in last night's Game Six of the NBA Finals. A miss would have resulted in the Heat's elimination. Instead, he buries the shot, the Heat win in overtime, and we are going to Game Seven.

Game Five of the NBA Finals saw the return of Manu Ginobili to the spotlight, as he played his best game of the year in the most important game of the year. That, combined with Danny Green becoming the most prolific three point shooter in a single NBA Finals ever, propelled the Spurs to a win and a 3-2 series lead. Tonight, we will either have a new champion, or a Game Seven.

After Game Four of the NBA Finals, we know as much about the fate of this series as we did prior to Game One. The San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat have exchanged punches, alternating victories in each game of this series. Tonight, we have a pivotal Game Five in San Antonio, with the winner forcing their opponent to sweep the final two games in Miami to claim the championship.

After their embarassing game three loss, the Heat would probably benefit from a different approach. There is chatter coming from Miami that they may move Lebron James to center and start Mike Miller, which would create some intriguing matchup difficulties for the Spurs ...

Tony Parker has been a bit of an enigma in the NBA Finals with his inconsistent play, yet it is undeniable that the San Antonio Spurs are a better team with him on the court. Despite being listed as questionable with a strained hamstring earlier today, Parker says that he is ready to go and will take the floor in Game Four of the Finals tonight.

When we last left you after Game Three of the NBA Finals, we left you in a state of confusion, after a surreal game in which two role players for the San Antonio Spurs outscored the entire starting lineup of the Miami Heat en route to a blowout win. It was such a blowout, in fact, that Tracy McGrady played for the second straight game.

For every bit as close as Game One of the NBA Finals was, Game Two was the opposite, when a 33-5 run during the third and fourth quarters propelled the Miami Heat to a resounding victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Tonight, the teams square off in a pivotal Game Three that will give the winner the inside track to the title.

In some completely not surprising news, the television ratings for this year's NBA Finals are down from last year's, in which LeBron James and Kevin Durant had a literal and figurative clash of the titans to decide the 2011-2012 NBA championship. But did the Tony Awards help to ruin the ratings for last night's Game Two?