NBA FINALS 2013 GAME 7 SERIES
You know what happened next: somehow, someway the Heat won in overtime, 103-100, to even the series at three games apiece.Īfter the game, legs heavy and body worn out, LeBron summed up the experience. Monitors of the NBA’s Twitter feed and Instagram (both were poised to post pictures of the Spurs with captions offering congratulations. The O’Brien Trophy was in the vomitory, ready to be presented to the Spurs. Fans at AmericanAirlines Arena were streaming for the exits, ready to hit the clubs or the hay.Ī yellow rope, designed to keep fans off the court during the Larry O’Brien celebration, was brought out and stretched out around the 94×50 court. The Championship seemed, once again, at hand. With 22 seconds showing on the clock, the Spurs led by five points. Then, by dint of Miami mistakes and the Spurs splendid play, something happened.San Antonio seized the game-again. The Miami Heat were going to force a Game 7. With three minutes to play, the Heat led, 87-84, and had all the momentum. Then, led by LeBron James, who scored or assisted on every Heat basket in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, the Heat staged a furious comeback. The San Antonio Spurs were going to win the NBA Finals in six games. The Heat trailed by 13 with 16 minutes left in regulation, and reporters were in the process of booking their tickets to whence they came. The Finals-and the season, and, maybe, a career or two-nearly ended with Game 6, on Tuesday night. And when Game 7 comes to a conclusion, the sun will have set on the 2012-13 NBA season, on either the San Antonio Spurs or the Miami Heat, on, maybe, a playing career or two. By Tzvi Twersky | Game 7 of the NBA Finals starts tonight at 9:10 p.m., the sun will have set on 601 Biscayne Boulevard, FL, home of AmericanAirlines Arena.