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[Footy Smart]

whats the OT set up?

[Grahaml]

Here's a big statement about Ginobili's game. Overtime, 2 minutes to go up by 1 and he's on the bench.

[Grahaml]

whats the OT set up?

Lineups you mean? 4 starters each, Miller on 5 sitting Allen in for Miami, Manu sitting after a junk game and Diaw in for Spurs. Allen 5 fouls nobody else walking the tightrope.

[Jim05]

Here's a big statement about Ginobili's game. Overtime, 2 minutes to go up by 1 and he's on the bench.

And right on cue he turns it over

[Grahaml]

Miami should ice this now. 1.9 seconds left, Ray Allen with the steal and gets fouled. Miami up by 1, Allen knocks both down up by 3.

[Grahaml]

Another Manu turnover BTW. 8 that makes it.

[Grahaml]

And we have a game 7!

From the dead, Miami steals it.

[Jim05]

Spurs pathetic down the stretch.
The one man team was just too good in the end

[Grahaml]

Made 2 3s in the last 30 of regular time while Spurs went 2/4 from the line.

Manu one of the worst games he's ever played. He's been average the whole series, game 5 aside. But 5 shots, 8 turnovers, 3 assists and missed a key free throw down the stretch that allowed Miami to level.

James another triple double. Mario Chalmers after a poor series shooting wise proved the difference really. The 3 ball is what won this game for Miami. Less shots, less rebounds, no advantage from turnovers but 11/19 from deep. Of those, Chalmers 4/5, Battier 3/4 and Miller 2/2.

Duncan had 25 at the half, scored 5 in the second.

[Johno6]

Spurs deserve this win.
Duncan has been huge all series. Will get MVP

Even if Miami win?

LeBron leads the second half come back. Duncan has been slowed down in the second half. Ginobili after a great game 5 has been rubbish so far and Green has been shooting like a human. Chris Andersen 4 rebounds, I think the stat is Miami has not lot this season when he gets 4 rebounds or more.

Would love a game 7. Nothing better than the NBA finals going right to the wire IMHO. Happy either way with the result as I think 5 championships reflects Duncan's greatness and I think James gets criticised far too harshly and a second ring would at least give him a little breathing space.

Did not expect Miami to win this game so now if Miami win James gets it.

**** today's game was epic. So good.
I've never been so pumped for a team I don't follow.

Bring on game 7 Friday!!!

[Johno6]

I still can't believe Miami won

Watching end of fourth and OT a few times tonight I reckon.

How many fans left stadium with 30 seconds to go I wonder?


Why wasnt James as Agressive in the first 3 as he was in the last

He just took over.

[Dissident]

Blah blah blah


The Spurs didn't choke and the Heat didn't have an amazing comeback.

Just some small moments that SAS missed, the Heat took but it was just one of those intense amazing finals.

Chris Bosh was the man of OT -the rebound to Ray Allen's Mum was great (and only Ray Ray would hit that) and the TWO blocks at the other end made it impossible. Parker was amazing in the end of regulation to even get in front.

[Freo HeaveHo]

Wow .... That was the best game I've been watching live in a long time. What a dollar coaster. First TP coming up with two huge plays. Lebron and Ray Allen from down town . Then bosh defensively in OT . Still on a high. That loss would have crushed the spurs . You would think the heat should get it done in game 7 on there home court

[BZB27]

Listening to Mike and Mike and they just said that no road team has won a Game 7 finals game since the 70's.

[Grahaml]

Listening to Mike and Mike and they just said that no road team has won a Game 7 finals game since the 70's.

Stats also say Game 3 and 5 winners of tied series win a huge proportion of the time. Series seems unique in that there seems to be no clear decisive advantage either way. Both teams have their points of strength but as yet I can't figure out which has been the biggest asset in the series.

Itching to get to game 7 already. I've no doubt it'll be another tough game for much of the night but I get the feeling on their home court, Wade and LeBron will get onto a roll early in the 4th and run away with the game. The break I think has helped San Antonio compete with the legs of LeBron in particular while Wade and Bosh don't really seem to have recovered from the Indiana series but home court, no tomorrow, I think they'll throw everything at it. LeBron for another triple double, another finals MVP and a spot in the top 10 players of all time. (IMHO).

[Big Phil]

Go Heat - Whoo hoo !!!

[Dissident]

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Really wanted a SAS win but deserved champs.

Duncan will punish himself forever.

[Johno6]

Surely the clippers can only get better with doc rivers.

[Johno6]

Brian SHaw hired as the Denver

[Grahaml]

I like the Clippers picking up Rivers from their point of view. Whether he brings any of his old crew over to try to get the clips to go deeper remains to be seen. Then whether they help or not is another story. It does unfortunately continue the arms race at the pointy end. I'd much rather the talent was spread around to keep the comp more even but that's looking less and less likely to come in any time soon.

I'd also like to see Manu stay with the Spurs. I wasn't comfortable with Karl Malone finishing in LA but he never won the championship so that's understandable. Manu has a few, he doesn't need to chase that title.

On another note, after the great finals series we had (to make up for a mediocre regular season) I was cruising through stats of players and came across one that caught me by surprise. Whenever we talk "Greatest of all time" most of the conversation revolves around 3 blokes. Jordan, Russell and Chamberlain. While most of us who are on the internet are too young to really be talking the older two and so we tend to end up with more or less a unanimous Jordan decision, there are many well educated experts that pick one of the others. I was very surprised to read Wilt Chamberlain's career run down. 2 x NBA champ, 4 x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 7 NBA 1st teams, rookie of the year. Now, if you've been reading much lately you'll have seen that's a pretty familiar looking set of achievements. They are almost identical to LeBron James. Only difference is James has an extra finals MVP. Usually people don't put James up in Wilt's category because of the championships (myself included I must admit) but after seeing that, I'm wondering whether we should reassess that or not.

Scary part is James is 28. At that age, Jordan won his first championship.