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Seven things that matter about the Finals as we head head into a historic Game 7 in Miami. With J.A. Adande, Israel Gutierrez, Alvaro Martin, Michael Wallace, Tom Haberstroh and Royce Young. TrueHoop TV at the Finals....

David Thorpe says if he were Gregg Popovich he'd prepare his team for Game 7 with the message "we're better than them." What he'd tell the Heat, what worked in an epic Game 6. and more. TrueHoop TV at the Finals. ...

Chris Andersen has been an essential player in the NBA Finals, and a forgotten one. He talks about how he, and his team, will get themselves ready for Game 7. TrueHoop TV at the Finals....

Twists, turns, villains, heroes and Ray Allen; Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals was overloaded with drama. Bomani Jones and J.A. Adande discuss the Heat's come-from-behind overtime victory that sets up Thursday's Game 7. TrueHoop TV at the Finals....

Dan Le Batard on the incredible emotions of Game 6. When Ray Allen lofted his game-saving 3 the entire Heat team, its ethos, stars and formation were set to be doubted for eternity. Instead, the Heat walk tall into Game 7, while the only people wh...

Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Heat have been good with Chris Andersen on the court.Why hasn't Chris Andersen played since Game 3? That's what I have been wondering. He's a big dude with -- it would seem -- the ability to hinder those Tony P...

At full speed, the Heat may well be unstoppable. But even in these NBA Finals, you can see the Heat occasionally deciding not to bother challenging Danny Green, for instance. Ethan Sherwood Strauss has interesting ideas about intensity....

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images SportIf anyone tells you they know who'll win, they're lying. It's guesswork, even for Gregg Popovich.You're going to hear a lot about what it's going to take to win this championship, which will be deliciously -- for NBA fa...

Gregg Popovich pulls the strings like a master, the Heat struggle to score, Danny Green sets a record and the series heads to Miami where the Heat face a must-win Game 6. TrueHoop TV at the Finals, with Doris Burke and J.A. Adande....

San Antonio's basketball team is all business. But the city is way more interesting than that. Writer Shea Serrano grew up in San Antonio, and shows TrueHoop TV's Henry Abbott and Jade Hoye life away from the Riverwalk....

Kevin Arnovitz has been digging into that question -- he has written it up beautifully here -- and the answer is interesting: They're playing exactly the kind of ball people say they want to see, but they've never been hot in the national TV ratings....

ESPN's Doris Burke has a tough job. Not only has to try to predict what'll happen in these unpredictable Finals, but she also has to interview Gregg Popovich regularly....

J.A. Adande and Marc Stein on how Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh tied the Finals at two games apiece. TrueHoop TV at the Finals....

The ESPN analyst says coaches have never been valued less in the NBA. Nevertheless, he is interested if the right situation arises. TrueHoop TV at the Finals....

Matt Bonner says he respects his coach, his teammates and is happy coming off the bench or not playing at all. There is no controversy here, which is the plan in San Antonio....

David Thorpe points out that the Spurs aren't frustrating the Heat with incredible pressure. Instead they're packing the paint and daring the Heat to shoot. TrueHoop TV at the Finals....