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Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: How painfully close were the Spurs to their fifth championship? Scores of Heat fans - admittedly, not exactly a die-hard bunch - were already streaming for the exits at American Airlines Arena as the fina...

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...

MIAMI -- Ray Allen has made more regular-season and playoff 3-pointers than anyone in NBA history. But when it comes to the biggest shot he's ever hit in a game, the veteran sharpshooter will have a hard time topping the dagger he delivered Tuesda...

Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports Tim Duncan (left) started out hot in Game 6, but LeBron James turned up the Heat in the fourth quarter and overtime to force a Game 7 on Thursday in Miami.The Miami Heat staved off elimination with a thrilling 103-100...

The Spurs were less than a minute away from a title, but now they're forced to regroup for a Game 7.

BOSTON -- A major reason the Boston Bruins are two wins away from their second Stanley Cup in three seasons is the play of forward Daniel Paille, who has emerged as an unsung hero while helping to form a successful third line with Tyler Seguin and Ch...

Game 6 of the NBA Finals was an instant classic, and NBA players from around the league were buzzing about the Heat's win and looking forward to Game 7.

BOSTON -- If time and space are the currency of success for an offensive star, Patrick Kane is broke. Roughly 13 periods into the Stanley Cup finals between Kane's Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, and the Hawks have managed just five goal...

BOSTON -- Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp has been around long enough to know that what he and his teammates were feeling after their Game 3 loss in the Stanley Cup finals to the Boston Bruins on Monday wasn't going to last come Tuesday. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Presented with perhaps an easy way out, Ohio State instead is reinforcing its emphasis on beefing up its schedule heading into the playoff era. The move to a nine-game slate in the Big Ten means everybody in the league will have ...

Former Blackhawk Tony Amonte said Marian Hossa missing Monday's Game 3 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup finals was "just not good enough" and questioned the pain threshold of the Chicago star. Read the entire story....