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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....

Getty ImagesThe head coaches for both teams have made the right moves throughout this series.Game 7 won't just come down to the players on the court. The two coaching staffs in the NBA Finals have each made adjustments throughout the series that have...

Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesThis is what they'll be playing for on Wednesday night. There are so many storylines for Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Let's take a look at the ones that relate to the history of Game 7s in this round. Home-Court Advanta...

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...

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 5-on-5 crew looks back on a wild Game 6 from the NBA Finals.

Justin Rao and David Rothschild of Microsoft Research looked at what betting markets and our expert panel at ESPN Forecast were telling us ahead of Game 6 and found an interesting disparity: Are the Heat still favorites? Betting markets and the pa...

How could the Los Angeles Clippers possibly walk away from a negotiation that would've yielded them Kevin Garnett and Doc Rivers for a relatively unproven young center, a couple of first-round draft picks and the relatively small burden of taking ...

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....

AP Photo/Lynne SladkyLeBron James is averaging 31.5 points per game in games in which his team faced playoff elimination Historical storylines abound going into Tuesday's Game 6. Can the San Antonio Spurs continue their road closeout dominance? Will...

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: During the postseason, Miami has won each of its six games following a loss by an average of 20.7 points. The Heat's victories in this schizophrenic series have come by 19 and 16. History conflicts on wh...