NBA title settled tonight in Miami

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MIAMI, FL (NEWS1130) –  The NBA championship will be decided in Game 7 tonight in Miami.  The San Antonio Heat, after failing to hold on to the lead on Tuesday night in Game 6, will try to become the first road team in 35 years to win Game 7 of the NBA Finals when they visit Lebron James and the Miami Heat.

James, who is going for his second NBA title, scored 32 points in the Heat’s 103-100 overtime victory to force the series to the limit in a game that was tough to take for members of the Spurs.  Veteran San Antonio guard Manu Ginobili said after Game 6 that he couldn’t see how his team could recover from the demoralizing loss.

San Antonio had a five-point lead with 28.1 seconds left in regulation on Tuesday before Miami rallied to force overtime and eventually claim a 103-100 victory. Miami is looking to become the fourth team to rally from a 3-2 deficit with two consecutive home wins. The others were the 1988 Los Angeles Lakers, the 1994 Houston Rockets and the 2010 Lakers.

San Antonio is 4-0 in NBA Finals and only one of its previous series required a Game 7. The Spurs won that final over the Detroit Pistons in 2005.  Another stat working against Miami is that the Heat haven’t won back-to-back games in four weeks.  Game time is 6 p.m.

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