Well, here we are where we didn’t think we would be. The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs will be in American Airlines Arena tonight and it’s the Spurs that seem to have the obvious upper hand. San Antonio comes into Miami with a one-game edge, leading 3-2 in the series and with a big lead in confidence in my estimation. For some reason the Spurs seem to be able to put it together with a more options than Miami. During this NBA Finals San Antonio has gotten big performances from unlikely people. Miami seems to be faltering when it comes to the understudy playing a leading role.
Of course, a look at this series should be giving Heat fans a better feeling. Neither team has been able to manufacture consecutive victories. That and playing at home mean I’m confident we’re going to see a Game 7 unless something completely untoward were to happen. Miami, which has lost a total of four games at home all season, must now win out in the NBA Finals. The players understand what’s at stake.
“We’re going to see if we’re a better team than we were our first year together,”said LeBron James, referring to their home loss two years ago that cost them their first shot at an NBA Championship.
“We challenge ourselves to see if we’re a better team than we were,” was what Dwyane Wade had to say about the situation. “Same position no matter how we got to it.”
This is a better Miami Heat team than they were two years ago. The question is whether they’re good enough to put together two excellent games against an excellent opponent. They haven’t done it in almost a month. Now’s the time to find out if the moxie is there or if the dream dies on the court of American Airlines Arena.
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