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- ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
Pop to @miketirico on @NBAonESPNRadio on Spurs' own role in getting taken to Game 7: "We better be real unsatisifed to the point of anger"
2 minutes ago
- ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein

- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
Tim Duncan said Spurs had dinner after Game6: "We know the opportunity we let slip through our fingers. We're not going to dwell on that."
4 minutes ago
- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace

- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez
Yeah, sure, Tony's face. But this shot also reminds us all that Ray Allen hit that shot... wearing boots. http://t.co/h1rsH3r1jf
6 minutes ago
- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez

- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
Gregg Popovich on Game 7: "We had a hell of a year, and all I know is we have a chance to win a championship. That's all that matters."
13 minutes ago
- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace

- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
A local TV cameraman buddy remixed Durant & CP3 commercials and sent this hilarious masterpiece https://t.co/pQK8PSP0UZ
20 minutes ago
- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace

- chadfordinsider Chad Ford
Sorry, sent the wrong link to the chat. Here you go … http://t.co/fbIqbuSYMC
23 minutes ago
- chadfordinsider Chad Ford

- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
Back at arena. Seems I never left after finishing at 2:30am Next time, I'll just rent a winnebago & park it at Bayside
31 minutes ago
- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace

- jadande J.A. Adande
Spurs are all stretching except for Tim Duncan, who I'd say had earned right to do whatever he wants. In fact, he just left.
35 minutes ago
- jadande J.A. Adande

- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace
Wallace: Sugar Ray's sweet shot rescues Heat, keeps title hopes alive headed to Game 7 http://t.co/anUh8GaCnv
40 minutes ago
- WallaceNBA_ESPN Michael Wallace

- kpelton Kevin Pelton
"You have to own that and feel comfortable with the way you made the decision. You can’t be paralyzed by the fact that it might not work.”
42 minutes ago
- kpelton Kevin Pelton

- kpelton Kevin Pelton
"Any given decision you make you’ll wind up with a 30 to 40 percent chance that it isn’t going to work."
42 minutes ago
- kpelton Kevin Pelton

- kpelton Kevin Pelton
“Nothing comes to me that is perfectly solvable. Otherwise, someone else would have solved it. So you wind up dealing with probabilities."
43 minutes ago
- kpelton Kevin Pelton

- kpelton Kevin Pelton
You know who described coaching decisions really well? Barack Obama, in last year's Michael Lewis piece for VF: http://t.co/gnRNgfDVZ2
43 minutes ago
- kpelton Kevin Pelton

- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
RT @michaelsmith: Heat have been outscored by 56 in the Finals with LeBron and Wade on the court together. With LeBron and no Wade Miami is…
44 minutes ago
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN

- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez
RT @ABrooks602: #NBALockdown: @Bowen12 & @IzzyESPN on Game 6, LeBron, Pop's decisions + Game 7 preview: http://t.co/79F8LYlzTc
45 minutes ago
- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez

- jadande J.A. Adande
Trying to find the word to describe the Spurs walking into practice. Somber?.funereal?
45 minutes ago
- jadande J.A. Adande

- chadfordinsider Chad Ford
I'm chatting LIVE over on http://t.co/mhs98in59s right now … come join the fray! http://t.co/ldY40U8xJT
47 minutes ago
- chadfordinsider Chad Ford

- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN
Join us for coverage of Heat and Spurs practices and media availability on the day before Game 7 of the #NBAFinals: http://t.co/fTkGmDxzI2
48 minutes ago
- ESPNNBA The NBA on ESPN

- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez
Time to watch sleepy-eyed, cranky reporters ask an even crankier Pop questions. Should be fun
about an hour ago
- IzzyESPN Israel Gutierrez

- RoyceWebb Royce Webb, ESPN NBA
Imagine the conspiracy theories if the situation were opposite: Heat up 3-2 in San Antonio & NBA starts wheeling out trophy during Game 6.
about an hour ago
- RoyceWebb Royce Webb, ESPN NBA
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Game 7: Spurs at Heat, 9 ET
Play Podcast ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler looks at how there is no carryover from one game to the next. Legler also discusses why Danny Green is so open and says he expects Manu Ginobili to be effective again in Game 6.
Play Podcast ESPN NBA Insider Marc Stein discusses the chances the Celtics and Clippers will be able to work out a deal, says Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce want to remain together and chats about the possibility that the Clippers and Lakers will make a trade.
Play Podcast ESPNLA.com's Ramona Shelburne says the Celtics and Clippers are in a stare-down over a deal that would send Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett to L.A. Shelburne also discusses the possibility of a trade between the Clippers and Lakers and talks about where she feels Dwight Howard will be at the start of next season.
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Play Podcast Bruce Bowen and Israel Gutierrez are joined by Kevin Hart to discuss the Heat's Game 2 victory over the Spurs and where the Spurs Big 3 disappeared to.
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