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THIS IS THE 18th TIME THAT AN
NBA FINALS HAS GONE TO A GAME
SEVEN.
THE ROAD TEAM HAS ONLY WON THREE
TIMES
BEING PLAYED, THE EFFORT IS
THERE.
I DO SEEM TO THINK THAT RIGHT
NOW THESE PLAYERS LOOK TIRED.
>> Jeff: THEY ARE RUNNING IN MUD
RIGHT NOW FOR THE MOST PART.
SOME GUYS LIKE DWAED LOOK
ENERGETIC --
>> Mike: JAMES WITH A FOUL!
A CHANCE FOR A THREE POINT PLAY.
IT HAS LOOKED LIKE THAT FOR SOME
OF THESE YOUNG GUYS.
JAMES SHOWING HIS POWER HERE.
>> Jeff: THIS IS WHEN HE'S AT
HIS BEST.
SAN ANTONIO DIDN'T GET BACK
THERE AND SHUT OFF THAT REBOUN.
BOTH COACHES WANT AN UPTEMPO.
CHECK.
SOMEBODY HAS SOME BLOOD.
I BELIEVE IT'S PARKER.
WE WILL TRY AND PATCH HIM UP.
>> Jeff: AGAIN, DARING JAMES TO
SH
SHOOT.
HE BACKS UP.
THESE ARE LIKE PRACTICE SHOTS.
HE KNOCKS IT IN.
IF YOU ARE SAN ANTONIO THIS IS
WHAT Y
DUNCAN HIS BEST YEAR IN THE
FREE-THROW LINE.
HE HAD HIS UPS AND DOWNS
POINTERS TONIGHT THAN SAN
ANTONIO.
>> Mike: PACKINGHE HAS 13.
WADE AS JEFF SAID THROUGHOUT THE
FIRST HALF IN A NICE RHYTHM.
LeBRON JAMES AND HEAT WITH THE
LEAD BUT ONLY TWO.
GAME SEVEN OF THE NBA
>> Announcer: WELCOME BACK TO
THE SPRINT HALFTIME REPORT.
>> ONE GAME ON OUR WHOLE QUARTER
TO BRING HOME A CHAMPIONSHIP,
MAN.
THIS IS EVERYTHING WE WORKED FOR
ALL SEASON LHAT THEY HAVE GOINGN
OR WILL MIAMI WEAR OUT?
I'M WAITING TO SEE WHO WILL GET
TIRED THE FASTEST.
>> I LOVE THAT WADE WITH A
LITTLE SNEER WHEN HE MADE THAT
LITTLE JUMP SHOT.e: THE GAME AS.
DUNCAN, THE RUNNER, CAN'T
FINISH.
MILLER THE REBOUND.
>> Jeff: GOOD DEFENSE BY BOSH
WITH THE THREE FOULS.
>> Mike: INSIDE WADE TRYING TO
GET HAVE GIVE IT TO JAEVEN AGAI
DEFENSE.
TONIGHT I THINK IT'S MORE BAD
OFFENSE THAN IT IS GREAT
DEFENSE.
>> Mike: ALLEN OFF THE SCREEN.
JAMES WILL TRY ANOTHER THREE..
CATCH AND SHOOT, PLAY OFF YOUR
INSTINCTS, TRUST YOUR SKILL
LEVEL.
>> Mike: LEONARD DARING HIM.
RAY ALLEN TO JAMES.
AT THE THREE, HOW MUCH LONGER DO
YOU PUSH HIM.
>> Mike: JAMES DRIVES HARD TO
THE BASKET, DRAWS A FOUL.
LeBRON JAMES FIRED UP RIGHT NOW.
SEE RAY ALLEN, GIVE IT BACK.
HE WANTED IT RIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY PRESENTATION
HERE FROM MIAMI AS LeBRON JAMES
AND THE HEAT TRYING TO GO BACK
TO BACK.
>> Jeff: 5-3.
NO ONE REMOTELY IN THE SAME AREA
ON ANY OF THESE THREE.
THESE ARE LIKE PRACTICE SHOTS.
THE HEAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN 21
THREES.
JAME.
>> Mike: GINOBILI HITS THE
SECOND.
A 7-0 RUN BY SAN ANTONIO.
THEY ARE UP BY THREE
THEY GOT IT DONE FROM THE
PERIMETER.
>> Jeff: THEY HAVE.
20 FOR 38 BETWEEN WADE AND
JAMES.
FIVE THREES.
JAMES LOOKING.
14 TO SHOOT FOR MIAMI.
>> Jeff: THEY'RE NOT GOING TWO
FOR ONE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE.
>> Mike: JAMES PULLS UP, PUTS IT
IN.
FOUR POINT LEAD.
35 FOR LeBRON JAMES.
TIMEOUT SAN ANTONIO.
>> Jeff: THEIR GO TO PLAY,
CHALMERS SCREENING FOR JAMES.
THE 17 FOOTER.
LEONARD TRIES TO CLOSE THE GAP
LATE, EXCELLENT BALANCE BY JAMES
AND KNOCKS IT IN TO GIVE THEM A
>> Mike: GREAT PERFORMANCE FOR
LeBRON JAMES ONCE AGAIN IN GAME
SEVEN.
>> Jeff: THIS IS WHAT HE'S
WORKED ON, HIS JUMP SHOT.
AND WHEN HE NEEDED THIS SKILL TO
SHINE THROUGH IN A BIG MOMENT,
IT HAS HERE IN GAME SEVEN.
THAT IMPROVEMENT TO TAKE
COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN TO
PRESENT THE BILL RUSSELL TROPHY
FOR THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER.
COMMISSIONER.
>> I'M HONORED TO STAND
BEHIND --
>> BESIDE, COME ON, BILL.
>> THE MOST DECORATED CHAMPION
OF THEM ALL, BILL RUSSELL, AFTER
WHOM THE MVP TROPHY IS NAMED AND
IN HIS HONOR.
WITH 25.3 POINTS ALMOST 11
REBOUNDS A GAME AND SEVEN
ASSISTS, THE 2013 BILL RUSSELL
NBA FINALS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
IS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT
FINALS, LeBRON JAMES.
>> HEY NOW, HEY NOW!
>> Doris: LeBRON, YOU'VE PAID A
PRICE TO BE A GREAT JUMP
SHOOTER.
HOW HAPPY ARE YOU THAT YOU PAID
THAT PRICE?
>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO GIVE A
LOT OF CREDIT TO THE SAN ANTONIO
SPURS, FIRST CLASS ORGANIZATION.
THEY PUSHED US TO THE LIMIT.
I WORK ON MY GAME A LOT.
THROUGHOUT THE OFF SEASON I PUT
A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
AND TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE
AND THE RESULT HAPPEN ON THE
FLOOR IS THE ULTIMATE.
I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
>> Doris: LeBRON, YOU ARE
CONSTANTLY FACED WITH THE DIN OF
NOISE FROM THE OUTSIDE SCRUTINY
AND PRESSURE.
HOW WHEN EVERYBODY IS COMING AT
YOU DO YOU PERFORM AT THE LEVEL
YOU DO?
>> LISTEN, FOR ME I CAN'T WORRY
ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY SAY ABOUT
ME.
I'M LeBRON JAMES FROM AKRON,
OHIO, FROM THE INNER CITY.
I'M NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
EVERY NIGHT I WALK INTO THE
LOCKER ROOM I SEE A NUMBER SIX
WITH JAMES ON THE BACK.
I'M BLESSED.
WHAT EVERYBODY SAY ABOUT ME OFF
THE COURT DON'T MATTER.
I AIN'T GOT NO WO
BELOVED ATHLETES HAS NOW BROUGHT
HIS CITY THREE NBA
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
LeBRON JAMES, THE LAST TWO YEARS
MVP.
THE LAST TWO YEARS NBA CHAMPION,
A MAGNIFICENT PLAYER, A ONCE IN
A GENERATION PLAYER WHO WILL DO
ANYTHING TO WIN.
HE'LL GO FOR A THREE PETE NEXT
YEAR.
THE MIAMI HEAT BACK TO BACK
TITLES, A TEAM OF STAR PLAYERS,
STAR PLAYERS WHO PLAY GREAT TEAM
BASKETBALL, UNSELFISH, HARD