The San Antonio Spurs meet LeBron James and the Miami Heat on Thursday to determine the winner of the 2013 NBA Finals. Game 7 tipoff is at 9 p.m. ET. Tune into ABC or watch the live stream here.
Miami forced a Game 7 with a stunning comeback Tuesday night, forcing overtime and coming away with a 103-100 win. Heat guard Ray Allen made the clutch three-point shot to tie the game in the waning seconds of regulation.
"As a competitor you love it, because you know you have an opportunity and it's up to you," Allen told reporters. "We have a chance in our building to make something great. All of our legacies are tied to this moment, this game. It's something our kids will be able to talk about that they were a part of. Forever will remember these moments, so we want to not live and have any regrets."
History is against the Spurs winning Game 7, according to the Associated Press. Home teams are 14-3 in Game 7s of NBA Finals; the last team to win a Game 7 on the road was the Washington Bullets in 1978.
The Spurs aren't concerned about statistics. All that matters is Game 7.
"You know what, it's all about just winning the title. It's not about situation or what has led up to it," Spurs veteran Tim Duncan told reporters. "It's a great story for everybody else, but we're here for one reason, one reason only: It's to try to win this game (Thursday). We have had a very good season thus far, and I think we just want to get to the game more than anything. We just want to see what happens and be able to leave everything out there."
San Antonio is 4-0 in its NBA Finals appearances. The Spurs hope to extend that record on Thursday as it's possibly the last time the team's veteran core of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Duncan ever take the floor together for an NBA Finals.
It's been an exciting series thus far as the powerhouse teams alternated wins throughout. Heat guard Dwyane Wade is expecting a game for the ages.
"I think - I know - that game will go down as one of the best finals games that's been seen," he told reporters. "But I think this series will go down as being one of the most competitive, bizarre series that's been seen. So this is what you pay for to watch. You pay to watch two great teams battle to the very, very end, and that's what we'll do (Thursday). It will be to the very last second."
