James finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and kept Miami's hopes alive for a second consecutive NBA championship. "We gotta go out here and do our best and leave it out on the floor." "One game, that's it," said Allen, who played in the 2010 Finals' Game 7 with the Boston Celtics. It is the NBA's first Game 7 in the Finals since 2010 and the sixth Game 7 in the Finals since 1980. I saw the ball the ball the whole time, and I was able to make a play."īring on Game 7 Thursday (9 p.m. With 1.9 seconds, there's not much you can do. Tiago (Splitter) set a pretty good screen on Ray, and I just followed the flight of the ball. I was looking at Tim Duncan's eyes the whole time. "I knew they were going to run something for a three-point shooter," Bosh said of the final play. "Until time runs out we have an opportunity to win this game," Allen said.Ĭhris Bosh came out with two outstanding defensive plays, blocking a Tony Parker jumper with 32.2 seconds left and Danny Green's three-point attempt as time expired in overtime.
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James' basket with 1:01 left in overtime put Miami ahead 101-100, and Allen made two free throws with 1.9 seconds left, making it 103-100. Allen's game-tying three was made possible when San Antonio forward Kawhi Leonard made 1 of 2 free throws with 19.4 seconds left. James and Ray Allen hit consecutive threes in the final 20.3 seconds of the fourth quarter, tying the score at 95-95 and producing the first overtime game of the series. "I can live with those mistakes knowing I gave my all tonight. "I had a couple turnovers, couple mistakes," James said afterward. With Miami's season on the line and another premature referendum on James' legacy up for discussion, James delivered with 16-fourth quarter points and two in overtime, leading the Heat to a 103-100 victory - it was a classic - and forcing one more game. But entering the fourth quarter Tuesday night, James had missed nine of 12 shots, and the Heat trailed by 10 points. The Miami Heat superstar entered Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs averaging 31.5 points, 10 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 11 elimination games. That unofficial title most likely belongs to 2010’s Game 7, when online auctions pushed prices in Los Angeles to over $81,000 for a courtside seat to see the Lakers take on the Boston Celtics.MIAMI - For three quarters, it was not LeBron James' finest night. ( MORE: LeBron James, Basketball Einstein)Įven so, tonight’s game in Miami is not the priciest NBA Game 7 ever. A quick look at SeatGeek’s roundup of available tickets on Thursday now shows that the majority of listings have asking prices over $1,000, so surely the average ticket price is now significantly north of $949. SeatGeek, an aggregator of tickets sold on the secondary market, estimated that as of June 11, the average price for Game 7 tickets in Miami was $949 (more than double the average for Games 3 and 4 in San Antonio, btw). Online sellers such as and have been listing standing-room-only tickets from the high $300s to low $500s, lower-level seats for $1,000 to $3,000, courtside seats for as much as $37,663, and admission to an American Airlines Arena suite is going as high as $57,000. The Sun Sentinel reports that one broker in South Florida recently sold four courtside seats for $30,000 each, “probably the most expensive we’ve sold for a Heat game,” the company owner said. ( MORE: NBA Finals: Three Pressing Questions for Game 7)ĭemand soars for any Game 7, but Tuesday’s exciting come-from-behind Heat win seems to have pushed ticket prices to the next level for Thursday’s deciding game. Heat star LeBron James called Tuesday’s overtime thriller the “best game I’ve ever been a part of,” and sports writers have described the game as an “instant classic,” perhaps even the best NBA Finals game ever. Now, though, with Game 7 set to tip off on Thursday, coming on the heels of one of the wildest, most entertaining games of all time in Tuesday’s Game 6, prices have surged. Still, from the get-go brokers were able to command big money for courtside seats in Miami-as much as $17,500 per ticket, one broker boasted at the time. In fact, the Miami Herald noted that there were still plenty of Miami home game tickets available at face value in the higher levels several hours after they first hit the market. When 2013 NBA Finals tickets first went on sale in early June, there was no mad rush to snatch up every seat, at any price. Follow you want to bring your talent to South Beach to see the Miami Heat take on the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, you better bring lots of money.