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Entering Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night, there had already been more 3-pointers made and taken than in any postseason in league history, and both were well ahead of the numbers posted last season.

There was a time when the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs had one of the best rivalries in the NBA.

In basketball's down time, twitter is gold. It's full of observations and inside jokes to pass time in between games, and the running jokes in the NBA are a constant source of entertainment.

Before game four of these 2013 NBA Finals, the question was posed to me on Twitter if this was a make-or-break game for the legacy of LeBron James.

The Miami Heat return home tonight in what they hope will be the first half of their first winning streak since May 22. If the Spurs want to make things easy, they would prefer to hand the Heat their first losing streak since January 10. But nothing, outside of Danny Green's stroke , has been easy in this series.

The legacies of eight, perhaps nine Hall-of-Famers, including a couple of the all-time greats, hang in the balance tonight.

New airborne laser scanning data has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating an entire bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex.

Just as it was in Game 3 of these roller coaster NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs caught fire in Game 5, and torched the Miami Heat with a 60 percent shooting performance that has the world champs at the brink of total destruction.

In the unlikeliest development of the NBA Finals, Boris Diaw shut down LeBron James in San Antonio's huge Game 5 win last night.

Manu Ginobili made his first start of the 2012-13 season very memorable, scoring 24 points and passing for 10 assists as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat 114-104 to move within one victory of seizing their fifth championship in the Tim Duncan era.

The San Antonio Spurs want to play big. They built their first two championships on the "Twin Towers" of David Robinson and Tim Duncan.

The Spurs' season is down to three games at most. Regardless whether they win their fifth championship or fall to the Miami Heat, major changes could be in store for next year with a batch of free agents, and lead assistant Mike Budenholzer already signed to join the Hawks as their head coach.

Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes, center, celebrates next to San Antonio Spurs center Boris Diaw after scoring during the third quarter of Game 4 of a Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, May 12, 2013.

Riding big performances from their three All-Stars, the Heat tied the NBA Finals with a 109-93 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night in Game 4. James had 33 points and 11 rebounds after failing to break 20 points in any of the first three games of the series, and Wade scored 32 points, 11 more than his previous high this postseason.

File this under A Snowball's Chance, but the Spurs have been cited as a potential suitor for All-Star center Dwight Howard when his free-agent soap opera cranks into high gear this summer.

This defensive Chris Bosh, he's not shiny and new. He's been chugging along in the periphery this entire series, and season for that matter.

Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat drives to the basket under pressure from Boris Diaw of the San Antonio Spurs during game 4 of the NBA finals on June 13, 2013 in San Antonio Authorities in Miami were trying to determine Thursday why a crowded deck at a MIami sports bar collapsed as fans cheered for the Miami Heat basketball team playing, tossing ... (more)

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are playing to their potential in Game 4, but Tony Parker has shaken an injury and has the San Antonio Spurs within striking distance of taking a commanding lead in the NBA Finals.

Our humble second-year small forward doesn't think he's playing very good defense against the best player in the world, but don't worry gang, he promises to keep at it until he figures it out.

As the San Antonio Spurs have put the Miami Heat on their heels in the NBA Finals, it's making a lot of people rethink how to build a basketball team, and perhaps the Los Angeles Lakers should take note.