PHOENIX — As dramatic as it was, Tuesday's Game 6 escape act by the Heat could be reduced to nothing more than a largely forgotten footnote if Miami doesn't finish off the Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

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MIAMI — As they await Game 7 of the NBA Finals, San Antonio players said Wednesday they will not allow themselves to be dragged down emotionally by the disappointment of squandering a five-point lead with 21 seconds left in Game 6, when they had a chance to close out the series.

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MIAMI — The Shot That Changed Everything found the perfect hands. Nobody who ever played basketball has made more three-point baskets than Ray Allen, after all. You know how shooters say they are sure the moment the ball leaves their hands if the shot is good? That they know it by instinct and feel?

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If the Miami Heat wins Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals ...

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Chase Tapley shrugs. He has no illusions about his prospects in the upcoming NBA Draft. He smiles. He has no problem with the possibility of playing overseas. He laughs. He anticipates auditioning again next month at the Las Vegas Summer League and pushing, again and again, for the upset.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — This week of all weeks, this month of all months, just what the Texas Rangers didn't need:

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MIAMI — There's really no way to top what happened Tuesday night.

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LOS ANGELES — You mean we have to do it again?

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PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers have decided not to hire a head coach before the June 27 NBA draft, but that might not be as risky as some think, an NBA source said.

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You wouldn't write a review of a movie after the first reel. You certainly wouldn't care to read one.

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