lebron james trying to science his critics with a repeat championship. and the aging spurs trying to become the first team to win a game seven on the road since 1978. actually, it was a pretty close game. let s go to the third. they just dared lebron james to shoot, and he shot, and it went in. he got five three-pointers. let s go to the fourth. game is still close. lebron kicks it out to shane battier. ray allen in game six. battier in game seven, 6 for 8 with 18 points. just awesome. spurs wouldn t go away. kawai leonard, three-pointer, wouldn t go. next possession. they would call this in sports jargon, that would be the dagger in the heart of the san antonio spurs. or the spear. or the spear. tony parker watched as the game and manu ginobili had a final chance, and that was it. lebron had 37, 12 rebounds. gets the bill russell mvp story.
time for sports. game seven of the nba finals, of course, heat versus the spurs. lebron james, really all about lebron trying to silence his critics with a repeat championship. and the aging spurs trying to become the first team to win a game seven on the road since 1978. and this was close for most of the game. in the third, spurs just daring lebron to use the outside jumper, and he nails it. he hit five 3-pointers. to the fourth, game still close. lebron kicks it out to shane battier. like ray allen in the game before, kind of the hero, 6 for 8 behind the arc, 16 points. spurs would not go away. kaw hi leonard makes it a two-point game. same score, time winding down. tim duncan could be the hero but can t get it to go. next possession, lebron, that would be the metaphor for dagger. heat up by four. tony parker on the bench. spurs, one last effort. manu ginobili throws it away and
ryan sweeney with a shot to right. mcdonald hustling from second. the throw was there but gets away from the catcher. boston wins, 4-2. a walk-off. mets and nats tied in the ninth. daniel murphy singles him home. mets win, 5-4. no better way to celebrate than with a shaving cream pie to the face. the mets are 4-0. lamar odom will have plenty of time to work on his reality show. the mavericks placed him on the inactive list ending its short stint in dallas. the spurs rested their big three of tim duncan, tony parker and ginobili. jazz took advantage and won 91-84. the playoffs can t start soon enough for the aging spurs. and that s your first look at sports. i m mario solis. now for another look at the weather, let s check with nbc meteorologist bill karins because he has your weather channel forecast. the winds were pretty impressive yesterday. it was howling out there from
again, gary neil, the guy that dropped that inbound pass hits another big three. and a distant memory is that turnover, 103-100 don t forget the aging spurs, stul pretty darn good, second in the west. clayton you will love this shot from phil mickleson, one in a million at the northern trust in l.a. and watch this. he won t hold back, and that s going left. we re in the crowd, left of the crowd, over that s, phil mickleson a errant tee shot. where did it go? in a man s shorts. the ball literally stuck inside. (laughter) mickleson worried when he sass the fan on his back, the ball was in there and he didn t want to mess up the