NBA Finals 2013: Pre-Game 6 Twitter Snips and Bits
Jun 16, 2013; San Antonio, TX, USA; Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) reacts during the fourth quarter of game five in the 2013 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at the AT
Game 6 is here, finally. We’re either going to be crowning a new NBA Champion tonight or we’re going to be canceling all of our plans for Thursday night.
Here’s what the Twittersphere is saying prior to tonight’s big matchup…
Joey Crawford is the lead referee for Game 6. Hooray!!!
Oh, Joey Crawford is the lead referee for tonight’s Game 6. Welp.
#Heat Game 6 starting lineup:
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) June 18, 2013
PG Joey Crawford
SG Dwyane Wade
SF David Stern
PF LeBron James
C Chris Bosh
Joey Crawford refing tonight. Duncan says JC has "personal vendetta" against him. Last refed Gm 2 (another Mia "must win")
— RJ Bell (@RJinVegas) June 18, 2013
Why are the refs in the NBA bigger stars than in other sports? Will never understand this fascination.
— Shandel Richardson (@ShandelRich) June 18, 2013
Popovich > Flo Rida
Flo Rida's manager Freezy has been asked by the NBA not to attend tonight's Heat game. @FreezBlackHeart joins us now to give us the scoop.
— Marc Hochman (@MarcHochman) June 18, 2013
The next three days will define the last three years for the Miami Heat. That’s unfortunate, but it’s the nature will live in now.
Spo, "We have to bring it tonight. Hopefully we'll have our best game of the series tonight."
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) June 18, 2013
Anticipating a Heat loss? Well, I found this very interesting regarding LeBron’s legacy. LeBron would be 1-3 if he loses tonight.
Hinting at Spo’s adjustments?
"I think Bird will impact tonight. Got a feeling." Shane Battier #NBAFinals #MiamiHEAT
— Hot Hot Hoops (@hothothoops) June 18, 2013
Bosh on Green: "He won't be open tonight."
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) June 18, 2013
Danny Green’s rebuttal?
And Danny Green's response: if Heat crowd him, it opens up driving lanes for Parker, Ginobili: "you have to give up something."
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) June 18, 2013
Explanation to Green’s absurdness?
Indeed. RT @netw3rk: The Finals are a small sample and weird stuff happens in small samples.
— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) June 18, 2013
Nothing to leave in the tank tonight. Spo pulling out all the tricks up his sleeve.
Mario Chalmers: "We got a specific game plan tonight (for Tony Parker) and we're going to execute it."
— Shandel Richardson (@ShandelRich) June 18, 2013
This is the t-shirt giveaway for tonight’s game in Miami. A little premature, no? I’m sure the Spurs have no issues with that shirt tonight. #firstto16
Shirts tonight. Not a super go-go slogan since Spurs have 15. pic.twitter.com/xVw3MOYu9i
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) June 18, 2013
Does LeBron know something that we don’t?
LeBron's newest pair of sneakers from NIKE show that he is a 2 time NBA Champion, with this years date...hmm. pic.twitter.com/nHdAQsGk0a
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 18, 2013
Almost game time.
Off to the arena.
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) June 18, 2013
Chris Bosh doesn’t plan on playing nice tonight.
Chris Bosh says Heat need to “hit them in the mouth” (VIDEO) http://t.co/6Yc5YUqxWV
— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) June 18, 2013
Shane Battier?
https://twitter.com/MySportsLegion/status/347123011410870272
Spo?
Spoelstra says lineup will be as much about "how" as "who." My hunch: he's making a change. But we'll see.
— Ethan J. Skolnick, 5 Reasons Sports (@EthanJSkolnick) June 18, 2013
And with this, we’re ready to go.
Dwyane Wade moments ago "I'm ready to play. It's been a long afternoon. We're ready to play." #NBAFinals
— Hot Hot Hoops (@hothothoops) June 19, 2013
Keep it here throughout the day for the latest pre-game Twitter stream. We will be updating this page throughout the day up until tip-off.
This should be fun.