They'll be tons of pressure on players for tonight's Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, none more so than on the Heat's Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
Wade and Bosh have become no shows in late game situations, largely in part to their struggles shooting. After a 91-77 Game 6 loss on Saturday, Wade said he feels he and Bosh are having their touches and shots cut and it's starting to hurt the team.
"We've got to do a good job of making sure me and Chris have our opportunities to succeed throughout the game," Wade said. "That's something we're going to have to look at as a team."
However, on Monday Bosh addressed his personal struggles and attributed it to his own faults in an apology to his teammates for his lackluster performance.
"I changed my game (for) Games 1-6 and it hasn't really worked," Bosh said, citing a lack of aggression. "Tonight, I'm going to do what I do, let it all hang out."
Bosh is averaging 11.3 points per game in this series but has failed to reach double digits in the last three games. Last season Miami was down 3-2 in the conference finals, and Bosh said, the Heat will lean on their experience from last year's success.
"This is what we work hard for all season, a Game 7 on our home court," Bosh said. "We're not going to sit around, wishing we weren't in this position. It happens. We embrace it. We're confident, but we know we have to beat a very good basketball team."
Meanwhile, in the Western Conference the San Antonio Spurs await the winner of tonight's Game 7.
As they wait, there's be plenty of talk about Spurs' Manu Ginobili's future in the league, but according to the Express-News, he has no plans on calling it a career.
"I'm not planning on retiring," Ginobili told the Express-News.
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"There are some days, you're depressed because you're hurt and you want to say, 'The hell with that,' " Ginobili said. "But I love doing this a lot. Hopefully it's going to be here."
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"From Day 1, I said until July 1 I'm not going to talk about it at all," Ginobili said. "I don't want it to be an issue."
Pacers vs. Heat, Game 7
Game time: 8:30 p.m. ET
T.V.: TNT
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