ITS A BATTLE OF THE BIG THREES FOR THE 2013 NBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP....GAME 1 IS TONIGHT IN MIAMI

The four-time NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs are in South Beach to take on the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight. The Spurs weaved their way thru the Western Conference playoffs to make it to their fith finals in the Tim Duncan era.

For the Heat it is the third straight time playing for an NBA title and the stakes couldn't be higher. For LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh it marks there best chance to cement themselves as one of the penultimate teams in NBA history. A loss in this finals and they will be considered an aging group that rode James coat-tails only to come up short, twice, when it most mattered.

Games 1 & 2 will be played in Miami and then the series shifts to San Antonio for Games 3 & 4 and if necessary Game 5.