With 28.2 seconds remaining in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the stage was set for the San Antonio Spurs to claim their fifth NBA championship, as the Spurs had the defending champion Miami Heat on the ropes with a 94-89 lead.

But as LeBron James said after the game Tuesday, there’s a reason basketball is a full 48-minutes and not 47:30 minutes.

“And you know,” said James of his teams 103-100 overtime victory, “that's why you play the game, to the final buzzer.  And that's what we did tonight.  We gave it everything that we had and more.”

For Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, he sees a successful defensive possession as one in which the opposing team misses and your team secures the rebound. Even if the other team misses, you still have to grab the rebound to actually complete a full defensive possession.

On Thursday, with a 5-point lead in their hands and 28 seconds left, the Spurs failed to follow their coach’s principle.

It didn't take long for the San Antonio Spurs to get the highlights going in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals courtesy of Kawhi Leonard.

Early in the first quarter, the Spurs were out on the fast break when Tony Parker found a streaking Leonard heading to the rim. Only one thing... Mike Miller was standing in his way. 

However, Leonard made short work of Miller's weak attempt at defense and threw down a vicious dunk on Miller. Check it out.

The San Antonio Spurs (15-4) will look to win their fifth NBA title tonight in Miami as they face the Heat (14-7) in Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Miami.

The Spurs are coming off a 114-104 win over the Heat in Game 5 in San Antonio to take a 3-2 series lead. Manu Ginobili made his first postseason start since and tallied 24 points and 10 assists. Tony Parker had 26 and 5 assists while Danny Green continued his hot shooting finishing with 24 points, including 6 more three-pointers and now has 25 in the series. Miami was led by LeBron James' 25 points in the loss.

And as the Spurs look to walk away with title No. 5 in franchise history tonight, here are five things to watch for during tonight's game:

• Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra has compiled a 31-9 (.775) career home record during postseason play

• The Heat are a perfect 6-0 after a loss during the postseason.

Through four playoffs series this postseason, the San Antonio Spurs have now only lost four games total. Sweeps in the opening round and Western Conference Finals mean the Spurs’ only losses have come at the hands of the Golden State Warriors and the Miami Heat.

4 losses.

The Spurs will look to end the playoffs tonight with that same number as they enter a crucial Game 6 in Miami.

There’s nothing easy about closing out a series on the road, but the Spurs have been here before and have a 100 percent success rate in closeout games on the road.

With the San Antonio Spurs ahead 3-2 in the NBA Finals over the Miami Heat, it’s safe to begin looking at who a potential Finals MVP for the series could be if the Spurs win the title in six or seven games, or the Heat force a seventh game and win the championship.

The numbers provided below come from NBA.com/stats are only taken from the averages through the five NBA Finals games.

If the Spurs win the Championship

• Danny Green: 18 points (10.6 FGA), 66% shooting from 3-point range, 1.6 blocks

“Danny Shoot Ball” is what Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said about Green back in early January, and that’s exactly what Green’s continued to do at an even higher rate through five games in the Finals.

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San Antonio Spurs' Danny Green has been putting on one of the best three point shooting displays in recent history of the NBA Finals.

From breaking Miami's Ray Allen's Finals record by connecting on 25 three points to currently shooting a whopping 65% from the three point line, Green is definitely leaving his mark on these Finals and quite possibly, garner some votes for NBA Finals MVP.

Here are some eye popping stats (via Basketball-Reference) on Green's three point shooting performance through five games:

• Green has connected on 25 out of 38 three point shots which has him shooting 65% from behind the arc

• In San Antonio, Green went 16-24 from the three point line (66%) and in two games in Miami, has made 9-14 (64%)

San Antonio Spurs 2011 draftee Adam Hanga's future in Europe has been up in the air since his season ended.  His contract with Assigna Manressa is up and Hanga won't be re-signing with the team.  It looks like Hanga has found a new team and the name of that team is one Spurs fans are familiar with, whether that's a good thing or not remains to be seen.

According to European sports site Kirolmania, Hanga is set to sign a four year deal with Saski Baskonia in the Spanish ACB League.  I spoke with Hanga's agent, Giorgos Dimitropoulos, late last week and he said the deal isn't done yet but there's a good possibility it happens.  Hanga just finished a fantastic season with Manresa, showing real improvement in his game.  The 6'7" Hungarian swingman finished the season averaging 11.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.  The end of his season was strong as well, as he picked up a league MVP of the week award in late April.