Tonight IS THE NIGHT IN BOSTON BASKETBALL MIAMI HEAT TRY TO STARVE OFF ELIMINATION AGAINST THE CELTICS SO WHO ARE YOU FOR TO WIN TONIGHT?

The best basketball player on the planet's latest "big moment" takes place Thursday in Boston when the Miami Heat try to stave off elimination and force a deciding Game 7 against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.

"It doesn't matter how you get there," embattled Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We still have a great opportunity. We're still alive, and we have an opportunity to win and change the momentum of this series again. So much about the playoffs is maintaining your perspective and your balance as a basketball team."

The tea leaves certainly don't look promising for Spoelstra and his team. The Heat have dropped 15 of their last 16 on the famed parquet floor, including seven of eight since James arrived in South Beach to form a team modeled after the "Big Three" of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in Beantown, a group that led the Celtics to their record 17th NBA championship back in 2008.