LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao isnt ready to give up his night job just yet.Pacquiao, who said before his last fight in April that he would retire, now plans to return to the ring in November against an opponent who has yet to be selected.Promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday that Pacquiao got permission to take a break from his new duties as a senator in the Philippines to take another fight. It will be held Nov. 5, likely in Las Vegas.He likes to fight and he likes the attention, Arum said of Pacquiaos return.Pacquiao looked impressive in his last fight in April, returning from a layoff to knock down Timothy Bradley on his way to a unanimous decision. After the fight he wavered on his previous plans to retire.If you ask me to come back I dont know, Pacquiao said. I may be enjoying retired life. Im not there yet so I just dont know.Pacquiao, who was formerly a congressman in his native country, was elected to the Senate in May and there were fears that increased duties would prevent him from fighting again.But Arum said the head of the Senate told Pacquiao he was free to fight after the countrys budget is settled on Oct. 15.He would train in the Philippines and leave on the 16th to come to the U.S., train for two weeks and then come to Vegas, Arum said. The only issue is getting an arena for the fight.Arum said he is talking with MGM Resorts about an arena to host the fight. He had reserved the Mandalay Bay arena for Oct. 15, but Pacquaio cant leave his Senate duties that early.The fight also could be at the UNLV campus arena, he said, though UNLV would have to move a scheduled basketball exhibition from the date.There were reports that Pacquiao might fight Adrien Broner, but Arum said he wanted the same money as Pacquiao, which was a non-starter. 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The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, who also double as the defending NBA champion, will have home-court advantage over the Western Conference winners, the San Antonio Spurs. The Heat finished with the NBAs best regular-season mark, a staggering 66-16, which featured a 27-game winning streak, the second-longest in the history of the league. The Spurs, who havent played since sweeping the Memphis Grizzlies a week ago Monday, had the third-best record in the NBA at 58-24. If not for a Tony Parker ankle injury late in the season, San Antonio might have earned the next-best record behind the Heat. But one season hardly makes for a successful franchise. The measure of greatness in professional basketball can be counted by the number of Larry OBrien Trophies in team headquarters. The Heat won last seasons title and lost in the Finals the previous year. The Spurs have four championships since 1999, with the last coming in 2007. That year, San Antonio knocked off a young Cleveland Cavaliers team led by LeBron James. Fast-forward to June of 2013 and James is already staking claim to the title of one of the best players in NBA history. Hes won four MVPs, including the last two, and is a much more seasoned force. "Just smarter, a lot smarter, more experienced, older, more mature both on and off the floor," James said on Wednesday. "And I think thats the most important thing. Ive matured as a basketball player. Ive matured as a man. And it has allowed my game to sprout." It surely has and James confidence has sprouted along with his game. Theres also nothing wrong with James memory, especially when it came to that first brush with the NBA Finals. "When I got the ball, they kept me on the sideline. They went under a lot of my pick-and-rolls and dared me to shoot," explained James. "If you go into my pick-and-roll now, Im going to shoot," he said. "And Im confident Im going to make every last one of them. Im just more confident in my ability to shoot the ball. "You cant dare me to do anything I dont want to do in 2013." Bold words from the games best. Another difference between the Finals six years ago and now has to do with James supporting cast. Cleveland started James, Daniel Gibson, Drew Gooden, Sasha Pavlovic and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Miami features Hall of Famers-in-wait in Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, but that duo may hold the key to the series. Both struggled badly against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. Wade averaged 15.4 ppg during the Indiana series and his knee is nowhere in the vicinity of healthy. But, with everything at staake, Wade had 21 points in Game 7.dddddddddddd Bosh has been really bad of late. He hasnt scored in double figures since Game 3 against the Pacers and had a very difficult time matching up physically with both Roy Hibbert and David West. Things dont get easier against San Antonio where hell either have to defend Tim Duncan or Tiago Splitter, who is much bigger and stronger. And what about Duncan. The three-time Finals MVP, enjoyed a career renaissance this season. After shedding 25 pounds in the offseason, Duncan averaged 17.8 ppg, 9.9 rpg and 2.7 bpg. He returned to the All-NBA First Team for the first time since the 2006-07 season and was Second-Team All-Defensive. Duncan was not alone in getting San Antonio back to the Finals. Parker was his consistently great self in the regular season, but his scoring is up almost 3.0 ppg during the postseason. Hes at 23.0 ppg throughout the playoffs and was legitimate MVP candidate before an ankle injury. Manu Ginobili is the third member of San Antonios version of the Big Three. He has struggled shooting during the postseason (38 percent from the field and 32 percent from the 3-point line.) Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have combined for 98 playoff victories. That total is second all-time to the Los Angeles Lakers trio of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Cooper. Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have played 150 playoff games together. That is 72 more than the next highest trio of active players -- Bostons Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo. (Wade, Udonis Haslem and Mario Chalmers are third with 69.) "Weve been blessed to have won four championships. And were blessed to be back and have a chance to win the fifth one," said Duncan. "So it doesnt matter what people say or what people think or how they take us, as long as were in the mix when we have to. And were back here right now to make another push at it. So thats all that matters to us." These teams are both so strong and sadly, the head-to-head regular-season matchups offer little insight. Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, who can join Pat Riley and John Kundla in third place in NBA titles as a coach, famously sent Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Danny Green home the day of the first regular-season matchup in Miami. The NBA fined the Spurs $250,000 for the action, but the Heat barely squeaked out the victory. In the second regular-season meeting, this time in Alamo City, the Heat clinched the best record in the league and sat James and Wade. Miami still prevailed. "Theyre still the defending champs. Theyre still the best in the regular season," Duncan said. And the respect goes both ways. "Theyve got a bunch of Hall-of-Famers, so I look forward to the challenge," James said. Game 2 will be Sunday night in Miami. ' ' '