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Spurs Take Game One of the NBA Finals

The San Antonio Spurs, armed with nine days of rest, came into Miami confident and ready to play Spurs basketball.  The Spurs not only walked out of American Airlines Arena with a 92-88 victory as well as home court advantage.

The final minutes of the fourth quarter proved even more exhilarating then the first three plus quarters, which were pretty exciting.  Tony Parker scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth and found himself shooting a miraculous jumper with 5.2 seconds left.

“It was a crazy play,” Parker said. “I thought I lost the ball three or four times. And it didn’t work out like I wanted it to. At the end I was just trying to get a shot up. It felt good when it left my hand. I was happy it went in.

For the Miami Heat, losing game one is not the end all for the series.  While it is true that teams that have won Game 1 of The Finals are 47-19 in those series. Miami did beat the in last seasons finals, dropping Game 1 in Oklahoma City, but winning out the series in five games.

“We had some mental mistakes,” James said. “We played some really good basketball but in the fourth quarter we made some mistakes and this is one of the only teams you can’t have mistakes against.”

Game two is scheduled for Sunday night at American Airlines Arena, 8 p.m. Eastern.

 

Spurs/Warriors Round Two

The San Antonio Spurs survived the Golden State Warriors in an exhausting Game 1 of the Western Conference Semi-finals in San Antonio and now look forward to what game two has in store.  There is one big thing they would like to work on.

“We’d like to figure out how to hold (Stephen) Curry under 40 (points),” head coach Gregg Popovich said. “I have like 10 phone calls out to people asking for suggestions. He’s unbelievable.”

What Curry did was no small feat against a defensive minded Spurs team;  44 points (18-35 from the field and 6-14 from the 3-point line), 11 assists, four rebounds and two steals while playing nearly the entire game (57:56).

Warriors Head Coach Mark Jackson put his team’s chances this way:

“All we do is concentrate on the facts,” Jackson said. “And the facts are, we were the better basketball team for the most part of that game. We did some things we have to do better. But you have to leave that game feeling good about where we are.”

Tickets are still available for tonight game!

 

 

 

Spurs sweep season series from Mavericks

For the first time in 15 seasons, the San Antonio Spurs have taken a season series from their IH-10 rivals, the Dallas Mavericks.   Tim Duncan led the way with 28-points and 19 rebounds as the Spurs competed in their sixth straight game without MVP candidate PG Tony Parker.

The Spurs nearly lost an 8-point lead and held on as Vince Carter’s 3-pointer clanked off the rim.

“We’re going through a section of time here where we’re not playing the greatest of basketball,” Tim Duncan said. “Obviously, with Tony out of here, our offense is a little limited with the guys we have in there. But outside of that, we just don’t have a rhythm right now.”

The Spurs next face the 22-42 Cleveland Cavaliers this Saturday at the A T&T Center in San Antonio.