Spurs back home for games 3-5

After a bruising loss to the defending champion Miami Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs are back in the confines of home where they were nearly unstoppable with a 35-6 record.

After a 103-84 route in Miami, the Spurs are feeling lucky to be in the position they are in.

“If you would have asked me before heading to Miami, I would have said O.K., I’ll take it,” Manu Ginobili said after splitting the first two games of the series.  “You don’t want to play like this in an N.B.A. finals.”

Tickets are still available for all three remaining home games

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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.

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