Miami Heat Force Game 7
The Spurs couldn't close the Heat out on their numerous chances and lost 103-100 in overtime. Now they will have to win a winner-takes-all game seven.
The Spurs couldn't close the Heat out on their numerous chances and lost 103-100 in overtime. Now they will have to win a winner-takes-all game seven.
In an epic Game 6 that saw a little bit of everything, the Spurs come up short of victory and a Game 7 on Thursday will decide it all.
The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals and are just one victory away from winning it all.
Spurs quick lead was snuffed out. Spurs big 2nd quarter lead was cut to nine at the half. Spurs 20 point third quarter lead was trimmed as well, but the fourth quarter lead, well it was chopped down as well. But the Spurs still won by 10.
The Miami Heat still have not lost back to back games in these playoffs. Miami recovered from their Game 3 rout to win Game 4 in San Antonio and take back their home court advantage.
The San Antonio Spurs avenged their Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat with a lopsided victory to take the series lead, 2-1. The Spurs are now just two home games away from winning it all.
Miami ratcheted up the pressure defense in Game 2, as they scored 19 points on 17 Spurs turnovers. Despite neither Big Three having a good night, the Heat handed the Spurs their most lopsided loss of the 2013 playoffs.
It was a close game through the first two and a half quarters. It was Spurs by one, 62-61 with 3:49 left in the 3rd when the Heat when on a 35-7 run that put the game away, and tied the series at one game each.
The Spurs kept their post season win streak going by beating the defending champions on their court in the first game of the Finals behind excellent performances by Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, and timely contributions from Leonard, Green and Ginobili
With a big fourth quarter made up of suffocating defense and big shots galore, the Spurs win in Miami to steal home court from the Miami Heat.
The Spurs beat the Grizzlies 93-86 on game four to complete the sweep and will face the winner of Pacers-Heat in the Finals
After a nerve-racking night, the Spurs close out the WCF with a hard-fought win over Memphis.
Game 3 resembled a boxing match, and the Spurs were able to withstand numerous blows from an emboldened Grizzlies squad. On the backs of the Big Three, San Antonio snagged a 3-0 lead headed into Monday night's Game 4 in Memphis.
After a bad start, Pop benched the entire starting five. But they began the 2nd quarter together and the Spurs outscored Memphis by 27 through the last 3 quarters and overtime.
The Spurs lost an 18-point lead in regulation but managed to win the game in overtime thanks to Tim Duncan's performance in the extra period.
In a game that looked like the Spurs would run away and hide, as they did in Game 1, the Memphis Grizzlies nearly completed a huge comeback win. Pulling even at the end of regulation, but falling short in OT. Spurs win: 93-89.
The San Antonio Spurs won comfortably against the Memphis Grizzlies in the first game of the Western Conference Finals, 105-83.
Game one went as well as it possibly could have gone for the Spurs. Tony Parker had a great game,but the main story was the defense's job on Randolph, and San Antonio's outside shooting.
The Spurs vanquished the Warriors with a solid 94-82 win at Oracle Arena and will face the Grizzlies on Sunday.
The Spurs overcame a rough shooting night from Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to put the Warriors away with solid defense, great performances by the bigs, excellent defense throughout, and timely 3 point shooting late in the fourth.
In stark contrast to Game 4, Gregg Popvich managed minutes, the San Antonio Spurs hit shots and the Golden State Warriors were unable to keep pace as the Spurs won Game 5 convincingly, 109-91.
With his sixth playoff game of at least 25 points and 10 assists, Tony Parker ran the Warriors ragged and put the Spurs ahead with a 3-2 series lead.
The Spurs couldn't close out game four at Oracle Arena and the series is now coming back to San Antonio tied 2-2.
The series goes back to being to being tied, 2-2, after the Spurs let the Warriors back into a game they had no business even being in.
Returning to their roots, the Spurs earned a victory on Friday night be showing up as the better team. Behind a phenomenal half from Tony Parker, the Spurs fought off each Golden State run to grab the series lead on the road.
The Spurs never had control and the improbable comeback proved to be just that this time around. Klay Thompson had a career game scoring 34 points and grabbing 14 rebounds to lead the Warriors.