San Antonio fan's Spurs tribute way hotter than the Heat

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SAN ANTONIO — Spurs fans like it hot -- whether it's the temperature in the AT&T Center or a jalapeño pepper laser-engraved with the San Antonio Spurs logo.

That's right.

Christian Silva, a student at St. Philips College, and his family put their laser engraver to work this weekend and created a piece of memoribilia that any Spurs (or pepper) fan would crave.

Silva, 20, said his father, Humberto, who has taken up engraving different objects as a hobby, got the spicy idea while barbecueing Sunday before Game 2.

"I was at work and received a picture message from my dad of the jalapeño with the words 'puro San Antonio!' " Christian Silva said by email. "It had me cracking up!"

He said his dad has engraved a number of different objects, from wood and metal to blankets and wallets, but had never tried a food.

A jalapeno laser engraved with the San Antonio Spurs logo by Christian Silva and his father Humberto Silva. A jalapeno laser engraved with the San Antonio Spurs logo by Christian Silva and his father Humberto Silva. Photo: Courtesy, Christian Silva Photo: Courtesy, Christian Silva Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close San Antonio fan's Spurs tribute way hotter than the Heat 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

"(Engraving) something as delicate as (a jalapeño) is not difficult," Christian Silva said. "We have engraved thin cardboard and paper itself without actually making a hole in it. The settings are easy to adjust so that we engrave the jalapeño but not make it too hot to actually burn it or go too deep."

Christian Silva posted the photo of the jalapeño on the social media site Reddit Sunday afternoon and the photo received more than 360 "upvotes" by Monday.

"It turned out to be really funny and interesting since it was game day and we were going up against the Heat, so I posted it on Reddit and people seemed to enjoy it," he said.

One comment, from Reddit user motherflutter, read: "SA summed up in one photo."

The Spurs take on the Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Miami at 8 p.m. Tuesday after splitting the first two games in San Antonio.

When asked what his family plans to do with the Spurs jalapeño, Christian Silva said they put it in a delicious salsa.

"Hopefully eating this hot pepper will help the Spurs devour the Heat in the Finals," he said.

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