San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat back to back in playoff Finals

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The San Antonio Spurs has put themselves in great position by beating the Miami Heat to win game four. This gives them a major advantage as they go on to lead the series 3-1. They played great basketball the last two games doing everything a championship worthy team is expected to do such as moving the ball, playing great defense, and knocking down shots. Not only does this win put the Spurs in a better position to win, but it is also the first time the Heat lost back to back games in the last 13 games in the Playoffs. This is a big feat for the Spurs because the Heat are known to be a dominant force after losing a game, and it adds on to the Spurs list of accomplishments. This is somewhat of a surprise and it somewhat is not. It is somewhat a surprise because both are championship team and and such a series should not be allowed so easy allowing the Spurs to shoot 77% from the field in game 3’s first half (an all time Playoff high) and 70% from three(also an all time playoff high). At the same time it is not that surprising because the Spurs are a great team with an edge. After a horror movie that was game 6 and 7 for the Spurs in their last Finals match up with the Heat, they have the determination and drive to never let such of a thing like that happen to them again. As a great team I believe that they always come in with the same mentality to win, but that memory that will likely haunt them unless they win their current series. Game 6 especially likely gives them an extra boost and if they are to digress from the level of basketball that they are playing, then I am sure that Gregg Popovich will bring the topic back up to get more emotion from his players.

The Heat are definitely in a tough position and the record for beating a team in a series that is up 3-1 not high, but like Kevin Garnett said after winning the trophy in 2008 “anything is possible!” I too believe that anything is possible, but I do not believe the chances are too high. I also believe that the Spurs are capable of losing two straight games like they did last year, but I do not see them losing three. The Spurs are too good of a team and too well coached to give up three in a row. I respect both teams, but the Heat are going to need some luck and tremendous skill from all contributing players to get back into threatening position.