San Antonio Spurs fall to Miami Heat in Game 2 of NBA Finals, tying series 1-1

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

The upstart San Antonio Spurs fell to the Miami Heat 98-96 in Game 2 of the 2014 NBA Finals Championship on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, tying the Finals series 1-1. Games 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals now head to Miami, Florida on Tuesday, June 10th, and Thursday, June 12th.

The Spurs jumped out to a quick lead in the first quarter but the Heat responded with a hot shooting hand in the second quarter to narrow the score at halftime. In the third quarter, the Heat jumped out ahead only to have the Spurs answer the challenge going into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Spurs lead until two minutes left in the game when Miami Heat Guard Mario Chalmers threw a cheap, intentional elbow into the rib cage of trailing San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker resulting in a flagrant foul against Chalmers. However, Parker slow reaction in getting up from Chalmer’s cheap elbow blow and anger by Parker and fellow Spurs teammates seemed to have rattled the mental mind and emotional state of the Spurs causing Parker to miss the two free throws and shortly thereafter Spurs forward Tim Duncan also missed two free throws, which would have possibly changed momentum of the game and give the Spurs the win. But this was not meant to be as the Spurs emotional state of mind seemed to have been rung by the cheap tricks of the Miami Heat and changing the mental state of the game.

The Spurs rally at the end of regulation time resulting in a three point basket made by Spurs Manu Ginobili fell short as the Miami Heat held on for the 98-96 win over the Spurs, tying the series at one game a piece each.

The Spurs will regroup and focus on regaining their mental edge in Games 3 and 4 at Miami. Go Spurs Go!