Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET on ABC, the NBA Finals will begin in San Antonio. This year's matchup is a rematch of the scintillating 2013 Finals between the Spurs and Miami Heat, which was seconds away from ending with the Spurs as NBA champions in Game 6. The battle resumes tonight and can be live streamed free by clicking this link. Miami fans can get the radio broadcast on 790 The Ticket, while Spurs fans may do the same on 1200 WOAI.
The Spurs have been itching for another crack at the Heat, while Miami seems eager to prove they weren't "lucky" last year. "I think it's great that these two franchises have this opportunity in back-to-back years to compete for a championship," Dwyane Wade said Wednesday.
"Last year was an unbelievable series and ... it went down to the very end. We won the series by a total of five points, you know? That's how close it was. But it was a very even series. I think this year it could be another great series."
Tim Duncan in particular has felt the sting of the Finals loss all season after he missed a potentially series-changing bunny near the hoop in a crucial spot. It lasts. I have a very good memory, especially for my misses and losses. You keep those, you learn from them and you hope to change them next time," Duncan said.
"That stuck with me and obviously it's always in the back of my mind, and every time I see anything to do with that, it pops right back in."
In every series, fans and observers are always searching for an X-factor. This season, that could be San Antonio sixth man Manu Ginobili, who enters this year's final series playing much better basketball than he did a year ago.
He's putting up 14 points, 4.1 assists and 3.3 rebounds a game as opposed to 11.5 points, five assists and 3.7 rebounds. His shooting is also up (42 percent) from the 39 percent mark he shot last season.
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