All streaks must end. I guess?
Game 3: San Antonio vs. Miami.
Tied at one, the series shifted from San Antonio to Miami. Thankfully, nothing odd happened.
Yet, at the same time, Miami forgot to show up.
There was a moment in the third quarter when they got within 10. That didn't last long. For most of the game, Miami was down double-digits.
There's not much I can point to, really. Other than Kawhi Leonard being awesome (a welcome change from the first two games, I'm certain) and the Spurs putting up 71 in the first half, I'm not really sure how it happened.
Once again, the Heat were held under 100 points. And the Spurs got over 100 fairly easily (though it helped that they were damn near 3/4 of the way there after the first half).
It has to be frustrating to have Games 3 & 4 at home and not show up in the first one. Now there'll be pressure from all sides to win Game 4 and not go down 3-1. They were lacking home-court going in and now that San Antonio has won, the Spurs have taken back home-court.
It's like neither team wants it, honestly.
I wonder how much traction there would be for playing the Finals at a neutral site. I'm guessing next to none, since the playoffs as a whole are based on the same home-away paradigm that exists in the regular season, and that the fans would really get screwed in a neutral site situation. Either that or it'd get overrun by corporate sponsors a la the Super Bowl.
I can't even imagine seven games worth of that.
But anyway, digressions aside, I hope that Miami shows up better in Game 4. Last night's effort was disappointing when all was said and done. That brief glimmer of hope was stamped out when the Spurs realized "Oh yeah, we were winning this one handily. Let's keep doing that"!
San Antonio leads 2-1. Game 4 is Thursday.
Interesting schedule quirk: one day off between Games 3 & 4, two days off between 4 & 5 (as it should be, really).
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