Down 0–2 in the series, the spotlight shifted back to Cleveland and LeBron James. The first two games were close and saw Cleveland fall by identical 79–76 scores.
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Expectations were high after a 7-game series the previous year and the two teams did not disappoint. This was the same Detroit team that knocked the Cavaliers out of the second round the previous year. The Cavaliers advanced to the conference finals for only the third time in franchise history, and faced a familiar foe: the Detroit Pistons, the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, with their home court advantage. Again, the Cavaliers had home court advantage, and battled the Nets through 6 games before winning the series. In the second round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers faced the New Jersey Nets. In the replay of the previous year's playoffs with the Cavaliers holding home court advantage against Washington Wizards, the Cavaliers swept the Wizards after the season-ending injuries of both Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler. Main article: 2006–07 Cleveland Cavaliers season San Antonio went on to beat the Utah Jazz in five games to advance to the franchise's fourth NBA Finals. The Spurs won game 6 of the series 114–106 in San Antonio, sending them to their fifth Western Conference finals since 1999. In game 5, in Phoenix, the short-handed Suns jumped out early to a 16-point lead, but in a reversal of game 4, the Spurs came back in the final seconds and won the game 88–85, giving San Antonio a 3–2 series lead. Horry was also suspended two games for his flagrant foul on Nash. Their action violated NBA rules, and league commissioner David Stern suspended both players for game 5. Nash's teammates jumped to his defense during the ensuing altercation, Stoudemire and Boris Diaw left the bench.
With 18 seconds left, Robert Horry bodychecked Nash into the scorers' table. The Spurs, after being comfortably in control of game 4, saw their 11-point fourth-quarter lead dwindle away to a 2-point Suns lead. Games 4 and 5 were the most controversial of the series. Tim Duncan led the Spurs to a 108–101 victory. Game 3 switched back to San Antonio and saw a return of physical play, with Manu Ginóbili receiving a bruised and bloodied eye and Bruce Bowen kneeing Nash in the groin. After this game, Suns center Amar'e Stoudemire called the Spurs a dirty team. Game 2 saw the Suns rebound and blow out the Spurs, 101–81. He was forced to sit out the final 45 seconds and watch the Spurs win, 111–106. A large gash opened along Nash's nose and the medical staff could not stop the bleeding. With the game in the balance Tony Parker and Steve Nash collided head-to-head. The Spurs finally landed it, but by accident. In a hotly contested battle of Western Conference heavyweights, each team tried to deliver a knockout blow. The Suns had homecourt advantage, but that did not last past game 1. With the Mavericks gone, the stakes of the Suns-Spurs series shot up dramatically, and it was a closely competitive and controversial series. As San Antonio prepared to face off against the second seed Suns, the top-ranked Mavericks suffered a stunning first-round exit at the hands of the Golden State Warriors. The Nuggets took game 1, but the Spurs reeled off 4 straight wins to take the series in five games. In the playoffs, the Spurs met the Denver Nuggets and their duo of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony. A late-season surge resulted in a 58–24 regular season record, good enough for third seed in the Western Conference. With the main focus lying on Dallas and the Phoenix Suns, the Spurs found themselves flying under the radar. Meanwhile, the Spurs struggled through their season through January.
As the new season began, the Spurs saw the Mavericks rolling through their regular season, on their way to a franchise best 67 win campaign. The previous season saw the San Antonio Spurs drop a heartbreaking seventh game at home to the rival Dallas Mavericks in the second round. Main article: 2006–07 San Antonio Spurs season Because the San Antonio Spurs had a better regular season win-loss record, they had home court advantage.īackground 2007 NBA Playoffs The best-of-seven series began on June 7, 2007, with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs playing the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. The other playoff series were played in the 2-2-1-1-1 format. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. The Finals were played using the 2-3-2 format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage.
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