The Spurs' And Heat's Road to the Conference Finals

Both the Heat and Spurs won on Wednesday to advance to the NBA's Final Four. This marks Miami's fourth straight trip to the conference finals. San Antonio will be making its third straight appearance. This should not be a 

2. Where We Are: The Spurs lead the Trail Blazers 3-1 after going up 3-0 before dropping Game 4 in Portland. The first three games were ugly. The Spurs got out to big, healthy leads in the first half in all three wins and even when the Blazers matched

Last year's two finalists are in the conference finals again. The Heat trailed by eight points with under four minutes left, but finished with a flourish to defeat the Nets, 96-94. Meanwhile, the Spurs annihilated the Blazers, 102-84.

Patty Mills and Danny Green came up big for the Spurs in Game 5. (Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images). The Spurs complete the gentleman's sweep. After a brief detour in Game 4, San Antonio went back to its 

Long before those ugly last 28 seconds of Game 6 became a lost championship, the Spurs watched Parker limp off the court in Game 3 against Miami with tightness in his right hamstring. He came back to play the rest of the series, but he was never quite