Cavs had revenge against the Spurs after losing 4-0 against them in last years playoffs
The Cavs won in the first match between them and the Spurs since last years finals on which San Antonio whipped out Cleveland 4-0 in playoffs, so it felt like a deserved revenge for Lebron James and his teammates.
Cleveland is doing great this season, with nine victories on 11 games, this win meant their 3rd in a row, while San Antonio has lost four games at home and has dropped to 5-5 in the overall past 10 matches. The game was hermetically played ending with a final score of 88-90, with 1:34 left, the Spurs were leading 86-85 but Daniel Gibson scored and gave Cleveland the lead, then Duncan matched the game 88-88 and Lebron James scored the winning points with 33 seconds left.
Manu Ginobili could have taken the game to an over time with 6 seconds on the clock but instead of calling for an over time, he launched a potential game-tying shot from behind the free throw line and missed.
But instead of coming with claims, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich defended Ginobili’s decision: "I'd do that 10 out of 10 times, you're not going to get a better shot than Manu or Tony going one-on-one down the court." He said.
Top scorers for the Cavs: Zydrunas Ilgauskas has 17 points, Brazilian Anderson Varejao ended with 12 points and 14 rebounds and Lebron James finished with 27, while on the Spurs, Ginobili ended with 31 points, Tony Parker scored 23 and Tim Duncan added 20 more.
