However, the Spurs seemed more and more listless in the game, as if they had exhausted all their passion in the Western finals.
Coming into the finals, they were not facing an assumed victory, but a fierce assault from the Miamians, who were without last year's opponents, the San Antonio People.
After four games, the Miami Heat were leading 3 to 1. There had never been a comeback from 1-3 in NBA Finals history, and the Miamians believed they were very close to victory.
On the day of the fifth finals game, Yao Ming joked to reporters, "If we don't take down the Spurs, I won't shave for a year." Although it was a joke, Yao Ming often joked about his beard when he was younger. Back then, when domestic reporters asked him what he would do if the national basketball team didn't make the top eight, he made a similar "promise."
