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A dramatic 104-105 loss to the New York Knicks in Game 2 of the NBA Finals has put the San Antonio Spurs in an extremely precarious position. While not entirely irreversible, the "Spurs" now face the daunting task of achieving something historic and unprecedented in the NBA to claim the championship.
League history shows that no team has ever won a championship after losing their first two home games to go down 0-2 in an NBA Finals series.
Only five teams have managed to overcome an 0-2 deficit in the Finals, but none of them had lost both of their initial home games.
Just two teams have ever dropped both of their opening home games in a series. The Phoenix Suns did so in 1993, ultimately losing in six games to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. Two years later, the Orlando Magic suffered the same fate, falling 0-4 to the Houston Rockets.
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