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2. Here’s guessing the air-conditioning system will be fixed for Game 2. According to building officials, the air-conditioning outage was caused by an electrical failure for the power that runs the system. Even though temperatures hovered around a reported 88 degrees on the court, there was no consideration of delaying or postponing the game until the power source was fixed. James compared it to a high school game and the Spurs’
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5. Game 1 results can be overrated. Since 1984, the winner of Game 1 of the Finals has won 20 of the 30 series. However, in each of the last three Finals, the winner of the series opener has gone on to lose the Finals. Miami is 1-4 in Finals Game 1s, but each time the Heat previously the series opener (in 2006, 2012 and 2013) it went on to win the Finals. Duncan improved to 6-0 in the opening game of the Finals and has won titles in four of his previous five trips. In Finals history, the winner of Game 1 has won the series 47 times and lost 20 times. The