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Since 1997, the Spurs have the best postseason winning percentage in the league. The Heat are third. The Heat won last seasons title and lost in the Finals the previous year. The Spurs have four championships since 1999, with the last coming in 2007. That year, San Antonio knocked off a young Cleveland Cavaliers team led by LeBron James. Fast-forward to June of 2013 and James is already staking claim to the title of one of the best players in NBA history. Hes won four MVPs, including the last two, and is a much more-seasoned force. "My Cleveland team, we were very young, and we went up against a very experienced team, well-coached team. And they took advantage of everything that we did," James said after the Heats Game 7 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Mondays Eastern Conference Finals. "I think for this team, this is our third year advancing to The Finals. So were very experienced as well. Were not young, were not inexperienced. We understand the opportunity that we have. "And Im a much better player. Im 20, 40, 50 times better than I was in the 07 Finals." James had to be that much better a player to get by the Pacers. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the other members of Miamis Big Three, which is slowly becoming the Big One, had dreadful series against Indiana. Wade came alive in Game 7 with 21 points, but hes battling a balky knee. The Spurs have been sitting home since a week ago Monday. They swept the Memphis Grizzlies in four games in the Western Conference Finals. The rest is a good thing for an older Spurs squad, led by their own Big Three. Tim Duncan, a three-time Finals MVP, enjoyed a career Renaissance this season. After shedding 25 pounds in the offseason, Duncan averaged 17.8 ppg, 9.9 rpg and 2.7 bpg. He returned to the All-NBA First Team for the first time since the 2006-07 season and was Second-Team All-Defensive. Parker emerged as an MVP candidate until an ankle injury sidelined him during the second half. And Manu Ginobili, while struggling with his shot during the postseason, is still a huge piece. When it comes to sizing up Big Threes, San Antonios is historic. Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have combined for 98 playoff victories. That total is second all-time to the Los Angeles Lakers trio of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabar and Michael Cooper. Duncan, Parker and Ginobili have played 150 playoff games together. That is 72 more than the next highest trio of active players - Bostons Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo. (Wade, Udonis Haslem and Mario Chalmers are third with 69.) And while James at times took games over, hell need Wade, Bosh and everyone in a Heat uniform to play at a high level. "Obviously were a much better team when we have everyone clicking at the same time. Thats obvious," James said after the Game 7 win. "And weve had more games where everyone was clicking than not so. It just happened that this series guys were just not in the rhythm, not feeling like themselves." These teams are both so strong and sadly, the head-to-head regular-season matchups offer little insight. Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, who can join Pat Riley and John Kundla in third place in NBA titles as a coach, famously sent Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Danny Green home the day of the first regular-season matchup in Miami. The NBA fined the Spurs $250,000 for the action, but the Heat barely squeaked out the victory In the second regular-season meeting, this time in Alamo City, the Heat clinched the best record in the league and sat James and Wade. Miami still prevailed. "Theyre still the defending champs. Theyre still the best in the regular season," Duncan said. And the respect goes both ways. "Theyve got a bunch of Hall-of-Famers, so I look forward to the challenge," James said. Robert Reid Jersey . 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Sydneys Snowden training partnership will make a late start to its Queensland summer campaign but with strong hands in two stakes races at Eagle Farm.The Peter and Paul Snowden father and son team has been a major player in the Brisbane summers in recent years with their biggest Queensland win the 2016 Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic with Capitalist.They will have Ravi in Saturdays Listed Just Now Quality and Gibraltar Girl in the Listed Mode Plate (1200m).The meeting has the unusual situation of two stakes races for female horses after the Mode Plate for three-year-olds was called off because of bad light last Saturday and transferred to this week.Ravi is by champion sire Redoutes Choice and her dam Mambo In Freeport is the mother of Elzaam who was Redoutes Choices first northern hemisphere stakes winner.The Snowdens realise Ravi will have a high value as a broodmare and are keen to get as much black type as possible against her name.She was to start her Queensland campaign in the Listed Colin McAlpine Memorial two weeks ago but was scratched because of a wide barrier.Ravi isnt a Magic Millions horse but there are some black-type races for her in Queensland, Paul Snowden said.She showed she was up to stakes class with some handy runs iin the Melbourne spring without winning in Group Three and Listed company. Custom Houston Rockets Jerseys. Ravi hasnt run since finishing fifth to Flippant in the Listed MSS Security Handicap at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.But she has been ticking over and won a trial at Randwick in handy fashion, Snowden said.Also if you get more storms she has won on a heavy ten so that is no major worry.Gibraltar Girl has also had a delayed start to her Brisbane campaign and was among the favourites for the Mode Plate.Gibraltar Girl stayed in Queensland at the Gold Coast. She missed work on Tuesday because of a storm but we were able to work her on Wednesday morning, Snowden said.She is a light filly and missing last week wont have worried her.Gibraltar Girl won twice at Canterbury before finishing a close second to Flash Fibian at her last start at Rosehill on November 19.She is also nicely bred so we are keen to get the owners some black type for her and Queensland looks the ideal place, Snowden added.Kerrin McEvoy, who is in Brisbane for the State of Origin series, will ride Ravi and leading Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd is on Gibraltar Girl. ' ' '