SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Spurs trail the NBA Finals 3-1, thousands of Knicks fans expected to be in San Antonio for Game 5 of the series on Saturday night, and only a comeback of historic proportions will deny New York a title now.Are Spurs fans worried? Maybe.Do Spurs fans still believe? Absolutely.Among the team’s slogans is the phrase “Por Vida.” Translated, it means “For Life.” Generations of fans in San Antonio have held those words dear through the eras led by George Gervin to David Robinson to Tim Duncan to, now, Victor Wembanyama. And even now, with the Knicks on the brink of winning this championship, the words ring true among Spurs fans.“With absolute certainty, always,” Joe Michael Benavides, the boys basketball coach at Hebbronville High School — some 150 miles from San Antonio — said when asked if he was still a Spurs fan.
Make no mistake, there are many like Benavides. Frost Bank Center will be electric when the Spurs take the floor on Saturday night, with the stands filled by those who wore San Antonio silver and black to the game.Thing is, there will be a copious amount of New York blue and orange in there as well.
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There are some fans who sold their tickets on secondary markets for Game 5. It’s unclear how many, but with prices topping $1,500 apiece in the highest rows and reaching $5,000 or more in the lower level — big money for sure, yet a sliver of what Knicks fans paid for Games 3 and 4 — it’s easy to see why some ticketholders are making business decisions instead of basketball ones.
