The Spurs never led in the game, but they enjoyed some standout individual performances. Devin Vassell led the way with 24 points on 6-10 shooting from deep, Harrison Barnes offered 23 points, and Stephon Castle scored 22 and dished 11 assists, falling just one rebound short of a triple-double.

The Cavs held off a fourth-quarter rally from the undermanned Spurs to escape with a 114-113 win inside San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center.

The setting of San Antonio offers more than a nice home-state advantage to Houston in this year's Final Four. For Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson, Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs provided a career lifeline when his tumultuous tenure at Indiana ended.