By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - An enthralling NBA Finals reaches Game Six later on Tuesday with the San Antonio Spurs one win away from clinching their fifth championship and the Miami Heat knowing they must win to keep their season alive. The Spurs ended their run of three home games with an explosive 114-104 win over Miami on Sunday to go 3-2 up in the best-of-seven series, and history suggests that gives them the edge.

The San Antonio Spurs are making a habit of winning bounce back games in the 2013 National Basketball Association playoffs. The Spurs have lost four games in the post-season and each time they have rebounded with an impressive victory. In the NBA finals, they were blown out 103-84 by the Heat in game two, but bounced back to win by 36 in game three, 113-77. They lost 109-93 in game four, then jumped out to an early lead and never trailed in a 114-104 win Sunday in game five.

San Antonio Spurs TV announcer Sean Elliott says Tony Parker's gritty performance in game five of the NBA finals shows he's not your typical French citizen. "Everything that they've said about French people doesn't apply to him. It just doesn't apply. He's as tough as they come," Elliott told the San Antonio Express-News. Parker had a game-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field despite playing with a mild hamstring strain in the Spurs 114-104 win over the Miami Heat on Sunday.

Red-hot Danny Green scored 11 of his 24 points in the second quarter to lead San Antonio to a 114-104 win over Miami Sunday and to the brink of a fifth NBA championship in Spurs history. The Spurs seized a 3-2 lead and can wrap up the best-of-seven series against the reigning champion Heat with a victory on Tuesday in Miami. The Spurs came out swinging in game five, jumping out to an 8-4 lead and never trailing in front of a crowd of 18,581 at the AT&T Center. Their lead ballooned to as many as 20 in the fourth quarter.