By Julian Linden MIAMI (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs were inconsolable after the NBA championship was ripped from their grasp in Tuesday's stunning overtime loss to the Miami Heat. The Spurs were just seconds away from clinching their fifth title when Miami produced a miraculous turnaround to win 103-100 and send the series into a seventh and deciding game.

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.

By Frank Pingue SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Just days after fielding questions about retirement amid recent struggles, San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobli turned in his best game of the season on Sunday to put his team on the cusp of a NBA championship. The 35-year-old Argentine guard turned back the clock with a 24-point performance as San Antonio beat the Miami Heat 114-104 and took a 3-2 lead over the defending champions in the best-of-seven series.

Miami has struggled to win two straight games deep in the playoffs, which comes as a surprise to a team that recorded the second-longest winning streak of all-time in the regular season. The Heat are looking for their second consecutive NBA title after compiling a league-best 66-16 record which included a 27-game winning streak. But the Heat now have 11 alternating wins and losses in these playoffs, including trading the first four games of the NBA finals with the San Antonio Spurs to reach 2-2 in the best-of-seven championship series.