No matter how impressive they've looked on their best nights, both teams have burning questions entering Sunday night's 8 p.m. ET tipoff. Game 5 is one of the most important times of all in a playoff series, as the numbers indicate.
Winning Game 5 takes more than just walking into the building and having passion. Instead, both the Heat and Spurs have concerns about what will and will not go in their favor when the game rolls around.
The team that answers its share of questions will win Game 5.
During the 2012-13 NBA regular season, the Heat were 37-4 at home. Yet they are 6-3 during their past nine home games in the postseason, dropping one in each of their past three series.
The Spurs, meanwhile, were 23-18 on the road during the regular season. During the postseason, however, the Spurs are 7-2 on the road, owning at least one road victory in every series they've played.
Does home-court advantage actually matter?
Regardless of who wins Game 5, neither team is in true control of this series. For that reason, these next four questions are maximized in value.
