The 2014 NBA Finals promises to be a great basketball series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat. This is a finals rematch from last year, which saw the Heat ride off into the sunset in seven games. Game one of the finals begins Thursday night at 9 p.m. EST on ABC.

However, winning game one has proven to be somewhat of an unlucky charm when the Miami Heat plays in the Finals.

In the 2006 Finals, the Mavericks faced the Heat. The Mavericks took a commanding 2-0 series lead at home, but soon everything fell apart. The Heat led by Dwayne Wade stormed back by winning four consecutive games and won the series 4-2. Wade was named the Finals' Most Valuable Player of the series. There were some questionable calls and fouls in the game that left Mavericks owner Mark Cuban very unhappy.

In the 2011 Finals, the Heat and Mavericks played in a rematch from '06. The Heat won game one 92-84 to take control, but the Mavericks soon took over. The Mavericks would go on to win games four, five and six to win the NBA Championship. Finally, Dirk Nowitzki got his Championship ring.

The very next year, the Heat and Oklahoma City faced each other in a superstar battle between Kevin Durant and LeBron James. The Thunder won the first game with Durant scoring 36 points, and a message was sent -- or so we thought. The Heat would go on to win the next four games, dominating the series 4-1 in what was called a "gentlemen's sweep."

And then of course there was last year's Finals, which saw the Spurs win game one after Tony Parker made a last possession bank shot to secure the victory. Spurs took a 1-0 series lead, but the Heat went on to win the series in seven.

In the four NBA Finals the Heat have been in, the winner of game one is 0-4 in the Finals.

Now I'm not saying either team this year should intentionally lose the first game and take a 0-1 series deficit at all. For whatever the reason, winning game one just hasn't had the same effect with the Heat and their opponents as it does the rest of the league. Both the Spurs and Heat have shown great resilience and a "never give up" attitude. Another factor to include is coaching. Gregg Popovich is obviously an established coach, but Erik Spoelstra has also shown he can make the proper adjustments as well. Spoelstra may have superstar players, but he knows when to put in x-factor players like Ray Allen, Mario Chalmers and Chris Andersen.

With game one just days ahead, fans will look to see who wins that game and if either of these teams will break the game-one curse later in the series.

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