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SAN ANTONIO -- Spurs guard Tony Parker said Saturday the strained right hamstring that wore him down this week could tear "any time now" heading into Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. But hes giving no thought to letting the injury properly heal. "If it was the regular season, I would be resting like 10 days," Parker said. "But now its the NBA Finals. If it gets a tear, its life." It would also deal a major blow to the Spurs chances of winning this title. Yet despite the blunt assessment of his hamstring, the All-Star told reporters he is getting stronger on the eve of San Antonios final home game Sunday night. Parker said he is confident, staying disciplined with treatment and still aspires to be "close to 100 per cent" by tipoff. Thats exactly how the 31-year-old point guard looked to start Game 4 on Thursday night, two days after straining the hamstring in a blowout win. But Parker faded badly after a sizzling start, going scoreless in the second half while the Heat pulled away and tied the series 2-all, reclaiming home-court advantage. Parker acknowledged feeling fatigued as Game 4 dragged on. His scoring average in the Finals has dipped to 13.8 points after arguably the best season of his 12-year career. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich downplayed the severity of Parkers injury and the struggles of another of his Big Three, guard Manu Ginobili, who is shooting a career-worst 38 per cent in the playoffs but whose need to pick up the slack heightens when Parker is ailing. "Theyre fine," Popovich said Saturday. Popovichs concern instead: turnovers. Especially now that the Spurs are faced with needing another win in Miami -- and maybe two -- in order to claim a fifth championship. They stole Game 1 in South Beach behind an exceptionally careful and disciplined game by NBA standards -- playoffs or regular season -- tying a Finals record with just four turnovers. But since then, the Spurs have 49 turnovers, including 36 in two losses. Sloppy play is one culprit. But so is the sheer athleticism and talent of the Heat, which has scored 42 points off turnovers in its two victories. Making matters worse for the Spurs in Game 4 was the resurgence of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, who combined to score 85 of Miamis 109 points on Thursday night. San Antonio has survived careless ball protection this season, going 25-13 when committing 16 or more turnovers. But against Miamis Big Three, the margin for error shrinks. "You got to be close to perfect to beat them," Ginobili said Saturday. "And we were pretty far from that (in Game 4). If theyre having an OK game, we can make a few mistakes here and there and we can mask it. But when theyre playing like we just cant make mistakes." Popovich has stressed movement and not playing in crowds against the Heat, which is 43-3 when forcing teams into 16 or more turnovers. Spurs guard Gary Neal put a comfortable -- and realistic -- range of turnovers for the Spurs to win around 10 or 12. That leaves Parker with two goals for Game 5: hope his hamstring holds up better, and play less recklessly. "We have to understand that their identity is to play aggressive defence, and they gamble, and theyre going to take a lot of chances with steals and blocks," Parker said. "We just have to be smarter with our decisions." Cheap Barcelona Jerseys China . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Stitched Soccer Jerseys . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. http://www.cheapsoccerchina.com/cheap-tottenham-hotspur-jerseys-china_116s.html . Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. Cheap Soccer Jerseys China . 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Weve got to get home and get to work and get a lot of things ironed out.Oregon was ranked as high as No. 4 in the country before losses to Baylor and Georgetown that had it barely in the new poll that came out earlier Monday.Ive got faith in these guys, Altman said. These guys have been through it. They won a lot of games and finished second in the Pac-12 and then first. They won a (Pac-12) tournament and went to the finals in the other one. Theyll bounce back.After losing its opener to Georgetown at the Maui Invitational last week, Oregon beat Tennessee and Connecticut.I think UConn has a lot of potential and they will get better and Tennessee is young, so they will grow as a team, Altman said. I think those are three good games for us. Three athletic teams and it gave us an idea of all the things that we need to work on. Our guys know that. They know they are not playing like they are capable, especially the veterans.Oregon welcomed back all-conference forward Dillon Brooks in Maui after he missed the first three games of the season following foot surgery in July. The 6-foot-7 junior came offf the bench to average 11.dddddddddddd3 points in 18.7 minutes per game.He is expected to return to the starting line-up against Boise State.I thought for not playing four- and one-half months, he stepped up and played good, Altman said.Altman will have to alter his rotation when Brooks returns to the starting line-up. The seventh-year coach said he plans to use a month at home to settle on playing time heading into conference play later this month.This gives us a month to try and really get things in place with the next seven games in Oregon, he said. We have to get to work.Center Chris Boucher leads Oregon with 15 points while averaging 6.8 rebounds. Junior forward Jordan Bell leads Oregon with 8.3 rebounds while scoring 11.2 points per game.Boise State, which beat Oregon 74-72 last season, lost to College of Charleston and Mississippi State before winning two straight against Western Michigan and Presbyterian. Six-foot-seven forward Chandler Hutchison leads the team with 18.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.Broncos coach Leon Rice is well aware the rematch with the Ducks will result in a tough battle.Oregon is on the schedule next so we have to step way up, Rice said at a postgame press conference. This is a terrific Oregon team and a team thats going to contend for a Pac 12 title. ' ' '