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Eric Michael Garcia (The Independent) joins host Thomas Emerick for some Roundball Rock and the Memorial Day Miracle at the end of Game 2 of the 1999 Western Conference Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trailblazers.Eric Michael Garcia, Washington Bureau Chief for The Independent (Archive) and author of We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation, came of age in San Antonio as Tim Duncan teamed up with David Robinson and Sean Elliott helped them avoid the fate of many snakebitten teams out west in the '90s.Episode threads on this thriller that finished Spurs 86, Blazers 85:Respect to the Bob Costas-Doug Collins call that day for NBA on NBCSpurs postseason baggage before they ever got over the humpHow Houston’s recent titles and Hakeem’s shadow loomed large down I-10Mario Elie calling out Tim Duncan, then delivering that inbound to Sean ElliottHow fans saw the Blazers at the time and a reappraisal of a great, deep squad keyed by Rasheed WallaceWhether this was the most defensively ad