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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." Rajon Rondo Jersey . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. Vlade Divac Jersey . Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. 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SANTA CLARA, Calif. --?San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York said Thursday that the team will give $1 million to a pair of local organizations in hopes of finding solutions to racial and economic issues dividing Bay Area communities.The financial commitment to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the San Francisco Foundation comes one week after quarterback?Colin Kaepernick?announced plans to donate the first $1 million of his salary to organizations fighting for human rights.York said the 49ers donations would be separate from the $1 million pledged by quarterback Colin Kaepernick to human rights groups. The 49ers commitment also is to organizations different from those with which Kaepernick will work.Im not sure if hes figured out where hes putting his money, York said. Its separate from what Colin is doing, regardless of who is on the football team.Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem during the preseason as a form of protest against police brutality against people of color. He has said he will continue his protest until he sees significant improvement.The 49ers have not said if they support Kaepernicks form or protest, but the organization is clearly behind his message that change is needed.Whether or not I agree with Colin and his form of protest, it doesnt matter, York told ESPN. I dont think you can argue the facts of the socioeconomic divide that we see, especially in the Bay Area but throughout this country. Thats what we want to turn the focus toward. ...We want to help bridge the gap and create better dialogue, better communication, better collaboration between law enforcement and the local communities, and continue the efforts that weve taken (through the teams charitable foundation) to keep kids safe, on track and in school in our communities --- and also figure out, What else do we do? Do we create better public-private partnerships? Do we fund some of the groups that are already on the ground? Do we find new things that need to take place? Thats what were focused on. We dont know what the end result will be, but I know were going to get the right people in the room and start laying a plan out and figure out how we can accomplish this goal. York said the donation is something thats going to be ongoing. Addressing education, health care, homelessness and after-school programs are some of the pillars of the 49ers foundation, and York said addressing racial and economic issues is equally important.This is one more pillar thats vitally important in our locker room and in our communities, he said.ddddddddddddWe want to make sure that law enforcement -- who are the front line on a lot of these issues, and probably not fairly so -- are put in a position to figure out how we can work with the communities to help tie all of that together to help make our communities a better place.The organizations financial commitment is separate from whatever Kaepernick will do. York has had multiple discussions with Kaepernick about the quarterbacks plans and is supportive of helping him make a difference in the community. But ...Regardless of who is on this football team and for how long, this is an important issue to the 49ers and our community, and its something that were going to stick with for a long time, he said. Its sad that weve gotten off the real topic, that were all debating, What did you think of this persons comment? What did you think of this form of protest? as opposed to a socioeconomic divide thats probably worse in the Bay Area than just about anywhere else in the country.Im on several nonprofit boards, the biggest one probably being Tipping Point Community, which is fighting to end poverty in the Bay Area. In a lot of the work that we do, we see poverty at the grassroots level. And when you look at economic divide, especially here, its approaching the level of developing nations like Guatemala and Rwanda.When you look at the median income in San Francisco for African-Americans its $27,000 a year compared to $89,000 for caucasians, he continued. That in turn can lead to the incarceration rates that we see in this state where its almost nine times as likely that an African-American will be imprisoned as a Caucasian. When you see those numbers, those numbers arent sustainable. The median income gap is more than double the national average. We need to address those things, and thats why I really want to make sure were doing something about those things. Thats why I want to make sure were focusing on the issues as opposed to the form of protest.Also on Thursday, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy donated $100,000 to the recently founded Green Bay Police Foundation.My goal is be part of the solution to make our community better, said McCarthy, whose father served as a police officer in Pittsburgh for eight years and a firefighter for 30 years.ESPN Staff Writer Rob Demovsky contributed to this report. ' ' '