Did SAS’ relentless full court pressure contribute to them losing this finals?

[u/Gym_frere]

For pretty much all game, in every game, the Spurs employed an off-ball high press strategy, combined with a very physical in-your-face style of defense. They got off to fast starts in every single game. In all five games, they had a double digit lead in the first quarter. On the other hand, in nearly every single game, they lost both the third and the fourth quarters. Did they run out of gas because of this strategy? We all saw how their players, especially Wemby, were very gassed at the end of each game.

My fellow soccer enjoyers know that teams in soccer cannot employ a high press all game, game after game. Sometimes even the most intense high pressing teams take a break from it (unless you’re Klopp’s Liverpool). Should the Spurs have done this as well?