Your favorite Spurs moment of all time?

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Post your favorite Spurs moment of all time here! It could be a play, a short series of plays, a quote, an off-season signing, a draft pick, or a trophy hoisting. What is your favorite Spurs moment of all time?

For me, it's the drafting of Tim Duncan. I was 7 years old when Duncan was drafted, and my older brother jumped on the Spurs bandwagon when Robinson was drafted, but this was the moment I truly identified myself as a Spurs fan as I immediately made Timmy my favorite player and haven't looked back since. It's truly been great to have been a Spurs fan and I'm thankful for all the memories it's provided me with, and I know my die hard fan nature started on the day he was drafted, so my favorite Spurs moment ever was when Duncan was drafted. What is yours?

[TXstbobcat]

My favorite Spurs moment was Sean's 1st game back after recovering from his kidney transplant. Doctors told him that he would never play basketball again and he became the 1st NBA player to come back after an organ transplant. The entire arena went crazy when they announced he would start before the game.

[Darius McCrary]

Duncan going 1-on-1 against Shaq in 2003 WCSF Game 6 in LA and scoring on him over and over again to seal the deal.

Honorable mention:
Manu's dunk in 2014 finals.

[Silver&Black]

Not really a play or a series....but here goes.

When I was a kid...my mother bought me and my brother a couple packs of basketball cards. I was so pissed because my brother got a Michael Jordan card and I didn't. Then, I found out I got the most expensive card in the entire set. The Admiral's rookie card is the reason I'm a Spurs fan. By far, my favorite "Spurs moment".

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv53/sportscardradio/sportscardradio4/974a_12.jpg

[Darkwaters]

1999 Championship. Getting that first one was pretty special for the whole city and it was just a ton of fun to be surrounded by that feeling.

[Obi Juan Kenobi]

The 1999 championship and the Memorial Day Miracle...

[ddjeffries]

Def. this.

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[spurraider21]

closing out the lakers in 03

[Mugen]

Manu shoving Ray Allen aside and banging on Chris Bosh tbh.

[MeloHype]

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[HarlemHeat37]

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[Budkin]

5

[Mr. Body]

Beating the Lakers in 2003.

[Mr. Body]

Horry's three in 2005.

[Mr. Body]

The Steve Kerr game.

[Robz4000]

Basically the entire second half and OT of Game 6 against OKC in 2014.

[Beaverfuzz]

The biggest one would still be the Memorial Day Miracle, being that I live in Portland.

The Steve Kerr game, 5, and 1999 NBA Season are all close runner-ups.

[dafonearth]

Manu's 48 point game against phoenix where spurs were down 17 in the 4th and came back to win. (January 2005)

Tim's miracle shot over Shaq in the .4 game (event though we lost)

2005 Finals Horry in Game 5

Garry F'n Neal's Game Winner in the 2011 Playoffs

2005 Playoffs Denver Game 4: Duncan fouls out in OT and like the legendary leader he is, didn't panic. Just calmly huddled up his teammates, tugged on their jerseys and told them to finish what he started. He showed such confidence in them and I believe that's what propelled them to win.

[timtonymanu]

- The entire 2014 run
- Duncan's rejuvenation this late into his career
- trading away Dick Jefferson
- Kawhi's play so far
- Horry's 3 against Detroit

[Mr. Body]

Anything having to do with Roger Mason.

[look_at_g_shred]

Game 6 WCF 2014

[SnakeBoy]

Timmy's reaction to Manu's dunk in the 2014 finals

[TEXICAN]

Game 5 2005 Finals, Horry turned into the Messiah when we needed it most. I remember screaming soooo loud banging on my walls in my room, good times

[timtonymanu]

Also game 6 2003 WCF, game 6 2003 NBA Finals, game 5 against Portland last year, game 6 WCF 2014.

[TEXICAN]

Honorable mention: Duncan making Kobe and Fisher cry like bitches in 03

[SASdynasty!]

Parker's 3 over Lebron, steal, and go-ahead runner over Chalmers. I thought he had sealed 5 and FMVP #2.

[HarlemHeat37]

Parker's 3 over Lebron, steal, and go-ahead runner over Chalmers. I thought he had sealed 5 and FMVP #2.

Your favorite moment of all-time happened in the game that ended with the biggest heartbreak in Spurs history?:lol..

[scottspurs]

My childhood hero, David Robinson, going out with a ring in 03. Duncan with a legendary performance. Almost a quadruple double in a close out game.

[SASdynasty!]

Your favorite moment of all-time happened in the game that ended with the biggest heartbreak in Spurs history?:lol..
Look up the word "moment"

[urunobili]

1) 5
2) Game 7 vs. Pistons
3) 2003 Admiral goodbye with Duncan's near quadruple double

[Spur|n|Austin]

It's always been the Memorial Day Miracle for me - up until that point I was just a kid who enjoyed going to games with his Pop. After that shot, it felt like everything changed, and true fandom started for the 14 year old me.

[BD24]

For me it is probably always going to be the 2014 championship. I had been a lifelong Spurs fan and just moved to San Antonio in 2014, so was pretty amazing to have them win it all my first year in the city. Especially after the end to 2013. I just can't imagine anything topping that.

[DBMethos]

Duncan's 3 is up there...

[Taking it to the Hole]

Beating the Lakers in 2003.

Yeah, shutting down the Forum was pretty amazing and seeing the tear-stained Laker fans in the crowd was even more satisfying.

[manufan10]

Man, so many great moments. I don't know if I could pick just one. I think last year when this became a national trend is one of my all-time favorite moments though. It felt like people were finally appreciating how the Spurs play the game:

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Followed by this:

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[SpurAddict561]

Admiral's 71 points last game of the season to beat out Shaq as scoring champ. A lot of people forget this day...

[kaji157]

5 is unique, the context on which happened, we may never see anything equivalent in our life.

[HarlemHeat37]

Look up the word "moment"

But when you look back at the moment, how is it not clouded by nightmares of 6? To each their own, but that's a little strange IMO:lol..

[AFBlue]

David going out on top in 2003.

Honorable mentions of lesser discussed moments....

Kerr coming off the bench with the Spurs down a dozen to the Mavs and shooting them back into the game alongside S-Jax.

Horry's hip check.

Horry's 3 against the Pistons.

Duncan's near buzzer beating fadeaway over Shaq...overshadowed by the next play unfortunately.

Duncan's 3 against Phoenix. And Finley's for that matter.

Man...so many great moments. It's great to be a Spurs fan.

[Proxy]

Have to go with the 2014 celebration. The sequence of Timmy with his kids and then the admiral, manu finding his family, pop's moment on the bench, and the team with kawhi's FMVP... Good shit

[BD24]

Man...so many great moments. It's great to be a Spurs fan.
Right can you imagine a thread like this on say a Raptors board?:lol

[tmtcsc]

There have been a lot, but my favorite has to be Horry's 3 in Game 5 of 2005 Finals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Gci1x6N8E

Others:

1. Malik's dunk against Mutombo in the 2003 Finals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUVmDPyktRg

2. Kawhi Leonard's follow dunk of Mills' missed 3 pointer in Game 3 2014 Finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpv4JPPTjhM

[tmtcsc]

Others cont.

3. Sean's Memorial Day Miracle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7078gJ2aU38

4. Manu's Dunk in 2014 Game 5 Finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdHsowOBYDs

5. Tim's 3 against Shaq and the Suns in the 2007 playoffs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Q7i1gz9ks

[tmtcsc]

Others cont.:

6. Kawhi Leonard blocks Westbrook in 2014 WCF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1O3pq0KyXQ

7. Manu dunks on Lakers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db123b2UZxg

8. Manu dunks on Sons (I meant to spell it that way - he owned them that night)
Dunk # 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s92Y9atRXGQ

[tmtcsc]

Last but not least:

9. Tim Duncan's amazing offensive roll in 1st playoff game in 1998

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB7XD8km7L0

[K...]

Punking Nash and amare of course.........now excuse me as I go to write some more Steve Nash cuck fan fiction.

[UZER]

Admiral's 71 points last game of the season to beat out Shaq as scoring champ. A lot of people forget this day...

This game was supposed to be on nbc, but they cancelled it at the last minute. David would've gotten a lot more national love throughout his career if the game had been aired on tv.

[100%duncan]

Game 7 detroit comeback
Kawhi block on rwb
Manu shoving allen and dunking on bosh

[Spur|n|Austin]

Nice memories tmtcsc :tu

[100%duncan]

Tim's turnaround shot to seal the okc series. Oh and Timmy saying "we'll do it this time" that shit gave me goosebumps.

[GSH]

The Spurs had a Championship locked up, way back in 1979, and got jobbed by the refs. After Game 7 their coach, Doug Moe, made the comment, "You'd think it was fixed" and got fined by the league. Spurs fans rallied and collected the fine money - in pennies. Half a million pennies.

I wasn't a Spurs fan before that. I was outraged by the officiating in that series, as a sort of neutral observer. But fans collecting pennies to give the finger to the league? THAT made me a Spurs fan for life.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Tim's turnaround shot to seal the okc series. Oh and Timmy saying "we'll do it this time" that shit gave me goosebumps.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e1xnzx55JQ

:hat

[100%duncan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e1xnzx55JQ

:hat

Greatest leadership moment in all of Sports featuring the greatest leader in all of sports tbh

[100%duncan]

The Spurs had a Championship locked up, way back in 1979, and got jobbed by the refs. After Game 7 their coach, Doug Moe, made the comment, "You'd think it was fixed" and got fined by the league. Spurs fans rallied and collected the fine money - in pennies. Half a million pennies.

I wasn't a Spurs fan before that. I was outraged by the officiating in that series, as a sort of neutral observer. But fans collecting pennies to give the finger to the league? THAT made me a Spurs fan for life.

Cool. I didnt know that

[dafonearth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulg9n8ou1Dw

Forgot about this gem. Duncan hates dick jefferson as much as we do!

[AFBlue]

Tim's ejection by Joey Crawford for laughing from the bench.

Not really "greatest", but more WTFest moment.

[timvp]

David going out on top in 2003.

:tu

As the great whottt said, everything after that was gravy.



Although I gotta admit this was pretty damn sweet:

http://i.imgur.com/IiDiy2o.jpg

[AFBlue]

:tu

As the great whottt said, everything after that was gravy.



Although I gotta admit this was pretty damn sweet:

http://i.imgur.com/IiDiy2o.jpg

Oh man, a whottt mention. RIP whottt means a hell of a lot more than RIP Apo by comparison tbqh.

Agree that 2014 was the ultimate redemption story. So sweet.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Manu dunk on Bosh
Manu 39 points against the sonics 2005 playoffs
game 7 Pistons
2014 playoff run


does anyone know where I can download full games? like games from 2005

[TEXICAN]

does anyone know where I can download full games? like games from 2005[/QUOTE]

[spursistan]

you get accused of recency bias, but 5 after 6 was such cathartic experience for the franchise, players and fans..Nothing may ever tops it ,IMO..

[manufan10]

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[manufan10]

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[Keepin' it real]

My favorite moment was '99 ... until 2014 happened.

[timvp]

This is a good reminder of how damn good lucky we Spurs fans have been. I've been a Spurs fan since 1987 and I could point to hundreds of amazing moments. Most franchises would struggle to put together a top ten.

[Russo21]

Duncan Ginobili and Parker playing 'cups' on the bench

[Marcus Bryant]

Kurtis Blow concert after Spurs played the Mavs in Hemisfair Arena, April 1985.

[timvp]

Underrated moment near the top of the list: Back in 1999 when Pop was about to get fired. The Spurs were playing the Rockets and ownership was ready to fire him if the Spurs lost the game. Instead, the Spurs play a near flawless game and curbstomp the Rockets. After the game, Avery Johnson interrupts Pop's postgame interview to give him the game ball and say the win was dedicated to him. Pop breaks down crying and can't continue the interview.

Spurs have been rolling ever since :smokin

[Marcus Bryant]

How is this thread full of positive recollections? As much as you idiots whine about how terrible things are I'm surprised you have anything good to say.

[Marcus Bryant]

Underrated moment near the top of the list: Back in 1999 when Pop was about to get fired. The Spurs were playing the Rockets and ownership was ready to fire him if the Spurs lost the game. Instead, the Spurs play a near flawless game and curbstomp the Rockets. After the game, Avery Johnson interrupts Pop's postgame interview to give him the game ball and say the win was dedicated to him. Pop breaks down crying and can't continue the interview.

Spurs have been rolling ever since :smokin

:tu

[ElNono]

Too many great moments, tbh.... feel we're spoiled... That said, there was something thoroughly enjoyable about our last championship... emotionally, aesthetically, I keep thinking we're never going to see a team play the way that team played. I don't if it was the drive from the previous season, or things just clicking at the right time, or what... but that was just such an enjoyable ride, tbh...

[Marcus Bryant]

My favorite Spurs moment has been the last fifteen years with the San Antonio Spurs absolutely owning the Jazz of Utah.

[2centsworth]

1) Memorial Day Miracle
2) 1
3) 5
4) Horry
5) Kobe crying

[Sean Cagney]

Not really a play or a series....but here goes.

When I was a kid...my mother bought me and my brother a couple packs of basketball cards. I was so pissed because my brother got a Michael Jordan card and I didn't. Then, I found out I got the most expensive card in the entire set. The Admiral's rookie card is the reason I'm a Spurs fan. By far, my favorite "Spurs moment".

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv53/sportscardradio/sportscardradio4/974a_12.jpg
Yep, remember that card well and still have it in a case upstairs. That is one of my fave cards to this day.
Duncan going 1-on-1 against Shaq in 2003 WCSF Game 6 in LA and scoring on him over and over again to seal the deal.

Honorable mention:
Manu's dunk in 2014 finals.This is way up there, the Tim Duncan game I call that one .

[Marcus Bryant]

Lest I forget, a favorite moment was when Kevin O'Keefe had to finally accept defeat and cease being a 'sports journalist.'

[spurraider21]

Horry's three in 2005.
supernova*

[aal04]

Underrated moment near the top of the list: Back in 1999 when Pop was about to get fired. The Spurs were playing the Rockets and ownership was ready to fire him if the Spurs lost the game. Instead, the Spurs play a near flawless game and curbstomp the Rockets. After the game, Avery Johnson interrupts Pop's postgame interview to give him the game ball and say the win was dedicated to him. Pop breaks down crying and can't continue the interview.

Spurs have been rolling ever since :smokin

missed it. vid?

[spurraider21]

http://ballislife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/LeonardMVP.jpg

[spursistan]

Too many great moments, tbh.... feel we're spoiled... That said, there was something thoroughly enjoyable about our last championship... emotionally, aesthetically, I keep thinking we're never going to see a team play the way that team played. I don't if it was the drive from the previous season, or things just clicking at the right time, or what... but that was just such an enjoyable ride, tbh...
This..6 was a stuff of ruins that any other franchise/team would never survive it..5? and against those same Heat? in that same fashion? unthinkable, tbh

[baseline bum]

How can I pick one? If I had to order them all time:

1. First half, Game 3 2014 Finals. What more needs to be said than this video?
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2. Tim Duncan playing around the world at Staples Center in Game 6 of the 2003 WCSF. What do you do with a guy with the ultimate skill and the patience of Job?
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3. Robert Horry stealing Game 5 in Detroit. Rob turned into fucking LeBron in the fourth and OT.
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4. Second half of Tim Duncan's first playoff game. Before this game I thought Duncan was a very good player, that he'd be an allstar every year, that he was a legit franchise player. After this game I knew he was way better than even David Robinson. This game changed my seriously expectations for Duncan from Blake Griffin level to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar level. I still can't believe the way he singlehandedly destroyed McDyess and Hot Rod Williams as a rookie in his first playoff game. Kevin Harlan yelling "He's gone mad!" was hilarious.
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5. David Robinson jumping in the air as he checks out of Game 6 of the Finals, winning the championship in his last game after a monster 13 and 17 performance. For it to end this way was amazing after all the crap he took from the media in the 90s.
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[Marcus Bryant]

DRob playing his final game at home and winning a championship was rather special.

[baseline bum]

Underrated moment near the top of the list: Back in 1999 when Pop was about to get fired. The Spurs were playing the Rockets and ownership was ready to fire him if the Spurs lost the game. Instead, the Spurs play a near flawless game and curbstomp the Rockets. After the game, Avery Johnson interrupts Pop's postgame interview to give him the game ball and say the win was dedicated to him. Pop breaks down crying and can't continue the interview.

Spurs have been rolling ever since :smokin

Do you have video of this interview? Man I'd love to see it.

[Old School 44]

Attending the close out game 5 against the Heat with my 10 year old son, right after his youth baseball team won a City championship. Then going after the game to get our Spurs Championship gear, high fiving strangers young and old, from all walks of life, and seeing a city smiling and united.

Go Spurs Go! :flag:

[pgardn]

1999 Championship. Getting that first one was pretty special for the whole city and it was just a ton of fun to be surrounded by that feeling.

Same.

We shed the nice guys can't win label.

What was so odd is it was our first, I should have been nervous, but we were so much better it was a given.
The classy way this city celebrated was also something to be proud of.

[HarryLoLa]

David holding the trophy with Tim -- Magic.

[Arcadian]

Game 5 2005 Finals. The Horry shot in particular, but the whole game was the most epic game I've ever seen. That game determined the title as much as game 7.

[baseline bum]

Same.

We shed the nice guys can't win label.

What was so odd is it was our first, I should have been nervous, but we were so much better it was a given.
The classy way this city celebrated was also something to be proud of.

Man the 99 team was amazing. They would always be down 5 in the first quarter but you knew no one was scoring on them in the fourth. I have only seen one other team that could dominate the fourth virtually every single night: the 2001 Lakers.

[spursgu]

This is a great thread. A lot of special moments. Man, we are some fortunate fans.

Some of my favorite moments are Spurs/Lakers Game 6 in the 2003 WC Semi Finals. Finally beating the Lakers again while seeing bitch Kobe and Fisher cry was so satisfying.

Leonard's block on Westbrook last year followed by Duncan's game winning shot was a beautiful sequence. And at that point, I knew the Spurs were going to win the championship.

[baseline bum]

Attending the close out game 5 against the Heat with my 10 year old son, right after his youth baseball team won a City championship. Then going after the game to get our Spurs Championship gear, high fiving strangers young and old, from all walks of life, and seeing a city smiling and united.

Go Spurs Go! :flag:

Nice. That's what the Alamodome was like when Sean hit the three to steal Game 2 of the WCF from 18 down. Everyone knew that was the title.

[spursistan]

That Detroit series was probably the only one Spurs won where you could argue that opponent was equal or slightly better than them..

[Kool Bob Love]

Drafting the GAWD Duncan. nothing was the same dawg.

[baseline bum]

One of my favorite RS moments ever. Sorry for the horrible video quality, it's all I could find.

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This was a Sunday game on NBC and the Spurs were down 23. And this is 23 in the era of scores in the 80s. Mario Elie hits the gamewinner with 0.1 seconds left and blows kisses at the Rockets bench after Houston told him he was too old for them a couple of months earlier.

[heyheymymy]

Fin Dog going 8/9 from 3pt against the Melo/AI Nuggets game 1 2007 first round

Bruce hitting the corner 3pt shot that put the Spurs up under a min to go during the suspension game against the Suns 2007 WCSF

The Duncan 3pt shot against the Suns in the double OT thriller Round 1 2008. People forget the Fin Dog 3pter that tied it up with seconds left in regulation. That was the best game I've ever seen.

The BatManu game

Gary Neal 3pt shot against the Grizz to stave off elimination

The game San Antonio came back from down 16 with like 4 mins left against GSW in the playoffs.

Waxing the Grizz 4-0 in the 2013 WCF. Parker and Splitter were amazing.

Game 3 first half in the 2014 Finals - Perfect basketball on display

Game 5 2014 Finals, the Att center was like a Circus and the Spurs were rolling.

[baseline bum]

Game 3 of the 2013 Finals has to be a top moment too. Danny Green and Gary Neal just murdering Miami. That three Neal hit at the buzzer going into halftime over Mike Miller.

[Marcus Bryant]

Nice. That's what the Alamodome was like when Sean hit the three to steal Game 2 of the WCF from 18 down. Everyone knew that was the title.

I just remember grabbing some chick after he hit that shot. Too bad there wasn't a bed nearby.

[still.focused]

Duncan going 1-on-1 against Shaq in 2003 WCSF Game 6 in LA and scoring on him over and over again to seal the deal.

Honorable mention:
Manu's dunk in 2014 finals.

Maybe its just me but I cant seperate the dunk itself from Manu dashing back on D nor TD mushing him in the back of the head & "Yeeah Manu!"
Like all 3 parts are just fuckin awesome but none more than the other

[baseline bum]

I think the 2014 title kind of overshadows how perfect of a game the Spurs played in Game 3 of the 2013 Finals.

[keeferob25]

It's definitely impossible to pick JUST one...which really illustrates the AMAZING historic run that we have been spoiled with. Duncan's my all-time favorite player and I have followed him and the spurs since '99. I mostly didn't follow his rookie year as I was strongly on the bulls bandwagon and I just knew that year would be his Jordan's "last". So I've been through EVERYTHING since '99 and its been sweet. So I can compose a top 5.

5. Sean ******'s Memorial Day Miracle

I remember being so incredibly nervous about the potential of this loss because I didn't trust the Spurs (despite their stellar play up to that point) not to draw out the series and put themselves in a tough situation. Portland was very talented. But when he hit that I screamed and ran through the house like a nutjob...it made me LITERALLY know at that point that we were destined to win the chip that year. Its definitely easy and reasonable to view each subsequent championship as the most special...but this play marked the beginning for me. Loved it.

4. Duncan's Game 6 performance in 2003

From 99 as the years went on I became increasingly die hard about the Spurs but I remember after losing in 2002 AFTER getting destroyed the year before...I lost faith in the front office to surround Duncan with the necessary perimeter players to truly compete. I felt they kept trying to go "cheap" and it was selling Duncan embarrassingly short because they needed more to beat the Lakers. As many have said...2003 was NOT supposed to happen...at all. Quite frankly I think it is the most forgettable title to many (outside of probably lakers 09/miami 06) because it wasn't in any way a great TEAM. Just a historic player and performance with sprinkles of brilliance from parts throughout. When we played the Lakers in 03 i was sure we'd lose in 5. But man did each of the rotation players have a big game/moment in that series. When Horry's shot went in and out I literally understand what it was like to physically have your heart stop. I was stunned. But I distinctly remember expecting a game 7 and then a series loss because we were too wildly inconsistent that year (within the game) because we could build leads but they'd evaporate and the Lakers were the best at coming back. But Duncan meant business from the outset. He torched them...but I remember when Shaq was placed on him that I feared Duncan would tightened up and sort of tail off as he sometimes tended to do. Boy was I wrong...and realized quickly that Duncan literally was on a level reached by VERY few in history. When I saw kobe and fisher cry...that was all the championship I needed lol.

3. Horry's game 5 in 2005

I remember when we got Horry in 04, how great it felt. But I hated him by the end of that year. I felt that he really didn't wanna be in SAS over the Lakers and his dropoff in performance at the time pissed me off immensely. But he played great in 2005 and the playoffs. But when we got Detroit, I was DEATHLY afraid. We had the luxury of beating up on a weaker Knicks team in 99 and while those Nets were/are criminally dismissed as having been a legit contender because of their conference...I still felt like we would beat them undoubtedly. But with Detroit...I knew it would be SERIOUS. My best friend was a laker fan and I gave him all kind of crap for the embarrassment the year before. So I was secretly scared when it came our time to face them. But to my surprise he jumped on our bandwagon since they beat them badly in 04. After blowing Detroit out in the first two games...I remembered thinking what the hell happened to Detroit. I felt GREAT after game two. But then we got STOMPED in Detroit the next two and I was scared shitless because I felt Detroit figured us out and the Wallaces really bothered Duncan especially on those ankles. I had ZERO faith in Parker as Billups was in his head major by the end of Game 4. I told my boy we would lose game 5 and the series. He said there's no chance we would. Game 5 happened and I remember for the first time being PISSED at Duncan for him seemingly shrinking mentally. We WERE gonna lose...I knew it...but maaaan Horry literally entered a mode only super role players have and when he did the left handed dunk on Hamilton i believe I was done! But when they went to set up the play that resulted in the 3 I was still scared. My friend said its going to Horry...I told him that Horry was gonna be the one they pay closest attention to other than Manu because Tim was passive...sure enough when Wallace stupidly left him open and Horry buried it...I realized that Horry was just a GREAT basketball player. Not in the superstar way...but in truly understanding basketball. He SAVED Duncan's ass that game because Duncan at 2-1 finals with such a choke that series wouldve been something to note.

2. Gonna cheat on this one but its important...Game 1/Game3/Game 6/Game 7 in 2013 finals

(Game 1) - When we swept Memphis, i was excited as hell that we were returning to the finals. But i was more afraid of Miami than any finals team before. I was afraid that neither Manu or Duncan were in their primes enough to match the primes of Miami's three. I just knew that Duncan would get his first finals loss and the aura of invincibility on the big stage would again stay reserved for only Jordan. I also felt that that would be Duncan's last chance at a finals win. But when Parker hit that layup and with the way Miami just flat out struggled to control us...I was pleasantly surprised. I felt good, naturally about winning the opening game because it obviously increases our chances. But Game 2 slightly brought me back to reality. However, I felt oddly confident going forward because Miami just seemed to not play comfortably against us. Then....

(Game 3) - At home with Gary Neal and Green going off. It was a symphony of cheers every two seconds. That game was just too damn amazing to me and let me know that we were the real threat the Miami.

(Game 6) - Still haven't gotten over it. Worst damn day of my life at the time. But I loved Duncan's first half. I remember I had a report due that night and I was at my friends apartment. When the game was coming on I just went into the other room and closed the door to focus. About ten minutes after the game started I heard my friends and his guests shouting that Tim was going off. My phone was blowing up with calls and texts saying timmy was going back to prime time. I literally yelled "Fuck it" (in regards to the report) and went to watch the game. Watching Timmy pull back time had me tearing up literally...don't give a damn. It was beautiful and I realized the pleasure you get watching just unexplainably beautiful. At halftime I talked to maybe 8 people on the phone and they were all pumped (all of them were lebron/heat haters lol). But then that second half happened and Im sorry to keep propping up the Parker dissing that goes on here...but he single handed screwed us. He was noticeably selfish and was not at all making the passes into Duncan he should have. MULTIPLE times he had angles...as did Kawhi and Danny and they wouldn't get it into him. I remember only Manu and Diaw would make those passes to tim but by that time he was off. Then obviously the rest happened. But I just remember weeping at that first half and it justified all my years of why I watched Timmy.

(Game 7) - My greatest bittersweet moment as a Spurs. We lost heartbreakingly but why I loved this moment was because we had the ENTIRE WORLD'S RESPECT...no more spurs are ratings killers...no more spurs are boring...old whatever. We took it to the Superteam and Timmy, Kawhi and Manu's valiant response was beautiful. Timmy slapping the floor was when I knew it was over and in all honesty I thought he would retire after that. It was beautiful in a way to me because Duncan let his "guard" down and demonstrated that burning passion stupid idiots always questioned he had. But as crazy as it sounds...it was Wade and Lebron's postgame responses that a made me smile. They both had this look like they know they escaped and it was (primarily) at the hands of this old legend who shouldve been done years ago. It was just incredible respect.

1. Cheating again lol....Game 6 OKC/Game 5 Finals

(Game 6 OKC) - Ibaka being out those first 2 games were a godsend. He made our entire team scared as if he was strapped with bombs. I never understood the cowardice we seemed to display playing them. But with him out the first 2 games we destroyed them in the interior and I knew we'd be in the finals. But then rumblings about his return serviced and I rolled my eyes because I felt that OKC literally were so confident they could beat us and that they had us shook that they sat him out the first two to rest because they could beat us at any point on his return. When it was official he'd be back I still didn't care...because I felt we were over the fear. WRONG. Ibaka went right back to exposing our vaginas (Splitter, DUNCAN, and Parkers primarily). I was embarrassed after game 4 when the bench showed more heart. I remember feeling it validated some of the criticism that the spurs were indeed SOFT...majorly SOFT because it was ONE MAN!!!! But in game 5 Diaw was CLEARLY on a mission and so were the Spurs. They surprised my with game 5 and I was so proud. But Game 6...i mean come on...this was definitely a loss! We just couldn't battle OKC's home momentum and crowd. I figured blowout. Second half when parker didn't return I remember never hating a player more in my entire life. I never was a parker fan but that did it for me. But Patty, Kawhi, Manu and Timmy (and danny defensively) just BATTLED. But when that lead evaporated in the fourth and we forced OT I felt we'd lose. But Duncan again made me damn near cry man with that throwback moxy! You could TELL it was as if he himself knew he should be tired of playing scared against Serge. He TOOK IT TO HIM with purpose and that turnaround on the two guards had me drop down to the ground. When the buzzer blew I called my friend and told him Duncan is in my top 5 officially.

(Game 5 Finals) - Lebron's HOT start troubled me. I thought this would be a game we let up on and give them life. I didn't trust that. But then we just never panicked and kept chipping away. But like everyone...when Manu threw Allen aside (like he ilegally did Marco earlier in the series) and jammed you just knew we took their heart, soul and they were done and MANU out of everyone finally had his redemption and I was most happy for him. Then Patty raining down on them with no regard for feelings. It was...magical...to be honest. But my favortite two moments as a spurs fan...absolute favorites and I will remember for all time. Pop on the bench by himself...it was literally like that moment for him where his masterpiece that took years to create was complete. He was overwhelmed and humbled like he WASN'T the year prior and it cost him with his ego. I forgave Pop twelve times over in that moment and realized how much I loved that man! And my ALL TIME FAVORITE is the slow motion shot of manu and tony first hugging on the side and then they grab tim from behind and pull him in for the hug and tim doesn't even turn or anything he just smiles gleefully. It just captured their years together in one moment. Best night EVER!

SO SORRY FOR THE LENGTH

[Marcus Bryant]

One of my favorite RS moments ever. Sorry for the horrible video quality, it's all I could find.

qAGDNHugl_U

This was a Sunday game on NBC and the Spurs were down 23. And this is 23 in the era of scores in the 80s. Mario Elie hits the gamewinner with 0.1 seconds left and blows kisses at the Rockets bench after Houston told him he was too old for them a couple of months earlier.

That reminds me of the game in Houston during the 1996-97 season when the full team was healthy for one of the 7 games that season. Spurs won by 20.

And to the contrary that was not a tank job.

[Mr. Body]

To be honest, after posting some historical faves (Horry shot, etc.), the combination of payback and just epic throw-down of the first half of game 3 in Miami in 2014 is incomparable. Few stories in sports are better than that -- after the year before, and just massive release. The Heat weren't playing that badly, they were scoring fairly well, but the Spurs were just insane.

[baseline bum]

I just remember grabbing some chick after he hit that shot. Too bad there wasn't a bed nearby.

Would have been a good plan, though I would have nutted in about 10 seconds :lol

It hit me like a ton of bricks when Sean announced he needed a kidney transplant. I was on vacation in Thousand Islands in Canada and I didn't even have a fucking TV much less internet there, and one morning I pick up the newspaper and I see a tiny black and white photo from the press conference with Sean with a scared look on his face and a two sentence blurb about his retirement.

[baseline bum]

Another underrated Spurs game was Game 3 of the 2002 first round in Seattle where Tony Parker murdered Gary Payton and Desmond Mason in his first road playoff game as a rookie. I remember he had this dreamshake move on Desmond Mason that made Mason look so stupid when he bit. I couldn't believe a nineteen year-old toying with prime Gary Payton in the fucking playoffs.

[Marcus Bryant]

Another underrated Spurs game was Game 3 of the 2002 first round in Seattle where Tony Parker murdered Gary Payton and Desmond Mason in his first road playoff game as a rookie. I remember he had this dreamshake move on Desmond Mason that made Mason look so stupid when he bit. I couldn't believe a nineteen year-old toying with prime Gary Payton in the fucking playoffs.

Tony has been such a key part. Spurs fan has no clue.

[baseline bum]

Tony has been such a key part. Spurs fan has no clue.

I remember watching the draft that year and thinking "who's this little fucker on the stage" when the Spurs picked him. But I was at the same time excited because leading up to that draft it was pretty well known how badly RC wanted him. After losing out on Krstic the next year though we pretty much never knew who they were targeting again though. :lol

[DMC]

Not really a play or a series....but here goes.

When I was a kid...my mother bought me and my brother a couple packs of basketball cards. I was so pissed because my brother got a Michael Jordan card and I didn't. Then, I found out I got the most expensive card in the entire set. The Admiral's rookie card is the reason I'm a Spurs fan. By far, my favorite "Spurs moment".

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv53/sportscardradio/sportscardradio4/974a_12.jpg
I have that same card in an unopened pack, you can see it through the cover.

[Marcus Bryant]

I remember watching the draft that year and thinking "who's this little fucker on the stage" when the Spurs picked him. But I was at the same time excited because leading up to that draft it was pretty well known how badly RC wanted him. After losing out on Krstic the next year though we pretty much never knew who they were targeting again though. :lol

Paris Basket Racing.

TF?

[ElNono]

when Marcus Bryant reached 1 million posts, tbh... that was a glorious day for Spurs fandom...

[timvp]

Another random awesome moments:

-AJ pouring in 30 points to eliminate the Suns back in 1998 against the best trio of point guards in history: Jason Kidd, Steve Nash and Kevin Johnson. "I Will Not Be Mishandled"

-This Malik Rose game (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199902120PHI.html) from his first year in San Antonio when he was basically the 12th man on the roster. In Philadelphia with his family going crazy in the stands, Rose had about two dozen amazing hustle plays and basically carried the Spurs to the win.

-Danny Ferry playing the game of his life in Game 2 of the 2003 series against the Suns.

-That time in Portland when David Robinson got ejected and then Duncan just caught on got damn fire to pull out an impossible win.

-In Jerome Kersey's last game with the Spurs when he had obviously broken his ankle but instead of writhing in pain he hobbled back to the other end and got the rebound. (RIP)

and on and on and on

[baseline bum]

Paris Basket Racing.

TF?

:lol What the fuck was Racing Club Paris? As Stern called it. I remember thinking it was some really shitty team in a scrub league owned by an F1 driver or something. It was funny, I was watching that draft with a few other people, and one of them was a German guy who had played against Parker when they were both 16 and he was shocked to see him drafted because of his size. But he said Parker was impossible to guard back then too.

[2centsworth]

Want a flash back, game 5 '89 WC semi against Portland and David Wingate hits a 40ft off a DROb screen to send the game into double OT

[tmtcsc]

I just remember grabbing some chick after he hit that shot. Too bad there wasn't a bed nearby.

Lol!! The same thing happened with me and this cute chick sitting next to me after Tim hit the fallaway shot from the top of the key against Shaq and the Lakers. People were hugging in the stands and just so excited. Fucking Fisher and that bogus shot...

[tmtcsc]

Want a flash back, game 5 '89 WC semi against Portland and David Wingate hits a 40ft off a DROb screen to send the game into double OT

Very nice. That was one of the most memorable series of my Spurs' fandom experience. I thought that young Spurs team led by DRob would win multiple titles. Little did I realize that it would take 10 years before they would win their first. We are some lucky ass fortunate fans here in San Antonio. Thank you Tim Duncan.

[baseline bum]

-Danny Ferry playing the game of his life in Game 2 of the 2003 series against the Suns.

I can't believe how many people forget that and think that Phoenix series was easy. Damn Ferry wanted that game and was huge filling in for an injured DRob and suspended Kevin Willis (his elbow into Scott Williams' throat is still my favorite Spurs playoff foul, even over Rob sending Nash into the table).

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Another underrated Spurs game was Game 3 of the 2002 first round in Seattle where Tony Parker murdered Gary Payton and Desmond Mason in his first road playoff game as a rookie. I remember he had this dreamshake move on Desmond Mason that made Mason look so stupid when he bit. I couldn't believe a nineteen year-old toying with prime Gary Payton in the fucking playoffs.

I remember that game as well. That was an unbelievable move by Parker. That was his coming of out moment. Actually kinda made me feel sorry for Payton after getting schooled by Parker.

[szkorhetz]

6DYJKoCjWrQ

[Jwash_1986]

Gary Neal 3pt that send game to OT I believe against the Grizzles in 2011

[baseline bum]

I remember that game as well. That was an unbelievable move by Parker. That was his coming of out moment. Actually kinda made me feel sorry for Payton after getting schooled by Parker.

I loved it, considering how desperate the Sonics were to trade Payton for Parker, Malik Rose, and Antonio Daniels after Parker's first summer league game.

Speaking of underrated great Spurs moments, how about Tony's summer league in 2001? Everyone who watched him said he'd be starting by midseason and instead he's starting in Game 4 of the season. :lol And then Stephen Jackson with a monster summer league the next year after we had all been clamoring for him to get more minutes when essentially spending the 01-02 season in street clothes. I remember I wanted Stephen Jackson on the team so badly in 01 after the Spurs lack of size doomed them in the WCF against LA two months before. Actually almost everyone at Spursreport (Spurstalk didn't open until the next season) wanted Jackson that year, and the most popular sig in 01-02 was "Free Stephen Jackson". :lol

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Celebrating on the court of Hemisfair Arena after finally winning a playoff series in 78 or 79 cant remember year.
Listening to the Spurs games on the radio when I was a kid.
Losing to Lakers repeatedly in early 80s playoffs
Twin Terrors
Winning lottery and drafting DRob.
Sticklands over the head pass to other team.
Losing to Rockets in 1995 playoffs. I was depressed for weeks.
Winning lottery and drafting Duncan.
Elliott returning from kidney problems.
Knocking off mighty Lakers in '03.
Detroit series '05.
Game 6 of Finals '13.
Revenge '14.

[2centsworth]

Very nice. That was one of the most memorable series of my Spurs' fandom experience. I thought that young Spurs team led by DRob would win multiple titles. Little did I realize that it would take 10 years before they would win their first. We are some lucky ass fortunate fans here in San Antonio. Thank you Tim Duncan.

game 7 that series was a heart breaker. Rod Strickland ugh... Serious talent on that team, but started to fall apart with the Wingate rape allegations the following year. We are very lucky.

[ElNono]

6DYJKoCjWrQ

I remember arriving in San Antonio right when this game was starting... rushed to the hotel room and caught the 2nd half... :lol

[baseline bum]

I remember arriving in San Antonio right when this game was starting... rushed to the hotel room and caught the 2nd half... :lol

:lol I was on a fucking plane the whole game. Thank god for torrents, that game got posted really quickly.

[TE]

Too many to list. I could literally go year by year since 98-99.

Underrated one that hasn't been listed is the two straight double OT victories on a westcoast trip during the 2005 regular season. During those two games the team just found a way to win.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I think the 2014 title kind of overshadows how perfect of a game the Spurs played in Game 3 of the 2013 Finals.

That was the single greatest live sporting event experience of my life.
Even tho we choked, to this day I'm proud to have killed my voice yelling at that game

[joeyjfive]

My fav moment is Duncan's performance in 03 against the Lakers. So significant because the Spurs finally broke the mental power the Lakers had had on us. Since that has been posted along with other of my fav moments already I'll post another moment that I liked that hasn't been posted yet.

It's Michael Finley's dunk on Erick Dampier in 06. This series is still the greatest ever played to me even though we didn't come out on top. Just two evenly matched teams duking it out. A classic.

Please excuse the quality.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euBQ7cwpHL8

[TE]

I do remember when I found this board back in 2009. I can't remember the specific talk around the cooler but I know the hot topic was Pop and his propensity to give PT to Kieth "centerpiece" Bogans, Bonner getting too many minutes, Dick Jefferson ovulating...

:lmao I remember reading some of the comments on here after a string of losses in the 2009 Regular Season. Fuck:lmao that was some of the funniest shit I've read.

[2centsworth]

I remember Tim's first playoff game against the Suns during his rookie year. He was unstoppable in the 4th quarter ending with 30+ pts. That's when I realized he was special. He was the talk of the town the next day.

[Dex]

04twMlOHw00

At this point, I fuckin' lost it.

My father passed away in 2012 to gastrointestinal cancer. He died, way too young, at the age of 57. He was a loving husband, a caring father, and a good man.

I grew up watching the Spurs with my dad. When I was a kid, he gave me a stuffed Spurs Coyote that would become my favorite childhood toy. He would seemingly "forget" my bedtime and let me stay up late, but only as long as I was at his at his side watching the game. He took me to my first Spurs game, some random regular season affair against the Kings in the columned chambers of the Hemisfair Arena.

He was the first one to tell me about this amazing player we were supposed to get, some college star who was supposed to be the like the next Jordan...THAT big. Some guy named Tim Dunkin'. (That's how I imagined his name at the time, and thought it was so funny that there was a basketball player named Dunkin'.)

He was the first one to tell me about some kid out of Argentina who was supposed to be a great athlete and made crazy passes...some guy with a weird name like "Man-u" (Okay, it took us all a while to get used to the name).

He took my brother and I out on the streets of San Antonio in 1999 and we yelled and honked and celebrated the championship with the city. And we did again in 2003, and 2005. By 2007, we had all made our separate ways up to Austin, but we still got together, of course, and celebrated late into the night from a city away.

The last good memory I have of my Dad was hanging out with him at his house, watching a random January road game against the Rockets. He had been sick for a couple years now, but this night he seemed vibrant and comfortable. The Spurs lost that game, but that was okay. You win some, you lose some, but like usual, we did it together.

He died the next morning. He wouldn't see the Spurs finish that season 40-9 or the 20-game win streak. He wouldn't witness them lose to the upstart Thunder. He wouldn't experience 6. And I just wanted them to win it all again so damn bad...for him.

Having grown up with the Spurs, and having been a diehard fan since that day I first heard about Tim Dunkin', Pop has almost become like a father figure to me. He's the steady hand guiding the boat, and he's been doing it for nearly two of my three decades. Like most here, I saw how much the Finals loss to Miami killed him. To this day, Pop still tells reporters that he thinks about the decisions of that 4th quarter every single day. It absolutely tore him apart, and he carried an incredible amount of guilt for letting down his team and himself.

To see Pop, being showered by silver and black confetti, letting go of his tough and stoic facade and breaking down on the bench as the Spurs stormed the court...it was truly something cathartic. You could literally see the weight coming off his shoulders. He had righted the ship. On that Father's Day night, with the Spurs holding up the trophy and Tim celebrating with his kids, I felt like I was there with my dad again. It seemed to take some weight off my shoulders, too, and helped me to let go.

We are truly lucky as Spurs fans to have all of these amazing memories. Some people I know probably don't understand why I invest so much time in watching all these games and learning all these stats and arguing with all you fans. But as these moments go to show...sometimes it's about more than just a game of basketball.

[2centsworth]

04twMlOHw00

At this point, I fuckin' lost it.

My father passed away in 2012 to gastrointestinal cancer. He died, way too young, at the age of 57. He was a loving husband, a caring father, and a good man.

I grew up watching the Spurs with my dad. When I was a kid, he gave me a stuffed Spurs Coyote that would become my favorite childhood toy. He would seemingly "forget" my bedtime and let me stay up late, but only as long as I was at his at his side watching the game. He took me to my first Spurs game, some random regular season affair against the Kings in the columned chambers of the Hemisfair Arena.

He was the first one to tell me about this amazing player we were supposed to get, some college star who was supposed to be the like next Jordan...THAT big. Some guy named Tim Dunkin'. (That's how I imagined his name at the time, and thought it was so funny that there was a basketball player named Dunkin'.)

He was the first one to tell me about some kid out of Argentina who was supposed to be a great athlete and made crazy passes...some guy with a weird name like "Man-u" (Okay, it took us all a while to get used to the name).

He took my brother and I out on the streets of San Antonio in 1999 and we yelled and honked and celebrated the championship with the city. And we did again in 2003, and 2005. By 2007, we had all made our separate ways up to Austin, but we still got together, of course, and celebrated late into the night from a city away.

The last good memory I have of my Dad was hanging out with him at his house, watching a random January road game against Rockets. He had been sick for a couple years now, but this night he seemed vibrant and comfortable. The Spurs lost that game, but that was okay. You win some, you lose some, but like usual, we did it together.

He died the next morning. He wouldn't see the Spurs finish that season 40-9 or the 20-game win streak. He wouldn't witness them lose to the upstart Thunder. He wouldn't experience 6. And I just wanted them to win it all again so damn bad...for him.

Having grown up with the Spurs, and having been a diehard fan since that day I first heard about Tim Dunkin', Pop has almost become like a father figure to me. He's the steady hand guiding the boat, and he's been doing it for nearly two of my three decades. Like most here, I saw how much the Finals loss to Miami killed him. To this day, Pop still tells reporters that he thinks about the decisions of that 4th quarter every single day. It absolutely tore him apart, and he carried an incredible amount of guilt for letting down his team and himself.

To see Pop on the bench, being showered by silver and black confetti, letting go of his tough and stoic facade and breaking down on the bench as the Spurs stormed the court...it was truly something cathartic. You could literally see the weight coming off his shoulders. He had righted the ship. On that Father's Day Night, with the Spurs holding up the trophy and Tim celebrating with his kids, I felt like I was there with my dad again. It seemed to take some weight off my shoulders, too, and helped me to let go.

We are truly lucky as Spurs fans to have all of these amazing memories. Some people I know probably don't understand why I invest so much time in watching all these games and learning all these stats and arguing with all you fans. But as these moments go to show...sometimes it's about more than just a game of basketball.:toast

[100%duncan]

Yah 1st half of game 3 2015 finals

Gary neal 3 against the grizz

[100%duncan]

One of my fave RS moments was Dice's tip in against the lakers

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

These are my top 20 Spurs memories...some are moments, some are collections of moments:

20. Malik Rose dunking on Mutombo.
19. Any and all of the Edgar Jones helicopter dunks.
18. Gene Banks 44 point game against the Lakers.
17. LaMarcus Aldridge signing with the Spurs.
16. Watching the sports on the evening news and learning that the Spurs had traded for Artis Gilmore.
15. Robinson's 71 point night to beat Shaq for the scoring title.
14. Gervin's 63 point effort to win the scoring title from Thompson...knowing he could have had 80+ had he played the 4th quarter.
13. Shutting down the LA Forum.
12. Listening to the radio feed of Spurs games at night on WOAI as a kid from all over the country.
11. Seeing a young Tim Duncan dismantle Karl Malone and the Utah Jazz.
10. The 2007 Finals game 4 and the post game ceremony, sweeping the Cavs and Timmy giving a young King a free pep talk.
9. The 2005 Finals series against Detroit...the entire series, but especially Horry's heroics.
8. Watching Ginobili's 48 point game to beat the Suns from the second row in Phoenix in 2005
7. The day we won the draft lottery to get David Robinson
6. Drafting Tim Duncan
5. The Memorial Day Miracle...the best single basket in the history of the franchise.
4. Robinson holding up the 2003 NBA Championship trophy...retiring on top after all the criticism he received over the years.
3. Winning the '99 NBA Championship...the entire playoff run, starting with a little doubt out of the gate against Minnesota and then seeing the team get serious and march through the playoffs.
2. Going to games at the old Hemisfair arena with my dad and how that felt to be there with him (most of the game memories lumped together now after all these years).
1. Being in the AT&T with my son the night the Spurs captured #5...watching the Spurs redeem themselves and getting to share that experience with him.

[Sean Cagney]

I remember arriving in San Antonio right when this game was starting... rushed to the hotel room and caught the 2nd half... :lol

My man I was at work and had to keep running to the break room. I saw them down big in the first half and was down some and said okay maybe this one is not going their way. I went back a few times and they got a little closer. I went back the last time and saw the Duncan three being played on the screen and saw his celebration being re run before the commercial and thought that was a game winning shot and they had won! I didn't see it just tied the game and then it was in OT, but I was thrilled they got back in the damn game after being down so big to force OT. I then watched OT back in the break room and ended up taking a half an hour 15 minute break and the funny thing is my manager was back there too watching the game lol. I won't forget that game nor what was going on during that game, pacing back and forth and screaming in the break room like a maniac..... Damn that game was a classic.



4. Robinson holding up the 2003 NBA Championship trophy...retiring on top after all the criticism he received over the years.
.
The biggest one for me was that there, in which that is my fave title for various reasons. That was like a big FU to the haters and criticism over the years and he went out a winner in his last game of the year in which few can say. You know that had to be the sweetest feeling, last game a win and you will never lose again! Beating LA on the route to it, namely his nemesis Shaq and also beating the hated Mavs. He never had to face either nor lose to either again, just went out on top.

[Joseph Kony]

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/imported_assets/2245637/duncankids.gif

[Sean Cagney]

04twMlOHw00

At this point, I fuckin' lost it.

My father passed away in 2012 to gastrointestinal cancer. He died, way too young, at the age of 57. He was a loving husband, a caring father, and a good man.

I grew up watching the Spurs with my dad. When I was a kid, he gave me a stuffed Spurs Coyote that would become my favorite childhood toy. He would seemingly "forget" my bedtime and let me stay up late, but only as long as I was at his at his side watching the game. He took me to my first Spurs game, some random regular season affair against the Kings in the columned chambers of the Hemisfair Arena.

He was the first one to tell me about this amazing player we were supposed to get, some college star who was supposed to be the like next the Jordan...THAT big. Some guy named Tim Dunkin'. (That's how I imagined his name at the time, and thought it was so funny that there was a basketball player named Dunkin'.)

He was the first one to tell me about some kid out of Argentina who was supposed to be a great athlete and made crazy passes...some guy with a weird name like "Man-u" (Okay, it took us all a while to get used to the name).

He took my brother and I out on the streets of San Antonio in 1999 and we yelled and honked and celebrated the championship with the city. And we did again in 2003, and 2005. By 2007, we had all made our separate ways up to Austin, but we still got together, of course, and celebrated late into the night from a city away.

The last good memory I have of my Dad was hanging out with him at his house, watching a random January road game against the Rockets. He had been sick for a couple years now, but this night he seemed vibrant and comfortable. The Spurs lost that game, but that was okay. You win some, you lose some, but like usual, we did it together.

He died the next morning. He wouldn't see the Spurs finish that season 40-9 or the 20-game win streak. He wouldn't witness them lose to the upstart Thunder. He wouldn't experience 6. And I just wanted them to win it all again so damn bad...for him.

Having grown up with the Spurs, and having been a diehard fan since that day I first heard about Tim Dunkin', Pop has almost become like a father figure to me. He's the steady hand guiding the boat, and he's been doing it for nearly two of my three decades. Like most here, I saw how much the Finals loss to Miami killed him. To this day, Pop still tells reporters that he thinks about the decisions of that 4th quarter every single day. It absolutely tore him apart, and he carried an incredible amount of guilt for letting down his team and himself.

To see Pop, being showered by silver and black confetti, letting go of his tough and stoic facade and breaking down on the bench as the Spurs stormed the court...it was truly something cathartic. You could literally see the weight coming off his shoulders. He had righted the ship. On that Father's Day night, with the Spurs holding up the trophy and Tim celebrating with his kids, I felt like I was there with my dad again. It seemed to take some weight off my shoulders, too, and helped me to let go.

We are truly lucky as Spurs fans to have all of these amazing memories. Some people I know probably don't understand why I invest so much time in watching all these games and learning all these stats and arguing with all you fans. But as these moments go to show...sometimes it's about more than just a game of basketball.
Damn.... You said it all in one post man, it's more than just a game of bball to us a times.

[San Antonio Slayer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIoPkUAGYiQ
ninja style!

[pookenstein]

Manus dunk on Bosh in Game 5. As soon as it happened I knew that we would win the game and avenge 6.

[BatManu20]

The time we won 5 Championships.

[Fireball]

Tim Duncans 3 against the Suns or Neals 3 against the Grizzlies are great moments, but the overall experience of 5 was amazing and overshadows everything

[Spurtacular]

Not really a play or a series....but here goes.

When I was a kid...my mother bought me and my brother a couple packs of basketball cards. I was so pissed because my brother got a Michael Jordan card and I didn't. Then, I found out I got the most expensive card in the entire set. The Admiral's rookie card is the reason I'm a Spurs fan. By far, my favorite "Spurs moment".

http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv53/sportscardradio/sportscardradio4/974a_12.jpg

That card had a lot of buzz. It was valued at $35 out of the gate. That's when the Spurs realistically came onto my radar. I was a little too young for The Iceman days.

[Spurtacular]

Would be the 04 Gm 5 Duncan shot if the clock operator had known how to do his damn job.

[Spurtacular]

- trading away Dick Jefferson



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qtb3IDifQ0

[AFBlue]

Pretty telling that many of the Apo poster fans have steered clear of the thread celebrating their best memories of Spurs moments tbqh. I guess poster fans can't also be a fan of the team they supposedly support.

Props to the OP for putting this idea out there. Looking forward to many more memories to celebrate and share with my son.

[benefactor]

:cry man all these feels :cry

The '05 series and the Duncan 3 against Phoenix come immediately to mind. Was posting on a different board then and can remember during the game thread our one dedicated Suns fans reaction..."I think I'm going to throw up."

[timtonymanu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qtb3IDifQ0

LOL that and him missing two key free throws for the Warriors in Game 1 against the Spurs. That was his biggest contribution to the team.

[Johnny RIngo]

Manu wrecking the Suns in the '05 Conference Finals. Horry's shot in the Finals. The entire 2005 run pretty much.

2014 game 6 against the Thunder is also up there. Felt so good getting revenge on OKC after what they did to us two years before. Finals were also awesome but not as suspenseful. It was obvious we were gonna rape the Heat.

[Spurtacular]

The Spurs trading for Kawhi Leonard on draft day was BIG for me. As a Socal native, I was completely familiar with KL's game. I had personally evaluated him to be one of the top five talents in the draft. And a part of me believed that he was the best player in the draft; though, I wondered if I was crazy for thinking that. But when the Spurs drafted KL, I was happy because I knew the Spurs were the perfect fit for him; and I knew it would pay BIG dividends.

[MB20]

The 2005 finals...Tim taking over the 3rd qtr of game 7 when things were looking bad...

Manu against the Lakers in 2004 was unbelievable. :wow


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8zhDrzorXs

[mudyez]

There are so many and since I'm a Spurs fan for 22 years now, I'm inclined to take something old and fancy.

But no, it simply was 5...or maybe game 6 auf those conference finals, as I felt like that would become 5.

[Silver&Black]

04twMlOHw00

At this point, I fuckin' lost it.

My father passed away in 2012 to gastrointestinal cancer. He died, way too young, at the age of 57. He was a loving husband, a caring father, and a good man.

I grew up watching the Spurs with my dad. When I was a kid, he gave me a stuffed Spurs Coyote that would become my favorite childhood toy. He would seemingly "forget" my bedtime and let me stay up late, but only as long as I was at his at his side watching the game. He took me to my first Spurs game, some random regular season affair against the Kings in the columned chambers of the Hemisfair Arena.

He was the first one to tell me about this amazing player we were supposed to get, some college star who was supposed to be the like next the Jordan...THAT big. Some guy named Tim Dunkin'. (That's how I imagined his name at the time, and thought it was so funny that there was a basketball player named Dunkin'.)

He was the first one to tell me about some kid out of Argentina who was supposed to be a great athlete and made crazy passes...some guy with a weird name like "Man-u" (Okay, it took us all a while to get used to the name).

He took my brother and I out on the streets of San Antonio in 1999 and we yelled and honked and celebrated the championship with the city. And we did again in 2003, and 2005. By 2007, we had all made our separate ways up to Austin, but we still got together, of course, and celebrated late into the night from a city away.

The last good memory I have of my Dad was hanging out with him at his house, watching a random January road game against the Rockets. He had been sick for a couple years now, but this night he seemed vibrant and comfortable. The Spurs lost that game, but that was okay. You win some, you lose some, but like usual, we did it together.

He died the next morning. He wouldn't see the Spurs finish that season 40-9 or the 20-game win streak. He wouldn't witness them lose to the upstart Thunder. He wouldn't experience 6. And I just wanted them to win it all again so damn bad...for him.

Having grown up with the Spurs, and having been a diehard fan since that day I first heard about Tim Dunkin', Pop has almost become like a father figure to me. He's the steady hand guiding the boat, and he's been doing it for nearly two of my three decades. Like most here, I saw how much the Finals loss to Miami killed him. To this day, Pop still tells reporters that he thinks about the decisions of that 4th quarter every single day. It absolutely tore him apart, and he carried an incredible amount of guilt for letting down his team and himself.

To see Pop, being showered by silver and black confetti, letting go of his tough and stoic facade and breaking down on the bench as the Spurs stormed the court...it was truly something cathartic. You could literally see the weight coming off his shoulders. He had righted the ship. On that Father's Day night, with the Spurs holding up the trophy and Tim celebrating with his kids, I felt like I was there with my dad again. It seemed to take some weight off my shoulders, too, and helped me to let go.

We are truly lucky as Spurs fans to have all of these amazing memories. Some people I know probably don't understand why I invest so much time in watching all these games and learning all these stats and arguing with all you fans. But as these moments go to show...sometimes it's about more than just a game of basketball.

Outstanding post Dex.

I swear that I'm not crying....there's just something in my eyes.

[Thunder1]

Captain Late...

[EVAY]

2014......................A movie will be made of that team and that season and that championship at some point. It was real-life 'Rocky' moment.




I loved the first one - the excitement in the City - the whole thing.
But 2014. Nothing, nothing, nothing, will ever compare. Not even if we win it all this coming season.


2014.

[SASdynasty!]

Lol!! The same thing happened with me and this cute chick sitting next to me after Tim hit the fallaway shot from the top of the key against Shaq and the Lakers. People were hugging in the stands and just so excited. Fucking Fisher and that bogus shot...
Yah I would have to put the Duncan shot over Shaq up there too. Fans were literally running around so that by the time the Lakers run the play, people weren't in their own seats anymore. Never seen that since.

[San Antonio Slayer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFl1npGvSOk
that's not my favourite moment but why did DR do that?

[BoviceRunsTrains]

Being at the Alamo Dome for the Memorial Day Miracle game with my grandfather. There was a feeling the entire game that despite being down we were going to win

[NYspursFan]

Post your favorite Spurs moment of all time here! It could be a play, a short series of plays, a quote, an off-season signing, a draft pick, or a trophy hoisting. What is your favorite Spurs moment of all time?

For me, it's the drafting of Tim Duncan. I was 7 years old when Duncan was drafted, and my older brother jumped on the Spurs bandwagon when Robinson was drafted, but this was the moment I truly identified myself as a Spurs fan as I immediately made Timmy my favorite player and haven't looked back since. It's truly been great to have been a Spurs fan and I'm thankful for all the memories it's provided me with, and I know my die hard fan nature started on the day he was drafted, so my favorite Spurs moment ever was when Duncan was drafted. What is yours?


1.Game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals 9.6 seconds left in the game and Horry hit the game winning 3.
2.2014 Redemption season
3.Steve Kerr heroics in the conference finals against the Mavericks in 2003.

[vjcchs12]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulg9n8ou1Dw

Forgot about this gem. Duncan hates dick jefferson as much as we do!

when was the falling out between jefferson and the spurs?

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

'03 WCF Game 6 against the Mavs. That 23 point comeback and the way the Spurs players celebrated on the bench was the most memorable. I was literally jumping around like Drob was in front of the TV.

[Spur|n|Austin]

when was the falling out between jefferson and the spurs?

Right around the time he robbed the Spurs of $$ and crapped the bed in the playoffs.

[dafonearth]

Right around the time he robbed the Spurs of $$ and crapped the bed in the playoffs.

:tu

[SpursforSix]

There are so many. But I think for pure elation, it comes down to a couple for me:

Memorial Day Miracle - after suffering through so many years without a championship, that one shot seemed to release all of that pressure. Even though they had more games to win, I think when that shot went through, I was sure they were going to ring. It seemed like it was meant to be.

And secondly, the sequence at the end of Game 5 vs Detroit with the improbable Horry dunk. Then the pressure of the scoreless minute back and forth. Then Horry knocking down the three.

[popdagreat]

This picture is forever :depressed

http://as01.epimg.net/baloncesto/imagenes/2015/02/10/album/1423588444_789862_1423590692_album_grande.jpg

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

There are so many. But I think for pure elation, it comes down to a couple for me:

Memorial Day Miracle - after suffering through so many years without a championship, that one shot seemed to release all of that pressure. Even though they had more games to win, I think when that shot went through, I was sure they were going to ring. It seemed like it was meant to be.

And secondly, the sequence at the end of Game 5 vs Detroit with the improbable Horry dunk. Then the pressure of the scoreless minute back and forth. Then Horry knocking down the three.

This is my 2nd favorite. The way he stretched out for that dunk was unbelievable. He even said he slightly hyper extended his shoulder on that play.

["Sweet" Clyde Dixon]

Halftime of Knicks/Heat game 7 in 1997.

[AztecSpur]

Lebron's reaction when Kawhi checked back in. And then Kawhi winning the MVP.

[T_L_P]

First comment, happy to be posting here!

For me it's the 03 title rum. I honestly didn't know if we'd ever truly compete again after the 01/02 losses, because it seemed like the Spurs were giving Duncan nothing but shitty players and washed up vets. Dethroning the Lakers, Kerr's hot streaks, David's incredible final NBA game, Duncan going God mode all year long. Loved it.

[101A]

I never thought anything could compare to the MDM, but the 1st half of Game 3, 2014 Finals - the most awesome display of basketball ever (to be nearly repeated a couple of more times over the next few days).

[Silver&Black]

It didn't quite happen...so it really can't be considered a "Spurs Moment".

But, Game 4 of the 2014 NBA Finals....Kawhi gets the ball poked away and regains control. Then he drives to the rim and takes off. I could immediately tell that he was going to try and dunk on Birdman's soul, and for a split second I thought, "This has the potential to be the greatest dunk I've ever seen."

He ends up missing the dunk...actually he got fouled. But damn, what could have been.

The play even made SI's cover though...

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/files/2014/06/kawhi-leonard-sports-llustrated-cover.jpg

[will_spurs]

04twMlOHw00

At this point, I fuckin' lost it.

This is (by far) my favorite moment as well. Everybody was celebrating and he was left alone, on the bench, fighting tears and just taking it all in. I could only imagine what was going on in his head. It's a true story of redemption: so many franchises would have imploded, players and staff throwing blame at each other, suicidal rebuilding efforts, disgruntled players being traded away for nothing... But the Spurs, in Spurs-like fashion, said nothing. They came back, and won. But the redemption was on Pop most of all. I get tears in my eyes every time I watch this video.

And Dex, thanks for sharing a great story.

[jsandiego]

I loved it, considering how desperate the Sonics were to trade Payton for Parker, Malik Rose, and Antonio Daniels after Parker's first summer league game.

Speaking of underrated great Spurs moments, how about Tony's summer league in 2001? Everyone who watched him said he'd be starting by midseason and instead he's starting in Game 4 of the season. :lol And then Stephen Jackson with a monster summer league the next year after we had all been clamoring for him to get more minutes when essentially spending the 01-02 season in street clothes. I remember I wanted Stephen Jackson on the team so badly in 01 after the Spurs lack of size doomed them in the WCF against LA two months before. Actually almost everyone at Spursreport (Spurstalk didn't open until the next season) wanted Jackson that year, and the most popular sig in 01-02 was "Free Stephen Jackson". :lol
I was wondering when Spurstalk started. I figured it was early 2000s just wasn't exactly sure which year. I spent a lot of downtime at work on this site LOL.

[UZER]

Too many to narrow down, but Wingates 3 to send the game to OT was epic. I was a kid and it was my first experience of the real pressure feel as a fan when YOUR team is in the battle.

Been following NBA since 85, but spurs sucked at that time so watched playoffs as a bystander.

[jsandiego]

04twMlOHw00

At this point, I fuckin' lost it.

My father passed away in 2012 to gastrointestinal cancer. He died, way too young, at the age of 57. He was a loving husband, a caring father, and a good man.

I grew up watching the Spurs with my dad. When I was a kid, he gave me a stuffed Spurs Coyote that would become my favorite childhood toy. He would seemingly "forget" my bedtime and let me stay up late, but only as long as I was at his at his side watching the game. He took me to my first Spurs game, some random regular season affair against the Kings in the columned chambers of the Hemisfair Arena.

He was the first one to tell me about this amazing player we were supposed to get, some college star who was supposed to be the like next the Jordan...THAT big. Some guy named Tim Dunkin'. (That's how I imagined his name at the time, and thought it was so funny that there was a basketball player named Dunkin'.)

He was the first one to tell me about some kid out of Argentina who was supposed to be a great athlete and made crazy passes...some guy with a weird name like "Man-u" (Okay, it took us all a while to get used to the name).

He took my brother and I out on the streets of San Antonio in 1999 and we yelled and honked and celebrated the championship with the city. And we did again in 2003, and 2005. By 2007, we had all made our separate ways up to Austin, but we still got together, of course, and celebrated late into the night from a city away.

The last good memory I have of my Dad was hanging out with him at his house, watching a random January road game against the Rockets. He had been sick for a couple years now, but this night he seemed vibrant and comfortable. The Spurs lost that game, but that was okay. You win some, you lose some, but like usual, we did it together.

He died the next morning. He wouldn't see the Spurs finish that season 40-9 or the 20-game win streak. He wouldn't witness them lose to the upstart Thunder. He wouldn't experience 6. And I just wanted them to win it all again so damn bad...for him.

Having grown up with the Spurs, and having been a diehard fan since that day I first heard about Tim Dunkin', Pop has almost become like a father figure to me. He's the steady hand guiding the boat, and he's been doing it for nearly two of my three decades. Like most here, I saw how much the Finals loss to Miami killed him. To this day, Pop still tells reporters that he thinks about the decisions of that 4th quarter every single day. It absolutely tore him apart, and he carried an incredible amount of guilt for letting down his team and himself.

To see Pop, being showered by silver and black confetti, letting go of his tough and stoic facade and breaking down on the bench as the Spurs stormed the court...it was truly something cathartic. You could literally see the weight coming off his shoulders. He had righted the ship. On that Father's Day night, with the Spurs holding up the trophy and Tim celebrating with his kids, I felt like I was there with my dad again. It seemed to take some weight off my shoulders, too, and helped me to let go.

We are truly lucky as Spurs fans to have all of these amazing memories. Some people I know probably don't understand why I invest so much time in watching all these games and learning all these stats and arguing with all you fans. But as these moments go to show...sometimes it's about more than just a game of basketball.
Dex thanks for the write-up. This post hits home on so many levels. Redemption is so sweet. The 2014 title and continued Tim Duncan run lets me extend a little more of my childhood and young adult life. It's been a beautiful and unprecedented run.

**sniff sniff** Someone must be chopping up onions around here..

[jsandiego]

Halftime of Knicks/Heat game 7 in 1997.:bobo

[xellos88330]

MDM

[BatManu20]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFl1npGvSOk
that's not my favourite moment but why did DR do that?


:lol Idk but maybe that's why Phil's been so bitter towards the Spurs all these years with his "they're not a real dynasty" schtick.

[BatManu20]

04twMlOHw00

At this point, I fuckin' lost it.

My father passed away in 2012 to gastrointestinal cancer. He died, way too young, at the age of 57. He was a loving husband, a caring father, and a good man.

I grew up watching the Spurs with my dad. When I was a kid, he gave me a stuffed Spurs Coyote that would become my favorite childhood toy. He would seemingly "forget" my bedtime and let me stay up late, but only as long as I was at his at his side watching the game. He took me to my first Spurs game, some random regular season affair against the Kings in the columned chambers of the Hemisfair Arena.

He was the first one to tell me about this amazing player we were supposed to get, some college star who was supposed to be the like next the Jordan...THAT big. Some guy named Tim Dunkin'. (That's how I imagined his name at the time, and thought it was so funny that there was a basketball player named Dunkin'.)

He was the first one to tell me about some kid out of Argentina who was supposed to be a great athlete and made crazy passes...some guy with a weird name like "Man-u" (Okay, it took us all a while to get used to the name).

He took my brother and I out on the streets of San Antonio in 1999 and we yelled and honked and celebrated the championship with the city. And we did again in 2003, and 2005. By 2007, we had all made our separate ways up to Austin, but we still got together, of course, and celebrated late into the night from a city away.

The last good memory I have of my Dad was hanging out with him at his house, watching a random January road game against the Rockets. He had been sick for a couple years now, but this night he seemed vibrant and comfortable. The Spurs lost that game, but that was okay. You win some, you lose some, but like usual, we did it together.

He died the next morning. He wouldn't see the Spurs finish that season 40-9 or the 20-game win streak. He wouldn't witness them lose to the upstart Thunder. He wouldn't experience 6. And I just wanted them to win it all again so damn bad...for him.

Having grown up with the Spurs, and having been a diehard fan since that day I first heard about Tim Dunkin', Pop has almost become like a father figure to me. He's the steady hand guiding the boat, and he's been doing it for nearly two of my three decades. Like most here, I saw how much the Finals loss to Miami killed him. To this day, Pop still tells reporters that he thinks about the decisions of that 4th quarter every single day. It absolutely tore him apart, and he carried an incredible amount of guilt for letting down his team and himself.

To see Pop, being showered by silver and black confetti, letting go of his tough and stoic facade and breaking down on the bench as the Spurs stormed the court...it was truly something cathartic. You could literally see the weight coming off his shoulders. He had righted the ship. On that Father's Day night, with the Spurs holding up the trophy and Tim celebrating with his kids, I felt like I was there with my dad again. It seemed to take some weight off my shoulders, too, and helped me to let go.

We are truly lucky as Spurs fans to have all of these amazing memories. Some people I know probably don't understand why I invest so much time in watching all these games and learning all these stats and arguing with all you fans. But as these moments go to show...sometimes it's about more than just a game of basketball.

Who's cutting onions, tbh. Great post my man :tu

[spursistan]

This picture is forever :depressed

http://as01.epimg.net/baloncesto/imagenes/2015/02/10/album/1423588444_789862_1423590692_album_grande.jpg

Yeah, i mean this..POWERFUL..It isn't like Pop-Timmy are Lebron and his scripted theatrics/photops :cry

Before Game 7, right?

[monkeypunk]

MDM

[rossi24]

My favorite moment is 2014 Game 5. Being there with the best seats I have ever had helps the cause.

[BatManu20]

8. Manu dunks on Sons (I meant to spell it that way - he owned them that night)
Dunk # 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s92Y9atRXGQ

#6 Manu jams right on Aldridge.

[baseline bum]

First comment, happy to be posting here!

For me it's the 03 title rum. I honestly didn't know if we'd ever truly compete again after the 01/02 losses, because it seemed like the Spurs were giving Duncan nothing but shitty players and washed up vets. Dethroning the Lakers, Kerr's hot streaks, David's incredible final NBA game, Duncan going God mode all year long. Loved it.

I knew they would win again, you can't not win titles with Tim Duncan unless you just really suck at putting a team together. From following the Spurs online I knew how amazing a player Ginobili was overseas. I was pretty deflated by the WCF loss in 01, but it seemed like that was right about the time Manu started blowing up for Kinder Bologna. I remember how pissed everyone was when the Spurs didn't bring him over for the 01-02 season. I still guessed they were a year away in 02-03 since everyone was so young or so old, but I think that was the year Pop became a truly elite coach. He installed a whole new offense with Tony and Manu there and the Lakers couldn't guard it for shit. No more 4-down every single time down the floor. But the loss in 02 at the time felt a lot like the loss to Utah in 98, where you just knew the Spurs were getting ready to become a great team. Seeing the effect Bowen and Parker had was exciting.

[itzkarl813]

Gotta be 2014 with #5. What a way to bounce back and make a huge statement to the world after the way things played out the prior year.

[Spurtacular]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFl1npGvSOk
that's not my favourite moment but why did DR do that?

That asterisk stuff was lowbrow. I thought Phil had nerve to be talking like that when his team got their asses swept by the champions.

[Spurtacular]

It didn't quite happen...so it really can't be considered a "Spurs Moment".

But, Game 4 of the 2014 NBA Finals....Kawhi gets the ball poked away and regains control. Then he drives to the rim and takes off. I could immediately tell that he was going to try and dunk on Birdman's soul, and for a split second I thought, "This has the potential to be the greatest dunk I've ever seen."

He ends up missing the dunk...actually he got fouled. But damn, what could have been.

The play even made SI's cover though...

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/files/2014/06/kawhi-leonard-sports-llustrated-cover.jpg

Basketball comes with what if's that always nag. For me, the Celts are my 'other favorite team'. I always think about what if Len Bias and Reggie Lewis didn't die (Insane).

As a Spurs fan, the biggest what if for me is what if Tim Duncan stays in the game at the end of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals (Or what if the refs actually called those obvious fouls by Bosh and Ray Allen)? The Kawhi non-completed dunk is a more fun what if. I think that would be a top five or ten dunk in NBA history and likely the top dunk in NBA Finals history.

[Spursmania]

Great Posts-most of my all time faves have been posted! Unfortunately, I too remember the ones that got away like they happened yesterday but ever so grateful we have 5 to take that sting away-well almost! Watching and reliving those moments reminds me why sports and this team is so special. What a great run we've had topped with an unbelievable FA. How lucky are we? Words cannot express...

[spurs10]

Wow this is a tough one. 2005 game 7 was a killer moment for me because it wasn't looking great going into the 4th quarter. However after much reflection what we witnessed in 2014 is one of the greatest sports stories of all time (not as if I'm a bit biased :lol).

The only thing about it is that it still hasn't completely sunk in! I was there watching it unfold in game 5, Manu just willed us back into the game and we crushed them. It still seems surreal....but it don't get much better than that. Held my breath until the last second rolled off the clock....for good reason!! What a story of redemption!! Think we need to re-write the meaning of '6' this year!
:flag:

[TD 21]

UOciqm1QApA

:tu

[milkyway21]

Beating the Lakers in 2003 playoffs.

Ending their quest for a 4-peat !

That was priceless!

[bus driver]

2003 WCF vs the Mavs. Kerr and Action Jackson with the comeback!!! Classic


http://youtu.be/kO4caOwS6jI

[HBK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YOKpiSUymc

[32fastest]

Beating the Lakers in 2003 playoffs.

Ending their quest for a 4-peat !

That was priceless!
This has to be it for me. The Kobe/Shaq lakers broke my heart so many times. It was so awesome to finally get passed them again. Of course now I see bus drivers post. Maybe it was that. Lol. I can't choose. There's too many.

[Despot]

So many....I won't bother with a list as most have been posted...However..

I have always had a soft spot for the numerous times that Duncan has gone Beast mode and took over a game by asserting his dominance after he had been screwed over by refs, players, coaches or whoever else was foolish enough to disrespect him. I often wonder what the league and Spurs trophy case would be like today if he had that intensity and fire every time he stepped on a court.

[UZER]

Duncan's banker against the Sonics in game 6 is severely underrated. Especially battling the sprained ankle. Plus it was not a gimmie shot either.

Shutting up the Seattle fans after all the bullshit about, "we don't give em no respect! NONE!"

Awesome.

[GSH]

One of the greatest moments ever was a few seasons back. The first game of the entire season, and Pop called for a Hack-a-Shaq off the opening tip. The look of shock on Shaq's face was priceless, and Pop on the sideline laughing his ass off.

Pop is a dick in interviews, and he keeps a scowl on his face most of the time. But there's not another coach in the league that would have pulled a practical joke like that.

[100%duncan]

This has actually turned out to be a fun thread. Im going to add another of mine, this was also special since i watched it live. It was the alley-oop dunk of Whi from a long pass of DG against the GSW. It was so surreal, I was shocked kawhi got the pass and managed to finish it so strongly. Almost lost my voice after that.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Robert Horry Game 5, holy shit

[.G.]

Seeing Robinson jump into Willis' arms at the closing seconds of GM6 2003 Finals
Pure jubilation between the two

[mudyez]

sorry

[Obi Juan Kenobi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YOKpiSUymc

:bobo

[The Whopper]

This isn't a true moment but this calls for my greatest memory as a Spurs fan.

The magical spring of 1999 will never be repeated in Spurs history. We all know how we started slow, and then blasted off like a rocket. Then the three day period in April (remember the season was delayed that year because of the lockout) we had the two games of key importance. At home against Houston. April 18th. Then, on the 20th, away to our Jazz masters, who had repeatedly made us lick the rim of the toilet bowl. Both these games were played during the awesomeness that is Fiesta San Antonio, which only drove the fever pitch to even greater heights.

The game on the 18th against Houston is widely remembered as the "kiss of death" game. Mario dropped in the game winner and blew his kiss at his ex-teammates. The superRockets. They flamed out in the first round.

And two nights later, the Spurs went into the Delta Center and upended Utah (really, at that point, the only team I was worried about).

That night, riding tipsily and overjoyed back to Crossroads on the VIA Park and Ride, I said to myself…"Holy shit! This is actually going to happen!"

I was right. 15-2 playoffs and our first title. My tears of joy fell like rain. Go Spurs Go!

[lefty20]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjPgAQQst7U

[Biernutz]

Big Shot Rob's game winner.....

[kawhidoyoudothistome]

Destroying Memphis with Kawhi and Splitter in 2013. The series in 2011 really pissed me off, because I felt we had a chance to go far had we not faced their "bruising" style, so seeing the Spurs go no mercy on Memphis in 2013 was very satisfying. 2011 really changed the Spurs for the better, but damn, I hated losing in the first round to them.

[kawhidoyoudothistome]

2003 WCF vs the Mavs. Kerr and Action Jackson with the comeback!!! Classic


http://youtu.be/kO4caOwS6jI

Had you not mentioned this, I would have. I remember my parents giving up on this game, but I kept watching in my living room with my Spurs sign in hand. The comeback was epic. I was a bit too into it at that age, so that explains why I was waving a sign around in my home while Kerr and Jack were hitting. Re-watching it gives me goosebumps.

[Bruno]

Not sure if it's my favorite but I really like this one:
nTGtmM8UVtA

[TE]

2003 WCF vs the Mavs. Kerr and Action Jackson with the comeback!!! Classic


http://youtu.be/kO4caOwS6jI
I remember watching this shit in a small ass tv at Garner State Park. Man oh man that was a moment.

[Russo21]

The day we traded Matt Bonner or he retired. Oh wait...

[TE]

Not sure if it's my favorite but I really like this one:
nTGtmM8UVtA
:tu

[Macca76]

Outstanding post Dex.

I swear that I'm not crying....there's just something in my eyes.

Yeah something in my eyes too...
You said it all Dex, thanks for sharing

[AFBlue]

I remember watching this shit in a small ass tv at Garner State Park. Man oh man that was a moment.

I was in college at a bar, surrounded by Mavs fans. As the only unapologetic Spurs fan there I was getting shit all game. And then Kerr came in...and the rest was history. On that third three to take the lead, I swear I almost got thrown out and my ass kicked simultaneously. Oh man, it was so sweet.

[Obstructed_View]

Dismantling the Lakers in '03. Finally getting to face them with a full, healthy roster.

[tatteredprince]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4xWz6NSH1o

[tatteredprince]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNSecs6lH-g

[tatteredprince]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZRducHYars

[tatteredprince]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRFd0ilB19E

[tatteredprince]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxWBMxwNRgQ

[Embedded]

Coach Popovich moved to tears after winning 5

[UZER]

Coach Popovich moved to tears after winning 5

" why? It's just basketball."

:pop

[BSfromTX]

Winning the Duncan lottery.....period

[Hyperhypo]

it has to be the redemption series against the Heat to win the title

[wildbill2u]

My son got us tickets to a finals home game in 2013 but we lost. It was a harbinger of bad luck to come. Then he got tickets for 2014 and there we were again, but with a chance to close it out as champions. We had been behind, but came creeping back and then Leonard put us up for the first time by one point. We stop them at the other end and Manu drives the lane through what looked like the entire Miami defense with a look on his face that said, "I cannot be stopped. This is the moment that makes up for 2013" and he slammed that dunk down.

I knew we had it in the bag at that moment and I even left the game and went to the bar for a drink with my date. No worries, mate, as I hear a roar and see Patty starting to rain threes. And the beautiful game begins to dismantle the Heat.

My God, it was more than redemption for 2013; it was a morality play with the heroes coming back from terrible adversity to play like the champions they were in one of the most dominating finals ever.

I don't think that feeling will ever be topped.

[barbacoataco]

Seeing Robinson go off in a game around 1991 against Phoenix I think, when I had great tickets on the floor one night.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Manu's 48 point game against phoenix where spurs were down 17 in the 4th and came back to win. (January 2005)

Tim's miracle shot over Shaq in the .4 game (event though we lost)

2005 Finals Horry in Game 5

Garry F'n Neal's Game Winner in the 2011 Playoffs

2005 Playoffs Denver Game 4: Duncan fouls out in OT and like the legendary leader he is, didn't panic. Just calmly huddled up his teammates, tugged on their jerseys and told them to finish what he started. He showed such confidence in them and I believe that's what propelled them to win.
I remember all of those. 2005 was a special year

[SilverSpur]

Live NBA anouncement of the Spurs winning the lottery to pick Tim Duncan. I was expecting Boston to win and the Spurs to pick third and select Ron Mercer from Kentucky.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4xWz6NSH1o

That was the year we got swept. Twin towers went down, Lakers cruised to the title & then the other twin towers came down. 2001 was a shitty year, tbh

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Live NBA anouncement of the Spurs winning the lottery to pick Tim Duncan. I was expecting Boston to win and the Spurs to pick third and select Ron Mercer from Kentucky.
Well... we ended up getting Mercer anyway, but he sucked so we axed him.

[dafonearth]

I remember all of those. 2005 was a special year

Hell yes it was! My favorite besides 2014 :flag:

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Hell yes it was! My favorite besides 2014 :flag:

2003 > 2005 > 1999 > 2014 >> 2007 to me

[dafonearth]

2003 > 2005 > 1999 > 2014 >> 2007 to me

Not gonna argue with that. 2007 was definitely the most underwhelming of them all. We played a bunch of joke teams :sleep

[TampaDude]

Tossup between MDM, 1999 title, and 2014 title.

So many special moments over the years...we are truly blessed to be fans of this organization, the best in all of professional sports. :toast

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Not gonna argue with that. 2007 was definitely the most underwhelming of them all. We played a bunch of joke teams :sleep

Exactly. Even the Suns were inevitably doomed. Jazz were 1st round fodder material and the Cavs had gotten lucky with Lebron's fluke night and Rasheed going berserk at the right time. Warriors did us a tremendous favor that year, proved that matchups are more important than talent in the playoffs.

In 2003, 2005 and 2014 we faced falrly tough competition throughout, with maybe the exception of the 2014 Blazers. 1999 was nice, too, but a bit overrated by some Spurs fans simply because it was the first one.

[dafonearth]

Exactly. Even the Suns were inevitably doomed. Jazz were 1st round fodder material and the Cavs had gotten lucky with Lebron's fluke night and Rasheed going berserk at the right time. Warriors did us a tremendous favor that year, proved that matchups are more important than talent in the playoffs.

In 2003, 2005 and 2014 we faced falrly tough competition throughout, with maybe the exception of the 2014 Blazers. 1999 was nice, too, but a bit overrated by some Spurs fans simply because it was the first one.

:tu

[b23]

The culmination of my Spurs fandom came at the end of the 2014 season, after the great redemption that left us holding the Larry O'Brien yet again. It was the stuff that will live on in sporting lure. I still get chills watching these highlights/remembrances. This also being Stuart Scott's final public appearance working a sporting event just makes it all the sweeter.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca4rB7gkN54


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1zBfI3Zb74


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRzHmRawK7I

[phyzik]

Pretty much the final 3 games of the finals in 2014.... That was hands down the best basketball I have ever seen at any level. Sure there were some spectacular moments here and there throughout the years... memorial day miracle, Horry's epic game against the pistons, seeing Fisher and Kobe cry on the bench...

but 2014 games 3, 4 and 5... sustained beauty, not even a movie script could match that goodness. Even if they made a movie about that Spurs run, it would not match the euphoria I felt at that time and not just as a Spurs fan, but a basketball fan as a whole.

I Don't think any other team will ever dominate the finals with such beautiful basketball ever again, except maybe the Spurs themselves next season, and even then I highly doubt it even if they did end up winning it all again.

You could literally take games 3, 4 and 5... place the Harlem Globetrotters theme to them and most people would think the Miami Heat were the Washington Generals.

[tatteredprince]

2014 and 1999 to me are the best

1999 for sentimental reasons

2014 as the redemption year

[silk]

2005 playoff run of Beast Manu. Really entertaining and manu at his best.

2014 championship, teamplay over individual talent, just plain respect.

2013, liked the accolade, brief, between retired shaq and tim, shaq recognizing tim is the best old school player versus the new beast lebron

[bus driver]

Had you not mentioned this, I would have. I remember my parents giving up on this game, but I kept watching in my living room with my Spurs sign in hand. The comeback was epic. I was a bit too into it at that age, so that explains why I was waving a sign around in my home while Kerr and Jack were hitting. Re-watching it gives me goosebumps.

shit, I gave up that day. I didn't want to go watch the game at my cousins house and stayed home and watched it. by halftime I was watching Seinfeld and every commercial break I would change it back. now, I watch every PO game without worry. this was a great game.

[Prose]

Post your favorite Spurs moment of all time here! It could be a play, a short series of plays, a quote, an off-season signing, a draft pick, or a trophy hoisting. What is your favorite Spurs moment of all time?

For me, it's the drafting of Tim Duncan. I was 7 years old when Duncan was drafted, and my older brother jumped on the Spurs bandwagon when Robinson was drafted, but this was the moment I truly identified myself as a Spurs fan as I immediately made Timmy my favorite player and haven't looked back since. It's truly been great to have been a Spurs fan and I'm thankful for all the memories it's provided me with, and I know my die hard fan nature started on the day he was drafted, so my favorite Spurs moment ever was when Duncan was drafted. What is yours?


I was 7 too! It's been a great 18 year ride!

[kawhidoyoudothistome]

shit, I gave up that day. I didn't want to go watch the game at my cousins house and stayed home and watched it. by halftime I was watching Seinfeld and every commercial break I would change it back. now, I watch every PO game without worry. this was a great game.

Yes. That game pretty much made me stay on Spurs games until they were finished. I wish I could relive the happiness.

[From Downtown]

As a young fan it has to be 5

I remember watching all the world cup games that were on that day and then staying up late to watch Game 5,it was brilliant

[Killakobe81]

Greatest leadership moment in all of Sports featuring the greatest leader in all of sports tbh

Cant lie Always liked tim but to say THAT right there was huge. And he elevated a couple notches in my book.

BTW As intimidating as Lebron is as talent and physical specimen I have seen Marion, Terry, Pierce, Tim etc all basically challenge him off court and then win against him.

Imagine Lebron with Tim's leadership and Kobe's fire? I know he is no MJ no one is. but even quiet team called him and his team out.

[100%duncan]

Cant lie Always liked tim but to say THAT right there was huge. And he elevated a couple notches in my book.

BTW As intimidating as Lebron is as talent and physical specimen I have seen Marion, Terry, Pierce, Tim etc all basically challenge him off court and then win against him.

Imagine Lebron with Tim's leadership and Kobe's fire? I know he is no MJ no one is. but even quiet team called him and his team out.

Meh I dont think that 2014 was Lebron's fault though. I mean yes his finals stats last year were overrated due to most of his points being scored when the spurs were already up big but he didnt really have any help. His best help was allen and rashard lewis. Same with last season, it was basically lebron vs gsw. You cant fault him for that. 2011, sure go ahead.