First game you ever went to?

First game was in November of the 05-06 season vs the Lakers. I don't live in SA, so finally seeing them play in person was surreal. It was so much to take in from the atmosphere alone that I don't even remember the game besides the Spurs winning. The seats were far and away too but I wasn't picky at the time.

Second game though topped the first. Realized if I was flying all this way for a game, it better be good seats. It was against the Warriors on November 8, 2013. 76-74 Spurs. Offense was shit :lol

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Against the Bulls, '87-88 in Hemisfair. I honestly don't remember much about the game. We moved to SA summer of '87 when I was '17 and everybody was super excited about the Spurs because of the Robinson draft, but of course the team was still horrible because David didn't arrive for another 2 years. I'd never lived anywhere with NBA basketball before (I moved from Minneapolis right before the T-Wolves started playing, so we had all the other major sports instead), and I didn't know much about it at that point.

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honest answer? i was a raiders fan as a kid bc of my dad, and the spurs jerseys reminded me of them. i started watching bball in duncans rookie year

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Nice.

2010 was my first trip to the US and it was a pure Basketball vacation. Even left my (now Ex) girlfriend at home...
My first game was on 24/2/2010 against the Thunder and this happened:


On that trip I also saw the Spurs beat the Nash/Stat-Suns and flew home a happy man.

Came back springtime 2014, saw Timmy and the Crew beat Portland, the Lakers and Utha on their way to a 16-0 march record. Got laid on St. Paddy's day and again flew back home a happy man. What a season that was...

So far my personal Spurs rcord remained at 100% and I was pretty confident it would stay that way, at least for another season or two before I could come back to Texas, which btw will most likely be around march next year. I HAVE to see that team in person, especially if it's TD's and Manus last season. But, back to my perfect record... to make it short: Alba fucking Berlin took a big wet shit on it.

I was 21 years old and had no money. I won Spurs tickets on some kind of trivia contest on the radio. I had to drive downtown by the Alamo to pick them up. The tickets said "Obstructed View" on them. A buddy of mine went with me, and we switched seats a couple of times because one seat was better than the other. Robinson was injured, and they were playing the Rockets. Hakeem was warming up when I walked in, and I couldn't believe how big he was in his goggles and kneepads. Watching Terry Cummings, Antoine Carr, Sean Elliott and Willie Anderson walking out onto the court in person was a thrill. I don't remember who else started. Maybe I just couldn't see him through the pillar.

March of 1998 Tim's rookie season at MSG. I hardly remember it considering I was 5, but my fathers in the NAVY and was a big fan of David. When I showed at a young age that I liked basketball, he jumped on the opportunity to show me David and the Spurs. Unfortunately i've never been to SA for a game but plan on flying down this season for a game.

:lol funny enough, my first Spurs game was against the Blazers back in 2011 when Batum hit that stupid game winning layup with 0.9 left.

Only 3 games last season with my sis, Denver-GSW-Houston. In the middle of our winning streak. Best time of my life.

First NBA game: Dream Team vs. Panama June 30, 1992. Then Dream Team vs. Argentina July 1, 1992. Tournament of the Americas in Portland, OR.

Just a great experience. I was young, but I still recall those games. Larry Bird didn't play and that really upset my mother and brother (big Celts fans). But, I got to see the Admiral play....hooray for me. The funniest thing I remember is the entire team wanting Jordan's autograph. Some player from Argentina even took a picture with Jordan right before he took a free throw :lol

First Spurs' game: SA vs. MEM in Memphis. 2012. Very forgettable....we lost by 20.

1979 at Hemisfair. The second game I remember was 1982 when the Spurs beat the Lakers twice in one night.

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1979 at Hemisfair. The second game I remember was 1982 when the Spurs beat the Lakers twice in one night.

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That night of the two victories over the Lakers was one of my first games too. It must have been in 83 because that's when I got off active duty and moved back to SA. I remember yelling at Kareem "Hey Lew!!" every time he took a foul shot.

Regular season Double-Header at the Boston Garden. The headliner game was the Atlanta Hawks at the Celtics. Celtics (my favorite team) beat the Hawks on a last seconds jumper by Sam Jones. The first game was the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers. Sixers won that one. That was a special day!

I don't remember the exact date but it was a Spurs game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Hemisfair Arena the season before the Admiral joined the Spurs.

Mine was a preseason game against Detroit at Hemisfair. I don't remember much about the game other than that the Spurs won and the final score was something like 104-102. I want to say that this was Robinson's rookie season and that they were the Bad Boys Pistons, but I can't find data for preseason games and my memory isn't all that great.

Heat vs Sixers in February 1997

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Regular season Double-Header at the Boston Garden. The headliner game was the Atlanta Hawks at the Celtics. Celtics (my favorite team) beat the Hawks on a last seconds jumper by Sam Jones. The first game was the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers. Sixers won that one. That was a special day!

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Vs Sacramento Kings in 2003. Spurs lost by 5 or 6 and both teams scored less than a 100. It felt very grindy, just what I loved and was used to. :lol

It was in the 1974-1975 ABA season game with George Gervin and George Karl which were both playing for the Spurs at the old Harry Freeman Coliseum. I don't remember who we played. I do remember George Karl bricking a jumper and it bounced off the rim and goes right back to him for another brick. I remember laughing. I loved Gervin's "the fingerroll." Which NOBODY has duplicated! I was 13 team at the time makes me kinda old. :lmao

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Harlem Globetrotters with Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal in early 70s..was hooked on bball ever since. Truly amazing show

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Awesome, I was there.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...601050SAS.html

It was this one and the only thing I remember about this game was leaving feeling shitty because the Spurs had lost. :lol

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Regular season Double-Header at the Boston Garden. The headliner game was the Atlanta Hawks at the Celtics. Celtics (my favorite team) beat the Hawks on a last seconds jumper by Sam Jones. The first game was the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers. Sixers won that one. That was a special day!

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Bucks and Sixers at Boston Garden? That's strange. So that had to be the 68-69 season since that was Milwaukee's first and Sam Jones' last. Was that standard to play games in other NBA cities back then?

First NBA game ever was in Dec 2005 Nets vs Sixers in New Jersey. I lived in Jersey City at the time.

First Spurs game was in November 2013 vs the Sixers in Philly. I currently live in Philly. No clue why it took me so long to finally see them in person.

Last season I decided I was going to go to any Spurs game in my general vicinity. So in December I saw them play the Sixers and 2 days later saw them play the Nets in Brooklyn. In January I saw them play the Wizards in DC. Was going to go to NYC to see them play the Knicks but it was the Knicks so I decided it wasn't worth the trip. Then in March I went to San Antonio to see them play Dallas (first time ever in San Antonio and only second time ever in TX) and the next day flew back home to Miami to watch them play the Heat on March 31st.

For me, in the mid 70's while I was still in High School...we had a starting lineup of Bird Averitt, James Silas, Swen Nater, Goo Kennedy & Rich Jones...Coby Dietrick & George Karl came off the bench....played the Indiana Pacers at Hemisphere Arena....George McGinnis plowed through George Karl and I thought the Base Line Bums were going to lynch the Pacers at half time...good tickets were just a few dollars....Tom Nissalke was the coach & Terry Stembridge did the radio play by play...good times!!!

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Bucks and Sixers at Boston Garden? That's strange. So that had to be the 68-69 season since that was Milwaukee's first and Sam Jones' last. Was that standard to play games in other NBA cities back then?

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They did it occasionally, in different cities but I don't recall the NBA doing it much after 1969. You'd have to go back and see on the Web when they quit doing it. That was the Celtics last NBA championship with Bill Russell. They upset a stacked Lakers team (Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain) in the Finals in 7 games.

The attendance at the Garden for the Bucks/76ers game wasn't as much as the headliner game and I'm not sure how the revenues worked for that. I remember it being kind of an odd concept even then, as a kid. The Bucks drafted Alcindor a few months later. :)

Also, Don Nelson had this free throw shooting ritual that the kids would mimic. He would sort of run his hand across his forehead, like he was fixing his hair in front, as before every FT. Haha.

Spurs 106 - Wolves 86, March 2004

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I remember I was shitting myself because Duncan got hurt the game before, and I didn't know if he was playing in this one. Luckily, he came off the bench and owned. Everyone for Minny but KG and Cassell laid an egg so that was pretty hilarious. Been going once or twice a year since.