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i miss that ginobili
.......... the best championship Spurs team. I think they had the toughest road to the finals and then had to be a DAMN good defending championship Detroit Pistons team.
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i miss that ginobili
Both forums?
Imho
2005
1999
2007
2003
03/05/99/07
2003 team could not shoot well. I remember how awful the series was with New Jersey. Both teams chunking up bricks.
Two words...
David Robinson.
Because the 2007 team was just better. Duncan had bad wheels the entire playoffs, tony parker was still just a very good player, and Nazr Mohammed couldn't catch a pass to save his life. Fast forwarad to the 2007 team, Duncan was fully healthy, first time since 2004 he had been that healthy in the playoffs, tony parker was a final mvp, and while Manu was not quite as consistent as he was in 2005, he still was spectacular in 3 out of every 4 games that year in the playoffs. Not to mention, JV was a solid backup PG, and the team was a fine tooled machine at that point. They only lost 4 games in the entire playoffs, with one being an upset in the first game vs. DEN, one vs the suns after winning game 1 which was a give away game after getting HC back, and one being vs. the suns when there were horrible calls in game 4 and one vs. the jazz in the usual game 3 on the road after going up 2-0. They crushed the compe ion that year. The 2005 team, did the same thing in the first round and wcf, but were challenged in the second round vs. the sonics and of course the finals were very difficult, but that is not a knock on them, the pistons were good and the cavs were not. With that being said, the 2003 team won the most reg. season games of any of the teams, and beat the three time lakers team and a 60 win team in the wcf...i think if you add up reg. season wins vs. the compe ion, the 2003 probably would have the highest. And the 1999 team only lost one playoff game...you could make an argument any of the 4 were the best IMO.
05 team shot very poorly in Detroit too...
03 was tougher and deeper... they'd defeat in 5 the 05 Spurs...
99 Team swept through Kobe Shaq and then a more talented Blazers team. Spurs went 15-2 in that playoff run and only two of those seventeen games did teams score 90 points or more. That 1999 team was the best defensive team the Spurs have ever had.
I think Detroit would have beaten in 4-5 games ANY of the other teams the Spurs faced in the other championships.
They would have beaten NY 4-1
New Jersey in 5
and probably would have swept Cleveland
The 05 Spurs with DRob beat Detroit in 5.
He is better right now than the C's on the roster.
1999 - Best defensive team (although don't stats suggest 2004 team was)
2003 - Most dynamic team, could come back from 20, or give up a 20 point lead, anyone that remembers that year can attest to that
2005 - Another overall good team, to me, at the time, the 2005 team was the best overall team, until the 2007 team slightly improved upon this with a healthy TD and awesome TP.
2007 - Overall best team, one of the best executing teams ever, basically the 2005 team just slightly more mature, and better defined. Basically put it this way, everyone says experience and stuff matters in the nba, you think the same team basically from 2005, is just going to get slightly worse after two years...of course they got better at this point. Honestly, the 2005 vs. 2007 team is the easiest to compare, since they were basically the same team, the 1999 and 2003 team were a lot different than the 2005/2007 team.
no it was right the first time.
Damn! Obi-wan Ginobili and the big shot bob Robert Horry of Game 5. Good ol' memories.
Ok, him too.
99 team ftw
young slimshady tim duncan had everything, post spin moves and1, 79% ft shooter, automatic bank shot, 18ft jumper...defensive beasts
Tim Duncan was a white rapper?
The 1999 was the best.
yeah people forget just how good Tim was prior to the 2000 injury. he had actual young legs back then and was considerably quicker and could actually leap. that Tim literally on the '03 tim and all other forms of tim...98 through 99 he was as good as Olajuwon in his prime, there was literally nothing he didnt do,on offense and defense. he was as effective a player as there has ever been in the NBA.
03 probably most exciting playoff run, having to go to game 6 every round and closing it on peoples home floor, that uncertainty made you relish the victories more.
In 07, seemed like there was too much of a gap in quality teams. I mean we swept the Cavs with disdain. I would like to have seen them get tested.
05 funnest run for me. (includes the season, not just post)
I knew we were the best team in the NBA, and best of the best, not best because the teams were weak that year.
Ended the Laker's 3peat, closed it out on their home floor.
Duncan was still devastating in the post more consistently. Just felt like we were more balanced and not as perimeter orientated, and we would attack the paint. Manu and Park attacking fearlessly.
Parker had entered the upper echelon of Pg's, and was juicy with that floater and flighty on the fast breaks with people that could run.
Bowen was a beast that year, maybe top 2-3 DPOY? Regardless that's when he had all his steps and it was lovely to watch.
And Ginobili was at his peak, fresh of Olympic gold, marriage, new contract and then he came in and put in an all-star year. He still had hair! Cross over dunk on 4 Lakers...
That Detriot team was tough man.. just watch those game again defensive execution everywhere everybody getting after it.
Game 7 hung in the balance till the final minutes and you could see the collective wills of everyone on the floor go up a notch. No one lost that game, the Spurs took it.
That's just the short answer I gotta jet.
When I have time to reminisce I can submit a more substantial viewpoint.
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