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missed it. vid?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
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
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?
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?
3. Robert Horry stealing Game 5 in Detroit. Rob turned into ing LeBron in the fourth and OT.
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.
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.
DRob playing his final game at home and winning a championship was rather special.
Do you have video of this interview? Man I'd love to see it.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
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!
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.
David holding the trophy with Tim -- Magic.
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 le as much as game 7.
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.
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 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.
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 le.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!
That Detroit series was probably the only one Spurs won where you could argue that opponent was equal or slightly better than them..
Drafting the GAWD Duncan. nothing was the same dawg.
One of my favorite RS moments ever. Sorry for the horrible video quality, it's all I could find.
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.
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.
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.
I just remember grabbing some chick after he hit that shot. Too bad there wasn't a bed nearby.
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 in awesome but none more than the other
I think the 2014 le kind of overshadows how perfect of a game the Spurs played in Game 3 of the 2013 Finals.
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 le 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 happened to Detroit. I felt GREAT after game two. But then we got STOMPED in Detroit the next two and I was scared less 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 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 " 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 favor e 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
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.
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.
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