Your favorite Spurs moment of all time?

[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. ing 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]

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]

Forgot about this gem. Duncan hates 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.

[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

[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 le 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 ty 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...

[will_spurs]

At this point, I in' 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. 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".

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]

At this point, I in' 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 le 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.

[xellos88330]

MDM

[BatManu20]

that's not my favourite moment but why did DR do that?

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]

At this point, I in' 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