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not the best, but very notable
Spurs on B2B, won both, but both were double OT.
Tony and Baron Davis were head-to-head, a real dual.
Totally forgot about Chris Mullin playing Center for the Jazz.
not the best, but very notable
Spurs on B2B, won both, but both were double OT.
Tony and Baron Davis were head-to-head, a real dual.
Not that it had any playoff or rivalry significance, but Drob 71 point game is always my favorite just for the mere fact it robbed Shaq of the scoring le. Shaq was all sore like a pussy after the game. I guess that would just be my favorite regular season game.
Best win per say would be OKC/Spurs game w/ Parker hitting the game winning J. That was early vindication from the melt down the Spurs had earlier that year and really set the tone for that season.
i was gonna say the lakers/ mcdeyss tip in. I won money that night
That was the second game of a Saturday afternoon-Sunday afternoon back-to-back against Portland (Sat) and Utah (Sun). The Spurs basically had to win both games to have any chance at the #1 seed -- and after that, they still had to win in Portland two days later to actually keep that dream alive.
But it was the first time in franchise history, really, that the Spurs faced that sort of a challenge and took care of business. The Utah game was dicey because the Spurs had to go to OT to beat Portland on Saturday while the Jazz were resting in San Antonio awaiting Sunday's game. Duncan's numbers don't necessarily look the part now, but at the time, his performance against the Jazz that afternoon was dominating.
I remember that game in SLC, too, and thinking that they had finally figured something out against the Jazz.
If there was any disappointment about the 1999 run, it was that the Spurs didn't get to put down the Jazz on their way to the le.
I expected you to cite this one:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199903020HOU.html
This was the game immediately following the 101-87 home loss to the Jazz that dropped the 1999 Spurs to 6-8 and put Pop on the hottest of seats. Was Pop really coaching for his job in this game?
That game in Houston set in motion all that followed it and may have ensured Pop had the chance to make his long run as head coach, but the last two games against the Jazz in 1999 were actually better wins (perhaps not as monumental in the grand scheme of things) gave a real belief about a le that I'm not sure had really been there before; after that first Jazz game in 1999 (the one that immediately preceded the Houston win), the sky was falling and the prevailing belief was that there was no chance that the Spurs were capable of beating Utah. To smack them in SLC and then beat them on the second day of a b-2-b was huge. To do it as a capper of the long run back from that poor start to create the tie with Utah that was needed to get the #1 seed made that game the best one I can think of, if only because those Spurs probably needed HCA throughout to win the West and have a chance to ring. After that, HCA was much less important; back then, it was everything.
And, yes, I think Pop was probably coaching for his job right after that first Utah loss in 1999. A firing may not have been imminent, but that team had to play better and with more force quickly after getting embarrassed (in a game where Pop had been ejected) on national TV against their biggest rival at the time.
That game coming off the heels of the fine that Pop got for resting the big 3 was absolutely incredible. Bench guys plus Pre-Klaw Kawhi was a truly incredible game to watch. Wish i had it somewhere to rewatch.
Not a win, but many vs the lakers in 2004 was a pretty special game.
For me, it's far and away destroying Houston on the road March 2, 1999 to save Pop's job and David from being traded after a demoralizing loss to Utah on national TV two days before. The Spurs lose that game and none of this happens. Pop gets fired, Doc Rivers takes over the team, DRob likely gets traded to Portland for Rasheed, and does Tim Duncan stay in 2000 without Pop and without DRob? It's one of the few regular season games that has actually meant anything, and the Spurs would possibly be stuck on 0 les without that critical win.
Not the Spurs fault Malone had 8 points on 3-16 shooting in an elimination game in Portland. That Jazz team thought they finally had their chance at a le with the Jordan excuse gone and they just barely skated by Sacramento by the thinnest of margins in the first round. Stockton misses that three at the end of Game 4 and their le year is over in the first.
especially because so many were still po'd about pop firing Hill. I couldn't believe how long people hung on to that
A great random game was March 2000 at Portland. Portland and the lakers were the class of the league and the defending champion Spurs reminded everyone they were still a contender. Robinson got ejected and Duncan had a huge 4th. Great game , pretty sure it was on tnt or tbs.
A game story from that one:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sport.../100088349.htm
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