Which Was the Greatest Team the Spurs Defeated On the Way to a le?

[RoyerReptiles]

One more stat blip for Parker and how "TERRIBLE" he was in 2003. Here are his game by game point totals for the entire playoffs:

7, 2, 29, 19, 7, 17, 9, 16, 2, 14, 21, 27, 18, 19, 29, 25, 7, 0, 16, 21, 26, 3, 14, 4. AVG: 14.7.

Digest on some of those game by game point totals for a bit and see if "TERRIBLE" is the conclusion you'd come to for a starting point guard in the NBA playoffs.

[RoyerReptiles]

So many fans in Spurs Talk are relatively new. The Spurs-Piston finals was a war with every game a nail-biter in the balance. The Pistons were a tough team with a great pedigree during those years.

Agreed on the new part, lol. It's a shame, too. For me the best version of the NBA is long past. I'm probably showing my age a bit, though. I loved the Magic/Bird era, but the 90s was probably my favorite. I guess a big part of it would be the nostalgia of growing up and watching during those younger years, but having a relevant Spurs team in the 90s after the rough post-Gervin years was special. Spurs fans are most certainly spoiled, thanks to RC, Pop, Timmy D and company. That sound you heard in the ATT Center during the finals? Hemisfair was like that every game. It was madness! At the time we had the loudest arena in the league. Fans without multiple championships were hungry back then.

You definitely can't fault anyone for picking that Pistons team as the best team SA went through. I was un-impressed with them after the first two games (Detroit), but they smashed SA the next two to set up that epic game five. You gotta give Detroit props for coming out strong in game six. SA played like they had a parade already scheduled (oh wait.....).

[baseline bum]

Agreed on the new part, lol. It's a shame, too. For me the best version of the NBA is long past. I'm probably showing my age a bit, though. I loved the Magic/Bird era, but the 90s was probably my favorite. I guess a big part of it would be the nostalgia of growing up and watching during those younger years, but having a relevant Spurs team in the 90s after the rough post-Gervin years was special. Spurs fans are most certainly spoiled, thanks to RC, Pop, Timmy D and company. That sound you heard in the ATT Center during the finals? Hemisfair was like that every game. It was madness! At the time we had the loudest arena in the league. Fans without multiple championships were hungry back then.

You definitely can't fault anyone for picking that Pistons team as the best team SA went through. I was un-impressed with them after the first two games (Detroit), but they smashed SA the next two to set up that epic game five. You gotta give Detroit props for coming out strong in game six. SA played like they had a parade already scheduled (oh wait.....).

I have been following the Spurs since the mid 80s, and 2014 is far and away my favorite team. Agreed on Hemisfair. It was comparable to what the Chesapeake in OKC is now. But yeah, 89-90 was unreal when all I had known was the Alvin Robertson era. Though I did love seeing the tail end of Mike Mitc 's and Artist Gilmore's careers. And of course Johnny Moore's return from desert fever was huge. Awesome guys too.

[TampaDude]

Whereas the 2003 Lakers actually were the same team that won their third in a row in 02.

Wait a minute...2003? Are you talking about...