Yeah, i mean this..POWERFUL..It isn't like Pop-Timmy are Lebron and his scripted theatrics/photopsThis picture is forever
Before Game 7, right?
My favorite moment is 2014 Game 5. Being there with the best seats I have ever had helps the cause.
#6 Manu jams right on Aldridge.
I knew they would win again, you can't not win les with Tim Duncan unless you just really suck at putting a team together. From following the Spurs online I knew how amazing a player Ginobili was overseas. I was pretty deflated by the WCF loss in 01, but it seemed like that was right about the time Manu started blowing up for Kinder Bologna. I remember how pissed everyone was when the Spurs didn't bring him over for the 01-02 season. I still guessed they were a year away in 02-03 since everyone was so young or so old, but I think that was the year Pop became a truly elite coach. He installed a whole new offense with Tony and Manu there and the Lakers couldn't guard it for . No more 4-down every single time down the floor. But the loss in 02 at the time felt a lot like the loss to Utah in 98, where you just knew the Spurs were getting ready to become a great team. Seeing the effect Bowen and Parker had was exciting.
Gotta be 2014 with #5. What a way to bounce back and make a huge statement to the world after the way things played out the prior year.
That asterisk stuff was lowbrow. I thought Phil had nerve to be talking like that when his team got their asses swept by the champions.
Basketball comes with what if's that always nag. For me, the Celts are my 'other favorite team'. I always think about what if Len Bias and Reggie Lewis didn't die (Insane).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...
As a Spurs fan, the biggest what if for me is what if Tim Duncan stays in the game at the end of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals (Or what if the refs actually called those obvious fouls by Bosh and Ray Allen)? The Kawhi non-completed dunk is a more fun what if. I think that would be a top five or ten dunk in NBA history and likely the top dunk in NBA Finals history.
Great Posts-most of my all time faves have been posted! Unfortunately, I too remember the ones that got away like they happened yesterday but ever so grateful we have 5 to take that sting away-well almost! Watching and reliving those moments reminds me why sports and this team is so special. What a great run we've had topped with an unbelievable FA. How lucky are we? Words cannot express...
Wow this is a tough one. 2005 game 7 was a killer moment for me because it wasn't looking great going into the 4th quarter. However after much reflection what we witnessed in 2014 is one of the greatest sports stories of all time (not as if I'm a bit biased).
The only thing about it is that it still hasn't completely sunk in! I was there watching it unfold in game 5, Manu just willed us back into the game and we crushed them. It still seems surreal....but it don't get much better than that. Held my breath until the last second rolled off the clock....for good reason!! What a story of redemption!! Think we need to re-write the meaning of '6' this year!
Beating the Lakers in 2003 playoffs.
Ending their quest for a 4-peat !
That was priceless!
2003 WCF vs the Mavs. Kerr and Action Jackson with the comeback!!! Classic
This has to be it for me. The Kobe/Shaq lakers broke my heart so many times. It was so awesome to finally get passed them again. Of course now I see bus drivers post. Maybe it was that. Lol. I can't choose. There's too many.
So many....I won't bother with a list as most have been posted...However..
I have always had a soft spot for the numerous times that Duncan has gone Beast mode and took over a game by asserting his dominance after he had been screwed over by refs, players, coaches or whoever else was foolish enough to disrespect him. I often wonder what the league and Spurs trophy case would be like today if he had that intensity and fire every time he stepped on a court.
Duncan's banker against the Sonics in game 6 is severely underrated. Especially battling the sprained ankle. Plus it was not a gimmie shot either.
Shutting up the Seattle fans after all the bull about, "we don't give em no respect! NONE!"
Awesome.
One of the greatest moments ever was a few seasons back. The first game of the entire season, and Pop called for a Hack-a-Shaq off the opening tip. The look of shock on Shaq's face was priceless, and Pop on the sideline laughing his ass off.
Pop is a in interviews, and he keeps a scowl on his face most of the time. But there's not another coach in the league that would have pulled a practical joke like that.
This has actually turned out to be a fun thread. Im going to add another of mine, this was also special since i watched it live. It was the alley-oop dunk of Whi from a long pass of DG against the GSW. It was so surreal, I was shocked kawhi got the pass and managed to finish it so strongly. Almost lost my voice after that.
Robert Horry Game 5, holy
Seeing Robinson jump into Willis' arms at the closing seconds of GM6 2003 Finals
Pure jubilation between the two
sorry
This isn't a true moment but this calls for my greatest memory as a Spurs fan.
The magical spring of 1999 will never be repeated in Spurs history. We all know how we started slow, and then blasted off like a rocket. Then the three day period in April (remember the season was delayed that year because of the lockout) we had the two games of key importance. At home against Houston. April 18th. Then, on the 20th, away to our Jazz masters, who had repeatedly made us lick the rim of the toilet bowl. Both these games were played during the awesomeness that is Fiesta San Antonio, which only drove the fever pitch to even greater heights.
The game on the 18th against Houston is widely remembered as the "kiss of death" game. Mario dropped in the game winner and blew his kiss at his ex-teammates. The superRockets. They flamed out in the first round.
And two nights later, the Spurs went into the Delta Center and upended Utah (really, at that point, the only team I was worried about).
That night, riding tipsily and overjoyed back to Crossroads on the VIA Park and Ride, I said to myself…"Holy ! This is actually going to happen!"
I was right. 15-2 playoffs and our first le. My tears of joy fell like rain. Go Spurs Go!
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