SAN ANTONIO — For 20 years, Spurs fans were haunted by the agonizing memory of the Silver & Black’s meltdown in the 1979 NBA Eastern Conference finals. Needing only one victory to reach the Finals, ...
NBA Champions San Antonio Spurs', from left, Tim Duncan, Antonio Daniels, David Robinson, Gerard King, Sean Elliott, Avery Johnson and Jerome Kersey celebrate after defeating the New York Knicks 78-77 ...
SAN ANTONIO — Some have argued that the San Antonio Spurs 1999 NBA title deserves an asterisk because it came during a lockout-shortened season. And that topic resurfaced once again courtesy of ...
In 1999, the San Antonio Spurs won their maiden championship, with Tim Duncan helping steer the squad to the title amid the rigors of the NBA lockout-shortened season. They entered the Finals as heavy ...
We're closing in on the 25th anniversary of the San Antonio Spurs' first title back in 1999. June 25th is the date, but we've been flashing back to what the build-up was like. The Spurs were a loose ...
No NBA championship team since the strike-shortened season in 1999 made it harder on themselves in the postseason than the 2008 Boston Celtics, who played 26 of the maximum 28 games en route to the ...