Spurs are one of the four teams in the original ABA League after the merger of 1976 ABA and NBA, and the only team in the original ABA League to win the NBA championship. The Spurs are the NBA teams that have won the most championships except Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls. Historically, under the leadership of "Iceman" George Gervin, the Spurs gradually became a strong force in the NBA with excellent offensive power, and reached the Western Conference finals twice in 1982 and 1983, but both times they lost to the Lakers led by "Magic" Johnson.
1973- 1976: Come to San Antonio.
San Antonio Spurs Team Emblem (1973- 1990)
The Bushes performed very well on the court, but they are also seeking funds for the team's third season, mainly because the top management of the team is unwilling to spend too much money on the team. 1972- 1973 When the team missed the playoffs for the first time, almost all the team investors wanted to give up. A team of 36 businessmen from San Antonio, led by Angelo Drossos, reached an "equal lease exchange" agreement with Dallas investors-Drossos rented the team for three years and then moved back to San Antonio. After the transaction, the team changed its name to "San Antonio Gunners". However, before the first game of the team, the name of the team was changed back to "Spurs". The color of the team changed from red, white and blue in the bushes to the familiar black, silver and white spurs.
1973 The team moved from Dallas to San Antonio, and the result of public voting confirmed that the new team was named the Spurs with Texas characteristics. Spurs on riding boots are a must for every cowboy. ：
1976- 1985: Entering the NBA/ Iceman
June 1976 ABA merged with NBA, handing over the sole professional sports jurisdiction in San Antonio to the league. Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and new york Nets officially entered the NBA in 1976-77 season.
The Spurs and three other ABA teams agreed to pay compensation to two other ABA teams that failed to join the NBA. This contract forced the Spurs and three other former ABA teams to face severe financial pressure.
Iceman-george gervin
At the end of June, San Antonio completed its second big purchase, 1, and bought george gervin of 2 1 year old from Virginia. Gwen joined the team in mid-February, averaging 19.4 points in 26 games for the Spurs. The team's recent 18 games 12 wins, 45 wins and 39 losses ranked third in the west. In the first round of the playoffs against Indiana Pacers, the Spurs lost 3-4.
1974- 1975 season, the spurs have a stable starting five tigers. In addition to Gwen and Sven-Nettel, the Spurs also have three-year-old defender James Silas and forward Ricky Jones, both averaging 19.3 points per game. The team also added experienced veteran Donnie Freeman, who played for the then Dallas Bush team a few seasons ago, averaging 65,438+05.5 points per game.
The Spurs lost 2-4 against Indiana in the playoffs.
In the 1976 season, San Antonio faced Julius Erving and his new york Nets in the first round of the playoffs. When the Spurs' leading scorer Silas, who averaged 23.8 points per game, injured his ankle in the first game, their promotion hopes became slim. But the team dragged the Nets into the seventh game, and the seventh game was defeated by 1 14 12 1. but
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Since then, the Nets have won the ninth and last ABA championship.
Starting from 1978, the Spurs won five division titles in the first seven years of the NBA and became a regular playoff player. But in the playoffs, the Spurs still have no breakthrough. After losing to the Washington Bullets, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers, the poor performance in the playoffs never brought the team an NBA championship.
With the decline of Gwen's state, the Spurs also fell into a trough and became the bottom team in the 1983- 1984 season.
1984-85 After the end of the season, the superstar Gwen of the Spurs was traded to the Chicago Bulls, marking the end of a modern man created by the Spurs since they moved to San Antonio.
1985- 1989: "Pain"
1985, Gwen joined the Bulls, and the Spurs, who lost their backbone, set the worst record since moving to San Antonio and completely missed the playoffs.
1987, the failed season and the lower and lower attendance rate made the Spurs often feel that they should change cities. During this period, the only dawn of the Spurs was the No.1 pick in the 1987 NBA draft. The Spurs used this symbol to hand-pick david robinson of the United States Naval Academy as the No.1 scholar. Although Robinson was selected in 1987, the Spurs won't see him really play until 1989-90 season, because he must serve in the US Navy for two years. Although some people speculated that Robinson might choose not to sign for the Spurs and become a free agent after retiring, Robinson finally decided to join San Antonio.
1987 david robinson, the top pick, returned from serving in the navy. The team also ranked first in the Midwest for two consecutive years, and Robinson was selected as the Western All-Star Team. Super center was selected into the NBA's best team and the best defensive team seven times, and 10 was selected into the All-Star Team and was selected into the top 50 superstars in NBA history.
1989- 1990: the general is coming.
San Antonio Spurs Team Emblem (1989-2002)
The following season, under the leadership of coach Brown, the Spurs jumped from the worst team to the best team. David robinson ended his military service on May 1989. Nine days later, the Spurs traded Robertson and Cadillac Greg Anderson for Terry Cummings of Milwaukee Bucks. In the draft of 1989, San Antonio chose sean elliott in the third place. Later this summer, in a deal involving five players, johnny dawkins was sent to the 76ers and Maurice Cheeks joined the Spurs. At the beginning of the season, the Spurs had nine new faces in their lineup.
San Antonio beat the Lakers with 106-98 in the opening game of 1989-90 season. Robinson scored 23 points 17 rebounds in his NBA debut. San Antonio165438+1October 8-5 wins, followed by 65438+February 1 1-2 wins, ranking first in the midwest. On February 1990, 2 1, the Spurs completed another deal, exchanging their cheeks for new york Knicks point guard Rod strickland.
San Antonio ended the season with 56 wins and 26 losses, and beat the Utah Jazz by one game. 1989-90 season won 35 more games than 1988-89 season, which is also the biggest progress record of the team's winning in NBA history. The driving force of this great change comes from "Admiral" Robinson. Robinson won the rookie of the month every month this season, and his data of 24.3 points 12.0 rebounds ranked first in the team. He was chosen as the rookie of the year and joined the Western All-Star Team.
In the Western Conference semi-final against Portland Trailblazers, the Spurs lost in Game 7 of overtime to 105 108.
1990- 1992: the nightmare of the first round of the playoffs
The Spurs proved that their performance in the 1989-90 season was not accidental. They beat Utah Jazz the following season and won the Midwest Division for the second year in a row. The team scored 55 wins and 27 losses.
As a strong contender for the NBA championship, the Spurs entered the playoffs. However, the team suffered setbacks in the first round match with Golden State Warriors. Three Spurs players scored more than 30 points, which helped the team win the first game at home with a ratio of 130 12 1, but the Warriors won the next three games and won the whole series.
In the following offseason, San Antonio completed a big deal, and Dwayne Sintzus got a 6-foot-9 Antonie Carr from Sacramento. Strickland, the team's starting point guard, was put on the bench at the beginning of the season because of a contract dispute with the team, and didn't play again until the end of 65438+February. Despite the lack of a starting point guard,
Admiral david robinson.
The Spurs still played a season of 199 1-92, 165438+ 10/0 wins and 3 losses. However, the team did not perform well in the following two months, and the head coach Larry Brown resigned on 1992 65438+ 10/2/0/. Bob bass, then vice president of team operations, was appointed as the team coach for the fourth time on 17.
Under the leadership of Bass, the team scored 26 wins 18 losses in the late season, making their total score reach 47 wins and 35 losses, which is enough to ensure that they ranked second in the Midwest Division, second only to Jazz. However, due to the absence of Robinson and willie anderson, the Spurs' hopes of making a difference in the playoffs have become dim. "General" was included in the injury list of the team on April 1 day after undergoing surgery to repair the left ligament. Anderson missed the last 24 games of the season because of a stress fracture in his left tibia. At the beginning of the playoffs, neither of them could play, and the Spurs were swept by the Phoenix Suns in the first round.
1992- 1993: Lucas is in danger.
Before the start of the new season, the Spurs invited Jerry Talka Nyan as their new head coach. 10 days later, Taccani Ann's short coaching ended after 6 weeks. He only left a record of 9 wins 1 1 negative.
John lucas was then entrusted with the responsibility of head coach. Spurs, led by the former NBA defender, played an inspirational game, and won 18 of the games he took over. An important change of the team is the addition of 5' 10 point guard avery johnson to the starting lineup. As Coach Lucas' teammate in Seattle, "A.J." averaged 65,438+065,438+0.4 points and 9.9 assists in his first 65,438+02 games for the Spurs, helping the team achieve 65,438+065,438+0 wins and 65,438+0 losses.
In the second round of the playoffs against the Suns, the Spurs surprised the Phoenix people into a cold sweat. The Suns beat the Spurs by 109-96 in Game 5 in Phoenix. Game 6 was played at the Spurs' home hemisphere arena (also known as Hermes Market Arena). After the 100 draw, Sun power forward charles barkley made a jumper 18 feet with 1.8 seconds left in the game, and then David Robinson missed the jumper at the 20-foot buzzer, and the Spurs were eliminated. This is also the last game of the Hemisphere Arena. The Spurs moved to the new Alamodom in the 1993-94 season.
1993- 1994: Admiral can't support himself alone.
Before the start of the new season, the Spurs traded sean elliott from Detroit Pistons to dennis rodman. Rodman, who kept changing colors all year round, brought completely different changes to the Spurs in the 1993-94 season. In Rodman
David robinson shot with his left hand in the middle range.
After joining, the Spurs, who ranked last in offensive rebounds last season, jumped to the first place in positive numbers. However, Rodman's more obvious influence is that David Robinson can reduce the pressure of rebounding and have more chances to score. On the last day of this season, Robinson scored 70 points against the Los Angeles Lakers and snatched the title of scoring champion from shaquille o'neal, which made him the fourth player in NBA history to score more than 70 points in a single game. He also set another NBA record against Detroit on February 17. 34 points 10 rebounds 10 assists 10 blocks made him another player to win four doubles. Rodman and Robinson, who averaged 17.3 rebounds per game, ranked first in the personal statistics of scoring and rebounding in the same season in NBA history. The Spurs ranked second in the Midwest Division with 55 wins 17 losses, second only to the Houston Rockets. However, after ending their last 65,438+00 regular season games with 3 wins and 7 losses, the Spurs moved on in the first round of the playoffs against Utah Jazz. Utah won four games in a row, while the Spurs averaged only 88.0 points in this series. A few weeks later, Lucas left San Antonio and went to Philadelphia 76ers as general manager and head coach.
1994- 1995: Robinson led the team to a season of 62 wins.
1994- 1995 became the best season in the history of the spurs, although it ended a little early for spurs fans. The team played a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, ranking first in the NBA and the best record in the team's history. The last best record of the Spurs was 56 wins and 26 losses in the 1989-90 season, which was also david robinson's rookie season.
The season started badly. With Rodman's suspension, San Antonio stumbled to 7 wins and 9 losses. However, the Spurs won 55 games 1 1 negative, including two consecutive victories 15. They scored 2 1 win and 2 losses in the last 23 games of the regular season. In February, March and April, the team scored 1 1 win 2 losses, 14 win 2 losses and1/win 2 losses respectively, and then won the championship in the central and western regions. Many players have achieved excellent results. Robinson averaged 27.6 points 10.8 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game and won the MVP.
In the transaction with Detroit Pistons, the Spurs traded Bill Curry for the old general Sean Elliot, who also made great contributions to the Spurs' attack, averaging 18. 1 minute, 333 three-pointer hits 136, and 40.8% of the three-pointer shooting rate ranked in the NBA/kloc. Rodman still looks unique in appearance and his rebounding ability is still unparalleled. Although he missed 33 games, he won the rebounding championship for the fourth consecutive year (16.8) and was selected as the third NBA team and the first NBA defensive team.
The Spurs swept the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2, and then the Houston Rockets lost six Western Conference finals.
1995- 1996: The nightmare of the playoffs continues.
Before the start of the 1995-96 season, the Spurs traded dennis rodman for the center of the Bulls, Will Perdue. Although Rodman's talent finally helped the Bulls regain the NBA championship, the hope of this deal is still increasing. Although Rodman is an unprecedented rebounder, the Spurs traded him for the championship.
This trade paid off in the regular season, and the Spurs kept winning. They won the first place in the Midwest Division for the second year in a row with a score of 59 wins and 23 losses, only three games less than the best time last season. The team's "chemical reaction" is extraordinary. According to coach bob hill, "this is the best performance I have ever seen".
The talent of the players is equally extraordinary. Sean Elliott and david robinson represented the West in the All-Star Game, while the backcourt combination Winnie Delny Gro and Avery Johnson also entered the forefront of the league's assists and turnovers. They also acquired charles smith and Monty Williams from new york in February, further enriching their frontcourt lineup. In March, the team achieved a perfect record of 16, which tied the best monthly record in NBA history set by the Los Angeles Lakers at 197 1-72.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs eliminated their opponents against Phoenix for three consecutive games. In the second round, the Spurs and Utah Jazz played six games, but the result was exactly the same as 1994, and the Spurs were eliminated by the other side again.
1996- 1997: injury knocks down the spurs/duncan.
1996-97 was one of the most disappointing seasons in the history of San Antonio Spurs, but from the later situation, it was the best result. Although the Spurs won only 20 games without David Robinson being injured, and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1988-89 season, they got a fortune in the draft draw of 1997, and the first pick came to the Spurs, bringing them Tim Duncan with superstar potential.
The Spurs are full of wounded soldiers, and the worst thing for the team is Robinson's injury. He hurt his back at first, and then he broke his foot. The most valuable player made only six appearances last season. Chuck Person is even more unlucky. He missed the whole season because of back surgery. Charles smith missed 65 games because of right knee arthritis and sean elliott missed 43 games because of right knee tendinitis. Lost these four players, and they were all the top six players in the team in 1995-96 season, which also set a record for the most reduction of winning games in NBA history. They reduced from 59 wins to only 20 games.
1997, Duncan was selected by the Spurs in the first round.
Head coach bob hill resigned after 3 wins 15 losses, while his former general manager gregg popovich only achieved 17 wins and 47 losses in his first season as NBA head coach.
The painful experience of the whole 1996-97 season was broken up in May 18, and on that day, the Spurs won the No.1 draft in the NBA draft of 1997. This gives them the right to choose Duncan, the dominant star from Wake Forest University. After having a strong frontcourt combination of Robinson and Duncan, San Antonio expects them to return to the ranks of championship contenders in the 1997-98 season.
1997- 1998: With Duncan's arrival, the Spurs went from hell to heaven.
The San Antonio Spurs know that they will make great progress in the 1997-98 season. After all, their 20 wins and 62 losses in the past season are also the worst in the team's 25-year NBA history. However, their excellent performance quickly surprised many NBA teams.
Duncan and Popovich
After David Robinson's comeback from injury (only six appearances last season due to injury) and Tim Duncan, the No.1 pick in NBA from 65438 to 0997, the Spurs made the biggest single-season winning progress in NBA history again, winning 56 games and reaching the second round of the playoffs.
This season, Duncan averaged 2 1. 1 point (NBA ranking 12),1.9 rebounds (3rd) and 2.5 1 blocked shots (6th), and scored the most double-doubles with 57 times. He was selected for the NBA All-Star Team and undoubtedly won the Rookie of the Year Award.
The Spurs have won 46 games and lost 65,438+06 in the past 62 games. Robinson, like Duncan, was selected as the All-Star Team in the Western Conference, and all the technical statistics were among the best: scoring 2 1.6( 10), rebounding 10.6 (5th), blocking 2.63 (5th) and 40 double-doubles (9th).
In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs met the Phoenix Suns. But Sun coach has been worried about not Duncan and Robinson, but Johnson, the "little general", who closed the door for Phoenix. The 5' 10 "point guard has been rumored that the Spurs need a stronger point guard. In the series against the Suns, he averaged a team-high 20.5 points and 6.0 assists, which helped the team win 3-/kloc-0.
In the Western Conference semifinals against Utah Jazz, the Spurs continued to show strong momentum for the championship. But they still can't find a way to crack the defending champion in the West. Although Duncan scored 33 points, Utah narrowly won the first game 83-82. In the second game, Utah won by 109 to 106 after overtime, and the Spurs' hopes of winning became slim after Duncan sprained his ankle. Although San Antonio miraculously won the third game, they still lost the series with 1-4.
In the 33 NBA seasons from 1976 to 1977, the Spurs have won the Southwest Division title of 17, which is the team with the most division titles in the NBA (the second place is 16). The Spurs reached the playoffs 19 times in the first 20 seasons, and have not missed a playoff game since Tim Duncan 1997 joined. Since 1997, the Spurs have achieved a winning percentage of 69.6% in their own competitions, which is the highest professional sports team.
2 1 century, with the joining of Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili, the Spurs gradually became one of the strongest teams in the league. In 2003, the Spurs defeated the OK-led Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals and the New Jersey Nets 4-2 in the finals. In 2005, the Spurs and the defending champion Pistons met in the finals. In the end, with Duncan's steady play and Ginobili's outbreak, the Spurs beat the Pistons in the deciding game to win the championship for the third time, and Duncan won the title of FMVP for the third time. In 2007, the Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0 in the finals. Tony Parker became the first European FMVP.
1998- 1999: the first crown
San Antonio did not perform well in the first month of this shrinking season. But once the spurs find the feeling of the game, no one can stop it.
Stop them from winning the NBA championship for the first time. In the fifth finals with the new york Knicks, Johnson hit a jumper with 47 seconds left to help the team win 78-77 and lift the championship trophy. Tim Duncan averaged 27.4 points 14 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in this series, and was elected MVP in the finals.
David robinson, another insider around Duncan, also performed well. During his 10 season with the Spurs, the all-star averaged 16.6 points, 1 1.8 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in the series finals. It also made San Antonio the first former ABA league team to win the NBA championship.
After the end of the season, another thing caught people's attention. Sean elliott, the starting small forward, revealed that he insisted on playing when he needed a kidney transplant. Elliot suffers from a rare kidney disease. He received a transplant on August 6th, 2002. His brother Noel donated one of his kidneys.
Eliot 17 averaged 33.8 minutes in the playoffs, and he completed the famous "Memorial Day Miracle". In that day's game, he stood on tiptoe and tried to stay on the court with 9 seconds left in the game, hitting the key three points, helping the Spurs win the second game of the Western Conference finals against Portland 86-85.
San Antonio's championship season started badly, with only 6 wins and 8 losses in February. However, the players finally found the best game state, and the team suddenly found the feeling of victory after experienced swingman mario elie entered the starting lineup. After their slow start, the Spurs ended the season with a score of 365,438+0-5, and their score in the whole playoffs was 65,438+05-2.
Duncan was elected to the first team of NBA for the second year in a row. He is also the only NBA player who scores 2 1.7 (6th), rebounds 1 1.4 (5th), blocks 2.52 (7th) and shoots 49.5% (10).
1999, the NBA stopped for a time because of labor disputes, so the regular season changed from 82 to 50. In this special season, the Spurs broke into the playoffs under the leadership of the "Twin Towers", beating the Timberwolves 3- 1 in the first round, sweeping the Lakers 4-0 in the semi-final, sweeping the Trailblazers in the Western Conference finals, and finally reaching the finals, and beating new york 4- 1.
In 2000, due to Duncan's injury, the Spurs lost to the Suns in the playoffs.
In 200 1 and 2002, the spurs were eliminated by the Lakers twice in the playoffs.
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