SBC Center Arena, home of the San Antonio Spurs.

At this time, the stadium with a capacity of more than 18,000 people was full, and everyone wore the Spurs' characteristic black and white shirts to cheer for the home team, San Antonio is a small ball market, but the basketball atmosphere here is not inferior to big cities like New York and Los Angeles, because the Spurs have a long history and culture, and they are one of several teams in the early days of the NBA.

The predecessor of the Spurs was called the Dallas Dwarf Grove Team, named a common shrub species in Mexico, this team was one of the ABA teams at the time, the team moved from Dallas to San Antonio in 1973, and changed the team name to the San Antonio Spurs, many people don't know what this team name means, now I can answer, the Spurs originated from Dallas, and the Dallas people worship cowboy culture prevails, Spurs are a necessary tool for every cowboy, so they are named the Spurs.

In June 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Spurs emerged the first star in team history, nicknamed "The Iceman" George Gervin, and in 1978, the Spurs began to win five conference championships in the first seven years of the NBA under the leadership of Gervin, and became a regular in the playoffs. But in the playoffs, the Spurs still haven't made any breakthroughs. With back-to-back losses to the Washington Bullets, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers, poor playoff performances never brought the team an NBA championship.

In the 1984-1985 season, the in-form Gervin was traded to the Bulls, and the Spurs began a four-year decline, although the team drafted "Admiral" David Robinson in the 1987 draft, but the latter served for two years before landing in the NBA in 1989.

In Robinson's NBA debut, Robinson used 23 points and 17 rebounds to bring hope to all fans who care about the Spurs, and Robinson did not live up to that hope, the team ranked first in the Central and Western Conference for two consecutive years, and Robinson was named to the Western Conference All-Star team. The superpower center was named to the All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive Team seven times, the All-Star Team 10 times, and was selected as one of the 50 superstars in NBA history, and the team's 1989-90 record of winning 35 more games than in 1988-89 was also the most improved team win in NBA history. And the driving force for this huge shift came from "Admiral" Robinson. Robinson won Rookie of the Month every month of the season, and his 24.3 points and 12.0 rebounds ranked first on the team. He was selected Rookie of the Year and named to the Western Conference All-Star team.

In the following seasons, the team under the leadership of Robinson, each year achieved a very good record, during this period, also attracted or traded Avery Johnson, Sean Elliott, Monty Williams, Dennis Rodman and other strong players to join, the team's record soared year after year, but to win the championship, it was obviously not enough, until the end of the 1996-1997 season, this season, the team because of Robinson's bad back and foot bones, and only 20 winsThere is an old Chinese saying, "If you lose your horse, you will not know if you are blessed", because of the poor record, the team drew the first pick in the subsequent draft and won Duncan, which marked a new era for the Spurs.

Some say that this era belongs to Duncan, others say that this era belongs to Popovich, the season before Duncan came to the team, Popovich fired the team's head coach Bob Hill and took the coaching whip himself, but this season, after Popovich took over, the team only got a measly seventeen wins, and then, Duncan came.

In David? With Robinson's return from injury and the addition of Tim Duncan, the top pick in the 1997 NBA draft, the Spurs once again completed their biggest win in a single season in NBA history, winning 56 games and reaching the second round of the playoffs before losing to the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals.

Over the season, Duncan averaged 21.1 points (12th in the NBA), 11.9 rebounds (3rd), 2.51 blocks (6th) and a most 57 double-doubles per game. He was named to the NBA All-Star team and won the Rookie of the Year award without any suspense. In the 2010-2011 season, the 34-year-old Duncan won two regular season MVPs, four championships, three Finals MVPs (the other one went to Parker), participated in 12 All-Stars, and was selected to the All-NBA team 13 times, including nine first-team selections!

These pale numbers may not be enough to illustrate Duncan's greatness, but what about this -- since 1997 Tim? The Spurs haven't missed a single playoff game since Duncan joined. Since 1997, the Spurs have won 69.6% of the games they have played, a statistic that extends not only in the NBA, but also to the four major leagues in the United States, when the Spurs were all professional sports teams with the highest percentage of wins.

From 1998 to 1999, the NBA was shut down due to labor disputes, and after the recovery, the NBA team only played 50 games, this year, Robinson, Duncan, Elliott and Mario Alley collectively made a collective effort to defeat the Timberwolves, Lakers, Trail Blazers and Knicks, and finally won the first championship in team history, and Duncan was awarded the FMVP (Finals Most Valuable Player).

In 2001, a small, thin Frenchman who couldn't shoot three-pointers but was picked by the Spurs at No. 28 in the first round, and in the first week of his rookie season, he was the team's No. 1 pick, a three-time All-Star, and the 2007 Finals MVP, Tony Parker.

In 1999, the Spurs selected a player named Manu Ginobili with the 57th pick overall, but it wasn't until 2002 that he landed in the NBA in time, and he was selected as an All-Star in 2005. The key shots he throws, every time he shoots, he twists and turns, but he always makes the basketball fall into the net.

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In the 2002-2003 season, the Spurs shot down the Suns, cut down the Lakers, submitted the Mavericks, tore the Nets, and reached the top again. Although Battle didn't play much, he became close friends with Duncan.

In the 2003-2004 season, the team signed new Rahue Nestrovich, Siddo Turkoglou and Robert Hawley, in the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs swept the Grizzlies, and in the second round, they met the old enemy Lakers, the two teams with a very long history and culture have met many times, there are losses and wins, but except for the last Spurs championship season, the Lakers eliminated the Spurs twice in the previous three seasons, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant formed the "OK" combination of the most powerful league, It's a great series of Mars hitting Earth!

In the first four games of the series, both teams won two games by virtue of their respective home court advantages, and the crucial fifth game, the battle of Tianwang Mountain, In the 11.5 seconds before the end of the game, Kobe Bryant, who had only 10 of the previous 26 shots, hit a mid-range shot to help the Lakers overtake the score 72-71, but in the next round, Duncan was on the right side of the free throw line, facing O'Neal's raised giant palm, and when his body was out of balance, he used an unconventional shooting action to shoot the ball into the basket, and the Spurs overtook by one point, and everyone thought the game was over, but the referee watched the replay and thought that there were 0.4 seconds left in the game.

It was this 0.4 seconds that gave birth to a great moment in NBA history!

Payton waits for an opportunity to serve from outside bounds, O'Neal feints to go to the basket and take away the defender; Bryant ran outside the three-point line, Ginobili and Horry went up to the shot, Derrick? Fisher's front was empty. In an instant, Payton threw the ball out, and Fisher rolled over in the air to meet Ginobili, who had already made up the defense, and threw the ball with his hand, and the ball arced high and planted it in the basket.

Spurs lost, but lost greatly!

In the 2004-2005 season, Duncan only played 66 games due to injury, averaging points per game, rebounding and shooting percentages were the lowest level of his career, but Duncan's slump successfully activated two important outside players, - Parker and Ginobili, especially Ginobili, his average points, assists, shooting percentage, and three-point shooting percentage all hit his highest level in three years, and in the playoffs, Ginobili and Hawley broke out together, and finally helped the Spurs win the third championship.

At the beginning of this season, the Spurs have become a benchmark in the NBA, and a litmus test for experimenting with "strong teams" and "pseudo-strong teams".

In 2006-2007, the Spurs got off to a bad start, caught up at the end of the season, returned to the Western Conference powerhouse, and eliminated the Denver Diggers with Anthony and Iverson "Golden Twin Guns" combination 4:1 in the first round of the playoffs, and then the opponent was the Phoenix Suns, in this series, Duncan averaged 30 points per game, 12.5 rebounds and 3 blocks to complete the Suns' All-Star interior Amare Stoudemire, and after the Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz 4-1 in the Western Conference finals, they advanced to the Finals. And its opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers with the "little emperor" LeBron James. When everyone thought it was a conversation between the strong and the strong, the Spurs swept the Cavaliers with a score of 4:0, Duncan averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks per game, and finally at the end of the Finals, Duncan hugged James and left the famous "The future is yours." ”

Last season was one of the proudest in Spurs history, and at the beginning of the season, Spurs general manager R.C. Buford brought 38-year-old Bruce Bush to the 38-year-old Bruce Brown? Bowen, 36-year-old Cotter? Thomas and 34-year-old Francisco? Oberto's three veterans were sent to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for 29-year-old swingman Richard? Jefferson. The Spurs entered the 2009 draft with three second-round picks, and at the 37th pick, they "picked up a big bargain" -- DeJuan, a forward from the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. Blair. On July 10, 2009, the Spurs met with Detroit Pistons forward Antonio? McDyce signed a three-year, about $15 million contract.

The addition of a number of fierce players has greatly improved the strength of the Spurs, although the team was plagued by large-scale injuries in the early and middle of the season, but it was the Spurs who worked hard in the late stage and successfully got the ticket to the No. 7 seed in the West, and in the playoffs, eliminated the No. 2 seed Mavericks 4:2, creating one of the few "Black Seven Miracles" in the history of the league.

This season, the team drafted James Anderson, a rookie from Oklahoma with the 20th pick in the first round — the Spurs' highest-picked pick since selecting Tim Duncan a decade ago. General manager R.C. Buford has successfully recruited the 7-foot-tall Brazilian Thiago from La Liga? Split, this is a very timely addition for the Spurs inside and outside!

This is the Spurs, an ordinary and great team, a team that some people don't like, but everyone has to take off their hats and salute, and finally I have to say the old saying - against Spurs, you can not dislike him, but you can't disrespect him.