the spurs won their first championship in 1972.
the spurs won their first championship in 1972.
when did the spurs win their first championship?
1972
after playing college basketball at bowling green, daniels was selected by the vancouver grizzlies with the fourth overall pick of the 1997 nba draft. on june 24, 1998, he was traded to the san antonio spurs in exchange for rookie felipe lópez and carl herrera. he helped the spurs win an nba championship in 1999. on august 5, 2002, daniels along with spurs teammates charles smith and amal mccaskill was traded to the portland trail blazers in exchange for erick barkley, steve kerr, and a conditional second-round pick in the 2003 nba draft. he later signed as a free agent with the seattle supersonics. after his run with the sonics had come to an end, he signed with the washington wizards.
antonio daniels
after falling down the rankings to start to the 2006–07 season, the spurs then had an nba-best 25–6 record in the last 31 games and finished out the season with a 58–24 record which was good enough to get the number three seed in the western conference. the spurs easily defeated the denver nuggets 4–1 in the first round and thanks to the number one-seeded mavericks upset loss to the number eight-seeded golden state warriors in the first round, it set up a series between the teams with the two best records in the western conference as the spurs faced the phoenix suns in the conference semifinals. tim duncan got the series started with his 33-point performance in game 1 to win it and take a 1–0 series lead over the suns. the suns took game 2 to even the series at 1–1 but duncan put on another 33-point performance in game 3 to take a 2–1 series lead. the suns won game 4 to even the series at 2–2, but then ginóbili lead a strong fourth-quarter comeback with 15 points to take game 5 88–85 and a 3–2 series lead. the "big three" combined for 87 points in game 6—33 from ginóbili, 30 from parker, and 24 from duncan—to take a 114–106 win over the suns to advance to the conference finals. the "big three" began the western conference final series against the utah jazz as they combined for 71 points—27 from duncan, 23 from ginóbili, and 21 from parker—to win game 1 108–100 and take a 1–0 series lead. duncan had a dominant performance in game 2 with 26 points and 14 rebounds which gave the spurs a 105–96 win and a 2–0 series lead. the utah jazz won game 3 and in game 4, ginóbili had a 22-point performance with 11 of his 15 fourth-quarter points coming from the free throw line to help the spurs win game 4 91–79 and take a 3–1 series lead. aided by 21 points each from duncan and parker, the san antonio spurs dominated game 5 with a 109–84 win to close out the series against the jazz and advance to the 2007 nba finals. the spurs swept the cleveland cavaliers in the nba finals to win their 4th overall championship and 3rd championship in the "big three" era, but this time tony parker took home the nba finals mvp award as he averaged 24.5 points throughout the series.
big three (san antonio spurs)