1. 1998 1999: The San Antonio Spurs took on the New York Knicks in the NBA finals where they won their first Championship lead by David Robinson. During the season they started off slow but when the spurs got their chemistry together they became unstoppable with great inside prescience of the dynamic duo of David Robinson and Tim Duncan named the twin towers. Duncan was named to the All-NBA First Team for the second year in a row. He was the only NBA player to finish in the top 10 in scoring (21.7 ppg, sixth), rebounds (11.4 rpg, fifth), blocks (2.52, seventh) and field goal percentage (.495, 10th).. A great point guard and also a great team leader Avery Johnson who was also was responsible for making the game winning shot against the New York Knicks to win their first ever NBA championship. The championship year made the spurs also the first ever ABA team to win the NBA title.
2. 2002-2003: The Spurs became champs again defeating the New Jersey Nets in game 6, it was their second championship and also a retirement for the franchise leader David Robinson it was a very emotional game for the spurs because they were trailing throughout the whole game and had to make a comeback to win in the 4th quarter.
3. 2004-2005: The Spurs once again found themselves the dominant team in the west this time they took on the defending champions the Detroit Pistons. It was a very epic battle; the two teams went to game 7 where the spurs came out on top of the game.
4. 2006-2007: The spurs went on to take the underdogs the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 0 and earned their 4th ring. Tony Parker was named the finales MVP.
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