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The San Antonio Spurs have a rather extraordinary championship pedigree despite being a relatively young NBA franchise.
Since their inaugural season in 1967-68 (then as the Dallas Chaparrals before moving to San Antonio in 1973-74), the Spurs have won five championships — all in a 15-year window between 1999-2014. The run was overseen by head coach Gregg Popovich, who remains the team’s president of basketball operations.
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The first title, which came during the lockout-shortened season, was in ’99 against the Knicks, who have returned to the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years to face the Spurs again this season.
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With the NBA Finals beginning Wednesday, June 3, here’s a look at the Spurs’ championship history:
When was the last time the Spurs won a championship?
In 2014, San Antonio won the championship by beating Miami in four out of five games.
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The Spurs won the final three games by at least 17 points, effectively ending the Miami career of LeBron James (who returned to Cleveland in the middle of his record run of eight consecutive NBA Finals appearances).
Kawhi Leonard was named MVP of the series after averaging 17.8 points per game with 6.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks. Parker, Duncan and Ginobili also averaged double figures in scoring for the series.
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When was the last time the Spurs were in the NBA Finals?
It was also in 2014. After the championship nucleus of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili retired, the Spurs went through a playoff drought of six seasons from 2019-25.
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San Antonio returned to the postseason this year behind superstar Victor Wembanyama, who immediately led the team to the NBA Finals during his playoff debut in his third…
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