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When the bell rang for the second season, they were able to put the Denver Nuggets away in five games.

While the Spurs were bouncing the Nuggets, the Mavericks, who had an NBA best 67 – 15 record in the regular season, were unraveling, losing to the Golden State Warriors in six games.

The Mavericks ' upset loss set the Spurs second-round series against the Phoenix Suns as the key series in the entire NBA Playoffs, as this series featured the teams with the two best records remaining in the Western Conference.

The Spurs went on to win 4 – 2 in the very contentious and controversial series versus the Suns.

The series featured a Robert Horry foul on Steve Nash toward the end of the fourth game which resulted in Horry being suspended for two games.

Those who said the second-round series against the Suns was the true NBA Finals would be proven right, as the Spurs easily dispatched the Utah Jazz in five games to reach the NBA Finals.

In the 2007 NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers and captured their fourth title in nine years.

Duncan proclaimed that that championship was " the best " of the four championships, and acknowledged he played " sub-par " and thus received only one vote for NBA Finals MVP from a panel of ten.

The award was won by Tony Parker who dominated in the Finals averaging 24. 5 ppg on 57 % shooting.

Tony Parker became the first European-born player to win the Finals MVP.