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After the Spurs took home the Larry O ' Brien Championship Trophy in 2005, the 2006 Finals featured two franchises making their inaugural Finals appearances.
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After Gilmore was traded to the San Antonio Spurs for center Dave Corzine, the Bulls employed a high-powered offense centered around Theus, and which soon included guards Quintin Dailey and Ennis Whatley.
After the 1984 – 85 season, Gervin, who arguably had been the Spurs ' biggest star, was traded to the Chicago Bulls in what effectively signaled the end of the era that began when the Spurs first moved to San Antonio.
After splitting their first two games on the road, the Spurs christened the SBC Center in style on November 1 by beating the Toronto Raptors 91 – 72.
After the stunning loss, the Spurs traveled to Los Angeles for Game 6, where they lost the game and the series.
After their disappointing second round collapse, the Spurs looked to regain the NBA crown.
After going scoreless in the first half, Robert Horry had the " hot hand " in the second half overtime as he nailed a clutch 3-point shot with 9 second remaining to give the Spurs a dramatic 96 – 95 win.
After regaining control of the series with a 109 – 98 win in Game 5, the Spurs won the series in six games as they won the finale 105 – 83 to set up another second round " Lone-Star Showdown " with the Mavericks.
After their disappointing defeat at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks, the Spurs entered the 2006 – 07 season refreshed with renewed determination, as they felt fatigue played a large role as they failed to win a second straight NBA Title.
After falling to the Mavericks in Game 1, the Spurs went on to win the series in six games.
After the lockout, the Spurs signed T. J. Ford, who would eventually retire in the middle of the season after playing only 14 games due to a stinger after being elbowed by Baron Davis during a game against the New York Knicks on March 7, 2012.
After coming off the bench and using his shoes to help the Knight to a late victory against the San Antonio Spurs, Calvin earns a place on the team.
After a Game 3 loss in which Duncan was held scoreless in the third quarter and committed three turnovers in the last quarter, Duncan rebounded with 28 points and 18 rebounds in a Game 4 win, and in Game 5, the Spurs protected a 78 – 77 lead seconds from the end with the ball in the Knicks ' possession.
After two convincing Game 1 and 2 wins for the Spurs, the Pistons double teamed Duncan and forced him to play further from the basket.
After securing yet another 50-win season, the Spurs qualified for the playoffs as the seventh seed, and defeated Dallas 4 – 2 in the first round, only to lose 4 – 0 to Phoenix in the next round.
After a tense season in which Spurs and Wolves were the other main protagonists in the chase for the league title, Burnley clinched the championship at Maine Road, Manchester with a 2 – 1 victory on 2 May 1960 with goals from Brian Pilkington and Trevor Meredith.
After they went 1 – 0 down early in the second half, Gascoigne's Spurs team-mate Gary Lineker equalised for England with ten minutes remaining to force extra time.
After sweeping the Phoenix Suns 3 – 0 in the first round, Portland defeated the Utah Jazz 4 – 2 to set up a showdown with the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.
After the battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the French chivalry suffered a humbling defeat, the victors hung up bushels of knights ' gilt spurs in the churches of Kortrijk as trophies of what is still remembered by the Flemings as the Guldensporenslag ( the battle of the golden spurs ).
After a failed £ 20m bid to take over Spurs with Larry Gillick, Venables was appointed chief executive by Alan Sugar, who had won the takeover battle against Robert Maxwell in June 1991.
After the game, Howard, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, and Mavs owner Mark Cuban all said the foul was committed without malice or intent to injure Anderson.
After playing 39 games with the Spurs, he was released.
After forming a productive partnership with Paul Stewart, Walsh helped Spurs to a respectable sixth place, however, he suffered the following season as the White Hart Lane club brought Gary Lineker back to England from Spain.
After smashing a French army at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, Guy was briefly released by the French to try to negotiate terms.
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After they had finished eating, Melissa took Sprite the kitten under her arm -- `` so that Auntie Grace can teach it about the whistle '' -- and climbed into the station wagon beside her mother.
After luncheon we took advantage of the siesta period to try to get in touch with a few people to whom our dear friend Deppy had written.
After the spate of female vocalists we have been having, all of whom took Sarah as a point of departure and then tried to see what they could do that might make her seem old hat, it seemed that all that has happened is to make the real thing seem better than ever.
After the death of Lincoln's mother, his older sister, Sarah, took charge of caring for him until their father remarried in 1819 ; Sarah later died in her 20s while giving birth to a stillborn son.
After a Republican victory, but before the new administration took office on March 4, 1861, seven cotton states declared their secession and joined to form the Confederate States of America.
After the war, Australia took firm control of both the Ashes and world cricket.
After winning the First Test by an innings after being controversially sent in by Hutton, Australia lost its way and England took a hat-trick of victories to win the series 3 – 1.
After Australia took a 1 – 0 lead in the first two Tests, Botham was forced to resign or was sacked ( depending on the source ).
After the Communists took control in the 1940s Polish scholars were safer working on the Middle Ages and the early modern era rather than contemporary history.
After finishing his education, Albuquerque first served in North Africa and in the Mediterranean where he took part in numerous successful campaigns against the Arabs and the Ottomans.
After Ealdred's return to England he took charge of the sees of Hereford and Ramsbury.
After winning over the Sanhaja Berber tribe, they quickly took control of the entire desert trade route, seizing Sijilmasa at the northern end in 1054, and Aoudaghost at the southern end in 1055.
After his brother's death on 30 September / November 1204, Andrew took over the government of the kingdom as his nephew's tutor and he also seized the money his brother had deposited on behalf of the child Ladislaus.
After the death of Julian, he took part in the retreat of Jovian as far as Antioch.
After defeat in 310 BC he took the desperate resolve of breaking through the blockade and attacking the enemy in Africa.
After their arrival, the duo took photographs of the wide and deep crater.
After leaving school at 17, Ayckbourn's career took several temporary jobs in various places before starting a temporary job at the Scarborough Library Theatre, where he was introduced to the artistic director, Stephen Joseph.
After taking the first two games at home against the Cubs, in the National League Division Series, they took the series to Wrigley Field, where they completed their sweep, earning their first berth in the National League Championship Series since 2001.
After the first battle between two ironclads took place in 1862 during the American Civil War, it became clear that the ironclad had replaced the unarmoured line-of-battle ship as the most powerful warship afloat.
After visiting Venice and Urbino in 1707, Scarlatti took up his duties in Naples again in 1708, and remained there until 1717.
After his death, Balthasar van der Ast took over his workshop and pupils.
After World War I, the Anthroposophical movement took on new directions.
After the death of his master the school of Syria was dispersed, and Aedesius seems to have modified his doctrines out of fear of Constantine, and took refuge in divination.
After some negotiations, an interview took place between him and Lepel Griffin, the diplomatic representative at Kabul of the Indian government.
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