Marv Albert was the lead play-by-play broadcaster for the NBA on NBC for most of its run from 1990-2002, calling every NBA Finals during that timeframe except for 1998, 1999 and 2000.

In 1998, the NBA owners began a lockout which lasted 191 days and was settled on January 18, 1999.

He is known for his roles as teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, groom-to-be Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best Man, as Tracy Reynolds, NBA star in the 2002 film Like Mike, and as the Visitor Ryan in the 2009 TV series V.

( 1986 – 1999 ) and first African American to serve in that role in the NBA )

In the first NBA Finals Game 7 since 1994, the Pistons lost a hard-fought game with the Spurs, who won their third NBA championship since 1999.

The Spurs set several NBA attendance records while playing at the Alamodome, including the largest crowd ever for a NBA Finals game in 1999, and the Spurs continue to sell out the smaller, more intimate AT & T Center ( formerly SBC Center ) on a regular basis.

In the NBA Finals, they faced the Cinderella New York Knicks, who had made history by becoming the first ( and to this date, the only ) 8th seed to ever make the NBA Finals, and, on June 25, 1999, the Spurs won the series and the franchise's first NBA Championship in Game 5 ( final score: 78 – 77 ) on the Knicks ' home court, Madison Square Garden.

Coming off their first NBA Championship, the Spurs were still among the best teams in the West and battling for first place in the Midwest Division during the 1999 – 2000 season.

The squad featured a variety of newly acquired three-point shooters, including Stephen Jackson, Danny Ferry, Bruce Bowen, Steve Kerr, Steve Smith and Argentina product Manu Ginóbili, a 1999 second-round draft choice playing in his first NBA season.

Since 1999, the teams have met in the NBA Playoffs five times, with the clubs combining to appear in seven consecutive NBA Finals ( 1999 – 2005 ).

Additionally, the teams combined to win each NBA Championship from 1999 – 2003.

The Spurs won the NBA championship in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007, while the Lakers won the championship in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010.

From 1999 to 2004 the clubs ' rivalry was often considered the premier rivalry in the NBA, and each time the clubs faced each other in the playoffs the winner advanced to the NBA Finals.

During the 1999 NBA preseason, the Lakers played their home games at the Forum before officially moving into Staples Center, and once again hosted a preseason game versus the Golden State Warriors on October 9, 2009, this time to commemorate the team's 50th anniversary season in Los Angeles.

* John Celestand ( born 1977 ), 30th Pick of 1999 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.

* NBA Player Chris Wilcox, who played on the WHS varsity basketball team his sophomore and junior years, leading the Wolfpack to the 1999 State 2A Basketball championship before transferring to Raleigh's William G. Enloe High School for his senior year.

They won the Pacific Division by 24 points, their third consecutive division title, second consecutive President's trophy, Jennings Trophy as the league's top defensive team, and were awarded the # 1 overall seed in the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

He finished the regular season with 28 goals and 55 points in 67 games, and added 11 goals and 10 assists in the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs to help the Stars win the first Stanley Cup in their franchise history.

In the 1999 NBA Playoffs, the Spurs dominated and finished with a 15 – 2 mark, including sweeps of the Blazers and Lakers.

: Playoffs Runners-up ( 2 ): 1999 / 2000, 2000 / 01

She served as studio host for the network's coverage of the NHL on Fox including both the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals and the Playoffs.

He set new personal highs in goals and assists in 1999 – 2000, finishing with 50 points and helping the Flyers reach the Eastern Conference Final in the 2000 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Flyers appeared in the Northern League Playoffs four times ( 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006 ) but never won the championship.

In 20 playoff games, Cunneyworth had three goals and 17 points, as Rochester lost to the Providence Bruins in the final round of the 1999 Calder Cup Playoffs.

: Playoffs Champions ( 8 ): 1995 / 96, 1996 / 97, 1997 / 98, 1998 / 99, 1999 / 2000, 2000 / 01, 2002 / 03, 2006 / 07

Since 1999, the teams have met in the NBA Playoffs five times.

However, Northwest's gridiron fortunes were lifted in the late 1990s, including a three-game-deep run in the 3A Playoffs in 1999 under then-coach Glen Padgett.

Tim Duncan and David Robinson won the 1999 championship with the Spurs, and Shaquille O ' Neal and Kobe Bryant started the 2000s with three consecutive championships for the Lakers.

Following the Lakers are the Chicago Bulls with six championships, all of them over an 8-year span during the 1990s, and the San Antonio Spurs with four championships, all since 1999.

The Spurs won four Larry O ' Brien Trophies in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007, all with Duncan and Popovich.

The long-term viability of the Spurs franchise in San Antonio was, however, achieved during the 1999 – 2000 season, as Bexar County voters approved increases on car rental and hotel taxes which would allow for the construction of a new arena next to the Freeman Coliseum.

In 1999, the club played the McDonald's Championship final against San Antonio Spurs.

His list of accomplishments, remarkable consistency, and leadership in the Spurs ' NBA championship runs in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007 have led basketball experts to consider him to be one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history.

He received a championship ring after the Spurs won the 1999 NBA title, although he was left off the playoff roster.

The Lakers were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1999 NBA playoffs, but Rice averaged 18 points per game.

Wallace was named an NBA All-Star in 2000 and 2001 and led the Trail Blazers to the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and 2000, losing to the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers, respectively.

Ferdinand helped Spurs win the League Cup in 1999, defeating Leicester City 1 – 0 in the final at Wembley, but injuries restricted him to just 12 goals in his first three seasons at the club.

In the NBA, John Stockton, the league's all-time leader in assists and steals, eventually became a steal with the 16th overall draft pick in 1984, and Manu Ginóbili, a key contributor to three San Antonio Spurs championships in the 2000s and centerpiece of Argentina's Olympic gold medal team in 2004, was the next-to-last pick in the 1999 draft.

The Spurs played nine seasons in the Alamodome, including during their first NBA championship season, which was played against the New York Knicks in 1999.

The Lakers ' 118 – 107 playoff loss to the San Antonio Spurs on May 23, 1999 was the last meaningful Lakers ' game played in the Forum.

" Big Mac " was the home of the Denver Spurs of the WHA from 1975 to 1976, the Colorado Rockies of the NHL from 1976 to 1982, the Colorado Flames of the CHL from 1982 to 1984, the Denver Nuggets of the ABA and NBA from 1975 to 1999, the Denver Avalanche of the MISL from 1981 to 1982, the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL from 1995 to 1999, and the Denver Grizzlies of the International Hockey League from 1994 to 1995.

In the 1999 NBA Finals that year, the Spurs held the New York Knicks, the first # 8 seed team to reach the finals in NBA History, to an average of 79. 8 points per game.

* Roger Mason ( 1999, left in 1996 ) NBA player for the San Antonio Spurs and star at the University of Virginia, 31st pick of the 2002 NBA Draft.