* 1513 – Battle of Guinegate ( Battle of the Spurs ) – King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.

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.

Spurs are required at the upper levels, and riders must maintain a steady lower leg for proper use.

Spurs of certain lengths and types are required.

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas.

The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA-NBA merger and is the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship.

The Spurs ' four NBA championships are the fourth most in NBA history, behind only the Boston Celtics ( 17 ), Los Angeles Lakers ( 16 ) and Chicago Bulls ( 6 ).

The Spurs ' perfect record in NBA Finals series is surpassed only by the Chicago Bulls, who have won six without a loss ; the Bulls and Spurs are the only two teams to maintain perfect records through multiple Finals series.

The Spurs are the city's only team in any of the four major U. S. professional sports leagues, and the only major-league team in the city's history to have lasted more than five years.

Spurs players are active members of the San Antonio community, and many former Spurs are still active in San Antonio, like David Robinson with the Carver Academy and George Gervin with the George Gervin Youth Center.

The Spurs primary logo is atop the player name and number on the back, while the Eurostile ' SA ' initials ( for San Antonio ) are on the left leg of the shorts.

The San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers, two American professional basketball teams who are members of the NBA's Western Conference, have played each other since the 1970s.

If the team manages to complete all three levels and master the dungeon, they are awarded with a prize, which changed over the years from the " Silver Spurs of Squiredom ", to medallions ( Series 4 ), to " Frightknight " trophies ( a design of a Knight holding a sword ).

In the NBA, the only teams that have a third jersey as a " home jersey " are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs and the Indiana Pacers.

Spurs are also found branching from US highways, state routes, and county routes, often as extended onramps and offramps of expressways.

There are also local legends, such as the " Dish of Spurs " which would be served to a border chieftain of the Charltons to remind him that the larder was empty and it was time to acquire more plunder.

Currently, there are only 13 players with D-League experience who won an NBA title: Tremaine Fowlkes with the Detroit Pistons in 2003 – 04 ; Devin Brown and Mike Wilks with the San Antonio Spurs in 2004 – 05 ; Earl Barron and Dorell Wright with the Miami Heat in 2005 – 06 ; James White with the San Antonio Spurs in 2006 – 07 ; Gabe Pruitt with the Boston Celtics in 2007 – 08 ; and, Sun Yue and Shannon Brown with the Los Angeles Lakers, Jordan Farmar, Josh Powell in 2008 – 09, and 2009-10, and most recently Jose Juan Barea, Rodrigue Beaubois, Ian Mahinmi, Dominique Jones with the Dallas Mavericks in 2010-2011, and Dexter Pittman with the Miami Heat in 2011-2012.

Spurs are tools worn on the heel of a boot, used when riding horses.

Spurs are usually held on by a leather or leather-like strap, called a spur strap, that goes over the arch of the foot and under the sole in front of the boot heel.

Spurs are worn with the tip of the neck pointed downward, sitting on the spur rest of the riding boot, if there is one, with the buckle of the spur strap worn on the outside of the foot.

On December 29 he signed with the San Antonio Spurs after they waived rarely used rookie combo guard Marcus Williams.

Between 1956 and 2006 Spurs used a coat of arms featuring a number of landmarks and associations linked to local area.

Brown, Jr., the owner of the Kentucky Colonels, received $ 3 million, which he used to purchase the NBA's Buffalo Braves and later the Boston Celtics, after selling star guard Louie Dampier to the Spurs.

The Spurs used this selection on United States Naval Academy standout David Robinson.

The Spurs used their pick to select Wake Forest University product and consensus All-American Tim Duncan.

For example, the Scots used a spear formation known as the schiltron in several battles during the Wars of Scottish Independence including the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and the Flemings used their geldon long spear to absorb the attack of French knights at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, before other troops in the Flemish formation counterattacked the stalled knights with Goedendags.

The team's name was changed to the San Antonio Silver Stars and would change its team colors to the silver and black motif used by the Spurs.

The weapon was used to great effect by the guildsmen of Flanders ' wealthy cities against the French knights during the Guldensporenslag or Battle of the Golden Spurs near Kortrijk ( Courtrai ) on 11 July 1302 ; however, on account of superior but more expensive alternatives, it saw limited service from the fifteenth century on, being used exclusively by the Flemish " burgers ".

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police used to maintain police cadet partnership with Scouts Canada called the RCMP Rovers and Ventures ; however, it has been re-constituted into the RCMP Stetsons and Spurs and is run by various RCMP detachments.

Spurs seen in western riding may also have small curved-up hooks on the shank in front of the rowel, called " chap guards ," that were originally used to prevent the rider's chaps from interfering with the rowels of the spur.

Previously, the Spurs played at the Alamodome, a multi-purpose facility with a configuration that allowed half the floor space to be used for basketball.

On September 7, 2006 The Rampage unveiled their new uniforms with the official colors now being black, white and silver ( the same motif used by the Spurs, as well as other Spurs-owned teams ).

The addition of Gordon Durie to the squad made it increasingly difficult for Walsh to gain a starting role ; he also played twice on loan at Queens Park Rangers, and when Spurs showed an interest in Darren Anderton Walsh was used as a bargaining tool.

The following season was not as profitable for Defoe and Spurs manager Martin Jol used Defoe in rotation with Robbie Keane and Mido providing the competition for a starting position ; Defoe started 23 times and came on as substitute 13 times, scoring nine goals.

Coach Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs used the Hack-a-Shaq strategy successfully in Game 5 of the Spurs ' 2008 first round series against O ' Neal and the Phoenix Suns.

" He explained that Popovich used the tactic " to eliminate 3-point attempts " and with 25 seconds or less at the end of quarters to get the ball back for the Spurs to gain the last possession.

Robbins was also the author of the short story " Spurs ", which Browning used as the basis for Freaks ( 1932 ), a film which later developed a cult following.

In each case, the team colors were changed to silver and black, the motif used by the Spurs.

During a KENS-TV broadcast of the 1978 NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Washington Bullets and the San Antonio Spurs, Cook used the phrase in an attempt to encourage Spurs fans, as their team was down three games to one against the Bullets.

McCombs ' first entry into sports came in 1972, when he joined Angelo Drossos and several other San Antonio businessmen in leasing the struggling Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association and moving them to San Antonio as the Spurs.

After rejecting an initial offer by the Spurs, he and his agent were criticized by sports media for miscalculating the market.

Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured coach in both the NBA and all Big Four sports leagues.

The Spurs became the first professional sports team in Colorado to win a championship in 1971 – 72.

Keeping consistent with his desire to see the Spurs organization lead in the community, Holt has mandated that the Spurs have the first Green facilities in American professional sports.

It is also primarily followed in cities where there are no other sports teams in the four major professional leagues, such as in the case of Oklahoma City with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Sacramento with the Sacramento Kings, San Antonio with the highly successful San Antonio Spurs, or in Portland with the Portland Trail Blazers.