* 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.

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.

Along with placating the San Antonio Spurs owner Red McCombs demands for a larger basketball venue, the multi-purpose facility was intended to increase the city's convention traffic and attract a professional football franchise.

In 2007, the Cavaliers advanced to the NBA Finals in the city's first championship game since the 1997 World Series, but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs.

The San Antonio Spurs won their first championship, and first by a former ABA team, by beating the New York Knicks, who were the first, and to this date, the only, eighth seed to ever make the NBA Finals.

They only remained at this ground for a year as in April 1899, 14, 000 fans turned up to watch Spurs play Woolwich Arsenal.

As of July 2009, the Spurs rank third among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history ; they have only missed the playoffs 4 times as an NBA franchise.

San Antonio embraced the Spurs with open arms ; the Spurs drew 6, 303 fans per game, surpassing the Chaparrals ' entire total attendance in only 18 games.

Hill only lasted 18 games as coach that season, eventually being fired and replaced by Spurs General Manager Gregg Popovich, who had also served a stint under Brown as an assistant coach.

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.

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.

In the month of February, the Spurs only lost two games and had an 11-game winning streak from January 30 to February 21.

The Spurs began their off-season after losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Western Conference Finals 4-2, and entered the 2012 NBA Draft with the second to the last pick, their only pick of the draft.

In breaking from the traditional practice of placing the team or city name in front, the Spurs ' new uniform features only the stylized spur logo, with the black number trimmed in white and silver on the upper right.

Coupled with another pair of All-NBA and All-Defensive First Team call-ups, he was named the league's Most Valuable Player, joining teammate David Robinson as the only Spurs members to earn the honor.

Despite scoring 39 points in regulation time and fouling out both Dampier and Keith Van Horn, Duncan only made one of seven field goal attempts in overtime against Mavericks reserve center DeSagana Diop, and the Spurs lost Game 7.

Coupled with an aging supporting cast ( Bowen, Michael Finley and Kurt Thomas were all in their late 30s ), however, the Spurs were only considered fringe contenders for the championship.

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.

Through his 1000th game, the Spurs have been 707 – 293 ; only Scottie Pippen ( 715 – 285 ) had a better record with his team through his first 1000 games.

With Spurs, Greaves won the FA Cup in 1962 and 1967, scoring after only three minutes in the 1962 Final against Burnley.

He lives in Islington and drives an Audi, is a supporter of English Premiership football team Tottenham Hotspur and has appeared on fellow comedian Phil Cornwell's Spurs Show podcast.

* San Antonio Spurs, an NBA basketball team

Chelsea eventually reached an FA Cup final in 1967, where they faced Tottenham Hotspur, but the team got outplayed on the day and Bonetti could do little to stop Spurs winning 2 – 1.

Manu Ginobili from the San Antonio Spurs NBA team, has sometimes been referred to as Obi Wan Ginobili, due to his quick movements and play on the court.

It was at this ground that Spurs first played arch rivals Arsenal ( then known as Royal Arsenal ), leading 2 – 1 until the match got called off due to poor light after the away team arrived late.

Derrick Rose was injured for most of the 2011 – 12 NBA season ; however, the team was still able to finish with a 50 – 16 record and clinched the first seed in the Eastern Conference for the second straight year and the best overall record in the NBA ( tied with the San Antonio Spurs ).

The last professional basketball team in Dallas had been the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association, which moved to San Antonio in 1973 to become the San Antonio Spurs.

Nowitzki emerged as the team's leader, and with Avery Johnson coaching the team, the Mavericks would make their first NBA Finals appearance in 2006 ; along the way exacting revenge against the Spurs and defeating Steve Nash and the Suns.

When the Spurs won the NBA title, the teams ' victory parade has always included the team traveling on the San Antonio River on boats adjacent to the San Antonio River Walk.

The early Spurs were led by ABA veteran James Silas, and the team would get stronger as the season went on as they twice took advantage of the Virginia Squires, acquiring Swen Nater, who would go on to win Rookie of the Year, in November, and " The Iceman " George Gervin in January.

He would be replaced by Bob Bass, who stated that the Spurs would have an entirely new playing style: " It is my belief that you cannot throw a set offense at another professional team for 48 minutes.

" George Gervin and James Silas took that style to heart, as the Spurs became an exciting fast breaking team on the way to a solid 51 – 33 record, good enough for 2nd place in the West.

Even though playoff success would elude the team, the Spurs had suddenly found themselves among the top teams in the ABA.

The next four seasons were a dark time in Spurs ' history with the team having a combined record of 115 – 213 from 1985 – 86 until 1988 – 89.

The Alamodome, home to the Spurs from 1993 to 2002. The following season, the Spurs ' first in the newly built Alamodome, Lucas led the Spurs to a 55 – 27 record but the team suffered a loss in the first round of the playoffs to the Utah Jazz, which led to the immediate firing of Lucas as head coach.

Without Robinson and Elliott, the Spurs were a rudderless team.

The Spurs became the first former ABA team to reach the NBA Finals.

Entering the 2002 – 03 season, the team knew it would be memorable for at least two reasons, as David Robinson announced that it would be his last in the NBA and the Spurs would begin play at their new arena, the SBC Center, named after telecommunications giant SBC, whose corporate headquarters were located in San Antonio ( SBC became AT & T after its acquisition of its former parent company ).