Although they finished January with 10 wins and 5 losses, they had already lost to the defending Champions San Antonio Spurs twice, twice to the Phoenix Suns, and in a nationally televised broadcast lost by 36 points to their eventual opponent in the 2006 NBA Finals the Dallas Mavericks.

Having clinched the 2nd overall seed for the Western Conference in the 2008 playoffs, the Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks in the first round but eventually lost to the defending-champion San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the conference semifinals.

In the offseason, the Bulls lost B. J. Armstrong in the expansion draft, but Krause pulled off a masterful deal by trading Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for the aggressive and often controversial rebounding specialist Dennis Rodman, who had won the past four rebounding titles, and who had also been a member of the Detroit Pistons ' " Bad Boys " squad that served as the Bulls ' chief nemesis in the late 1980s.

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.

In the first game at the HemisFair Arena the Spurs lost to the San Diego Conquistadors, despite attracting a noisy crowd of 6, 000 fans.

The Spurs eventually lost in the Western Conference semifinals after losing a seven-game series to the eventual Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers.

The Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals, but lost to the eventual NBA Champion Houston Rockets 4 – 2.

Game 5 of the series was highlighted by the famous Dream Shake move by Hakeem Olajuwon in Game 5 at the Alamodome the Spurs lost 111 – 90 in front of 35, 000 fans and lost the series in Houston in Game 6.

The Spurs finished the next season ( 1995 – 96 ) under Hill at 59 – 23 and lost in the Western Conference semi-finals to the Jazz.

However, as the series shifted to Los Angeles, the Spurs would suddenly have trouble finding the basket, as they lost both games as the Lakers evened the series.

After the stunning loss, the Spurs traveled to Los Angeles for Game 6, where they lost the game and the series.

The Spurs lost Game 6 99 – 91 and lost the series 4 – 2.

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

In the playoffs, they defeated the Nuggets in four games, the Jazz in six, and the defending champion Spurs in five, but lost to the Celtics in six games in the NBA Finals.

However, the Spurs lost in the second round to the eventual Western Conference Champions Utah Jazz.

Duncan outscored Malone in the first two games which the Spurs lost, but as the series progressed, the more experienced Malone shut Duncan down on defense and dominated on offense, outscoring the young power forward in Games 3 to 5 18 – 10, 34 – 22 and 24 – 14 respectively.

Before the 2003 – 04 season began, the Spurs lost their perennial captain David Robinson to retirement.

In the end, the Spurs lost the series 4 – 2, and Duncan attributed the strong Lakers defense as one of the reasons for the loss.

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.

The rumor, which was not dispelled by Brown, became a major distraction as the Pistons lost to the San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the 2005 NBA Finals.

Dallas lost in the Western Conference Semifinals four games to one to the San Antonio Spurs, but it marked the beginning of a memorable run for Nash and the Mavericks.

In the playoffs, the Nuggets took Game 1 and home court advantage away from the Spurs.

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.

The Spurs set a new NBA Finals one-game attendance record when 39, 554 fans attended Game 2 at the Alamodome.

In Game 5 at the SBC Center, Tim Duncan seemingly delivered the Spurs a 73 – 72 win as he gave the Spurs a lead with a dramatic shot with just 0. 4 seconds remaining.

In the postseason, the Spurs ' playoff run would get off to a rocky start as they dropped Game 1 to the Denver Nuggets 93 – 87.

The Spurs would quickly turn things around as they would road back to win the next 4 games to win the series in 5, while Duncan got stronger as the series went on, scoring 39 points in a key overtime win in Game 4.

In Game 5, faced with seeing another meltdown, the Spurs looked toward Manu Ginóbili, who took over with a game high 39 points in leading the Spurs to a solid 103 – 90 win.

However, with a chance to close things out at home, the Spurs saw the Suns hang on for a 111 – 106 win in Game 4.

Back in Phoenix for Game 5, Tim Duncan would take over, leading the Spurs in points with 31 and 15 rebounds as the Spurs won the West with a 101 – 95 win.

Faced with a 3rd straight loss in Detroit, the Spurs would play much tougher in Game 5 which would become a classic as the game went into overtime.

However with a chance to close things out back at home in Game 6, the Spurs would lose 95 – 86, setting up the first NBA Finals Game 7 in 11 years.

In the 4th quarter, it would be Tim Duncan-time as he had his best game of the series with 25 points as the Spurs pulled away late to win their 3rd NBA Title in 7 years with an 81 – 74 win in Game 7.

) In the playoffs, the Spurs would get a surprisingly tough test from the Sacramento Kings in the first round as they need an overtime win in Game 2 to win the first two games at home, before losing the next two on the road.

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.

However, in Game 2, the Spurs were rocked at home, losing by 22 points.

Banks played well, but with the right back Len Chalmers carrying an injury, was powerless to prevent second half goals from Bobby Smith and Terry Dyson giving Spurs a 2 – 0 win and the first " double " of the 20th century.

He finally collected an English piece of silverware when he won the 1991 FA Cup Final with Spurs, who beat Nottingham Forest 2 – 1.

He officially joined Nagoya Grampus Eight after playing his final game for Spurs on 2 May 1992, when he scored the consolation goal in a 3 – 1 defeat by Manchester United on the last day of the season.

Spurs took a 2 – 1 lead in the first leg at White Hart Lane, but Theo de Jong equalised after 85 minutes and the match ended in a 2 – 2 draw.

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.

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.

However, in the playoffs the Spurs would be stunned in 6 games by the Washington Bullets despite an outstanding series from Gervin who averaged 33. 2 ppg.

The Spurs won the series 4 – 2, giving them their second NBA Championship in franchise history.

In the 2nd round against the Seattle SuperSonics, the Spurs would get off to a fast start by winning the first 2 games at home by double digits.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs would face the Phoenix Suns, and took control early, winning the first 2 games on the road.

The first 2 games in San Antonio were both Spurs victories as Manu Ginóbili led the way with 26 and 27 points, in blow out wins by the Spurs.

With a win against Sacramento on December 2, 2006, the Spurs moved past the Celtics to become the second winningest franchise in NBA history ( based on winning percentage ) at. 595.

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

The Spurs and the Hornets would battle for seven hard fought games ( with New Orleans earning the upper hand throughout much of the series ), but the Spurs scrapped together a game 7 win on the road ( marking their first ever game 7 win on the road and series win after being down 0 – 2 ) to advance to the Western Conference Finals against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, where their run would come to an end after five games.

In Game 2 The Spurs won 93 – 87.

With 2. 9 sec Spurs fouled Zach Randolph, Randolph made both free throws the score was now 97 – 94, with 1. 7 sec left of the game.