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.

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.

There, they met the Los Angeles Lakers again, split the series 2 – 2, and in Game 5, Duncan made a toughly defended jump shot which put the Spurs ahead by one point with 0. 4 seconds left to play.

Nelson getting ready to take a shot against Richard Jefferson of the San Antonio Spurs.

On March 17, 2008, Cassell had a standout performance in a Saint Patrick's Day matchup against the San Antonio Spurs, when he led the team from a 22-point deficit to a 2-point victory, scoring 17 points and hitting a clutch shot late in the game.

The Spurs went on to win Game 5 96 – 95 after Horry hit a game-winning three-point shot in the final seconds.

The last Spurs game to ever take place at HemisFair took place on May 20, 1993 when the Spurs lost to the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 the Western Conference Semi-Finals in the 1993 NBA Playoffs on a last-second jump shot by league MVP Charles Barkley.

In this game, Biedriņš asserted himself against Spurs superstar Tim Duncan, only being narrowly outscored 18 – 22 and outrebounded 15 – 16, but did block six shots, including three straight shot attempts by Duncan in the third quarter.

His shot was also over the San Antonio Spurs ' Tim Duncan.

The officials, however, did not consider the Spurs ' claim that the clock did not start immediately when the ball was inbounded.

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.

As a result, Spurs fans started to riot, introducing Dutch football to the spectre of hooliganism in the process.

The San Antonio Spurs started out as the Dallas Chaparrals of the original version of the American Basketball Association ( ABA ) in 1967.

Following a 9 – 7 record in January, the Spurs started February with a 1 – 3 record.

During the lockout-shortened 1998 – 99 season, the Spurs started with a lackluster 6 – 8 record and Popovich came under fire from the press.

During the 2005 – 06 NBA season, Cuban started a booing campaign when former Mavericks player Michael Finley returned to play against the Mavs as a member of the San Antonio Spurs.

He started for Spurs as they won the 2008 Football League Cup Final against Chelsea.

He started his senior career with Dundee as a teenager and made over 200 appearances in the Scottish Football League before joining Spurs in 1959.

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.

Defoe won a header, which started the attack in which Gareth Bale scored to begin the comeback in which Spurs won 3 – 2.

Clapham was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. His career started at Tottenham Hotspur with Clapham playing for the Spurs ' first XI in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

After announcing his retirement from professional football, Knowles started his managerial career as a Yorkshire based scout for Spurs.

In the 2002 NBA Playoffs, Bowen started in all 10 Spurs playoffs games, where the team eventually succumbed to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bowen started in every Spurs regular season and playoff game from 2001 to 2008.

After impressing in the pre-season, His career at White Hart Lane started slowly as he sustained a broken foot on his league debut for the club, but on 12 December 2005 he made his return as a substitute in only his second game for Spurs against Portsmouth.

Since then, Spurs have started the season well and have won ten of their last eleven Premier League games, drawing the other.

He started his NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but played most of his career for the San Antonio Spurs.

The rivalry started in 1976 when the Spurs moved from the ABA.

Having only started five Premiership games since arriving from Peterborough in 1999, he handed in a transfer request in June 2002 saying that he had decided that his career would be best served away from Spurs.

To the surprise of many fans, the Lakers started the season strongly with key victories over teams like the Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, and San Antonio Spurs.

On 15 March, Zokora started at left back for Spurs to try and curtail the pace and trickery of Aston Villa winger Ashley Young, Zokora picked up an early booking and was subbed off after 30 minutes for Vedran Corluka.

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.

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 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.

Larry Brown, who had been fired by the San Antonio Spurs earlier, was hired as the team's head coach in late January 1992.

When in the late 13th century the Dampierre count Guy of Flanders entered into the Franco-Flemish War with his suzerain King Philip IV of France, the Dunkirk citizens sided with the French against their count, who first was defeated at the 1297 Battle of Furnes, but reached de facto autonomy upon the victorious Battle of the Golden Spurs five years later and exacted vengeance.

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.

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.

Though the late 1990s saw the Spurs soar to unprecedented popularity, the decision was made to move the team out of the spacious stadium and build a new arena.

In the first game of the series against the Spurs, Howard slammed Spurs guard Derek Anderson to the floor while trying to block Anderson's layup late in the game.

In May, his late goal against Manchester City in what was being dubbed as the "£ 15 million pound game " put Spurs in a position to claim their first-ever UEFA Champions League berth.

O ' Neil's late handball conceded the penalty for Spurs ' winner.

He made his debut late in the 1962-63 season and after just 39 first team appearances legendary Spurs manager Bill Nicholson signed Knowles in 1964 for £ 45, 000.

Matt and his father, the late Matt Guokas, Sr., were the first father-son duo to both win NBA championships as players ; this feat has since been repeated by Rick Barry ( with the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors ) and Brent Barry ( with the 2005 and 2007 NBA champions San Antonio Spurs ) and by Bill Walton ( with the 1977 NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers and 1986 NBA champion Boston Celtics ) and Luke Walton ( with the 2009 NBA champion and 2010 NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers ).

When the Spurs – Pistons game ended, the network did not switch the audience to the Suns – Grizzlies game ( which was 94 – 91 late in the fourth quarter ).

It was reported that Everton had made a late bid to sign Kranjčar, but the player opted to sign for Spurs, stating that: " Everton is also a big club but, in the end, the tradition and greatness of Tottenham made the difference.

Other highlights that season include a late winner against Leyton Orient in the FA Cup, giving his team the lead against North London rivals Arsenal in the FA Cup semi final and scoring twice as Spurs came back from 2-0 down away to Sunderland to win 3-2.

However, he damaged ankle ligaments in late October and returned to Spurs for two months for treatment.

It was a season of transition for Spurs, whose manager Juande Ramos was sacked in late October after a terrible start to the season to be replaced by Harry Redknapp, who steered them to a secure an 8th place finish and also to the final of the Football League Cup, which they lost on penalties to Manchester United after a goalless draw at Wembley.

In 2003, his agent misread a part of his contract which would have enabled him to get an extension, and more money, with Miami but it was too late as he had already signed a contract with the San Antonio Spurs which completely voided his rookie contract ( the agent was subsequently fired ).

He fractured a bone in his right foot in January 2008, but made his return in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs in late May, scoring a basket within his first minute of play.