At times throughout the season the Spurs wear a jersey that says " Los Spurs " in homage to the Latino population that enjoys the NBA as well.

* San Antonio Spurs – silver alternates since 2012, one of two teams to wear third jersey at home.

Glenn Hoddle is considered one of the greatest players to ever wear the Spurs shirt.

* 15 March 2007: Tottenham Hotspur and Bulgarian international footballer, Dimitar Berbatov, says he will wear a " You Are Not Alone " armband during Spurs ' matches.

Horry continued to wear number 5 after joining the Spurs.

Sommeil played in just 16 games in 2005-06, partly due to a fractured cheek bone, forcing him to wear a protective mask on his return, and also due to a three games ban for a challenge on Spurs ' Lee Young-Pyo.

The team's primary colors were changed from the red, white, and blue of the Chaparrals to the now familiar black, silver and white motif of the Spurs.

To mark this occasion, the Spurs revamped their " Fiesta Colors " logo and reverted to the familiar silver and black motif ( though, during the time of the Fiesta logo, the uniform remained silver and black ).

The Spurs sported the simple rounded black and white lettered uniforms during much of the 1980s.

Since becoming the San Antonio Spurs in 1973, the team colors have been black, silver and white.

The Spurs have always worn black on the road and white at home, except from the 1973 – 76 ABA seasons and their first NBA season where the home uniform was always silver.

Until the 1988 – 89 NBA season the road uniform had " San Antonio " on the front while the home uniform featured the team nickname adopted from the Spurs logo ; from 1973 – 82 the road uniform lettering is black with silver trim.

Since the 1989 – 90 NBA season the Spurs uniform has remained practically the same, with the road uniform now using the team nickname from their logo ; a minor change included the addition of another black ( road ) and white ( home ) trim to the already silver-trimmed block numbers in the 2002 – 03 season.

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.

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 team's primary colors were changed from the red, white, and blue of the Chaparrals to the now familiar silver and black motif of the Spurs.

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 ).

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

After the San Antonio Spurs purchased the franchise, the team colors and logo were changed to reflect the silver and black motif used by the Spurs.

The roofing on the ' Smithy ' was financed through the sale of Alan Mullery to Spurs.

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.

Tod Browning made the once controversial Freaks ( 1932 ) for MGM, based on " Spurs ", a short story by Tod Robbins, about a band of circus freaks.

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.

Based on the short story " Spurs " by Clarence Aaron " Tod " Robbins, the screenwriter of The Unholy Three, the film concerns a love triangle between a wealthy dwarf, a gold-digging aerialist, and a strongman ; a murder plot ; and the vengeance dealt out by the dwarf and his fellow circus freaks.

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.

This device appeared on most Spurs ' playing kits for the next 23 years.

They landed George Hill from the San Antonio Spurs on draft night.

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.

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.

The ABA tried to halt the Gervin deal, claiming it was detrimental to the league, but a judge would rule in the Spurs ' favor, and Gervin made his Spurs debut on February 7.

The Spurs would go on to finish with a 45 – 39 record, good for 3rd place in the Western Division.

" 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.

This agreement has placed particular financial pressure on the Spurs and the other three former ABA teams.

The Spurs would go on to capture 5 division titles in their first 7 years in the NBA and became a perennial playoff participant.

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

Although the 1996 – 97 season was not successful on the court for the Spurs, the offseason proved to be the opposite.

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 have consistently posted winning road records during this period, including an NBA-record longest single road trip winning streak ( 8 games out of 9, achieved in 2003 ).

After splitting their first two games on the road, the Spurs christened the SBC Center in style on November 1 by beating the Toronto Raptors 91 – 72.

In January the Spurs began to gel and seemed prepped to make a run, when they embarked on their annual Rodeo Road Trip, a nine-game road trip from January 25 to February 16.

However, it would be hardly a bump in the road for the charging Spurs, who won 8 of the 9 and began to climb their way to first place.

Just as it appeared the Spurs would cruise toward the playoffs their season suddenly hit a bump in the road when Tim Duncan went down in a March 20 loss to the Detroit Pistons with a sprained ankle.

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

) 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.

Terry, who had played well against the Spurs all series, would be suspended for Game 6 and the Spurs took full advantage, winning on the road 91 – 86 to force a 7th game at the AT & T Center.

However, the Spurs franchise-record 12-game road winning streak came to a halt with a 111 – 102 loss at Golden State on November 27.

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.

As a part of the agreement the facility would be home to the Spurs, a new hockey team, and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Association's annual, multi-day event ( the latter requiring the Spurs to engage in an extended road trip every February ).

On January 31, 1984, as a Knick, King made history by becoming the first player since 1964 to score at least 50 points in consecutive games: scoring 50 points on 20 for 23 shooting with 10 free throws in a 117-113 Knicks victory over the San Antonio Spurs on January 30, and following it up with another 50 point performance in another road victory-this time in a 105-98 win over the Dallas Mavericks-on 20 for 28 shooting and 10 free throws.