I remember how I felt when the Spurs lost to Miami the previous year. I felt that it was the end of an era, and the future of the franchise was unknown. So to see them return to the finals against the Heat and systematically destroy that team was one of the most amazing and beautiful spectacles I've ever seen in sports. Not only did the Spurs not die, they broke up that Heat team.
+The Boulder just shows how great and respectable of a coach Gregg Pop is. You see how his players are well disciplined and have never had any type of coach vs player beef like Dwight, LeBron, or Marbury. Spurs lost in 2013, but Greg learned and studied the Heats' weakness so well and came back strong the next year with a 4-1 victory. Being coached under Pop, his offensive plays are spectacular that when any average players starts to become consistent with it but putting up really good numbers, he slowly becomes recognized as a superstar.
Not even a Spurs fan and this is one of my favorite sports montages there is. Two years later, I still find myself occasionally wanting to watch this video.
I watch it at least 3 times a week. It was so fun to see them win, totally moving. Of all the champions this decade, they were the most fun to me other than the 2011 Mavericks.
You are so right. I just love the joy on their faces when Kwahi won finals MVP look how they were so genuinely happy for him. Everyone got to touch the ball. I want them to go back to this style of playing so everyone feel so important. I am sure some of the pieces that got traded away really miss the Spurs organization.
I put this video and part 1 on a playlist for my 1-year old daughter; she's watching these once she's a little older. The power and philosophy behind them is something she needs to watch.
My husband, Rick, was a huge SPURS fan. He's jumping up in heaven with such pride. He told me this is our year for a championship. How right he was, I believe with all my heart he was definitely watching over the TEAM. "GO SPURS GO"!!!!!
Greatest coach of all time, for my money. And i'd take Tim Duncan in a fantasy draft over ANYONE not named Jordan, James, Johnson, Bird, or Abdul Jabbar.
Remove James from there... 3-6 in the Finals, swept twice, are you kidding ? Kobe Bryant, 5-2 in Finals... and a winning record vs Spurs in playoffs. That being said, Tim Duncan is the best player of the post-Jordan era... by 4 marathons.
As an unbiased spectator (Warriors fan, I had no stake in either team) and as a self proclaimed basketball purist, I have to say, game 3 and game 4 were the best display of offense I have ever seen in my lifetime, and one of the best displays of team basketball on both sides. Thanks for making this vid.
I am a Basketball coach and this the best 'team' I have even seen! Tremendous offense, strong defense. When you know that SAS for this season is only 20th when it comes payrolls and none of the spurs is in the top 30 of best paid players. Their humbleness should be an example for the rest of the sports world.
If tomorrow the Spurs lose in game 7 and it is the last time our quartet of Pop, Tim, Tony and Manu play together all I can say is thank you. It's been a true honor to watch this organization operate for the last 20 years. Life will carry on, but no one will forget the Spurs and the sustained excellence of Tim Duncan.
San Antonio Spurs are the best professional franchise in all professional sports with the best winning percentage. Teamwork, excellence, dedication, continuity, selflessness, consistency has been the hallmark of sheer greatness while having the fourth most championships in NBA history with five. Only the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles/Minneapolis Lakers and the Boston Celtics have more championships than the San Antonio Spurs. This is an elite organization that has shown how basketball should be played encompassing only one main goal and that is the commitment to winning as a TEAM.
The part where Pop just sits there after its official...taking it all in. Shows his dedication &just how wonderful he is. He loves those guys..he loves the game. Gonna miss seeing this coach..he's truly legendary and the best ever!! Love u Pops!!!!
Not American, don't know shit about basketball, but as a football (soccer) fan, watching these spurs videos I can't help but feel the same as when watching FC Barcelona play their beautifull game. The match is almost perfect, because apparently Spurs have a magic trio (Parker, Ginobli, Duncan, from three different countries), and Barcelona have its too (Messi, Suarez, Neymar, from three different countries). The playing of thoses two teams in two very different sports, are very similar, and truely beautifull.
I know this is 8 years later but this 2014 Spurs team had even more non-Americans on their championship team, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil truly magical, I think 8 of the players were all internationals
This year's Spurs team played the most beautiful basketball I've ever seen in my life. It was such a pleasure to watch such an amazing team and to see them grab that title after last year. Beautiful video. I'm going to be honest, I cried watching this. I'll miss watching the Spurs' brilliance over the off-season, hopefully we can come back just as strong next year and repeat. If Timmy returns, that would be the second cherry on-top of his career.
This is the best TEAM that has ever played in NBA history. Got me all teared up when they raised the trophy. No body anticipated this when the Finals started, but the Spurs knew that the world is going to see something beautiful that has never been seen ever before. Go SPURS Go.
Can’t believe it’s been 9 years since our last Championship. Seems like just yesterday when this season happened. Time flies 😢… Let’s Go Wemby! Let’s bring another Chip to our beautiful city!!
2014 Spurs was probably one of the greatest TEAMS of all time. They had one of the toughest playoff routes in recent history and totally dominated and completely disassembled the "Super Friends" Heat team.
Uhm, were the Mavs and Blazers really that good? And this Heat team was nowhere near as good as the 2012 or 2013 versions of the team. And they lucked out with Ibaka missing the first two games of the OKC series, it was 2-2 with Ibaka, 2 Thunder blowouts and 2 close miraculous wins by the Spurs.
@@maxdurk4624 Yeah and the spurs blew out the Thunder in the series twice too! Cry me a river about Ibaka's injury...Every team has injuries. Only champions overcome them and win a championship? Remind me, how many trophies does OKC have?
@@ljgittingeriii3199 1. I like how you conveniently omitted that the Spurs two blowout wins were the 2 games without Ibaka. 2. Yes, every team has injuries, yes the Spurs were amazing, but that is a pretty significant what-if. I still think the Spurs win the series with a healthy Ibaka but it goes 7. And for the record, if you want to try to shit on OKC, do know they were the team San Antonio were always the most afraid of during their runs.
Being a Spurs fan since the days of Bob Hill, Lucas, Brown and now to this! Its been such an amazing journey and I couldn't be any more grateful to not only be from SA but a life long fan since a kid. Love my team and couldn't be more proud of the best Spurs team I've ever seen. The 5 rings the Spurs have earned my seem like we've had it good but anyone who has followed the Spurs know the heartache the Spurs and their fans have endured in the past. Especially last year. Such a great season and an amazing historical Finals performance. I love my Spurs!!!
It's too bad the Former Commissioner had to chicken out of office during a Spurs championship season. It was always comical seeing Stern have to hand the trophy to Buford and Holt.
As a Spurs fan in Orlando Fl. everyone around me were going for Miami cause of James and it felt so good to prove them wrong in the way that the Spurs did. I went to that Game 4 in Miami as one of the few Spur fans in the building and I witnessed Greatness and it wasn't Lebron James. Thank you to the person that created these videos they are on a endless loop on my favorite you tube channel. Lets Go SPURS GO!!!
The 2013-14 spurs will go down as one of the greatest teams of all time. watching them play is amazing, especially that season, how they sacrificed a good shot that most teams would take for a great shot. All lead by the greatest power forward of all time, Tim Duncan. They have been all season and still are my tip for the 2014-15 championship
From die hard Lakers fan I can say only one thing.Thank you coach Popovich for the hard work with your team and thanks to all Spurs player who showed us the beauty of the Basketball. Thank you guys really,thank you!
I cried too .. especially toward the end, when they show Pop, sitting on the bench, taking in and realizing what he and his team just accomplished! That's some kind of special right there :) GSG!
been a SPURS FAN after Jordan's retirement. This team exhibited HUMILITY, EXCEPTIONAL COACHING & true definition of TEAM WORK & UNITY. iloveurway of game GUYZ...
Ginobili after Game 2 loss said that they have to be Perfect to beat the Heat, and this is close to perfection that the Spurs played that you will ever see to win the 2014 NBA Finals Championship.
Back in 2014, when I watched this I immediately thought, man they're playing like Barcelona (i'm a football fan) no possession wasted, taking care of the basketball, team coordination. It was perfect. Beautiful to watch
THIS is how NBA basketball should be like, selfless, ego-less and played with passion. I swear watching the Spurs in the finals really made me appreciate team work even MORE. I loved every single second watching them literally dismantle a team with opposite intentions. Congratulations San Antonio Spurs and I know you guys can take it again next year!
What a basketball. The Spurs are like a poetry. It's so beautiful to watch, they seem so happy and good together. Congrats to these champions, and congrats to Pop', you're definitly for me the best coach NBA has ever had.
as I was in the hospital watching this game this series thinking I was in the hospital trying make it out and there was all they're about to take could my leg off made me realize that if the Spurs could do it.. the championship motivated me to think more positive and to heal and get out of hospital... if it wasn't for the Spurs me watching these games that if they could do it I could do it and I and I could get out of the hospital and heal quick and I did thank these guys....
Without this Spurs team, you'll never hear of a Golden State. Deep & solid bench who could start on other teams, passing & moving without the ball, making the extra pass, hitting alot of 3's etc...They really just downloaded this whole style and copied it and took it to another level because their younger. More power to them but it's just facts. And that's the reason I feel Pop is the best coach to ever do it. Everyone wants to be like him. #GoSpursGo
So proud of what the Spurs have accomplished as a team these past twenty years. I grew up watching this team and they taught me loyalty, integrity, hard work and team work. I don't remember a time without Coach Pop or Timmy and I'll be very sad when they have to leave the team. I'm so happy the Spurs were not just able to get another ring, but they were able to do it playing beautiful Spurs basketball with possibly the greatest NBA team there has ever been. Every player on that team was needed and look at the result!
Luiz Felipe Antero I seriously respect Lebron for what he did for the Heat. He seriously carried that team single handedly. But wow. The spurs really do amaze me.
Can't believe how people can sit there and call us boring lol smh yaw get hyped about dunks n cross overs. We get hype over the passing and the accuracy. Ill take fundamental basketball over the flashy "top 10" moments on espn ANY DAY
To all my Spurs fans out there, this video brings me so much joy, but at the same time so much pain as well. The Spurs have been good for so long and will continue to be in the years to come, but the big three Parker, Manu, and Duncan. There time is coming and it hurts to imagine the game without these three, they have been such a huge inspiration to me that imagining the game without them is so depressing. Keep this video in your mind forever because this to me is the biggest challenge that not only the Spurs have faced and overcome, but the pinnacle of everything are big three are capable of. From 4:42 just makes me cry.
Mr_Arod It is very sad; I cry just thinking about it, but I think we will be in good hands with Kawhi, Green, and Aldridge and eventually Becky Hammon at the helm.
I've watched these guys since I was able to understand great basketball. I watched them win their first in 99'. I've watched them suffer great losses, unfortunate accidents, the draft pick of Parker & Ginobili, the great retirement of Robinson along with the 2nd NBA championship in 2003, the passing of Tim Duncan's father, overcoming the hype of rising young teams, winning their 3rd championship in 2005 which also solidified Tim Duncan's position as leading man, yet another championship just 2 years later, and watching them go through their biggest hardships & treasures in these last 7 years. The biggest being last year when they were literally just 28 seconds from winning their 5th. You have to be extremely mentally & physically committed to take a loss like that & put it behind you while learning from it just to come back this year & finally win their 5th in a rematch with the heat. They made sure their name & their spots as a team, age & talent were never questioned again. And they all did it as a family in the past decade. They don't have extreme commercial endorsements. All of their commercials are for their own community in San Antonio. They all contribute to charities & fund raisers. No other team comes close to touching this kind of greatness & I'm so proud to have lived in San Antonio to watch this team inspire our city. More than well deserved.
As a long time Spurs fan, I have to say that game 5 of last years NBA finals has to be the greatest game I've ever seen, It was beautiful, and has to be my favorite game of all time.
It was such a privilege to see these guys play live. I saw them own the Blazers on March 12th this year. I knew this was coming since the start of this past season.
The ‘14 Spurs (I think they had the same roster the next year but I’m not entirely sure…) are my favorite groups of athletes ever. A bunch of humble, selfless individuals who just made the rest of the league look bad doing things they were supposed to be done
I hope one day, when this great Spurs generation is over, that they can take this to the big screen just like Remember the Titans and so many others sports movies. I gained so much respect for SAS and the fans.. And I agree, this should be an NBA commercial or a mandatory video to watch for all this young blood that are coming after.
I , whom is San Antonio born and raised salute you on that observation as it had entered my mind years ago. You truly are a soul whom can envision with their minds eye !
Was never much a SPURS FAN, cause I believed the dunks and glamour made the game, then I started watching the SPURS just roll over all that I believe in. Now I'm a fan of of what true team work & basketball cause of that TEAM 🏀
This one feels... different. Perhaps I was too young to appreciate the others. But this championship has meant the most to me-and I wouldn't doubt-to the city. Such a gorgeous game. The perseverance to come back from that heartbreaking loss last year... I just love my Spurs!
I think the message that comes from the Spurs' win is important. With all teams building superstar teams and star players jumping ship to take the easy way out to win championships, the Spurs are silently sending the message that team basketball and selfless team play will beat talent alone. Developing players, scouting out players by how they fit rather than just statistics, putting trust in each other, putting aside ego and listening to the coach... No team does it better than San Antonio. Much respect to the Spurs organization. I hope Timmy comes back for at least another year and they make a run for title six! No other team comes close to being as enjoyable to watch than the Spurs right now.
This title is special to me because of how the team responded after last year's loss. I myself couldn't help but feel the pain from that series. I've been a Spurs fan all my life, seen some crazy wins and tough losses, but last year stung the most. I couldn't be more proud of the Spurs. It's tough enough to even get into the PO's in the West and the gauntlet you have to run through just to get to the Finals is daunting, add the fact that you could bet the bank Miami was gonna be there waiting. Amazing run from an amazing team! Now we gotta do the one thing we haven't yet....go back to back!!!
tcat True, but I just meant that they're professional about everything. They send the message with their play rather than just talking about it. Some teams seem to be all talk but no walk. SA is the opposite, they walk the walk and go about their business. I hope they repeat.
You don't see this type of game played in the nba anymore. Often times, its about the individual, the personal stats and accolades. Too many teams play one on one and run a stagnant offense with the end result being shown on espn due to it ending in a dunk or some type of highlight. This is what team basketball is all about and it's a beautiful game to watch when played as a team. Thank you for this video!
Only thing that would make this video better is to start with a full speed version of that crazy pick and roll against OKC at the beginning of the video... that's the moment when I KNEW that the Spurs were going to win the title this year. At full speed, coming in transition, that play just blew my mind (just like it did Mr. Zach Lowe's). It also happened to be the first play I saw of that game in real time. I couldn't watch the game before that, and I turned on the t.v. and saw that and went "HOLY SHIT!" and I just knew. The Spurs put together a sweet little run there, and it got close later, then an OT, but the Spurs had already shown me they were just too good. Just too confident, too skilled, and too good. Awesome stuff.
Yep, once Tony Parker went out with the injury, I knew the spurs were gonna win - even though they were down by 7 at the half. Parker was ineffective against the tall athletic thunder - and this is an adjustment that should have been made before the injury.
This video is beautiful. Have to say It's funny how during the season Charles Barkley said the Spurs were the 3rd best team in the West. Well the third best team in the West is now the BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD. As for the odds makers who place the Spurs third behind the Heat and Thunder as favorites to win next year....wow....just wow.
vara fouroneone Clearly they haven't! The Spurs just smothered the Heat with the largest point differential in NBA Finals History and beat the Thunder in the second half of Game 6 without Tony Parker. SMH.
Just getting out of that gauntlet that is the Western Conference makes almost any "oddsmaking" an exercise in futility anyway. But if Duncan and Ginobilli play at the level they did this year...hard to not see the Spurs getting back to the conference finals at least.
all the "analysts" on Inside the NBA (and pretty much all of espn/sports center) dismiss the Spurs like no tomorrow. I swear they thought Houston and Clippers and OKC had more of a chance winning than the Spurs even though the Spurs were overall #1 seed with the best bench and no players avg more than 30 mins. smh
I was born in ‘96 so I grew up on coach pop and Timmy. Oh how I miss the big 3 and a guaranteed playoff spot every year😂 My spurs made their mark in NBA history we drafted and built our big 3
Thank you for putting this together, and especially for adding Coach Pop's moment, on the bench, as he took in what his team just accomplished. It gives me chills every time I see it. Wonderful video!!! GSG!!
Coming from being a bulls fan from Chicago l felt the identical high that I did from the third Chicago bulls championship and this was the year that they had about nine different countries represented. That year this was an incredible quorum of NBA players. I am now proud to be a citizen of San Antonio as of last year and hopefully I'm here in time not this year but hopefully next year get to be here for the start of another championship with the incredibly talented French prodigy Victor Wemby and I know have to witness this young man which has broken a few records already for a 19 year old . The Spurs have been losing as of late but he is developing just like the second year rookie chet holmgren in all respect that young man has developed very nice. Go san Antonio Spurs........I have to get used to saying that 🎉😂🎉😊
It's like people don't want teams to lean towards this kind of play. Well, you see it in sports everywhere, from top to bottom, when the organization and its players/personnel buy in, give their all and work tirelessly to help one another, it's a beautiful sight and it's usually accompanied with success. If teams choose to follow a different route, so be it. Spurs have been the epitome of excellence for the past 15 years and it looks like they're still not done.
Other owners should take note of RC Buford and not interfere the game and leave that part up to the people who know basketball. Everyone from top to bottom put ego aside and do what's best for the team. The selflessness is not only embodied by all of the players, but the entire Spurs organization. The excellence they've maintained for almost two decades is nothing short of outstanding.
I remember in 2013, when we lost. I was in tears because it was supposed to happen you know. And then when they won in 2014, I was in tears bc it was a redemption so to speak. I think the whole city hurt that year, and after they won celebrated for months lol. It was really cool to see being there as a “San Antonian”
When I was a new fan of the NBA, I found the Spurs boring. I wanted the crossovers, the dunks, the alley-oops and etc. But as I learned more about the game of basketball, I started to appreciate the Spurs more and more. These days, I feel privileged to be able to watch them play.
They don't talk about the 04 pistons 05 spurs probably the best all round teams since 2000... But their fans will remember and they are the ones who matter.. Fans like u
What made the victory more sweet was the fact that they were so close the previous year. The ray allen shot carried over the following game. Mentally they were not in it. So winning this one was like a double shot of joy and satisfaction
2024 tearing up after so many years. We were lucky to have that 2014 team and that big 3.
10 Years
Hopefully they can rebuild with wemby. New generation
We got 2 pieces now, Wemby and Castle. Next one is coming soon. The legacy will continue
I remember how I felt when the Spurs lost to Miami the previous year. I felt that it was the end of an era, and the future of the franchise was unknown. So to see them return to the finals against the Heat and systematically destroy that team was one of the most amazing and beautiful spectacles I've ever seen in sports. Not only did the Spurs not die, they broke up that Heat team.
+The Boulder just shows how great and respectable of a coach Gregg Pop is. You see how his players are well disciplined and have never had any type of coach vs player beef like Dwight, LeBron, or Marbury. Spurs lost in 2013, but Greg learned and studied the Heats' weakness so well and came back strong the next year with a 4-1 victory. Being coached under Pop, his offensive plays are spectacular that when any average players starts to become consistent with it but putting up really good numbers, he slowly becomes recognized as a superstar.
+The Boulder i feel you
+The Boulder And but for a tough break, with the ball going to Allen, who hit a tough shot, who knows?
The Dragon's Fire ™ wow what an insane excuse. Every team is physically broken down who plays from early October into mid June
WORD 2 TH' WORLD....GOD LUV YA !
Not even a Spurs fan and this is one of my favorite sports montages there is. Two years later, I still find myself occasionally wanting to watch this video.
I watch it at least 3 times a week. It was so fun to see them win, totally moving. Of all the champions this decade, they were the most fun to me other than the 2011 Mavericks.
You are so right. I just love the joy on their faces when Kwahi won finals MVP look how they were so genuinely happy for him. Everyone got to touch the ball. I want them to go back to this style of playing so everyone feel so important. I am sure some of the pieces that got traded away really miss the Spurs organization.
I put this video and part 1 on a playlist for my 1-year old daughter; she's watching these once she's a little older. The power and philosophy behind them is something she needs to watch.
Still watch this,, after 6 years.
@@mjdabe Same ^_^ just rewatched it a few days ago myself
My husband, Rick, was a huge SPURS fan. He's jumping up in heaven with such pride. He told me this is our year for a championship. How right he was, I believe with all my heart he was definitely watching over the TEAM. "GO SPURS GO"!!!!!
Sorry for your loss. May he Rest In Peace.
Hopefully we get another championship. At least win west. But ur hubby talk to God already. He knows more championships are coming
My wife too was a Spurs fan that I miss so much. RIP Go Spurs Go!
RIP to your husband
WOW
1:50 "that's family business"
Pop got me with this line
Real shit
COWBOYS SPURS 4 LIFE
daniel KHOO the way pop hit Kashi, I wonder what he told him? what was it that motivated him that much? I love what pop said "it's family business".
Pop treats them like a father. One of the best teams ever, no doubt.
+Marcos Barreiro That family business line, man. Gets me every time.
+Marcos Barreiro And vice versa. You should see the video with him and the big 3. A wonderful appreciation all the way around.
Finally someone from Outside The 210 understands.....210 is the Area Code 4 The Alamo City
One of the best team ever. One of the best coach ever. Everybody so humble.
And, of course, Tim Duncan. What a legend.
Greatest coach of all time, for my money. And i'd take Tim Duncan in a fantasy draft over ANYONE not named Jordan, James, Johnson, Bird, or Abdul Jabbar.
+MrJBleedge It's why you, I and many who love the game, love Pop and the Spurs.
MrJBleedge bish be humble
Guaranteed first ballot HoF.
Remove James from there... 3-6 in the Finals, swept twice, are you kidding ?
Kobe Bryant, 5-2 in Finals... and a winning record vs Spurs in playoffs.
That being said, Tim Duncan is the best player of the post-Jordan era... by 4 marathons.
We are all over here acting like we didn't get teary. God damn man. The feels.
Q : What did you tell him?
A : That's family business...
I LOVE IT!
I cant belive he beatray us
When the Big 3 retires, man. Damn.
Damn.
I gotta go lie down.
+chendaddy You're not alone. This is an experience. A wonderful experience.
i hear that
at least we have a bright future ahead to look forward to
Definitely a bright future, but the moment they retire, it'll be known as the worst moment in my sports life.
Timmy just announced his retirement.
Yeah, it hurts that bad.
As an unbiased spectator (Warriors fan, I had no stake in either team) and as a self proclaimed basketball purist, I have to say, game 3 and game 4 were the best display of offense I have ever seen in my lifetime, and one of the best displays of team basketball on both sides.
Thanks for making this vid.
finished this for the millionth time after watching Manu's Jersey retirement. Go Spurs go!
Same man, what a journey and roller coaster of emotions. Simply beautiful basketball.
And tomorrow he's in the HALL OF FAME!!!
@@marmarmar13 Yeah man, perfect end to a humble career
I am a Basketball coach and this the best 'team' I have even seen! Tremendous offense, strong defense. When you know that SAS for this season is only 20th when it comes payrolls and none of the spurs is in the top 30 of best paid players. Their humbleness should be an example for the rest of the sports world.
If tomorrow the Spurs lose in game 7 and it is the last time our quartet of Pop, Tim, Tony and Manu play together all I can say is thank you. It's been a true honor to watch this organization operate for the last 20 years. Life will carry on, but no one will forget the Spurs and the sustained excellence of Tim Duncan.
Well said
Spurs are life..
Mike Richline dont make me cry bro...
Tim still has one more year to get his sixth.
Mike Richline Spurs for life
James Guevarra maybe 2, 3, 4,5; who knows with Tim Duncan ;)
San Antonio Spurs are the best professional franchise in all professional sports with the best winning percentage. Teamwork, excellence, dedication, continuity, selflessness, consistency has been the hallmark of sheer greatness while having the fourth most championships in NBA history with five. Only the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles/Minneapolis Lakers and the Boston Celtics have more championships than the San Antonio Spurs. This is an elite organization that has shown how basketball should be played encompassing only one main goal and that is the commitment to winning as a TEAM.
The part where Pop just sits there after its official...taking it all in. Shows his dedication &just how wonderful he is. He loves those guys..he loves the game. Gonna miss seeing this coach..he's truly legendary and the best ever!! Love u Pops!!!!
i have never seen no team play as good and beautiful as the 2014 San Antonio Spurs
7 years later and I still find myself in chills. The moment pop won it all and confetti flys gives me tears
Not American, don't know shit about basketball, but as a football (soccer) fan, watching these spurs videos I can't help but feel the same as when watching FC Barcelona play their beautifull game. The match is almost perfect, because apparently Spurs have a magic trio (Parker, Ginobli, Duncan, from three different countries), and Barcelona have its too (Messi, Suarez, Neymar, from three different countries).
The playing of thoses two teams in two very different sports, are very similar, and truely beautifull.
I know this is 8 years later but this 2014 Spurs team had even more non-Americans on their championship team, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil truly magical, I think 8 of the players were all internationals
Can't wait for this 30 for 30 "The Beautiful Game"
I'm telling you right now, Ima cry when I watch it.
It will probably never happen because they only do 30 for 30's on bad stuff not the good
+Joshua Shetterly they did Bad Boys, does that count?
Survive & Advance had a happy story, despite a sadder 2nd story
no matter what happens tonight, its been an awesome era. the Duncan era. I'm a proud Spurs fan
Hands down one of the best teams ever.
This year's Spurs team played the most beautiful basketball I've ever seen in my life. It was such a pleasure to watch such an amazing team and to see them grab that title after last year. Beautiful video. I'm going to be honest, I cried watching this. I'll miss watching the Spurs' brilliance over the off-season, hopefully we can come back just as strong next year and repeat. If Timmy returns, that would be the second cherry on-top of his career.
I hate the off season!!!!
Tim is back, Pop is back, Boris is back, Patty is back. Stand by, NBA, The Chase for Seis is ON!!
Best. Team. Ever. No arguement ever needed
It's not bragging if it's fact !
This is the best TEAM that has ever played in NBA history. Got me all teared up when they raised the trophy. No body anticipated this when the Finals started, but the Spurs knew that the world is going to see something beautiful that has never been seen ever before. Go SPURS Go.
Watching this while tearing up almost 10 years later
That look on Manu’s face after they won is everything. Pure joy
Can’t believe it’s been 9 years since our last Championship. Seems like just yesterday when this season happened. Time flies 😢… Let’s Go Wemby! Let’s bring another Chip to our beautiful city!!
2014 Spurs was probably one of the greatest TEAMS of all time. They had one of the toughest playoff routes in recent history and totally dominated and completely disassembled the "Super Friends" Heat team.
Uhm, were the Mavs and Blazers really that good? And this Heat team was nowhere near as good as the 2012 or 2013 versions of the team. And they lucked out with Ibaka missing the first two games of the OKC series, it was 2-2 with Ibaka, 2 Thunder blowouts and 2 close miraculous wins by the Spurs.
The Mavs took the Spurs to 7 because of Carter's game-winner, and because Rick Carlisle turned it into a coach vs. coach adjustment dogfight.
Max Durk okc wouldn't have won regardless, spurs were determined that year to win
@@maxdurk4624 Yeah and the spurs blew out the Thunder in the series twice too! Cry me a river about Ibaka's injury...Every team has injuries. Only champions overcome them and win a championship? Remind me, how many trophies does OKC have?
@@ljgittingeriii3199 1. I like how you conveniently omitted that the Spurs two blowout wins were the 2 games without Ibaka.
2. Yes, every team has injuries, yes the Spurs were amazing, but that is a pretty significant what-if. I still think the Spurs win the series with a healthy Ibaka but it goes 7. And for the record, if you want to try to shit on OKC, do know they were the team San Antonio were always the most afraid of during their runs.
Being a Spurs fan since the days of Bob Hill, Lucas, Brown and now to this! Its been such an amazing journey and I couldn't be any more grateful to not only be from SA but a life long fan since a kid. Love my team and couldn't be more proud of the best Spurs team I've ever seen. The 5 rings the Spurs have earned my seem like we've had it good but anyone who has followed the Spurs know the heartache the Spurs and their fans have endured in the past. Especially last year. Such a great season and an amazing historical Finals performance. I love my Spurs!!!
It's too bad the Former Commissioner had to chicken out of office during a Spurs championship season. It was always comical seeing Stern have to hand the trophy to Buford and Holt.
tears bro....and a lot of respect for this team
Boris Diaw and his passing skills is what made this team so special.
As a Spurs fan in Orlando Fl. everyone around me were going for Miami cause of James and it felt so good to prove them wrong in the way that the Spurs did. I went to that Game 4 in Miami as one of the few Spur fans in the building and I witnessed Greatness and it wasn't Lebron James. Thank you to the person that created these videos they are on a endless loop on my favorite you tube channel. Lets Go SPURS GO!!!
Did u see?, you were mention in last weeks Sports Illustrated about your video
The 2013-14 spurs will go down as one of the greatest teams of all time. watching them play is amazing, especially that season, how they sacrificed a good shot that most teams would take for a great shot. All lead by the greatest power forward of all time, Tim Duncan. They have been all season and still are my tip for the 2014-15 championship
From die hard Lakers fan I can say only one thing.Thank you coach Popovich for the hard work with your team and thanks to all Spurs player who showed us the beauty of the Basketball. Thank you guys really,thank you!
5:05 is the moment that got me. I' ll always remember that moment, that and Gino's dunk.
I cried watching this. #GoSpursGo 2014 Champs.
I did too. It's just unbelievable. I'm so glad the Spurs won the title.
I cried too .. especially toward the end, when they show Pop, sitting on the bench, taking in and realizing what he and his team just accomplished! That's some kind of special right there :) GSG!
"We talked to kawhi"
"What did u tell him?"
"That's family business."
*tears*
I don't watch NBA, what is the meaning behind this quote?
Gg Man wow im not alone
alxuria it means that the spurs are a family.
@@i_bow_down_to_yaogbrycegif3818 awkward
@@alxuria it means the will talk only with the people involved inside the team. They wont talk to the media about team Business / Family Business.
been a SPURS FAN after Jordan's retirement. This team exhibited HUMILITY, EXCEPTIONAL COACHING & true definition of TEAM WORK & UNITY. iloveurway of game GUYZ...
I'm a spurs fan and I'm very grateful for a team like this. Beautiful poetry in motion
Perfect song choice.. Born in San Antonio in 1996, never moved. This is beautiful, just like our game.
Ginobili after Game 2 loss said that they have to be Perfect to beat the Heat, and this is close to perfection that the Spurs played that you will ever see to win the 2014 NBA Finals Championship.
Back in 2014, when I watched this I immediately thought, man they're playing like Barcelona (i'm a football fan) no possession wasted, taking care of the basketball, team coordination. It was perfect. Beautiful to watch
Yeah,pep's barca
I still come back to this video in 2020
I come back to this from time to time. I ALWAYS try make my teams I coach play this way. Glad I grew up seeing this live. Unselfishness was the best
Congrats Spurs! You showed the world how beautiful this game is! Go Spurs Go!!!!
THIS is how NBA basketball should be like, selfless, ego-less and played with passion. I swear watching the Spurs in the finals really made me appreciate team work even MORE. I loved every single second watching them literally dismantle a team with opposite intentions. Congratulations San Antonio Spurs and I know you guys can take it again next year!
What a basketball. The Spurs are like a poetry. It's so beautiful to watch, they seem so happy and good together. Congrats to these champions, and congrats to Pop', you're definitly for me the best coach NBA has ever had.
as I was in the hospital watching this game this series thinking I was in the hospital trying make it out and there was all they're about to take could my leg off made me realize that if the Spurs could do it.. the championship motivated me to think more positive and to heal and get out of hospital... if it wasn't for the Spurs me watching these games that if they could do it I could do it and I and I could get out of the hospital and heal quick and I did thank these guys....
Without this Spurs team, you'll never hear of a Golden State. Deep & solid bench who could start on other teams, passing & moving without the ball, making the extra pass, hitting alot of 3's etc...They really just downloaded this whole style and copied it and took it to another level because their younger. More power to them but it's just facts. And that's the reason I feel Pop is the best coach to ever do it. Everyone wants to be like him.
#GoSpursGo
No warriors was different , inspiration could be there but exactly copying was never there
The second song 'arrival of the birds' always gets me. Such a good montage
Every time I cry for these amazing people. These gifted players. Thank you so much for being this great. I love you Spurs. 14 years and counting!
So proud of what the Spurs have accomplished as a team these past twenty years. I grew up watching this team and they taught me loyalty, integrity, hard work and team work. I don't remember a time without Coach Pop or Timmy and I'll be very sad when they have to leave the team. I'm so happy the Spurs were not just able to get another ring, but they were able to do it playing beautiful Spurs basketball with possibly the greatest NBA team there has ever been. Every player on that team was needed and look at the result!
My heart is heavy.
Best team in the whole NBA
I LOVE my SPURS
"That's how team basketball should be played" ~lbj
beautiful... just beautiful.. Thanks for this vid! :)
The man is tired of dragging teams on his shoulders.
Luiz Felipe Antero I seriously respect Lebron for what he did for the Heat. He seriously carried that team single handedly. But wow. The spurs really do amaze me.
That's how BASKETBALL should be played.
Can't believe how people can sit there and call us boring lol smh yaw get hyped about dunks n cross overs. We get hype over the passing and the accuracy. Ill take fundamental basketball over the flashy "top 10" moments on espn ANY DAY
To all my Spurs fans out there, this video brings me so much joy, but at the same time so much pain as well. The Spurs have been good for so long and will continue to be in the years to come, but the big three Parker, Manu, and Duncan. There time is coming and it hurts to imagine the game without these three, they have been such a huge inspiration to me that imagining the game without them is so depressing. Keep this video in your mind forever because this to me is the biggest challenge that not only the Spurs have faced and overcome, but the pinnacle of everything are big three are capable of. From 4:42 just makes me cry.
Mr_Arod It is very sad; I cry just thinking about it, but I think we will be in good hands with Kawhi, Green, and Aldridge and eventually Becky Hammon at the helm.
I've watched these guys since I was able to understand great basketball. I watched them win their first in 99'. I've watched them suffer great losses, unfortunate accidents, the draft pick of Parker & Ginobili, the great retirement of Robinson along with the 2nd NBA championship in 2003, the passing of Tim Duncan's father, overcoming the hype of rising young teams, winning their 3rd championship in 2005 which also solidified Tim Duncan's position as leading man, yet another championship just 2 years later, and watching them go through their biggest hardships & treasures in these last 7 years. The biggest being last year when they were literally just 28 seconds from winning their 5th. You have to be extremely mentally & physically committed to take a loss like that & put it behind you while learning from it just to come back this year & finally win their 5th in a rematch with the heat. They made sure their name & their spots as a team, age & talent were never questioned again. And they all did it as a family in the past decade. They don't have extreme commercial endorsements. All of their commercials are for their own community in San Antonio. They all contribute to charities & fund raisers. No other team comes close to touching this kind of greatness & I'm so proud to have lived in San Antonio to watch this team inspire our city. More than well deserved.
Yes, true. They are very involved in our city. And when we see them in public they are very down to earth. lol
ive witnessed derrick white and lonnie walker get drafted, with dejounte (which i also saw get drafted) they will be great
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. If every team played like this I couldn't stop watching basketball.
As a long time Spurs fan, I have to say that game 5 of last years NBA finals has to be the greatest game I've ever seen, It was beautiful, and has to be my favorite game of all time.
It was such a privilege to see these guys play live. I saw them own the Blazers on March 12th this year. I knew this was coming since the start of this past season.
So satisfying to watch.
Sitting in starbucks crying because of how amazing this video is. Thank you
A damn tear almost came to my eye as a genuine hoopshead. This is such a beautiful video.
I just lost my shit watching this. Thank you Tim Duncan. You are the best thing to happen to San Antonio.
cracked a tear to this one....so glad to see the spurs at their finest
after losing game 6 to OKC, came back here to remember how great we were...
A one time loss is not what defines the Spurs. It the spirit and comeback-ability, as i call it. Bottom line, have some more faith in the Spurs:).
Take comfort in the fact that as a Cavs fan, I was more afraid of the Spurs than I was Golden State getting to the finals.
+Spunio Appreciate that. and at thesame time hate it
“That’s family business” this is why no other team can match this. Between the players, the coaches, and the fans, we were all one big family.
The ‘14 Spurs (I think they had the same roster the next year but I’m not entirely sure…) are my favorite groups of athletes ever. A bunch of humble, selfless individuals who just made the rest of the league look bad doing things they were supposed to be done
I hope one day, when this great Spurs generation is over, that they can take this to the big screen just like Remember the Titans and so many others sports movies. I gained so much respect for SAS and the fans.. And I agree, this should be an NBA commercial or a mandatory video to watch for all this young blood that are coming after.
I , whom is San Antonio born and raised salute you on that observation as it had entered my mind years ago. You truly are a soul whom can envision with their minds eye !
Oh and I almost forgot , the name of the movie will be entitled "POP" !
Was never much a SPURS FAN, cause I believed the dunks and glamour made the game, then I started watching the SPURS just roll over all that I believe in. Now I'm a fan of of what true team work & basketball cause of that TEAM 🏀
Most unbeatable basketball team there's ever been. Nothing could stop them.
John Crawford im a spurs fan but thats not tru. for one, mj and the bulls would take them
Arthur99mun nah 2014 spurs were on a mission
Tyrann Mathieu one of the greatest ever,for sure
For anyone that is wondering, song that starts at 4:00 is; The cinematic orchestra Arrival of the birds and transformation.
This one feels... different. Perhaps I was too young to appreciate the others. But this championship has meant the most to me-and I wouldn't doubt-to the city. Such a gorgeous game. The perseverance to come back from that heartbreaking loss last year... I just love my Spurs!
been there for all the championships, and it also feels different for me. the way they won, the passing game, it was so awesome
I think the message that comes from the Spurs' win is important. With all teams building superstar teams and star players jumping ship to take the easy way out to win championships, the Spurs are silently sending the message that team basketball and selfless team play will beat talent alone. Developing players, scouting out players by how they fit rather than just statistics, putting trust in each other, putting aside ego and listening to the coach... No team does it better than San Antonio. Much respect to the Spurs organization. I hope Timmy comes back for at least another year and they make a run for title six! No other team comes close to being as enjoyable to watch than the Spurs right now.
This title is special to me because of how the team responded after last year's loss. I myself couldn't help but feel the pain from that series. I've been a Spurs fan all my life, seen some crazy wins and tough losses, but last year stung the most. I couldn't be more proud of the Spurs. It's tough enough to even get into the PO's in the West and the gauntlet you have to run through just to get to the Finals is daunting, add the fact that you could bet the bank Miami was gonna be there waiting. Amazing run from an amazing team! Now we gotta do the one thing we haven't yet....go back to back!!!
obiwannotanikan I don't know about "silently". I think the Heat and the rest of the NBA heard them loud and clear!
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True, but I just meant that they're professional about everything. They send the message with their play rather than just talking about it. Some teams seem to be all talk but no walk. SA is the opposite, they walk the walk and go about their business. I hope they repeat.
Wow. Its been 3yrs already and im missing this spurs play. Sad that the big3 is starting to go : (
Spurs aren't just athletes, they are artists!!!!!!!!!!!!
You don't see this type of game played in the nba anymore. Often times, its about the individual, the personal stats and accolades. Too many teams play one on one and run a stagnant offense with the end result being shown on espn due to it ending in a dunk or some type of highlight. This is what team basketball is all about and it's a beautiful game to watch when played as a team. Thank you for this video!
Only thing that would make this video better is to start with a full speed version of that crazy pick and roll against OKC at the beginning of the video... that's the moment when I KNEW that the Spurs were going to win the title this year. At full speed, coming in transition, that play just blew my mind (just like it did Mr. Zach Lowe's). It also happened to be the first play I saw of that game in real time. I couldn't watch the game before that, and I turned on the t.v. and saw that and went "HOLY SHIT!" and I just knew. The Spurs put together a sweet little run there, and it got close later, then an OT, but the Spurs had already shown me they were just too good. Just too confident, too skilled, and too good. Awesome stuff.
Yep, once Tony Parker went out with the injury, I knew the spurs were gonna win - even though they were down by 7 at the half. Parker was ineffective against the tall athletic thunder - and this is an adjustment that should have been made before the injury.
I must really really love the Spurs..I cry every damn time I watch this. Thank you Colin.
This video is beautiful. Have to say It's funny how during the season Charles Barkley said the Spurs were the 3rd best team in the West. Well the third best team in the West is now the BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD. As for the odds makers who place the Spurs third behind the Heat and Thunder as favorites to win next year....wow....just wow.
Just saw the odds for next year. I had to shake my head. Have these people not learned ANYTHING?
vara fouroneone Clearly they haven't! The Spurs just smothered the Heat with the largest point differential in NBA Finals History and beat the Thunder in the second half of Game 6 without Tony Parker. SMH.
Just getting out of that gauntlet that is the Western Conference makes almost any "oddsmaking" an exercise in futility anyway. But if Duncan and Ginobilli play at the level they did this year...hard to not see the Spurs getting back to the conference finals at least.
all the "analysts" on Inside the NBA (and pretty much all of espn/sports center) dismiss the Spurs like no tomorrow. I swear they thought Houston and Clippers and OKC had more of a chance winning than the Spurs even though the Spurs were overall #1 seed with the best bench and no players avg more than 30 mins. smh
el Sr. Charles Barkeley solo realizo una estimacion. Lo que no pudo estimar o predecir fue el fuego interior de los espueslas
I was born in ‘96 so I grew up on coach pop and Timmy. Oh how I miss the big 3 and a guaranteed playoff spot every year😂 My spurs made their mark in NBA history we drafted and built our big 3
Thank you for putting this together, and especially for adding Coach Pop's moment, on the bench, as he took in what his team just accomplished. It gives me chills every time I see it. Wonderful video!!! GSG!!
every basketball team should watch this. beautiful. they make James Naismith proud. TEAM is everything.
5:05 ---- 5:13 I cannot hold my tears... i cried like a baby.... this is truly beautiful...
+David Yun Same here. I bet many did as well. A true, spiritual sporting experience.
Coming from being a bulls fan from Chicago l felt the identical high that I did from the third Chicago bulls championship and this was the year that they had about nine different countries represented. That year this was an incredible quorum of NBA players. I am now proud to be a citizen of San Antonio as of last year and hopefully I'm here in time not this year but hopefully next year get to be here for the start of another championship with the incredibly talented French prodigy Victor Wemby and I know have to witness this young man which has broken a few records already for a 19 year old . The Spurs have been losing as of late but he is developing just like the second year rookie chet holmgren in all respect that young man has developed very nice. Go san Antonio Spurs........I have to get used to saying that 🎉😂🎉😊
It's like people don't want teams to lean towards this kind of play. Well, you see it in sports everywhere, from top to bottom, when the organization and its players/personnel buy in, give their all and work tirelessly to help one another, it's a beautiful sight and it's usually accompanied with success. If teams choose to follow a different route, so be it. Spurs have been the epitome of excellence for the past 15 years and it looks like they're still not done.
Other owners should take note of RC Buford and not interfere the game and leave that part up to the people who know basketball. Everyone from top to bottom put ego aside and do what's best for the team. The selflessness is not only embodied by all of the players, but the entire Spurs organization. The excellence they've maintained for almost two decades is nothing short of outstanding.
obiwannotanikan Peter holt is the owner. Rc is the gm
Oops. I misspoke. Thanks for correcting me. But all of them have done such a fantastic job.
I remember in 2013, when we lost. I was in tears because it was supposed to happen you know. And then when they won in 2014, I was in tears bc it was a redemption so to speak. I think the whole city hurt that year, and after they won celebrated for months lol. It was really cool to see being there as a “San Antonian”
When I was a new fan of the NBA, I found the Spurs boring. I wanted the crossovers, the dunks, the alley-oops and etc. But as I learned more about the game of basketball, I started to appreciate the Spurs more and more. These days, I feel privileged to be able to watch them play.
When pop was emotional at the end of Game 5, I got pretty emotional as well. Great season, unforgettable.
we dont talk about the 14 spurs enough. what they did was incredible
They don't talk about the 04 pistons 05 spurs probably the best all round teams since 2000... But their fans will remember and they are the ones who matter.. Fans like u
As a fan from London I just always wonder why this team isnt universally recognised as the best ever is madness.
5:04 really gets to me. Man, Coach Pop is a class act.
What made the victory more sweet was the fact that they were so close the previous year. The ray allen shot carried over the following game. Mentally they were not in it. So winning this one was like a double shot of joy and satisfaction
SPURS = Beautiful Basketball !! What a team Respect from Italy
This just made me cry.
Spurs Family.
u showed the world how beautiful this game is
really well done. both of these are really great. Love the spurs! any bball fan should
I miss this team. Every now and then I still watch this and remember this year. Hope for the Spurs to bounce back soon.
You are amazing, you just used two of my favourite scores to illustrate the greatness of THE NBA team. Fantastic, just perfect. Go, Spurs, go!