This, for all intents and purposes, is the day the Spurs dynasty was born. Portland's spirits were broken after blowing this game and they didn't bother showing up for Games 3 and 4. And the Knicks were really just a formality.
Spurs 1999 playoff run is heavily underrated, they got a pretty favorable draw getting the #8 seed Knicks in the Finals but they did convincingly sweep both the Lakers and Blazers on the way there.
The other #8 seed, Minnesota, was hardly a pushover. They were the only team to actually get a game off those Spurs until the Finals Heck those Timberwolves did something that NY/LA/POR couldn’t in 1999: win at the Alamodome
SHOULD HAVE FUCKIN BEEN MY PACERS IN THE NBA FINALS BUT JESSE KERSEY COULDNT LET IT BE TWO "SMALL MARKET" TEAMS BE IN THE NBA FINALS..... RATINGS WERE ALREADY DOWN AFTER MIKE RETIRED.... INDIANA STILL WOULDNT HAVE BEATEN SPURS..... THOUGH IT WULDA BEN A BETTER SERIES
It was a 50-game-season, so there was no true 8-seed. Im sure the Knicks could have been a top 3 seed in the East on a regular 82 game season. However, it was extremely impressive that the Spurs swept both the Lakers and Portland. I do wonder if the Spurs could have beaten the Knicks with Ewing playing.
@@brianwilliams6167 I actually do think that the Pacers could have beaten the Spurs. And I do think the Knicks with Ewing could have beaten the Spurs. However, i dont think both the Pacers and the Knicks could have beaten Portland
This Portland team was stacked. San Antonio was just better. This Spurs team doesn’t get nearly enough credit. They were 15-2 in the playoffs. One of the best and most dominant teams over the last 30 years.
Another good video condensed very well. After so many years of wearing out Robinson he finally had some talent with him. The car salesman and real estate developer that owned the team through most of Robinsons career never spent any money on Help. They got a few big names, but at the end of their careers. If he hadn’t gotten hurt which enabled them to pick Duncan, he would’ve finished his career without any top name Help. Great player who deserved Duncan.
"The car salesman and real estate developer that owned the team through most of Robinsons career never spent any money on (h)elp." Interesting. I would love to learn its expounded version, if you don't mind. And fully agree on the last sentence.
The Blazers were done in the series after losing this game. They never recovered after taking that big lead and Elliot making that great shot to win the game.
I forgot how good Sean Elliot was. He made the game winning 3pt shot on his toes like a ballerina. Larry Bird did a game winning shot like that. 24:20.
Quarter of a century ago. If not for the 0.4 shot (2004), Tim Duncan's supposed game-winner could be the biggest winning basket in Spurs history. "Memorial Day Miracle" started it all. Great memories. This run proved nice guys can finish first, let alone clinching the elusive Larry O'Brien trophy. I think during this series Damon Stoudamire said a team with Avery Johnson as the PG won't win the title. Another lesson talking junk to someone can be the reflection of oneself.
@@brianwilliams6167to me it always be the actual game winner. Especially since we beat the team that destroyed that Lakers team in the finals in '04 proving we we're always the better team. Just whenever you're a larger market team they give you more opportunities such as counting a shot with 0.4 of a second left.
I didn't realize how loaded this Portland trail blazers team was it's hard to believe they never went to an NBA finals but it was hard to beat the Spurs and Lakers during this time.
I was there and still have my ticket stub autographed by Sean Elliott best spurs game I ever went to ❤the Alamodome was so loud the atmosphere was amazing I’ll never forget it GSG!
@@goldenstatewarriors4011 Maybe he/she is referring to the great PFs that played in the franchise. But then, he forgot to mention the likes of Maurice Lucas, Buck Williams, and LaMarcus Aldridge.
the alamo dome must have been a great place to play for players, the amount of space they gave from the out of bounds to where the crowd and camera people sit was big, something iv never understood about the nba for the longest time, they have these athletes running around at full speed, and give them barely 3 to 4 feet until their running into tables chairs and cameramen
Just imagined, jason kidd or steve nash in on this rip city squad..imagine what they can do as pg on this much talented squad.. 99 to 2002-3 squad deserves a chip as much as kings of 2000
The Blazers should have kept Isiah Rider and still got Scottie Pippen. Steve Smith was good but I think Rider would have matched up better with the Lakers.
I’m not a fan of the Spurs, but their old school colors with the pink in the Spurs logo alongside their homecourt here at the Alamodome looks cool. Idk why they take the pink color away from their current themes, do they hate the LGBTQIA community or something LOL?
Ad. 12:01 "Speak of the devil!" ... Sorry about spamming,but I like Sean and I learn English. "Talk of the devil." is an english idiom. We speak in Poland "...of the wolf".
SHOULD HAVE FUCKIN BEEN MY PACERS IN THE NBA FINALS BUT JESSE KERSEY COULDNT LET IT BE TWO "SMALL MARKET" TEAMS BE IN THE NBA FINALS..... RATINGS WERE ALREADY DOWN AFTER MIKE RETIRED.... INDIANA STILL WOULDNT HAVE BEATEN SPURS..... THOUGH IT WULDA BEN A BETTER SERIES
Unknown to anyone else at the time, Sean Elliott played this entire postseason with a failing kidney that left him feeling constantly fatigued.
So did Alonzo Mourning. They both had kidney ailments at the same time
But players today load manage because of a hurt thumb🤣
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Lebalco James should read this.
@@goldenstatewarriors4011 Mourning's kidney problems didn't emerge until over a year later.
Bob Costas and Doug Collins calling the game. Underrated.
Memorial Day Miracle
These Blazers were right there, people forget they made the WCF 2 years in a row and lost to the eventual champs on both occasions.
This, for all intents and purposes, is the day the Spurs dynasty was born. Portland's spirits were broken after blowing this game and they didn't bother showing up for Games 3 and 4. And the Knicks were really just a formality.
For better or worse (depending on your perspective)
Spurs 1999 playoff run is heavily underrated, they got a pretty favorable draw getting the #8 seed Knicks in the Finals but they did convincingly sweep both the Lakers and Blazers on the way there.
The other #8 seed, Minnesota, was hardly a pushover.
They were the only team to actually get a game off those Spurs until the Finals
Heck those Timberwolves did something that NY/LA/POR couldn’t in 1999: win at the Alamodome
Ironically, the Spurs' only 2 losses came against No. 8 teams
SHOULD HAVE FUCKIN BEEN MY PACERS IN THE NBA FINALS BUT JESSE KERSEY COULDNT LET IT BE TWO "SMALL MARKET" TEAMS BE IN THE NBA FINALS..... RATINGS WERE ALREADY DOWN AFTER MIKE RETIRED.... INDIANA STILL WOULDNT HAVE BEATEN SPURS..... THOUGH IT WULDA BEN A BETTER SERIES
It was a 50-game-season, so there was no true 8-seed. Im sure the Knicks could have been a top 3 seed in the East on a regular 82 game season.
However, it was extremely impressive that the Spurs swept both the Lakers and Portland.
I do wonder if the Spurs could have beaten the Knicks with Ewing playing.
@@brianwilliams6167 I actually do think that the Pacers could have beaten the Spurs. And I do think the Knicks with Ewing could have beaten the Spurs.
However, i dont think both the Pacers and the Knicks could have beaten Portland
a classic. rem this like yesterday. I miss the Alamodome. Such as great atmosphere
This Portland team was stacked. San Antonio was just better. This Spurs team doesn’t get nearly enough credit. They were 15-2 in the playoffs. One of the best and most dominant teams over the last 30 years.
I love this game
San Antonio literally never held a lead at any point in this game UNTIL that go ahead 3
Another good video condensed very well. After so many years of wearing out Robinson he finally had some talent with him. The car salesman and real estate developer that owned the team through most of Robinsons career never spent any money on Help. They got a few big names, but at the end of their careers. If he hadn’t gotten hurt which enabled them to pick Duncan, he would’ve finished his career without any top name Help. Great player who deserved Duncan.
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"The car salesman and real estate developer that owned the team through most of Robinsons career never spent any money on (h)elp."
Interesting. I would love to learn its expounded version, if you don't mind.
And fully agree on the last sentence.
Birth of a dynasty
I remember watching this at my grandmother house
The Blazers were done in the series after losing this game. They never recovered after taking that big lead and Elliot making that great shot to win the game.
They didn't even show up for Games 3 and 4.
San Antonio Spurs had completed the 2nd playoff sweep over the Lakers and the trailblazers on their 12 playoff game winning streak
I forgot how good Sean Elliot was. He made the game winning 3pt shot on his toes like a ballerina. Larry Bird did a game winning shot like that. 24:20.
Quarter of a century ago.
If not for the 0.4 shot (2004), Tim Duncan's supposed game-winner could be the biggest winning basket in Spurs history.
"Memorial Day Miracle" started it all.
Great memories. This run proved nice guys can finish first, let alone clinching the elusive Larry O'Brien trophy.
I think during this series Damon Stoudamire said a team with Avery Johnson as the PG won't win the title.
Another lesson talking junk to someone can be the reflection of oneself.
Good point good point.....that TD shot was crazy against shaq
Took the words right out my mouth. Couldn't had said it better myself, as a die hard Spurs fan.
@@brianwilliams6167to me it always be the actual game winner. Especially since we beat the team that destroyed that Lakers team in the finals in '04 proving we we're always the better team. Just whenever you're a larger market team they give you more opportunities such as counting a shot with 0.4 of a second left.
"San Antonio's Only Lead is the Final Score" - Bob Costas
Thanks for very good highlight. It is good like GSW vs. Orlando. The atmosphere did whole the work.
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Unless Wemby ends up doing something absolutely wild in the Playoffs, this will forever be the greatest game in Spurs history.
I didn't realize how loaded this Portland trail blazers team was it's hard to believe they never went to an NBA finals but it was hard to beat the Spurs and Lakers during this time.
I was there and still have my ticket stub autographed by Sean Elliott best spurs game I ever went to ❤the Alamodome was so loud the atmosphere was amazing I’ll never forget it GSG!
Some teams gets closer and closer, seem to be well performing, but never get it. Others just win or fail, but never impress
Blazers had many talented big men like Sabonis, Rasheed, Brian Grant, Shwan Kemp and O'neal
Kemp wasn't on the 99 team
Jailblazers era was kinda fun ngl
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Maybe he/she is referring to the great PFs that played in the franchise.
But then, he forgot to mention the likes of Maurice Lucas, Buck Williams, and LaMarcus Aldridge.
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Blazers were chokers and adding Pippen just helped them choke even more in 2000 against Lakers in game 7 lol
Portland was making everything. The fact we one especially lead by Sean Elliot with a failing kidney is a miracle. Much less the wild shot
rasheed in the post is such a delight honestly... his name deserves more praise and mentioning in power forward standings
The Blazers had a mismatched roster without much shooters, but they could horses on the floor. Whole team could ball 1-12!!
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the alamo dome must have been a great place to play for players, the amount of space they gave from the out of bounds to where the crowd and camera people sit was big, something iv never understood about the nba for the longest time, they have these athletes running around at full speed, and give them barely 3 to 4 feet until their running into tables chairs and cameramen
Великое время, великая команда
Just imagined, jason kidd or steve nash in on this rip city squad..imagine what they can do as pg on this much talented squad.. 99 to 2002-3 squad deserves a chip as much as kings of 2000
I was mad watching this game
Do you have like a secret stash of these games in full length? I know the NBA has been mass copyrighting full games in recent yrs
The Blazers should have kept Isiah Rider and still got Scottie Pippen. Steve Smith was good but I think Rider would have matched up better with the Lakers.
You aren't the only person who thinks that (although this person would have rather kept Jimmy Jackson, and didn't like the trade for Pippen).
I’m not a fan of the Spurs, but their old school colors with the pink in the Spurs logo alongside their homecourt here at the Alamodome looks cool. Idk why they take the pink color away from their current themes, do they hate the LGBTQIA community or something LOL?
The Spurs logo change came when they moved out of the Alamodome in 2002.
New arena, new logo, new start
Fiesta
those were 80s colors that, at the time, were part of the Spurs' logo since 1989
Sean Elliott!
Rasheed was 1 sec too late
Typical Blazers choke
Well, can't blame you.
It makes sense, especially screwing a 4Q lead in 2000 WCF g7 with an uber-talented roster.
And much to your delight, I suppose.
The devil in this match is Sean Elliott.
Sir, can you post some allen Iverson game videos？
Hi hopefully i will get to post some, we'll see. This channel has gots lots of AI: www.youtube.com/@pennyccw
Ad. 12:01 "Speak of the devil!" ... Sorry about spamming,but I like Sean and I learn English. "Talk of the devil." is an english idiom. We speak in Poland "...of the wolf".
San Antonio Spurs had not led the entire game up until the 3
Sheeeeeed
Stacey augmon messed up there on the sean elliott 3 pointer
I am very sorry, that I am not good understood.
SHOULD HAVE FUCKIN BEEN MY PACERS IN THE NBA FINALS BUT JESSE KERSEY COULDNT LET IT BE TWO "SMALL MARKET" TEAMS BE IN THE NBA FINALS..... RATINGS WERE ALREADY DOWN AFTER MIKE RETIRED.... INDIANA STILL WOULDNT HAVE BEATEN SPURS..... THOUGH IT WULDA BEN A BETTER SERIES
I wanted to comment 12th minute of this battle, but handicapped ai has me blocked. " Speak of the devil"...
Memorial Day Miracle