Jay Anderson Any series them Bad Boy Pistons are involved in is always ugly. Their way to beat you is to remove your nail polish. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they fail, but that's their ammo.
Damn man 11 years later and this still hurts. Really wished my Pistons would have repeated, I believe they would be looked at differently in the long run. Remember watching this game as a kid. But i cant really be mad becuase we played our heart out and never gave up. It all came down to one game and i feel we got outplayed by one of the best teams in Nba history. Respect for the spurs
+Rj Macready That Pistons team was so good. If that Game 7 was played in Detroit, the Pistons likely take it. Both teams were great and so evenly matched, and both played team ball. I think Home Court Advantage won that series. Regardless, it was an awesome series throughout, and I have a ton of respect for that Pistons squad. Tough y'all had to lose, but I know what it's like to lose a heartbreaking Finals too. As a Spurs fan, even though we got redemption in 2014, the 2013 Finals will forever haunt me.
When people ask me who my favorite person to ever watch play the game is, and I answer Ginobili, and they don't understand, I should just show them this video. He was magic.
San Antonio's starting five is so perfect once you think about it. The paint is COMPLETELY open for Duncan and Parker to operate since Horry and Bowen are dwelling around the three point line. Manu Ginobli still had that explosive step that made him so special. On defense Bowen guards their best player while Ginobli can play quick help defense. Duncan was the initial wall and knew that Horry, who still had a little bounce then, would came for secondary help. Greg Pop. really knows what he is doing.
I'm a Warriors fan but this is my favorite finals outside of the one we just won. I remember both teams everyone could ball. Ginobli, Bowen, Duncan, Parker, Horry. R.Wallace, B.Wallace, Hamilton, Billups, Prince. This is maybe the best 5 on 5 finals I can remember not just Kobe vs Howard or LeBron vs Durant, they had 10 guys that played lights out in that era and every point was like striking gold with those two defenses.
+Gray Fullbuster Duncan was just absolutely manhandled by Ben Wallace in Games 3-4 @ Detroit, for he is the greatest power forward ever, but not a beast like many think. He never quit though, and eventually got the help he needed from his supporting cast starting in Game 5, but the defenses were great both ways in this series, other than Sheed leaving Horry all alone in overtime of Game 5, when he had no reason to double team against Ginobili. He got overanxious for a second, and that cost his team the series. Nobody was going to beat San Antonio two straight times @ The Alamo.
Spurs had nazr Brent Barry as well...pistons had mcdyess and Lindsey hunter ...it was a 7 vs 7 finals....literally everyone else was useless ...other than Devin browns 1 ft being the difference in game 5 in a gamr where both teams played 7 guys ...the spurs won because they snuck in an 8th for 4 seemingly pointless minutes but they proved to be the difference in the game..not sure why Arroyo and else wasn't used more by coach brown...spurs got something out of udrih and brown...
In 2005 The Pistons lost because of no home court advantage in the NBA Finals...Then they fired Larry Brown, and hired Saunders but his defense was too weak...
Some of the highlights when you realize how good were Duncan and Ginobili.Pistons had the best deffence in Nba and Ginobili screwed them with the layups.He was walking in their paint like nothing.What a player
It was the toughest time in my life. I was depressed but being a Spurs fan, I kept hoping they would win to make me feel a little better. I would sleep all day and only woke up to watch sports news on CNN World Sport in the nights. Thank you Timmy, Ginobli, Parker, Horry and the rest. Your win made some difference for me.
This was such a great run for him too. 2002 - Was on Argentina team that beat US in the FIBA Worlds and finished second in the tournament to Spain 2003 - Wins title with Spurs 2004 - Wins Gold Medal at the Olympics (only non-US team to do so since the Dream Team) 2005 - Wins title with the Spurs. 2006 - Finishes fourth at FIBA after a heartbreaking loss in the Semis 2007 - Wins third title with Spurs
+HeatFanForLife That's how much worse the NBA has gotten. It was already so much worse in 2005 than 1995, when it was already nowhere near its peak quality ever, which was about 1985. Free agency, poor coaching & guys leaving school early have worsened the overall quality of play top-to-bottom. In the 50s, 60s & 70s, they just weren't nearly as athletic as they could be yet, but by the 80s they were.
+Arsen Akopyan No that's a myth. Talent was diluted in the 90's. The 90's pales in comparison to the 2000's because of the fact that people don't wanna realize it's overrated.
+Gintamafan700 Overrated? You are definitely a prisoner of the moment. Guys are coming out too early and that's what's WRONG with the game today. Look at the Sixers. There whole starting line up is 20 and under. These guys should be in college not the NBA. Was that happening in the league 20 years ago? NO!! Guys came out early yes, but there were veterans on the team starting ahead of them. The lack of fundamentals today is so obvious as big men don't even know how to POST anymore and use proper footwork. Free throw shooting is a lost art.......PG's can't even shoot anymore when that use to be automatic. Hakeem, David Robinson, young Tim Duncan, Chris Webber, prime Shaq, Mourning, Smits, Ewing etc... would make these young guys wet their beds. The NBA just cares about the FLASH, not the fundamentals anymore. Also, the Commissioner is going to change the hack a "shaq" rules because guys can't shoot free throws and you're going to say the 90's are overrated to the 2000's! GTFOH. Athletically are players today on par with the 90's? Probably....Fundamentally? Hell to the NO! It's not even close.
Gnev Gnok And it's not just centers & power forwards not knowing how to post up. It's also 2-guards not knowing how to spot up, except for maybe a Kyle Korver. Power forwards not understanding the art of low post defense. Small forwards not knowing how to cut, use screens & back picks, the lost art of the bank shot from close-to-mid range, except for like a Dwyane Wade or Tim Duncan. Point guards not making guys around them better, except for like a Chris Paul, JJ Barea, Rajon Rondo, Ricky Rubio, and then everyone else is only focus on scoring. Real basketball is just very diluted right now, cause the coaching stinks, except for like a Gregg Popovich, they come out of college too early like you said, and everybody just wants to be Michael Jordan instead of doing what they do best, for it's only like a Kobe Bryant or Vince Carter type that actually have the talent set, physical attributes and overall makeup to play an MJ-like game.
This Pistons team was pretty underrated and tough as nails. Won a Game 7 on the road in the ECF, then won an elimination game in San Antonio. Would have been crazy if they won 2 straight elimination games in San Antonio. But they had the misfortune of facing a team that would go on to become a dynasty.
Actually, I think the Spurs and the Pistons reached their best in 05-06 season, both of the teams had their best records of franchises, unfortunately they could not meet in the finals again.
Honestly this was the last gasp of the Pistons to win a Championship because Flip Saunders was a calm coach that let Pistons do what they wanted to do from 05-06 season to 07-08 season but the way he had coached his team is different from Larry Brown because Brown wanted the tempo slowed down, played dominant dominant defense, have everyone on the floor be a threat at scoring and to some of the Pistons players they really didn't like that style of play but was okay with it because it was winning basketball but once Flip took over they was having fun playing basketball, felt no pressure or was being motivated and was like oh were the Big Bad Pistons. All that led em to never going back to the NBA Finals and being a sad franchise to this day! Hopefully Stan Van Gundy will turn it around
So does Timmy choose not to age or what? He looks and plays EXACTLY the same. Unbelievable. Love you, Timmy. Hope you never leave the Spurs. Lol. GO SPURS GO!
@@chrisuncleahmad true tbh but if we played defense today then it would be more down to the wire and it would actually be more entertaining, I’m just used to see boring all star game defense
Funny true story....I am from Detroit and this game was a big deal for us. I used to know a guy who was a hardcore Pistons fan,and after they had won the championship in 2004,he got himself a tattoo on his right arm of a trophy,that said 2004 World Champion Detroit Pistons. Well,fast forward a year later,right after game 6 of the NBA Finals,when Detroit tied up the series against San Antonio to make it 3-3. He was SO SURE that the Pistons were going to repeat,that he got another tattoo on his left arm that said 2005 World Champion Detroit Pistons,along with that same trophy lol Needless to say that he was pissed off after they had lost lol
Lmao! That's so me tho..GO PISTONS!!! I was beyond upset when they lost that night!! I had bought champagne an everything!! We was gonna celebrate like it was 1989-90 Haa!!
Nah, 2014 NBA finals was the greatest SAS ring. But the 2013 finals was the most exciting one for me though. If not because of Allen’s 3n and Kahwi choking at FT line l lmao.
This is the best starting five i ever seen in a any team: R. Wallace, B. Wallace, T. Prince, R. Hamilton, C. Billups. I just thought they can build a dynasty before but suddenly they separate ways :(
Joseph Leighton LoL Home court advange was the deciding factor in this series. From the coaches on down the most evenly matched teams in NBA finals history.
Joseph Leighton I like both teams but Detroit actually outplayed the Spurs and Pop was outcoached. Like I said.Two evenly matched teams and home court decided the series.
@@kevinscott59 really home court advantage is deciding....so if this theory is reasonable for mate..could you explain the warriors vs Cavs nba finals way back 2016..when Cavs down to 1-3 standing against the mighty warriors on that final..then my question is how did the Cavs comeback that series and claimed to champion that series..😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
i clearly remember this day as if it was only yesterday!...i was crying so hard of happiness and for me this is the sweetest championship of the SPURS!..and I am praying really hard to see this again this year!!!
I was at this game... by far SA TX greatest sports moment!! Game 7.. a game spurs had to win to shut up the doubters in the league that were saying Mr Big Fundamental couldn't win the big one. One word for this game..." OVERJOYED." Go Spurs Go!!
+Castulo Sanchez He still can't. It was his role players hitting clutch shots & making clutch plays for him for all 5 of his championships. But he's a more complete power forward than Karl Malone because of his back-to-the-basket moves, and Charles Barkley, because of how he anchors his team on both ends of the floor. Barkley's the only one of the three that's clutch, but Duncan's been in the best situation the most often of the three, and is a total team-player in practice as well as games.
As a lifelong Detroit Pistons fan this game hurt, and hurt a lot! I waited along time to watch this or any clip of this game 7. The sheer magnitude of what's on the line, an NBA World Championship, it's extremely emotional for all involved. Tip your hat to The Spurs because they made the plays in the 4th quarter to seal the deal. I love our "Goin To Work" Bunch of Blue Collar Studs, they have a lot to be proud about in what they accomplished, just fell a little short on this one in the end. A lot of people don't realize how much everything has to go right to be in position to win a championship, and for this group to go to back-to-back Finals and almost repeat is well respected and much loved in Detroit.
One of my favorite finals series both of my favorite teams spurs my favorites team and the pistons with billups , Hamilton , prince , rasheed Wallace and ben Wallace one of my favorite teams around then untill it broke up
Watching the Spurs efficiently close this game out at the free throw line brings up some PTSD from Game 6 of the 2013 Finals. Leonard, Ginobili and Parker all missed free throws in the last minute or so of that game. If any one of them goes 2/2, Ray Allen's legendary shot probably doesn't happen.
Guess what... 10 years past until now and the Spurs with Timmy, Manu, and Tony with new other guys still able to defeat team with stars that plays at the top of their prime in the finals. Amazing!
Rasheed with the trash talk and random money 3's from downtown (before getting a technical). Tony with the soft finger roll. Duncan with baby face aggression at the rim. Ginobali with the consistency. prince with the inside 2's all day. Rip & billups with the ball iq . Billups. ben. bowen... damn I miss these days man still remember watching this series with my pops, best series I still remember.
I saw every game of this series and I remember Larry brown and Popovich had dinner the night before and Popovich said, "he was happy either way no matter which team won." Hats off to Popovich for such sportsmanship... All he cared about was to acknowledge Brown as soon as the Spurs won!
thank you for uploading such memorable highlights didnt watch any of the live games nor highlight reel for these two rivals as when i was a teenager i dont understand the significance of playing def and thought not worth watching lol
man im 16 so obviously i probably didnt watch this and its crazy to think that timmy is 40 now and manu is like 38. I cant believe they're about to leave and retire. I wish i could turn back the clock so bad
The entire playoffs he played great, including the finals, he averaged about as many ppg as Duncan and had a higher apg and PER in the finals. If you saw the Seattle supersonics series, you'd understand where I was coming from. However, Duncan is Duncan, so I have no problem either way.
Zach yeah man wen he went bak to argentina all the tv shows over there would always hit him up bout that but he would jus be manu and avoid answering . every1 new he won but tim was big american supastar
atenciaj they both did. Don't forget the heads up assist Ginobili had in game five to Horry for the game winner. The reason I point this out is because Detroit respected Ginobili's ability to get to the rim so much that they decided to double team him and leave probably one of the most decorated clutch shooters in NBA history wide open on the wing.
I remember watching this series when I was in the fifth grade. As a Pistons fan, I really wanted them to win back-to-back championships, and being (obviously) immature, this game left me extremely bitter and I hated the Spurs for the longest time. Now, however, I have nothing but respect for them. It's really great coming back to watch this with a different perspective--quite nostalgic too.
+Moxie Mence It feels better to have your team lose to somebody that's always winning anyways. When the 11 Mavericks beat my Heat that was harder cause you don't even expect the Mavericks to win championships.
Your username says 94 and you were in 5th grade when this series happened so I'm assuming you're the same age as me (22). And bruh, I felt literally, word for word, the exact way for the longest time. I'm from Oakland and I "liked" the Warriors but didn't follow them adamantly until 2007 even though I went to games at Oracle because I grew up a few blocks away from it. But those 2000's Pistons with Billups, Rip, Tay, Sheed, Ben, Dice, even Hunter and Maxiell, were my childhood. I was so obsessed with them especially after 2K5 had Ben on the cover and I played the shit outta that game - the first NBA game I truly played the fuck out of, I had NBA live 2004 but that game was trash. But like you, I hated the Spurs until 2012 when I saw how Duncan completely transformed his game and they became the funnest team to watch and I started rooting for him to win.
Those were the good days. NBA was more intriguing to watch. What is fun in watching James Harden scores? And that Hollywood-like annual awards ceremony is uncalled for. Keep it simple like the old days.
Its truly amazing that Robert Horry been on three teams and never lost an NBA Finals.As a Knicks fan, I was pulling for Detroit a 2nd straight year to repeat lol
These are the 2 teams I loved. Sad to see one loses. But man, Manu is the most special. He is so unpredictable, so quick and so tough. And he is very clever.
Am a spurs fans way back even until now,,, and remember this game I was just graduate from senior high school about to enter Uni...I was watching in my house screaming at the top of my lungs to the TV supporting Spurs, and my dad looked at me crazy hahaha...
As a Pistons fan, this still hurts 9 years later. Cred to the Spurs. Clutch players came through in clutch moments. Still dont know what Rasheed was thinking leaving Horry open in game 5. This may have been the series that really exposed the Pistons lack of a superstar. Had no one really to give the rock to in crunch time. Defense will only get you so far. But if you cant score points.
@DJ Tune-up Chauncey still wasnt a star tho. We had a lot of jump shooters on our team. Rasheed for whatever reason didnt bang down in the post nearly enough. Sometimes u need someone to put the rock on the floor and get to the rim. Like Ginobli was torching us with. The Spurs could match us defensively AND had scorers
@Arsen Akopyan Exactly. The spurs looked to their big 3 in clutch moments. Chauncey took like 5-6 shots. In a game 7!! I disagree tho about the Pistons overachieving. They won a title, nearly back to back, and went to the conf finals 6 straight years. They just needed a superstar. i think they wouldve won more. Now their strength obviously was their defense, but they didnt "overachieve". U can call them an exception to the rule, but not overachievers. U see now tho if u dont have a superstar, u aint winning no title. League has changed.
Elrique Suave You're wrong, cause this was true back in the day too. The 04' Pistons were an exception to the rule for any era. Even the 94' Houston Rockets had one legitimately true superstar in Hakeem The Dream Olajuwon, though besides #34, they were just a collection of very good role players. But because they all played so great together, plus Hakeem was so special, the Rockets were able to win a championship w/ only one superstar. But if you look even into past eras, most teams that won the championship had multiple superstars. They usually had good role players too, but they had at least two superstars in almost every case. The 2nd best player on the 94' Rockets was Otis My Man Thorpe who fit in perfectly w/ that team, brought great tenacity every single night, but was a 2nd tier power forward in the NBA. The 04' Pistons were literally loaded w/ guys like that.
By far one of the best finals series ever played! The champions of 99 and 2003 playing the defending champions from 2004. It was hard to pick a team to root for this season because both of them were SO good!
How awesome would it be to be kid rock at that particular moment in time. Would be sick to see your team in the finals up close like that even if they lost.
duncan made all the plays in the 3rd and 4th quarter. and protecting the rim. he brought them back in the game, made assists to keep the lead. ginobili mvp my foot
It took me so long to be able to appreciate the Spurs after this series. Pistons were so close to going down as one of the all time great teams and they ripped that shit clean out. of my teams hands lol. After that, they just didn't have the depth or focus to go all the way. Great series though.
Essentially the spurs won this 05 title cause Horry went for 21 in a road ot game 5...and Devin brown hit 1 ft in his 4 minutes in a game where only 15 players played...that proved to be the difference in a 96 95 win..lol....
Remember this Finals Game 7 one of my Favorite but now 2014 Finals Game 5 Win is my Favorite of all Time Erasing the Bad Memories of 2013 Game 6 and 7 Lost. We Believe We Never Give up that's why we Believe. Go Spurs Go. Next Year Same Place Same Time Drive for 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Im having some feared about this 2005 finals pistons vs spurs especially 2005 heat vs pistons (its because of game 7 and even a ECF series). THIS 2005 FINALS NBA AND BOTH PISTONS/SPURS WAS SO BOLTED SERIES IVE EVER SEEN😱
Duncan is the most underappreciated superstar of all time. He was nearly unstoppable.
They guarded him perfectly but Duncan always had great composure in his spots.
Duncan era un fenómeno.
He is in the top 10 of many people so no
He’s always been regarded highly so no. Tim is not underappreciated.
Tim and Manu came up huge in this series. Toughest finals we've ever won.
This was such a good, underrated Finals. Ugly, but man it was some real, team basketball. These two teams were incredible, titans.
I enjoyed this finals imo this one was better than heat vs spurs seven game series they had in 2013
+ethan walker Because the overall quality of play was better.
Yeah
It wasn't ugly
Jay Anderson Any series them Bad Boy Pistons are involved in is always ugly. Their way to beat you is to remove your nail polish. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they fail, but that's their ammo.
we forget how great Ginobli was when he had hair
almost W the Finals MVP Award here in this Series.
@Hauger but he is part of the big three, what are You talking about?
@MAN UTD Kid will you shut up
@M soccer is for gays
@@thewitone8707 I swear I see this guy in every basketball video watch in UA-cam
dAMN THIS WAS TEN YEARS AGO I FEEL OLD AS SHIT
ToneEsco the crowd was so dark back then cuz nobody had cellphones danglin out snapchatting lmao
ToneEsco time flies while dealing drugs.....
lol
+ToneEsco The game & the world had already gotten so bad then.
AyoSnoow they play this everytime a team wins the title so your point?
Damn man 11 years later and this still hurts. Really wished my Pistons would have repeated, I believe they would be looked at differently in the long run. Remember watching this game as a kid. But i cant really be mad becuase we played our heart out and never gave up. It all came down to one game and i feel we got outplayed by one of the best teams in Nba history. Respect for the spurs
+Rj Macready That Pistons team was so good. If that Game 7 was played in Detroit, the Pistons likely take it. Both teams were great and so evenly matched, and both played team ball. I think Home Court Advantage won that series. Regardless, it was an awesome series throughout, and I have a ton of respect for that Pistons squad. Tough y'all had to lose, but I know what it's like to lose a heartbreaking Finals too. As a Spurs fan, even though we got redemption in 2014, the 2013 Finals will forever haunt me.
+Brandon Van they should have drafted Carmelo
+Rj Macready You still got a ring man. :) And hey, what they did to the Lakers can never be forgotten.
+Brandon Van Still, 2014 is the most one sided series in NBA Finals history.
+Stanley Ongjoco thats called murder
When people ask me who my favorite person to ever watch play the game is, and I answer Ginobili, and they don't understand, I should just show them this video. He was magic.
+Ryan Kinney Barkley agrees.
Yea bein a PISTONS fan I can remember screaming at the tv about Manu that game he was phenomenal!!
He should of won MVP in that finals
Manu was one of my least favorite players ever. A glorified 6th man that mostly barreled into other players.
Kids these days will say it's either Steph Curry or Giannis haha
San Antonio's starting five is so perfect once you think about it. The paint is COMPLETELY open for Duncan and Parker to operate since Horry and Bowen are dwelling around the three point line. Manu Ginobli still had that explosive step that made him so special. On defense Bowen guards their best player while Ginobli can play quick help defense. Duncan was the initial wall and knew that Horry, who still had a little bounce then, would came for secondary help. Greg Pop. really knows what he is doing.
I miss Manu so much. Still remember this game 7.
I'm a Warriors fan but this is my favorite finals outside of the one we just won. I remember both teams everyone could ball. Ginobli, Bowen, Duncan, Parker, Horry.
R.Wallace, B.Wallace, Hamilton, Billups, Prince. This is maybe the best 5 on 5 finals I can remember not just Kobe vs Howard or LeBron vs Durant, they had 10 guys that played lights out in that era and every point was like striking gold with those two defenses.
+Gray Fullbuster Duncan was just absolutely manhandled by Ben Wallace in Games 3-4 @ Detroit, for he is the greatest power forward ever, but not a beast like many think. He never quit though, and eventually got the help he needed from his supporting cast starting in Game 5, but the defenses were great both ways in this series, other than Sheed leaving Horry all alone in overtime of Game 5, when he had no reason to double team against Ginobili. He got overanxious for a second, and that cost his team the series. Nobody was going to beat San Antonio two straight times @ The Alamo.
***** That's on point.
Spurs had nazr Brent Barry as well...pistons had mcdyess and Lindsey hunter ...it was a 7 vs 7 finals....literally everyone else was useless ...other than Devin browns 1 ft being the difference in game 5 in a gamr where both teams played 7 guys ...the spurs won because they snuck in an 8th for 4 seemingly pointless minutes but they proved to be the difference in the game..not sure why Arroyo and else wasn't used more by coach brown...spurs got something out of udrih and brown...
In 2005 The Pistons lost because of no home court advantage in the NBA Finals...Then they fired Larry Brown, and hired Saunders but his defense was too weak...
Still a warriors fan?
Some of the highlights when you realize how good were Duncan and Ginobili.Pistons had the best deffence in Nba and Ginobili screwed them with the layups.He was walking in their paint like nothing.What a player
Arif Demiri This Pistons team would have beat the shit out of these Warriors now.
They had the 2nd best defense behind only these same Spurs.
Duncan using the same post moves in 2005. He burned Ibaka in the Western Conference Finals and Haslem in the NBA Finals using these same moves
@Michael Swadberg you had too much of the haterade
Aldrine Alvia he drank two liters past the recommended amount of haterade
And that is what we call FUNDAMENTALS
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It was the toughest time in my life. I was depressed but being a Spurs fan, I kept hoping they would win to make me feel a little better. I would sleep all day and only woke up to watch sports news on CNN World Sport in the nights. Thank you Timmy, Ginobli, Parker, Horry and the rest. Your win made some difference for me.
Manu was a beast in his prime
This was such a great run for him too.
2002 - Was on Argentina team that beat US in the FIBA Worlds and finished second in the tournament to Spain
2003 - Wins title with Spurs
2004 - Wins Gold Medal at the Olympics (only non-US team to do so since the Dream Team)
2005 - Wins title with the Spurs.
2006 - Finishes fourth at FIBA after a heartbreaking loss in the Semis
2007 - Wins third title with Spurs
@@Servbot15 thanks, I copied your list. 👍
Pistons were that close to repeating! they always get overlooked as one of those special teams
10 years later and the spurs are still a contender with the same 3 stars Ginobili, Parker and Duncan and the future star kawhi Leonard
+HeatFanForLife That's how much worse the NBA has gotten. It was already so much worse in 2005 than 1995, when it was already nowhere near its peak quality ever, which was about 1985. Free agency, poor coaching & guys leaving school early have worsened the overall quality of play top-to-bottom. In the 50s, 60s & 70s, they just weren't nearly as athletic as they could be yet, but by the 80s they were.
+Arsen Akopyan No that's a myth. Talent was diluted in the 90's. The 90's pales in comparison to the 2000's because of the fact that people don't wanna realize it's overrated.
Gintamafan700 Are you a prisoner of the moment?
+Gintamafan700 Overrated? You are definitely a prisoner of the moment. Guys are coming out too early and that's what's WRONG with the game today. Look at the Sixers. There whole starting line up is 20 and under. These guys should be in college not the NBA. Was that happening in the league 20 years ago? NO!! Guys came out early yes, but there were veterans on the team starting ahead of them. The lack of fundamentals today is so obvious as big men don't even know how to POST anymore and use proper footwork. Free throw shooting is a lost art.......PG's can't even shoot anymore when that use to be automatic. Hakeem, David Robinson, young Tim Duncan, Chris Webber, prime Shaq, Mourning, Smits, Ewing etc... would make these young guys wet their beds. The NBA just cares about the FLASH, not the fundamentals anymore. Also, the Commissioner is going to change the hack a "shaq" rules because guys can't shoot free throws and you're going to say the 90's are overrated to the 2000's! GTFOH. Athletically are players today on par with the 90's? Probably....Fundamentally? Hell to the NO! It's not even close.
Gnev Gnok And it's not just centers & power forwards not knowing how to post up. It's also 2-guards not knowing how to spot up, except for maybe a Kyle Korver. Power forwards not understanding the art of low post defense. Small forwards not knowing how to cut, use screens & back picks, the lost art of the bank shot from close-to-mid range, except for like a Dwyane Wade or Tim Duncan. Point guards not making guys around them better, except for like a Chris Paul, JJ Barea, Rajon Rondo, Ricky Rubio, and then everyone else is only focus on scoring. Real basketball is just very diluted right now, cause the coaching stinks, except for like a Gregg Popovich, they come out of college too early like you said, and everybody just wants to be Michael Jordan instead of doing what they do best, for it's only like a Kobe Bryant or Vince Carter type that actually have the talent set, physical attributes and overall makeup to play an MJ-like game.
This Pistons squad was legit
2004 was better
@@mannyjay2206 Yea
After wining it the previous year
So was the spurs Mannie
So was the $purs
Not legit enough to repeat tho
2 of the best defensive teams I've ever seen, sure not always entertaining, but man some of those games were thrillers, specially game 5.
This Pistons team was pretty underrated and tough as nails.
Won a Game 7 on the road in the ECF, then won an elimination game in San Antonio.
Would have been crazy if they won 2 straight elimination games in San Antonio.
But they had the misfortune of facing a team that would go on to become a dynasty.
Ever since this 2005 championship loss to the spurs, Detroit pistons hasn't been the same since
It's sad... they were a great team back then
Actually, I think the Spurs and the Pistons reached their best in 05-06 season, both of the teams had their best records of franchises, unfortunately they could not meet in the finals again.
merrope and yet the spurs are still relavant with a 5th championship hanging upon them and the pistons are a joke now.
Honestly this was the last gasp of the Pistons to win a Championship because Flip Saunders was a calm coach that let Pistons do what they wanted to do from 05-06 season to 07-08 season but the way he had coached his team is different from Larry Brown because Brown wanted the tempo slowed down, played dominant dominant defense, have everyone on the floor be a threat at scoring and to some of the Pistons players they really didn't like that style of play but was okay with it because it was winning basketball but once Flip took over they was having fun playing basketball, felt no pressure or was being motivated and was like oh were the Big Bad Pistons. All that led em to never going back to the NBA Finals and being a sad franchise to this day! Hopefully Stan Van Gundy will turn it around
Yup, definitely has nothing to do with the departure of Larry Brown.....
So does Timmy choose not to age or what? He looks and plays EXACTLY the same. Unbelievable. Love you, Timmy. Hope you never leave the Spurs. Lol. GO SPURS GO!
This was one of greatest final series no one talks about . Only true fans appreciated it.
True, non and casual fans would only talk about the Lakers and MJ era bulls
Oh please. No true fan 'appreciated' this display of lousy offense.
57-57 after 3 quarters, Good god.
@@chrisuncleahmadever heard of playing defense
@@chrisuncleahmad true tbh but if we played defense today then it would be more down to the wire and it would actually be more entertaining, I’m just used to see boring all star game defense
Funny true story....I am from Detroit and this game was a big deal for us. I used to know a guy who was a hardcore Pistons fan,and after they had won the championship in 2004,he got himself a tattoo on his right arm of a trophy,that said 2004 World Champion Detroit Pistons. Well,fast forward a year later,right after game 6 of the NBA Finals,when Detroit tied up the series against San Antonio to make it 3-3. He was SO SURE that the Pistons were going to repeat,that he got another tattoo on his left arm that said 2005 World Champion Detroit Pistons,along with that same trophy lol Needless to say that he was pissed off after they had lost lol
***** He got it removed lol
Lmao! That's so me tho..GO PISTONS!!! I was beyond upset when they lost that night!! I had bought champagne an everything!! We was gonna celebrate like it was 1989-90 Haa!!
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@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C bro we know
Is it the same guy from the championship documentary? Lol
This Prime Ginobili was special….. the kind of 6th man that the NBA hadn’t quite seen before. Kobe himself said it.
Tim duncan has that same confused non excited face everytime he wins a championship lol
This series was the first NBA finals that I watched back in 05 when I was 13
Me too
I was 10 years old at the time and I saw that whole game.
Yeah i was 11. This season is where my memories of watching the spurs begins
JEFFMAN90 me too
JEFFMAN90 I was 4 years old
I miss these times.
This was a damn good NBA series I remember it watched it with my father who was so close to me I miss you dad
great manu times
this feels so retro now lol wtf
This was the toughest of the 4 championships by a long-shot!!! Go Spurs Go!!!!!
*5 now! And the fifth was the easiest!! 😂😂
Actually they swept the cavs in 07
Still, Spurs outscored the heat by like 70 points, biggest point differential in NBA finals history.
Marshawn Lynch I know but they were within a few missed FTs of sweeping the Heat in that series...and blew them out multiple times.
Creative Yeah, some of the games in 07 were close
The BEST finals history of San Antonio Spurs!!!
07 swept the cavs?
sufu chef nelson 2014 beat Miami in 5
Nah, 2014 NBA finals was the greatest SAS ring. But the 2013 finals was the most exciting one for me though. If not because of Allen’s 3n and Kahwi choking at FT line l lmao.
@@BlermanBlerman-dz8mi james sucks！
This is the best starting five i ever seen in a any team:
R. Wallace, B. Wallace, T. Prince, R. Hamilton, C. Billups.
I just thought they can build a dynasty before but suddenly they separate ways :(
Spurs 👶Giantkillers!
Joseph Leighton
LoL
Home court advange was the deciding factor in this series.
From the coaches on down the most evenly matched teams in NBA finals history.
@@kevinscott59 still Spurs👶!
Joseph Leighton
I like both teams but Detroit actually outplayed the Spurs and Pop was outcoached.
Like I said.Two evenly matched teams and home court decided the series.
@@kevinscott59 really home court advantage is deciding....so if this theory is reasonable for mate..could you explain the warriors vs Cavs nba finals way back 2016..when Cavs down to 1-3 standing against the mighty warriors on that final..then my question is how did the Cavs comeback that series and claimed to champion that series..😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
watching it now! after the Cavs vs Warriors Game 7.
Music MacX you realize the scoring difference between those match ups.. warriors more than a hundred points anyway good game though
as a spurs fan this piston team was special this was the hardest champoinship out of the 5
Duncan against TWO WALLACES...dayum!
i clearly remember this day as if it was only yesterday!...i was crying so hard of happiness and for me this is the sweetest championship of the SPURS!..and I am praying really hard to see this again this year!!!
One of the Best finals Ever
I was at this game... by far SA TX greatest sports moment!! Game 7.. a game spurs had to win to shut up the doubters in the league that were saying Mr Big Fundamental couldn't win the big one. One word for this game..." OVERJOYED." Go Spurs Go!!
+Castulo Sanchez He still can't. It was his role players hitting clutch shots & making clutch plays for him for all 5 of his championships. But he's a more complete power forward than Karl Malone because of his back-to-the-basket moves, and Charles Barkley, because of how he anchors his team on both ends of the floor. Barkley's the only one of the three that's clutch, but Duncan's been in the best situation the most often of the three, and is a total team-player in practice as well as games.
As a lifelong Detroit Pistons fan this game hurt, and hurt a lot! I waited along time to watch this or any clip of this game 7. The sheer magnitude of what's on the line, an NBA World Championship, it's extremely emotional for all involved. Tip your hat to The Spurs because they made the plays in the 4th quarter to seal the deal. I love our "Goin To Work" Bunch of Blue Collar Studs, they have a lot to be proud about in what they accomplished, just fell a little short on this one in the end. A lot of people don't realize how much everything has to go right to be in position to win a championship, and for this group to go to back-to-back Finals and almost repeat is well respected and much loved in Detroit.
When Manu used to have hair... what a legend
One of my favorite finals series both of my favorite teams spurs my favorites team and the pistons with billups , Hamilton , prince , rasheed Wallace and ben Wallace one of my favorite teams around then untill it broke up
Watching the Spurs efficiently close this game out at the free throw line brings up some PTSD from Game 6 of the 2013 Finals. Leonard, Ginobili and Parker all missed free throws in the last minute or so of that game. If any one of them goes 2/2, Ray Allen's legendary shot probably doesn't happen.
Geoff Bruce Seeing them missing those shots killed me. I had a feeling that if they didn't win Game 6 Miami would take Game 7
Yeah but that shot made 2014 SO FUCKING GOOD
Golden State should watch this.
Guess what... 10 years past until now and the Spurs with Timmy, Manu, and Tony with new other guys still able to defeat team with stars that plays at the top of their prime in the finals. Amazing!
Rasheed with the trash talk and random money 3's from downtown (before getting a technical). Tony with the soft finger roll. Duncan with baby face aggression at the rim. Ginobali with the consistency. prince with the inside 2's all day. Rip & billups with the ball iq . Billups. ben. bowen... damn I miss these days man
still remember watching this series with my pops, best series I still remember.
I saw every game of this series and I remember Larry brown and Popovich had dinner the night before and Popovich said, "he was happy either way no matter which team won." Hats off to Popovich for such sportsmanship... All he cared about was to acknowledge Brown as soon as the Spurs won!
Game 5 was one of the best final games in the history of the NBA.
If only the rest of the series was as good as game 5
My favorite nba finals game 7!
thank you for uploading such memorable highlights
didnt watch any of the live games nor highlight reel for these two rivals as when i was a teenager i dont understand the significance of playing def and thought not worth watching lol
man im 16 so obviously i probably didnt watch this and its crazy to think that timmy is 40 now and manu is like 38. I cant believe they're about to leave and retire. I wish i could turn back the clock so bad
this was one of the best ammunition seasons ever.. but I think they really prove it against Miami in 14 championship
+dis _ma_ channel lol. rite can't go wrong with Kawhi
Spurs are 5-1 in the Finals lol. Even BETTER than 5-3 xD
Manu should have been the MVP of this series or the very least co-mvp w/ Duncan.
Great series & teams
Seen Ginobili dunk puts a smile on my face
That is one of the epic final duels.
detroit has faced the hardest team ever to win the championships
Seven Eleven
Same with the original bad boys.
Love the Spurs and I love Timmy, but in all honesty, I think Ginobili should have won finals MVP for that year.
Zach I hope you're not assuming he should of won just because of this one game.
The entire playoffs he played great, including the finals, he averaged about as many ppg as Duncan and had a higher apg and PER in the finals. If you saw the Seattle supersonics series, you'd understand where I was coming from. However, Duncan is Duncan, so I have no problem either way.
Zach yeah man wen he went bak to argentina all the tv shows over there would always hit him up bout that but he would jus be manu and avoid answering . every1 new he won but tim was big american supastar
Difference was Tim Duncan came up huge in games that mattered most. Game 5 and 7 while being a significant contributor in games 1 & 2
atenciaj they both did. Don't forget the heads up assist Ginobili had in game five to Horry for the game winner. The reason I point this out is because Detroit respected Ginobili's ability to get to the rim so much that they decided to double team him and leave probably one of the most decorated clutch shooters in NBA history wide open on the wing.
I remember watching this series when I was in the fifth grade. As a Pistons fan, I really wanted them to win back-to-back championships, and being (obviously) immature, this game left me extremely bitter and I hated the Spurs for the longest time. Now, however, I have nothing but respect for them. It's really great coming back to watch this with a different perspective--quite nostalgic too.
+Moxie Mence It feels better to have your team lose to somebody that's always winning anyways. When the 11 Mavericks beat my Heat that was harder cause you don't even expect the Mavericks to win championships.
Your username says 94 and you were in 5th grade when this series happened so I'm assuming you're the same age as me (22). And bruh, I felt literally, word for word, the exact way for the longest time. I'm from Oakland and I "liked" the Warriors but didn't follow them adamantly until 2007 even though I went to games at Oracle because I grew up a few blocks away from it. But those 2000's Pistons with Billups, Rip, Tay, Sheed, Ben, Dice, even Hunter and Maxiell, were my childhood. I was so obsessed with them especially after 2K5 had Ben on the cover and I played the shit outta that game - the first NBA game I truly played the fuck out of, I had NBA live 2004 but that game was trash. But like you, I hated the Spurs until 2012 when I saw how Duncan completely transformed his game and they became the funnest team to watch and I started rooting for him to win.
Those were the good days. NBA was more intriguing to watch. What is fun in watching James Harden scores? And that Hollywood-like annual awards ceremony is uncalled for. Keep it simple like the old days.
it was amazing i was 14 years old back then didnt miss any game from those finals, im gonna make a simulation of those finals with nba2k!!!
Great defensive basketball! David Stern and Adam Silver rolling over in their graves.
Textbook-class tactic of basketball shown by both team! Their defence is better than even most of the teams nowadays!
that was a great series
Its truly amazing that Robert Horry been on three teams and never lost an NBA Finals.As a Knicks fan, I was pulling for Detroit a 2nd straight year to repeat lol
These are the 2 teams I loved. Sad to see one loses. But man, Manu is the most special. He is so unpredictable, so quick and so tough. And he is very clever.
Am a spurs fans way back even until now,,, and remember this game I was just graduate from senior high school about to enter Uni...I was watching in my house screaming at the top of my lungs to the TV supporting Spurs, and my dad looked at me crazy hahaha...
I was at this game. It was amazing bno one sat the entire game. The fans definitely won this game.
*no one
As a Pistons fan, this still hurts 9 years later. Cred to the Spurs. Clutch players came through in clutch moments. Still dont know what Rasheed was thinking leaving Horry open in game 5. This may have been the series that really exposed the Pistons lack of a superstar. Had no one really to give the rock to in crunch time. Defense will only get you so far. But if you cant score points.
+DJ Tune-Up But no reliable go-to-guy.
+Elrique Suave But it was there defense that allowed them to overachieve like they did.
@DJ Tune-up Chauncey still wasnt a star tho. We had a lot of jump shooters on our team. Rasheed for whatever reason didnt bang down in the post nearly enough. Sometimes u need someone to put the rock on the floor and get to the rim. Like Ginobli was torching us with. The Spurs could match us defensively AND had scorers
@Arsen Akopyan Exactly. The spurs looked to their big 3 in clutch moments. Chauncey took like 5-6 shots. In a game 7!! I disagree tho about the Pistons overachieving. They won a title, nearly back to back, and went to the conf finals 6 straight years. They just needed a superstar. i think they wouldve won more. Now their strength obviously was their defense, but they didnt "overachieve". U can call them an exception to the rule, but not overachievers. U see now tho if u dont have a superstar, u aint winning no title. League has changed.
Elrique Suave You're wrong, cause this was true back in the day too. The 04' Pistons were an exception to the rule for any era. Even the 94' Houston Rockets had one legitimately true superstar in Hakeem The Dream Olajuwon, though besides #34, they were just a collection of very good role players. But because they all played so great together, plus Hakeem was so special, the Rockets were able to win a championship w/ only one superstar. But if you look even into past eras, most teams that won the championship had multiple superstars. They usually had good role players too, but they had at least two superstars in almost every case. The 2nd best player on the 94' Rockets was Otis My Man Thorpe who fit in perfectly w/ that team, brought great tenacity every single night, but was a 2nd tier power forward in the NBA. The 04' Pistons were literally loaded w/ guys like that.
This was lowkey an awesome series
Time flys 😭i remember this love my spurs!!!
Great series
By far one of the best finals series ever played! The champions of 99 and 2003 playing the defending champions from 2004. It was hard to pick a team to root for this season because both of them were SO good!
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Manu! What a player!
How awesome would it be to be kid rock at that particular moment in time. Would be sick to see your team in the finals up close like that even if they lost.
One of the best finals ever. championship could have gone to either one.
yup no hand checking touch a guy and it's a foul
One of the worst 7 game finals ever. If you enjoyed teams bricking shot after shot
duncan made all the plays in the 3rd and 4th quarter. and protecting the rim. he brought them back in the game, made assists to keep the lead. ginobili mvp my foot
Huh? Wtf you talking about?
It took me so long to be able to appreciate the Spurs after this series. Pistons were so close to going down as one of the all time great teams and they ripped that shit clean out. of my teams hands lol. After that, they just didn't have the depth or focus to go all the way.
Great series though.
Also, losing Larry Brown really hurt.
Didn't they fire Larry Brown like 5 minutes after the game, literally?
Essentially the spurs won this 05 title cause Horry went for 21 in a road ot game 5...and Devin brown hit 1 ft in his 4 minutes in a game where only 15 players played...that proved to be the difference in a 96 95 win..lol....
nice video.reminds me of my youth.
I always felt this was an under appreciated finals. I loved it. I'm a guy that appreciates good defense though.
Can't help but look into the Spurs coaching staff. They got Monty Williams as an intern, Budenholzer, Carlesimo, and former Sixers coach Brett Brown.
A veces se nos olvida lo bueno que es Manu Ginobili...
Por suerte es Tan los vídeos que muestra lo importante que fue para san Antonio en las finales
The defence in this series was so great that any time the ball went into the basket, it was a 'best play'
Cuando SE defendía al baloncesto, no como ahora..
@@robertespinoza8171 Thank you for replying to my English comment in, is it Spanish? I understood every word...
damn! this was 20 years ago. i was in elementary when this happened.
#6thMan #EuroStepGod #Lefty #ManuGinobili #4Larrys Thank you so much Manu from SATX. GSG!!!!
people forgot ginobli could get up huh
Dis was one of the best finals
Thank you TIm
This was the greatest NBA finals series of all time..... until 2016.
Man it was alot of HOF player's on both team's in these Finals.
Remember this Finals Game 7 one of my Favorite but now 2014 Finals Game 5 Win is my Favorite of all Time Erasing the Bad Memories of 2013 Game 6 and 7 Lost. We Believe We Never Give up that's why we Believe. Go Spurs Go. Next Year Same Place Same Time Drive for
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Great finals
Crazy series
2004 man such a different world
PLEASE WIN IT FOR DUNCAN!! 2014 Champions
2003-2008 Pistons were gold
Yea i totally forgot how manu killed it this game
Ginobili. Duncan. Parker. Best trio that ever existed.
Las finales MAS FUERTE
Home quarantine here😊 God bless
it is a nice game in a special day.
Im having some feared about this 2005 finals pistons vs spurs especially 2005 heat vs pistons (its because of game 7 and even a ECF series). THIS 2005 FINALS NBA AND BOTH PISTONS/SPURS WAS SO BOLTED SERIES IVE EVER SEEN😱