The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San

Antonio, Texas, United States. They are part of theSouthwest Division of the Western Conference in
the National Basketball Association (NBA). They are the current (2014) champions of the NBA.
The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams to remain intact in the NBA
after the 1976 ABANBA merger and the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship.
The Spurs' five NBA championships are the fourth most in history behind only theBoston
Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16), and Chicago Bulls (6). The Spurs currently rank second
among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history trailing only the Los
Angeles Lakers, and are the only team in the NBA with a tied or better head-to-head regular season
record against every active NBA franchise.
In their 38 NBA seasons since 19761977, the Spurs have won 20 division titles. They have made
the playoffs in 24 of the last 25 seasons (since 19891990) and have missed the playoffs four times
since entering the NBA; they have not missed the playoffs in the 17 seasons since Tim Duncan was
drafted by the Spurs in 1997. With their 50th win in the 20132014 season, the Spurs extended their
record for most consecutive 50+ win seasons to 15 (the 1998/1999 season was shortened to 50
games because of a lockout and based on their win percentage of .740, would have easily
surpassed 50 wins in an 82-game season, and thus extend the record by 2 more seasons). Only the
team's current head coach, Gregg Popovich, who had been the team's general manager before
replacing Bob Hill in 1996, has had a longer tenure with the Spurs.

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