Only four NBA teams in history have won four championships. Celtics. Lakers. Bulls. SPURS.
Only 8 teams have swept their opponent in the NBA Finals.
Only 5 coaches have won four or more NBA Championships. Red Auerbach (9), Phil Jackson (9), John Kundla (5), Pat Riley (5), and now Gregg Popovich.
The Spurs' .727 winning percentage (16-6) is the highest in NBA Finals history.
Gregg Popovich's .641 (91-51) playoff winning percentage trails only Phil Jackson .699 (179-77).
The Spurs' winning percentage (.709) over the last 10 years is the best winning percentage of any team in professional sports over that span.
In the last 10 years no other professional sports team has won four championships.
dy·nas·ty ('dI-n&-stE also -"nas-tE)
1 : a succession of rulers of the same line of descent
2 : a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time
Barry writes:
I'm just glad to see that the Spurs have finally gotten recognition.
Remember the first couple of championships? In the eyes of the commentariat, they were all about the other teams and their failures. The Spurs' winning was actually *blamed* on their opponents.
Now, at last, you have people saying, "This is a great team."
Posted by: barry | 2007.06.15 at 04:20