San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas.

The Spurs in San Antonio

The Spurs are the only major pro sports franchise to be located inside the city of San Antonio, and the city shares a special bond with the team almost unmatched in the rest of the NBA. Spurs players are active members to the San Antonio community, and many former Spurs are still active in San Antonio, like David Robinson's Carver Academy or fan favorite Malik Rose and his Philly Cheesesteak restaurant, Malik's Philly's Phamous.

Related Topics:
NBA - David Robinson's - Carver Academy - Malik Rose - Philly Cheesesteak

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In part because of this community involvement, and also because they are the only sports team in the city, Spurs fans have been among the most loyal in the NBA. The Spurs set several NBA attendance records while playing at the Alamodome, including the largest crowd ever for a NBA Finals game in 1999, and the Spurs continue to sell out the smaller, more intimate SBC Center on a regular basis. The Spurs' rallying cry of "Go Spurs Go!", though unoriginal, has endeared itself to the city of San Antonio, and the phrase pops up all over the city as the season progresses into the playoffs and the Spurs inch closer to a possible title.

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San Antonio has also garnered praise for the way its citizens celebrate Spurs championships. When the Spurs win a title, San Antonians jam up the streets downtown, march around waving flags, throw confetti and honk car horns until dawn, but with little incidence of crime. There has yet to be a major riot involving a Spurs title celebration.

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