Top Texas Sports Moments of All Time | Marty Lancton

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Top Texas Sports Moments of All Time | Marty Lancton | Sports

a Top Texas Sports Moments of All Time by martylancton | Dec 20, 2022 | Marty Lancton, Sports

It’s no secret that Texas is a state with its own unique character. A big part of this special culture is sports’ significance. Whether it’s the prolific and passion-filled high school football rivalries or the state’s 11 major league sports franchises, sports are everywhere in the Lonestar State. Here are three of the very best moments from that legacy.

3. SA N A N T O N I O SPURS COMPLETE THEIR D Y N A S T Y Starting in the late 1990s, the San Antonio Spurs were a dominant force in the NBA. Anchored by perennial all-stars Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker, the Spurs won 5 NBA Championships from 1999 to 2014, establishing coach Gregg Popovich as one of the all-time greats setting a new bar for small market sports franchises. The culmination of this era came with a pair of back-to-back NBA Finals match-ups against the Miami Heat,

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