2004-2005 NBA Finals - San Antonio Wins 3rd Championship since 1999
This year's NBA Finals came down to which team played better defense down the stretch and who actually wanted the championship more. In this case, San Antonio escaped Game 7 with the victory and the trophy. Detroit did a great job taking the series to a Game 7, but the Spurs weren't going to lose 2 games in a row on their homecourt, where they'd dominated all year.
There is some debate about who should've been the series MVP... Personally, I think Manu Ginobili should've won it as he was the most important factor in them winning the series (aside from Game 5 savior Robert Horry). Duncan played very constistent throughout the series, but did not play at an MVP-caliber level. His free throw shooting is at least partially responsible for 2 of their losses to the Pistons.
NBA Lockout (resolved) Phew...
I'm really glad to see the NBA and the player's union come to an agreement for the collective bargaining agreement for the foreseeable future. The movement of players this summer should be interesting to watch and the NBA Draft should be exciting as well. Here's looking forward to 2005-2006!
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