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It’s nearly impossible to deny that San Antonio Spurs tickets are the hottest tickets in the NBA at the moment. As the 2005 NBA Champions, the Spurs routinely dominated their opponents with the choking defensive play of Tim Duncan on the inside and Bruce Bowen along the perimeter. Manu Ginobli’s hard-driving style was much improved over previous seasons. With the addition of Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel, this deep team has gotten even deeper. Spurs ticket holders know that while their team may not be running up the score, they will be dismantling whatever offense is thrown at them. With three NBA Championships in seven years under their belts, San Antonio just keeps punching their ticket to success.

Ticket sales of the first incarnation of the Spurs as the American Basketball Association’ Dallas Chaparalls were less than stellar and in 1972, the team was moved to San Antonio and renamed. Basketball fans bought their first NBA tickets in 1976 and saw the Spurs win five division titles in their first seven years in the NBA, riding the graceful finger-rolls of Hall of Famer George Gervin.

Gervin left the team in 1985, and the Spurs collapsed. In 1987, they drafted promising center David Robinson, but fans would have to wait until 1989 to buy tickets to see him play, due to his commitment to the United States Navy. It was well worth the wait – the Spurs achieved the biggest one-season turnaround in NBA history and made it all the way to the Western Conference semifinals, where the Portland Trail Blazers sent them home. Robinson was named NBA MVP in the 1994-95 season.

Tim Duncan was drafted in 1997 and with defensive-minded Robinson, took the Spurs to their first NBA Championship in 1998-99 under the tutelage of head coach Gregg Popovich. They up-ended New Jersey in the finals of 2003 for a second title and established themselves fully as an elite team in the NBA.

Robinson would retire in 2004, but with Tony Parker and Ginobli backing up Duncan on the court, the Spurs remained unstoppable. Popular wisdom says that high-powered offenses sell tickets, but the Spurs have another formula to fill the seats of the Alamo Dome: win, win, and win some more. “Defense wins championships” is a hallmark quote of the NFL, but San Antonio proves that it applies to the NBA as well. Spurs ticket holders don’t care how the Spurs do it, they just want another championship. And there’s no reason why they can’t take home another title this year.