this is the ultimate Mavs Spurs series ever

This was some of the highest level of basketball ever. Also up there was the Spurs and Pistons in '05.

Dallas won 60 games and was the #4 seed! The west was so loaded back then .

This is the second best basketball game I've ever seen. Let me preface all of this, by saying that I'm a writer. So... I like storylines, I like romanticizing, I like embellishing. And so, for me, this game was special. It was the dominant Spurs, the ultimate challenge of consistency and discipline, against the upstart Mavericks who, for years, had been playing little brother to their tri-city neighbors, just begging to break through. They went up 3-1, San Antonio battled back with the heart of a true champion... Some would argue that this series shouldn't have even happened the way it did (It did literally change the playoff seeding rules if I'm not mistaken), but the series did happen, and oh how lucky we are. To have the upstarts jump out to such a commanding lead on the road, to have the defending champion, the old guard, the former leader of the pack on the ropes... The Spurs were older and slower. But the heart of a champion never stopped beating. The comeback wasn't just one devastating run, it was a series of bursts. There were a lot of key moments shown in this video, but there were so many little pieces in between that will never be remembered. That's what makes comebacks so god damn hard, it's not just about making the big shot, it's about doing everything perfectly to even make the big shot matter. When Ginobili hit that 3, it almost felt too perfect; too Disney-esque. And then Dirk decided that it was. Just an absolute spectacle that is truly representative of sports being the best type of drama that we have in our society today.

Miss those old deep blue unis

6:40 and 7:46 give me chills, watching Timmy get pumped like that. The pure determination on his face is so awesome.

When Rivalries in the NBA really meant something👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿😢😢😢😢

12:01: The entire City of San Antonio went Crazy with that shot😮😮😮😮

Mavs/Spurs are always classics

The crazy part is that I still think this was the Spurs' best team from 1999-2007 when they won 4 of their titles but they didn't get past the second round. I thought this team was much better than the '05 or '07 teams which both won championships. This was one of the best playoff series ever played and the Mavs were obviously no slouch.

one of the greatest series ever. Every game close

Re Watchables, book of basketball. Bill Simmons. Great game.

I'm a Spurs fan; I will never forget this game! I remember where I was when I watched it. Till this day, IDK why Ginobli tried to block Dirk when he's going for a layup. Come on!!!! They were up by 3, and it's a one possession game, let him lay it up, you'd still be up by 1 and you get ball . That was a crucial mistake, 13 years later I'm still not over it!!!

Had to rewatch this after game 3 of the finals today 😢

This game made me a Mavs fan.

If Manu did not foul Dirk The Spurs wins this series and they go to repeat. 05,06,07 was the three peat that could've happened.

Nowitsky was a beast in this game.

Jason terry really has a tendency to just fall asleep on defense in big moments. On the Ginobili 3 to tie he has the most delayed reaction to Tim Duncan passing it out of the double team. The year before this he didn’t pressure Nash at all which gave Nash the space he needed to launch the pull up 3 to send it to OT. And of course there’s the most famous time when he left Mario Chalmers wide open in game 2 of the 11 Finals. Lucky for him Dirk helped overcome 2 of those.

Spurs would've 5-peated if Fisher didnt make that impossible shot and Ginobili didn't foul Dirk at the end of this game. Fantastic.

The first NBA game I ever watched

Wohooo, video is back up!

The Mavs improved a lot of their Defense in that serie (much better than the NBA FInals vs the Heat). The Spurs had some problems in Defense vs the Offensive Team of the Mavs.

Should have never went 7 games. Refs were trying everything to give this series to San Antonio. Refs won in the end when they blatantly gave the finals to Miami.

Manu fouling Dirk. Maybe the biggest mistake ever made by a Spurs player. Next to Kawhi missing that FT in 2013.

Whose here after 41.21.1 retirement ceremony.

In 2005-06:Mavericks vs Spurs battle through the first 6 bruising GMs,in the epic GM 7 duel Dirk Nowitzki finished with 37 pts,while Tim Duncan added 41 pts,what Dirk and JT heroics have kept Dallas in the lead for a whole night,but Tim Duncan bring his San Antonio Spurs back in the final minutes?

we need the whole game as stream plz

Stackhouse was low key cold blooded in this game

I realllllly hope mavs get back to playing basketball like this!

Top 5 scorer of all time. An amazing shooting performance through the whole playoffs to bring Dallas it's only championship. Yet still people say he is not a lock for the HOF. smh

You are an magician man

intense

Spurs always come back and win the championship when they lose a series they should have won.Thats they're pedigree

Who else is here since the comment section is dead.

too bad the finals were rigged

Dirk nowitzki Dallas Mavericks no.41 4-life 1998-2019

Devin Harris would of been in position to have a dominant career had Dallas won the finals. He'd of developed into an all star faster and stayed one. His draft class wasn't bad but he was 5th and likely retires ranked 5th out of the class still.

Spurs were great, but they never repeated

Ginobili!!!!

Manu Ginobili knocks down the 3 to given the San Antonio Spurs their first lead up by 3?

Who's here because it's their anniversary?

who here from Dwade's pod?

The 2nd round series was basically the nba finals.

I hate the Dallas Mavericks. And losing this series which in all likelihood I believe would have been the close out and catalyst to push thru the WCF and the Finals against D. Wade's Heat for the 2nd of a threepeat for my San Antonio Spurs. And 4 titles in 5 years. 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007. Wow! That would of been great.

Good Lord, how much better than Webber and Miller is Steve Kerr?!... Good Times

This shit was so intense while it was going on. I ABSOLUTELY hated SA at the time (especially MANU and Tim, Tony too lol) and I'm sure it was the same the other way around!! Amazing series, best series in the whole playoffs. Any time they met in the playoffs was a great series! Ol' Howard, forgot about him! Loved that team, Stack, THE JET, Howard and even Damp helped us. GOOD SHIT!

And ended up losing to Miami in six games in the NBA finals

The Mavs were the only team in NBA history to survive after choking a 3-1

Book of Basketball 2.0, anybody?

haha 7:23...ginobli takes like 7 steps and dribbles twice

wtf, how could they not show the play at the end of regulation where Duncan got hacked on the put back to win the game but nothing was called, that was some B.S. that stopped San Antonio frome winning 3 championships in a row, because they would have stomped Miami

Biggest mistake of Manu by fouling Nowitzki..

Final score (OT): Refs comeback 119, Spurs 111

Manu didn’t had to foul

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Best Game 7 ever.

San Antonio lost Game 7

Spurs would’ve beat the Heat