Table of Contents CHAPTER PAGE Meet the Spurs 4 Glory Days 6 Home Court 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Basketball 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Fast Break 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
Meet the Spurs B asketball demands great individual talent but the sport sport also rewards unselfish team play The San Antonio Spurs Spurs are proof of this The Spurs have had some of the game’s most ost outrageously skilled players Yet only when they blended their talents did they become champions What makes the Spurs a little different Their players often come from a wide range of backgrounds The same is true of San Antonio’s coaches When they all work together the result is fantastic This book tells the story of the Spurs From its earliest days the team was famous for having fun on the court and playing entertaining basketball Fans never knew when something might happen that they’d never seen before And d win or lose they always left a Spurs game with something to to talk about Coach Gregg Popovich gives instructions to Tony Parker They helped the Spurs win three championships in a five-year span 5
