spurs win it all!

game 7: Spurs 81 - Pistons 74

San Antonio's Manu Ginobili
wins a Championship after
winning Gold in the 2004
Olympics

Clutch shooting helped the Spurs finally dethrone the Pistons. The Spurs won 81-74 Thursday to claim their third title. Story

DUNCAN IS MVP - ``He always feels so responsible,'' Ginobili said. ``He's so hard on himself every time he doesn't play that good that I knew, sooner or later, he was going to show up, especially down the stretch. It shows the character and the type of player he is.

Ginobili follows Olympic gold with NBA trophy

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- In his hands, Manu Ginobili held the NBA championship trophy. On his legs, he wore the shorts of Argentina's national team, representing the gold medal he won last summer.

All that was missing was the MVP award many of his fans thought he deserved.

While a good case could be made for Ginobili being named the best player of the NBA Finals, he'll gladly settle for being part of the best team. It's a feeling he knows quite well, having claimed at least one major prize every year since he was playing in Italy in 2001. Story