The Spurs have been waiting for this moment for 22 years. They could finally vanquish the one playoff foe they had yet to embarrass not only under Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan, but in their entire history as a franchise. It wasn’t for a lack of trying; the Spurs did their part by always making the playoffs, but even when the Houston Rockets did as well (which was more often than not), the stars just never quite aligned for the in-state rivals to meet up.
This year, it finally happened.