European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and Mideast edition june 2007 sports lawyers work on meeting with Page 27 fantastic fourth no Crown for King James As spurs Complete sweep of cars by Tom Withers the associated press Cleveland once the Aba finals had ended and the trophies and shirts were handed Tim Duncan and Lebron James paused for a moment in the Jam packed hallway to say goodbye and Good san Antonios Center was overheard Tell ing Cleveland the league is going to be yours not it still belongs to the spurs champions and a winning its fourth title in nine san Antonio cemented itself among the leagues greatest franchises and As the undisputed team of the past decade with an 8382 Victory thursday night and fou game sweep of the with their third championship in five the defensive minded spurs joined the Boston los Angeles lakers and Chicago bulls As the Only teams in league history to win four a team for the commissioner David Stern said before handing Over the Larry Obrien trophy to spurs owner Peter Tony Cleveland Cavaliers Lebron James reacts after the Cavaliers lost to the spurs in game 4 of the Aba finals thursday in Eric san Antonio spurs Tim and Tony Parker celebrate with the championship trophy and the map trophy after game 4 of the Aba finals thursday in the spurs swept the defeating Cleveland 8382 in the final Parker was the map Tony Parker scored 24 Points and Manu Ginobile had 27 13 in the fourth Quarter As the spurs held off a frantic rally by James and the who were Over matched from the Start in their first Ever visit to the we definitely faced a better team in this said whose first finals was both humbling and they never got they never sped they kept us off i think we Learned As Good As we thought we there was still a team out there that was better than san Antonios impressive run of tides 2005 and now 2007 under coach Gregg Popovich has earned the spurs the right to be mentioned As a but the first european born player to win map want wonted about any place other than one he was living i dont care where we fall in said wrapped in the French i just feel honoured and privileged to play on a team like and what a team it in Duncan and the spurs have three players who can Domi Nate at any but its the clubs reserves who make san Antonio earlier this the spurs we rent themselves and the eve demanding pop Ovich criticized his calling it the worst defensive one he had san Antonio was 3318 at the struggling by its lofty but it want Long be fore they started playing better the spurs beat Phoenix and Utah to win the Western conference title and then stormed through the who were exposed during four games that looked competitive on the scoreboard but were hardly even this ones said the common denominator during the clubs dynastic this was As Tough As we Ever had Guys As the final seconds ticked Duncan stood at Center court with both arms raised triumphantly As the rest of the spurs danced around he sought out Cleve lands Eric but was unable to find who had walked off the floor so he didst have to watch the see four on Page 30 Mickelson makes Brief run before fading in open Page is
