Toomanywires on the 1999 NBA Finals and the games from that summer

I usually post about Toomanywires on the sibling site, Distant Arcade. But this post is about basketball so it feels more at home here. In it, he talks about the 1999 NBA Finals between the Spurs and the Knicks and the video games from that summer. What set it off was the current NBA Finals between both teams and an iconic photo of the 1999 Spurs team on the plane with the championship trophy while playing StarCraft together: Apparently, this was a very popular hobby amongst Spurs players. And here’s video proof, featuring future Hall of Famer, and arguably the greatest Power Forward of all time, Tim Duncan. […] Back in the day, I watched every game of the ’99 Finals, albeit on VCR the next morning, as I wasn’t staying up until 4am on a school night. I remember Latrell Sprewell relentlessly attacking the rim, Tim Duncan doing everything right, Alan Houston showing off that smooth jumper of his, and David Robinson mustering up some late-career magic. I also recall Larry Johnson…