NBA: Ranking the San Antonio Spurs' 5 Championships

#1 2014 Title vs the Miami Heat (4-1)

The Spurs look on as their new superstar announces his ascension with a Finals MVP

The revenge title.

This is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of this team, followed closely by the final three games of this series where the Spurs put on one of the best displays of basketball anyone has ever seen. I believe this Spurs' team had an advantage over everything, which was the fact that they lost in the Finals in heartbreaking fashion the year before. As you watched the season, you could see them playing with a laser-like focus even more so that what we had come to expect from the Spurs.

By every statistical measure, they were objectively the best team in the league, while fully realizing their ball movement, the space-it-out offense they had been working to integrate for four to five years. They upped their pace in compared with years past, while also boosting their offensive efficiency to seventh in the league.

This year, more than any other title year for the Spurs is remembered for their beautiful offense and how they took everything from the Suns of old and the current Miami Heat had done and just simply made it better. Come playoff time, they were the favorites for anyone willing to bet against LeBron James.

Yes, they had the Mavs take them the distance in the first round and lost a total of seven games in the playoffs, not their best showing of the five titles. But I just can't get over those last three games they played against the two-time defending champs. They turned a 1-1 series on its head, completely blitzing the Heat in the first half of games 3 and 4 with a stunning display of offensive firepower. They also got strong playoff runs by the original big three, while seamlessly beginning to integrate Kawhi Leonard into being a big part of their team. Maybe it's recency bias, maybe it's the blend of the old and the new, but no other Spurs title run compares to the 2014 title.