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Article: Spurs Return To Jubilant San Antonio
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- June 7, 1999
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KELLEY SHANNON, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
06-07-1999
Spurs Return To Jubilant San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The San Antonio Spurs arrived home today bearing a big gift for devoted fans -- their first trip to the NBA Finals.
``This is exciting. You guys have been behind us for years and years,'' Spurs point guard Avery Johnson told hundreds of cheering fans who greeted the team's charter plane.
``You should feel good, because you are a part of history,'' Johnson said.
Chanting ``Go Spurs, Go!'' and ``Sweep, Sweep, Sweep'' and carrying Spurs signs, about 3,500 people crowded around a private terminal at San Antonio International Airport to welcome the team.
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