“It felt in the city at that moment like we had won another championship,” he said. Brandon Gayle, chief operating officer of the Spurs, said the team had seen a sharp increase in demand for season tickets — and from a younger, more diverse demographic than usual. Gayle said the Spurs wanted to expand their reach further into Mexico and Austin, Texas, where the team has played several games in recent seasons. They were in the bottom five the past two seasonsCarly Tovar represents the second generation of a three-generation Spurs family. The Spurs won their first title in 1999, when Carly was in high school.

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