The System of Basketball Becomes a God

Chapter 183 Duncan's Career Review (Don't Subscribe!)
On July 2016, 7, BJ time, the famous NBA star Tim Duncan announced his retirement, ending his 11-year career.

Duncan was the No. 1997 pick in 56.Before the draft, Duncan, as the recognized No. 26 pick, triggered a secret battle between the Spurs and the Celtics. In the end, the Spurs had better luck and harvested this player.Duncan, who had just joined the Spurs, became teammates with legendary center David Robinson.Duncan and the Admiral became the Spurs' terrifying twin-tower combination.In their first season together, the Spurs went [-]-[-] and lost to the Jazz in the second round of the playoffs.

In the second season of the cooperation between the two towers, Duncan has quietly ended the Spurs' scepter and has become the unyielding leader. The 1998-99 season was a shrinking season. Duncan led the Spurs to a league-best 37 wins, and scored an impressive 15 wins and 2 losses in the playoffs, winning the championship. Duncan also played in the finals. The average data of 27.4 points, 14.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks was elected as FMVP.

However, at this time, another force quietly emerged in the West: the OK combination of O'Neal and Kobe. In the 2001 and 2002 playoffs, the Spurs lost to the Lakers in a row and were unfortunately out.In contrast to the Lakers, they won three consecutive championships.The Lakers' OK combination is an opponent that Duncan must overcome.

The 2002-03 season was a major turning point in Duncan's career.This season, he has a teammate named Ginobili beside him, and the Spurs have a GDP combination; at the same time, this year he was elected the league MVP for the second consecutive year; and his old partner Robinson has entered the beginning of his career. last year.In the second round of the playoffs, the Spurs once again met the Lakers led by the OK combination. This time, Duncan did not let the victory go by. He averaged 28.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. The Spurs defeated the Lakers 4:2 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.As the Spurs defeated the Mavericks and the Nets in a row, Duncan won his second championship trophy and was crowned FMVP.

In the 2003-04 season, Duncan led the Spurs all the way to the Western Conference semifinals.Their opponent is the Lakers again.The first four games between the two sides were tied 2:2, and then in the crucial battle of Tianwangshan, Fisher's unbelievable 0.4-second lore goal completely reversed the entire battle situation.In the end, Duncan reaped the ending of failure.However, the Lakers lost to the Pistons in the Finals, conflicts broke out within the team, and the OK combination disintegrated.

In the 2004-05 season, the Spurs made a comeback.Without the Lakers in the way, the Spurs have few opponents in the West.They defeated the Nuggets, Sonics and Suns respectively to enter the finals.In the finals, the Spurs and the Pistons fought 7 games. With Duncan's mainstay role and Ginobili's brave performance, the Spurs finally defeated the Pistons.Duncan was named Finals MVP for the third time.

In the 2005-06 season, the Spurs were expected to win the championship again, but Ginobili's stupid foul on Nowitzki at a critical moment ruined the team's efforts for a season. In the 2006-07 season, the Spurs did not let the mistake repeat, they defeated the Cavaliers in the finals."The future is yours" that Duncan said to James has become a topic of great interest.Looking at the Spurs in recent years, it can be called the most powerful Spurs in the Duncan era. Since defeating the OK combination in the 2002-03 season, the Spurs have won 5 championships in 3 years.If there was no Fisher's 2004-second lore in 0.4, if there was no Ginobili's foul in 2006, if the Spurs had better luck, maybe they would have won five consecutive championships.These are also the years when the GDP mix is ​​anything and everything.

After winning the championship in 2007, the Spurs experienced a 5-year trough.

In fact, this is the throes of Duncan's decline and the need to transform.

In the 2006-07 season, in the finals, they encountered the Cavaliers led by the little emperor. As a result, Duncan Dailiang and the Spurs swept the opponent 4-0, making the little emperor still a virgin with 0 wins in the finals, and now the little emperor has lost The championship dream, his status in the league has been suppressed by Kobe because he has no championship.The MVP of the finals that year was awarded to the Frenchman Parker, but the real mainstay of the Spurs, the absolute core of the dynasty is the "Stone Buddha" Duncan standing behind Parker, holding his daughter in his arms and smiling at Parker.Since entering the NBA as the No. 1997 pick in 22.7, Duncan has reached the finals four times, and finally completed the ultimate mission four times, leading the Spurs to the title.Entering the Finals for the fourth time, Duncan is already talking and laughing, but his statistics are still not so dazzling. He averaged 11.3 points, 3.16 rebounds, 3.3 blocks and 12 assists in the first three games. In the last game, he had 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Stealing is also an all-around performance.Shifo has gone through ten years of rivers and lakes career from entering the league to the 06-07 season, and finally established the Spurs dynasty under his rule in the summer of 2007.From the swordsman who ended the legend of the Black Eight in 1999, to the chat and laughter with the little emperor in the finals in 2007, Duncan, who has triumphed in the finals four times, has surpassed greatness.

This is Duncan, one of the three greatest players in the NBA. So far in his career, as long as he reaches the finals, he never misses.Duncan, you are a hopelessly calm killer, you never let his fans down, you are well-deserved No. [-] power forward in NBA history, and you are worthy of being the "Stone Buddha".

They lost to the Lakers in 2008, were eliminated by the Mavericks in 2009, were swept by the Suns in the 2010 semifinals, suffered a black eight from the Grizzlies in 2011, and were reversed by the Thunder in 2012. Duncan missed the finals for five consecutive years.

Just when people thought Duncan was about to call it a day, the Spurs made it to the Finals again in the 2012-13 season, and the process was surprisingly easy.Facing the Heat with the Big Three in the Finals, with the Spurs leading 3:2 and almost winning G6, it once again became the background: Ray Allen's three-pointer in the last 0.9 seconds saved the Heat and Achieved the only finals loss in Duncan's career.

In the 2013-14 season, the Spurs once again showed their strength. They reached the finals again and defeated the Heat 4:1, perfectly realizing the revenge plan.This is Duncan's fifth championship trophy.

In the last two seasons of his career, Duncan was as efficient as ever, but the Spurs have inadvertently completed the replacement of the old and the new.With the loss to the Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals of the 2015-16 season, Duncan ended his basketball career.

Duncan's 19-year basketball career has brought the team a total of 1001 victories and 5 championship trophies.He himself is full of honors and has become one of the greatest players in NBA history.

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