Looking at these rosters, it’s amazing to think that these Spurs finished ahead of Dallas Parker was a rookie, Manu had not yet arrived. Bill Simmons summed it up best in his Book of Basketball: “Duncan topped 3,300 minutes, 2,000 points, 1,000 boards, 300 assists and 200 blocks, carried the Spurs to a number two seed in the West. His supporting cast: Bruce Bowen, Antonio Daniels, Tony Parker, Malik Rose, Danny Ferry, Charles Smith, a past-his-prime David Robinson, a pretty-much-past-his-prime Steve Smith and a past-being-past-his-prime Terry Porter. That’s a 58-win team? Had you switched Duncan with someone like Stromile Swift, the Spurs would have won 25 games.”
they were behind San Antonio but keep in mind that Dallas was only behind by 1 game. Dallas won 57 games while San Antonio won 58 so they were pretty evenly matched teams in the 2001-02 season
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Looking at these rosters, it’s amazing to think that these Spurs finished ahead of Dallas
Parker was a rookie, Manu had not yet arrived.
Bill Simmons summed it up best in his Book of Basketball:
“Duncan topped 3,300 minutes, 2,000 points, 1,000 boards, 300 assists and 200 blocks, carried the Spurs to a number two seed in the West.
His supporting cast: Bruce Bowen, Antonio Daniels, Tony Parker, Malik Rose, Danny Ferry, Charles Smith, a past-his-prime David Robinson, a pretty-much-past-his-prime Steve Smith and a past-being-past-his-prime Terry Porter.
That’s a 58-win team? Had you switched Duncan with someone like Stromile Swift, the Spurs would have won 25 games.”
Because Dallas was less experienced in their core and San Antonio had better defenders
Dallas was not defense-oriented. It showed in the Sacramento series
@@annie20232 Yes, Don Nelson was a run-and-gun coach.
they were behind San Antonio but keep in mind that Dallas was only behind by 1 game. Dallas won 57 games while San Antonio won 58 so they were pretty evenly matched teams in the 2001-02 season
@@annie20232 Literally the entire NBA was defensive oriented in that time as scoring was about to descend
It was a close game, but Tim Duncan barely won this one on one matchup in scoring, passing, and efficiency.
wow classic match up thank alot will watch soon interesting battle
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