Durant powers Thunder past Spurs 109-103 San Antonio Spurs center Tim Duncan shoots against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half of Game 4 in the NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference finals, Saturday, June 2, 2012, in Oklahoma City. Tim Duncan sets the all-time playoff blocks record (VIDEO) Kelly Dwyer has already noted that, by any criteria, the Thunder were a lot better than the Spurs in their Game 3 blowout win on Thursday night. However, the Spurs had one very notable highlight. With just under 2:30 left in the first half, Tim Duncan swatted a Serge Ibaka attempt to notch his fourth block of the game and the 477th of his playoff career. That put him one ahead of Kareem Abdul ... Tim Duncan's Spurs still unshakeable to their core after 15 seasons, rally by Thunder in Game 1 The Spurs' Big Three – with help from Stephen Jackson – show their poise in their fourth-quarter comeback against the Thunder. Tim Duncan becomes all-time NBA playoffs blocks leader Tim Duncan blocked Serge Ibaka Thursday night with 2:25 remaining in the second quarter of Game 3 between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder, and surpassed Hall of Fame Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most career blocks in NBA playoffs history. Michael Rosenberg: What if Tim Duncan went to ... ? The NBA will hold this year's lottery in New York City, instead of its traditional location in New Jersey, which ... well, let's face it: They could hold it in your backyard and if you felt a raindrop, you would go inside and watch it on TV. The location is not relevant. It is a TV event. Tim Duncan: The best in history Based solely on quantitative analysis, Tim Duncan is categorically the best power forward in the history of basketball. He has been at the core of the San Antonio Spurs' four NBA championships, being Tim Duncan vs. Kobe Bryant: I'm Going with Timmy When the NBA on TNT did its Player of the Decade survey , Kobe Bryant won with 54 percent of votes to Tim Duncan's eight percent. This is understandable, as Kobe's game is beautiful and cherished in a far bigger market. But "understandable" does not a good decision make. Well, that 2000-2010 decade is over, but Duncan's lauded renaissance provides a decent reminder of what we were missing ... Tim Duncan is your NBA Playoffs all time blocks leader There were not a lot of highlights for the Spurs in Game 3 against Thunder, it was a rout. However, at one point Tim Duncan passed Kareem Abdul-Jabar for most blocks ever in the playoffs. It's an impressive accomplishment — 477 blocks in the playoffs alone. It's something KAJ congratulated Duncan for on twitter the… Tim Duncan's renewed focus keeps San Antonio Spurs in the chase for their fifth NBA championship Tim Duncan walked out of the visitor's locker room at Staples Center and stopped to chat with Chris Paul after the San Antonio Spurs completed their four-game annihilation of the Los Angeles Clippers last week. But the conversation kept getting interrupted so that Duncan could joke around with Paul's 2-year-old son, Chris. Read full article >> The unthinking brilliance of Tim Duncan Harry How/NBAE/Getty Images Blake Griffin on Tim Duncan: "The way he plays is so methodical, but at the same time he doesn't overthink the game." Over the past quarter-century, the NBA has seen the Black Mamba, Larry Legend, His Airness, The Answer, The Truth, The Mailman, King James, Vinsanity, Flash and Magic. But the Big Fundamental? If ever a nickname was assigned with a firm backhand, this ...
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