Multi-faceted Duncan is NBA&#39;s best
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So here&#39;s this guy, Tim Duncan, who&#39;s got credentials galore - including six All-Star game appearances, five All-NBA citations, three MVPs, two gold rings, and probably even a partridge in a pear tree.
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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu  Ginobili concedes his frenetic style of play has its problems.
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Tony Parker could become the first European player to be named Most Valuable Player of the National Basketball Association Finals, but he will have to dethrone teammate Tim Duncan to do it.
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Tim Duncan had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and began a key third-quarter burst that helped the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks 99-81 last night.
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Tony Parker is healthy, says Tim Duncan is, too, and is ready to help the San Antonio Spurs reclaim their place atop the Western Conference.
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The Spursâ unassuming hegemony starts with the calculating mind of Coach Gregg Popovich and emanates from forward Tim Duncan.
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Scottie Pippen played the sidekick to the game&#39;s greatest star, creating a partnership the Chicago Bulls parlayed into a virtual dynasty with six titles in the 1990s.
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Funny thing about pro sports. One team&#39;s mess is another team&#39;s messiah. In Toronto last week, the Vince Carter era came to a close, and not a minute too soon.
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The Spurs, or what's left of them, made their annual visit to Boston yesterday. The Celtics, or what's left of them, ended a home losing streak to San Antonio that stretched to Jan. 8, 1997, when Tim Duncan still was enjoying the pleasures of Wake Forest, Tony Parker was a teenager, and Bruce Bowen was league-hopping three times, including a ...
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They sport the best record in the NBA and have beaten several top-tier teams (like Minnesota, Sacramento, San Antonio and Denver).
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As Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo drove agilely through an Orlando Magic defense for a layup last week, statistician Shane Crawford connected with his every move.
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The Philadelphia 76ers got a firsthand demonstration of why Tim Duncan might be the toughest player in the NBA to defend. Duncan scored a season-high 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Spurs to their fifth straight victory, 88-80 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night.
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San Antonio Spurs&#39; Tim Duncan (21) shoots over Portland Trail Blazers&#39; Darius Miles (23) and Shareef Abdur-Rahim, left, during the first half in Portland, Ore.
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Forgive Jerry West for being biased. The man who brought Kobe Bryant to the Los Angeles Lakers recently called the high-scoring, high-maintenance guard the best player in the NBA. West made his preference clear with all due respect to Kevin Garnett, though the Hollywood logic behind his choice will likely spark debate in advance of tonight's Celtics-Lakers game at the ...
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Beating the tough Spurs, with or without superstar Tim Duncan, shows just how far the Wizards have risen.
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In the modern thrill-a-minute NBA it&#39;s the players who generate the big bucks, and who create the league&#39;s (and, to a significant extent, the country&#39;s) latest cultural realities.
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SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- The role players around Tim Duncan were a lot better than the role players around Kevin Garnett. With the last two NBA Most Valuable Players negating each other, Tony Parker and Manu