"It's rare what we have, " Tim Duncan told reporters after finishing off the Grizzlies.
This has forever been the case with these Spurs, embodied by their leader, 37-year-old Tim Duncan.
Miami's LeBron James and Dwyane Wade and San Antonio's Tim Duncan have all seen early-round domination lead to an untimely postseason exit.
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San Antonio played without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, and the Pistons led by as many as 21 points in the second quarter.
Forward Tim Duncan, drafted in 1997, is a role model both on and off the court and has twice been named the league's MVP.
Specifically, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Danny Green were identified as the players who were sent home in the Class Action Complaint filed by McGuinness.
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While Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and a few other players may come close to matching his greatness over the last 10 years, none of them can reach his level.
Another kind of sweepstakes took place in the NBA in 1997: the draft lottery for the rights to pick the consensus best player in the country, Wake Forest center Tim Duncan.
In some cases, the draft has worked: Top picks like Tim Duncan in San Antonio and Derrick Rose in Chicago have helped their teams rebound, all while seeming happy to be there.
Of the teams still alive in this year's playoffs, Memphis (Marc Gasol, 17.5), San Antonio (Tim Duncan, 17.5), and Indiana (David West, 16.3) all have secondary scorers contributing more than Miami's supporting cast.
And while it was clear that Durant could become a great scorer, Oden was being projected not as an All-Star but a Hall of Famer, casually compared to legends like Bill Russell and Tim Duncan.
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Not only did the Spurs reel off a 24-15 second-quarter run, outscore the Nets by 16 in the third, and by 15 in the fourth they also did it without center Tim Duncan (knee) and shooting guard Manu Ginobili (hamstring).
Four of the top players on the Spurs roster (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green) failed to even make the trip with their team to Miami, and opted instead to fly to San Antonio for some early season rest.
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Danny Green added 14 points and Tiago Splitter had 13 for the Spurs, who were again without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili because of injuries as they beat the Nets for the fifth straight time and 19th in the last 20 meetings.
England's front-row resources were severely stretched during the autumn Tests, with Bath's David Wilson and Duncan Bell and Wasps' Tim Payne filling in for the absent Vickery and Andrew Sheridan, while the inexperienced Paul Doran-Jones was called on to cover the bench.
On the album produced by mandolinist David Harvey, bluegrass stars from Harley Allen, Tim O'Brien, and Alison Krauss to Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haynie are called on to interpret "Your Wildest Dreams, " "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band, " and "Nights in White Satin, " among others.
Injuries to Duncan Jones, Bowe and Byrne disrupted the charge and Tim Visser's try gave the visitors hope.
Following the mayor's statement to the council, Liberal Democrat councillor Tim Kent said he has written to the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith calling for the under-occupancy rule to be scrapped.
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