On July 11, 2016, Beijing time, the famous NBA star Tim Duncan announced his retirement, ending a 19-year career. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Duncan was the top pick in 1997. Before the draft, Duncan, as a recognized top pick, sparked a dark battle between the Spurs and the Celtics, and in the end, the Spurs had better luck and acquired the player. Duncan, who had just joined the Spurs, became teammates with legendary center David Robinson. Duncan and Admiral became the twin towers of the Spurs Terror. In their first season together, the Spurs went 56-26 and lost to the Jazz in the second round of the playoffs.

And in the second season of the Twin Towers partnership, Duncan has quietly taken the Spurs' scepter and become the undisputed leader. The 1998-99 season was a season-down, as Duncan led the Spurs to a league-best 37 wins, a 15-2 record in the playoffs, and won the championship, and Duncan was named FMVP with an average of 27.4 points, 14.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game in the Finals.

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

The 2002-03 season was a major turning point in Duncan's career. This season, he has an extra teammate named Ginobili by his side, and the Spurs have a GDP combination; At the same time, this year he was elected MVP of the league for the second year in a row; And his old partner Robinson is in the final years of his career. In the second round of the playoffs, the Spurs once again met the Lakers led by the OK combination, and this time, Duncan did not let the victory go by the wayside, he averaged 28.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and the Spurs defeated the Lakers 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference finals. With the Spurs beating the Mavericks and Nets in quick succession, Duncan won the second championship trophy of his career and was crowned FMVP.

In the 2003-04 season, Duncan led the Spurs all the way to the Western Conference semifinals. Their opponents are the Lakers again. The first four games between the two sides ended in a 2:2 draw, and then in the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, Fisher's incredible 0.4-second stunner completely turned the whole game around. In the end, Duncan reaped the end of defeat. However, the Lakers lost to the Pistons in the finals, the internal contradictions of the team broke out, and the OK combination disintegrated.

In the 2004-05 season, the Spurs made a comeback. Without the Lakers in their way, the Spurs have few opponents in the West. They defeated the Nuggets, SuperSonics, and Suns, respectively, to advance to the Finals. In the finals, the Spurs and Pistons battled for seven games, and with Duncan's mainstay role and Ginobili's brave play, the Spurs finally defeated the Pistons. Duncan was named MVP of the Finals for the third time.

In the 2005-06 season, the Spurs were expected to win another championship, but Ginobili's stupid foul on Nowitzki at a crucial moment buried the team's hard work for a season. In the 2006-07 season, the Spurs didn't let their mistakes happen again, and they beat the Cavaliers in the Finals. Duncan's words to James, "The future is yours," became a topic of conversation. Looking at the Spurs in recent years, they can be called the most powerful Spurs in the Duncan era, starting from the 2002-03 season when they defeated the OK combination, the Spurs won 3 championships in 5 years. If it hadn't been Fisher's 0.4-second strike in 2004, if it hadn't been for Ginobili's foul in 2006, and if the Spurs had had been a little luckier, maybe they would have won five in a row. This is also a few years when the GDP mix is in demand.

After winning the championship in 2007, Spurs experienced a five-year slump.

In fact, it was a painful period for Duncan's form to decline and the need to transform.

In the 2006-07 season, he met the Cavaliers led by the Little Emperor in the finals, and Duncan Dai Liang swept the opponent 4-0 with the Spurs, making the Little Emperor still a virgin with 0 wins in the Finals. That year's Finals MVP was awarded to the Frenchman Parker, but the real mainstay of the Spurs, the absolute heart of the dynasty was standing behind Parker, smiling at Parker's "Stone Buddha" Duncan with his daughter in his arms. Since entering the NBA as the top pick in 1997, Duncan has reached the Finals four times, and finally completed the ultimate mission four times, leading the Spurs to the throne. Reaching the finals for the fourth time, Duncan has already talked and laughed, and his statistics are still not so dazzling, with an average contribution of 22.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.16 blocks and 3.3 assists in the first three games, and 12 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals in the last game, which is also an all-round performance. Shi Fo has gone through a decade of 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 smiling and proud Jianghu who ended the legend of the Black Eight in 1999 to the conversation 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 active players in the NBA, who has never missed a trip to the Finals so far in his career. Duncan, you are a killer who is so calm that it makes people desperate, you never disappoint his fans, you are a well-deserved No. 1 player in NBA history, and you deserve to be the "Stone Buddha".

They lost to the Lakers in 2008, were eliminated by the Mavericks in 2009, were swept by the Suns in the semifinals in 2010, were beaten by the Grizzlies in 2011, and were reversed by the Thunder in 2012, and Duncan missed the Finals for five consecutive years.

Just when people thought Duncan was about to take a curtain call, the Spurs reached the Finals again in the 2012-13 season, and the process was surprisingly easy. In the Finals against the Heat, who had a Big Three, the Spurs led 3-2 and the G6 victory was almost within reach, and once again became the background: Ray Allen's final 0.9 seconds of three-pointer saved the Heat and made Duncan's only Finals loss in his career.

In the 2013-14 season, the Spurs once again showed their strength, reaching the Finals again and beating the Heat 4-1, perfectly fulfilling their revenge plan. It was 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 transition between the old and the new. With the 2015-16 Western Conference semifinals loss to the Thunder, Duncan ended his basketball career.

Duncan's 19-year basketball career has brought the team a total of 1,001 victories and five championship trophies. He himself was full of honors and became one of the greatest players in NBA history. (To be continued.) )