The 1998-1999 season was a very special season for the Spurs, it can be said that it was in this season that the Spurs completed the handover of power, David Robinson officially retreated to the second line, mainly doing rebounding and defensive work, and the charge was by Duncan in armor and white Su, and the silver gun straddled the horse. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, Robinson was only 33 years old at the time, far less than the age of returning to the field and unloading his armor, and putting down the banner of power means that he has no personal reputation from now on, and will seriously affect his historical status in the future, Robinson was not suitable at the beginning, but Popovich and the boss Holt found Robinson, flicker, flicker, and flicker, plus Robinson is really good, plus Duncan played really well for a while, The matter was settled.

Duncan averaged 21.7 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game this season, which made him second in the regular season MVP selection that year, while Robinson averaged 15.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game, Duncan averaged 16.9 shots per game, Robinson averaged 10.8 shots per game, Eollett who was reimbursed last season averaged 11.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game this season, and Johnson Jr. averaged 9.7 points and 7.4 assists per game, and the Spurs won 37-13 in this shortened season of only 50 games, tied for first place in the league with the Utah Jazz.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs' opponent was the newly rising Minnesota Timberwolves, and the overall strength of the Spurs eliminated the latter 3:1, which was also the first duel between the two greatest forwards Duncan and Garnett after the NBA entered the twentieth century, Duncan averaged 18.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.0 blocks per game, shooting 46%, Garnett averaged 21.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.0 blocks per game, and the shooting rate was 44.3%. The two are evenly matched, Garnett was the core of the Timberwolves' offense and defense at that time, and he was naturally the object of the opponent's point of care, compared to Duncan, Garnett shot more, scored more but had a poor shooting percentage.

The Spurs' opponent in the second round is also a team that has just been reorganized, the Los Angeles Lakers, at that time the Lakers already had O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the two cornerstones, and the other players are also very good role players, this battle is also the first meeting between Duncan and O'Neal in the playoffs! Many people are looking forward to this is a series of pin-to-needle matches, but after four games, the Spurs swept the Lakers with a stunning 4:0, and the Spurs did not have any surprise outbreaks, and they also played to the end of each game, that is, a little better than the Lakers, O'Neal averaged 23.8 points, 13.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game in four games, and the shooting rate was 49.3%, Duncan averaged 29.0 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, and the shooting rate was 5.3%, The reason why Duncan has a slight upper hand is David Robinson, and the Spurs can use Robinson to defend O'Neal in the game, but the Lakers can't find anyone who can guard Duncan.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs' opponent was the old powerhouse Portland Trail Blazers, like the Lakers, and after four games, the Spurs gave the Trail Blazers a 4 again:0, Robinson averaged 17.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game, Duncan averaged 16.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, a key figure in this round of the series was Elliott, he played a stunner in the second game, with 9 seconds left in the game, Elliott lost his balance in the face of the defense of Rasheed Wallace, whose arm length was no worse than Duncan's, his body lost his balance, and he hit a three-pointer on tiptoe, and the Spurs were pressed to the ground by the Trail Blazers and beaten all night, and finally knocked out the opponent with a punch.

Spurs in ...... I don't remember how long it took for them to make it to the Finals for the first time, and they were against the New York Knicks.

That year, the Knicks were the eighth seed in the East in the regular season, and they fought the Heat in the first round of the playoffs, and the famous "Madison Garden Battle of the Century" took place here, Van Gundy hugged Mourning's thigh, Larry Johnson finally beat the Heat, who had the first regular season record, out of the playoffs, and then they swept the Hawks and defeated the Pacers 4-2, thus becoming the team with the lowest Finals pick in NBA history.

The Knicks have been accompanied by magic this season, but their luck disappeared in the Finals, and Ewing, the "King of New York", had serious injury concerns in the regular season, but at that time the Knicks had a bad record, Ewing gritted his teeth and fought with an injury, and finally played all the way to the Finals, Ewing finally fell, torn his Achilles tendon, and the season was reimbursed. And Larry Johnson's back injury attack, this is also his old injury, although the tough aunt is also fighting with an injury, but the injury has seriously affected his competitive state, although the Knicks almost fell two big players, but they also have the "mid-range king" Alan Houston, "Madman" Sprewell, and Marcus Camby, who is as famous as Duncan in the NCAA.

In the first game of the finals, Duncan was full of power, shooting 13 of 21 from the field to score 33 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 1 turnover, Jaren Jackson on the bench exploded, scoring 17 points in 25 minutes on the court, while the Knicks only Sprewell and Houston were struggling to support, and the shooting rate was not high, the two of them combined to score 38 points but used up a full 41 shots, and there were as many as 8 turnovers, and finally the Spurs beat the Knicks 89-77.

The second game is like a remake of the first game, no, the fact is that compared to the first game, the Spurs are stronger, and the Knicks are weaker, the Spurs only scored a mere 80 points in the whole game, but the Knicks were even worse, they only scored 67 points, Sprewell and Houston played normally, the former scored 26 points and the latter scored 19 points, but the other players played extremely poorly, Larry Johnson scored only 5 points on 2 of 12 shots, and Marcus Camby's 6 points on 3 of 9 shots was already the third highest score on the team, on the other hand, the Spurs, The team scored in double figures, Duncan had 25 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, Robinson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Mario Ailie scored 15 points, and Orriot scored 10 points.

After two games, the Spurs took a 2-0 lead, but the most important thing was that the game didn't look like there were any waves, the Knicks were beaten without temper, but in the third game, the Knicks fought for dignity at home and won the first game of the Finals with a tough 89-81 victory, Alan Houston scored 34 points, Sprewell scored 24 points, Larry Johnson played the best game of the series, scoring 16 points on 6-of-16 shooting, and defensive center Kurt Thomas became a surprise player, Grabbed 10 rebounds in 17 minutes, including 5 rebounds in the frontcourt, and the Spurs side of the interior twin towers combined to score 45 points and 22 blue balls, but the others played poorly, and only one of the top double-doubles was Johnson Jr. (10 points).

This victory is really the end of the Knicks' strong crossbow, in the fifth game, the Knicks took the initiative to change the formation, he reused Marcus Camby, and the latter also lived up to expectations, 20 points and 13 rebounds on 8-of-15 shooting, Sprewell scored 26 points, Alan Houston scored 20 points, but the performance of the three people scoring 20+ still failed to beat the Spurs, the Spurs scored five double-doubles, Duncan scored 28 points and 18 rebounds, and Mario Aley, who always plays in the playoffs, became the Spurs this time, He finished with 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 6-of-9 shooting, Avery Johnson, Elliott, and Robinson each scored 14 points as the Spurs beat the Knicks 96-89.

The most intense game came from the sixth game, Sprewell was possessed by the gods, his hand felt hot, and with 47 seconds left in the game, Sprewell had already dropped 35 points and 10 rebounds, and the Spurs trailed by 2 points at 75:77 at this time, at this time, Elliott passed the ball to Avery Johnson, and the general sealed his throat with a sword outside the three-point line, 78:77, and then Sprewell was magically absent, and the three-point shot was out of the basket, and Duncan scored 31 points and 9 rebounds in the fifth game Spurs 4: 1 defeated the Knicks to reach the championship and became the first former ABA team to win the NBA championship.

Five games, Duncan averaged 27.4 points, 14.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.2 blocks per game, and won the Finals MVP, you know, this is the second year of his NBA career, David Robinson averaged 16.6 points, 11.8 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game, Mario Avery became the team's third firepower, averaging 1.6 points per game, Avery Johnson averaged 9.2 points and 7.2 assists per game, and Elliott did not play well in the finals, averaging only 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.

Elliott's dismal performance in the finals is actually an injury hazard, his kidney is not working, and a kidney transplant must be performed, in August, Elliott successfully transplanted a kidney donated by his brother, and half a year later, Elliott returned to the field, his strength and resilience are moving!

In the 1999-2000 season, Duncan averaged 23.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game, Robinson averaged 17.8 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, Johnson averaged 11.2 points and 6.0 assists per game, and Terry Porter, a backup point guard poached from the Miami Heat, averaged 9.4 points per game, and Sean Elio, who returned to the court, played 19 games this season, averaging 20.6 minutes per game and was able to score 6.0 points. The Spurs have a 53-29 record this season and are fourth in the West to make the playoffs against the Phoenix Suns led by Jason Kidd in the first round.

Just as the Spurs were preparing for their playoff opponents, bad news came from the team, and Duncan injured his wrist in a dunk and lost his season...... That's it, don't think about the playoff opponents, let's let the playoff opponents consider you, and finally the Spurs were eliminated by the Suns 1:3 in the first round of the playoffs. David Robinson is averaging 23.5 points, 13.8 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game, but shooting 37.3 percent from the field proves he's really old.