Stat of the Day - Tim Duncan Edition

[timvp]

Against the Nuggets on Tuesday night, Tim Duncan totaled 31 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and five blocks. The last time Tim Duncan matched those numbers during a regular season game was ......








































Never :wow

At 36 years of age, Duncan is doing things he's never done before. Amazing.

Duncan has only matched those numbers twice in his career and both times happened during the 2003 playoffs: Game 1 of the Finals and Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.

[capek]

<3 Timmy. I'm gonna enjoy the FUCK out of his last few years! :flag:

[irishock]

Tim is really getting better with age. He wasn't this dominant in 2008-2011.

[wildbill2u]

timmy's gonna have a piss test, timmy's gonna have a piss test!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

all due to dedication, diet and fundamentals imo

[therealtruth]

Maybe playing next to another skilled seven footer had something to do with it? It's ridiculous Pop waited this long to try the TD/TS frontcourt. We could be so much further along by now and TD wouldn't have wasted so much energy trying to cover for Blair.

[racm]

MVP tbh

Losing 4 of 5 in December sucks but I think the worst is over schedule-wise.

[racm]

Maybe playing next to another skilled seven footer had something to do with it? It's ridiculous Pop waited this long to try the TD/TS frontcourt. We could be so much further along by now and TD wouldn't have wasted so much energy trying to cover for Blair.

Case in point, TD trying to carry Rasho/Nazr then played better playing with Oberto

[Splits]

Spurs 0-1 when Timmy scores 30+, tbh

[silverblackfan]

timmy's gonna have a piss test, timmy's gonna have a piss test!
lol

[ace3g]

Paul Garcia PS ‏@24writer (https://twitter.com/24writer) NBATV just posted a stat: Tim Duncan is the oldest player (36) to ever post 30 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. #Spurs (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Spurs&src=hash)

[Brunodf]

Maybe playing next to another skilled seven footer had something to do with it? It's ridiculous Pop waited this long to try the TD/TS frontcourt. We could be so much further along by now and TD wouldn't have wasted so much energy trying to cover for Blair.

[Spursfanfromafar]

BBR says that the last time someone had a 30,15,5,5 line was in 2004, Feb 18th - Shaq -

Last Four such stat lines -



Rk
Player
Age
Pos
Date ▾
Tm

Opp

GS
MP
FG
FGA
FG%
3P
3PA
3P%
FT
FTA
FT%
ORB
DRB
TRB
AST
STL
BLK
TOV
PF
PTS


1
Shaquille O'Neal (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/onealsh01.html)
31-349
C
2004-02-18 (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200402180GSW.html)
LAL (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2004.html)
@
GSW (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/2004.html)
W
1
40
15
23
.652
0
0

1
9
.111
6
10
16
7
1
5
7
5
31


2
Elton Brand (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brandel01.html)
24-299
F
2004-01-04 (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200401040LAC.html)
LAC (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/2004.html)

LAL (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2004.html)
W
1
42
9
15
.600
0
0

12
14
.857
6
9
15
6
0
5
4
4
30


3
Kevin Garnett (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/garneke01.html)
26-273
F
2003-02-16 (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302160MIN.html)
MIN (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2003.html)

GSW (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/2003.html)
W
1
41
17
27
.630
0
2
.000
3
3
1.000
9
13
22
6
1
5
2
2
37


4
Tim Duncan (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duncati01.html)
26-292
F-C
2003-02-11 (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200302110POR.html)
SAS (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/2003.html)
@
POR (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2003.html)
W
1
46
13
21
.619
0
2
.000
10
13
.769
2
13
15
7
1
5
4
2
36


Full list -

http://bkref.com/tiny/hEHMo

[siraulo23]

gotta love td, cant take these vintage td performances for granted

[DieMrBond]

Lost in the setback was a milestone night for Duncan. The forward from Wake Forest eclipsed the 23,000-point mark for his career with two free throws with 9 minutes left in the third quarter.

He joined Michael Jordan as the only players in NBA history who went to colleges that were in the Atlantic Coast Conference to score at least 23,000 points.

Is that not the most ridiculous way to qualify this milestone? Nice one ESPN/Associated Press.

[Obstructed_View]

Case in point, TD winning a championship and 63 regular season games with Rasho/Nazr then having to try to carry Horry/Finley in the playoffs.
Fixed.

[crc21209]

Tim Duncan was simply amazing tonight. Too bad his performance tonight will go unnoticed by the casual NBA fan because the Spurs lost so most people won't notice his stat line because of that. But damn, he was a beast tonight....:toast

[polandprzem]

there is not even a note on nba.com

If that was an old Jordan or any other old star it would be all over the site

[benefactor]

Incredible. Good to be a fan right now.

[Strategic]

Proud of TD and the Spurs. Time to sleep in the River City for a week and enjoy some home time. Go Spurs Go!!!

[Fireball]

there is not even a note on nba.com

If that was an old Jordan or any other old star it would be all over the site

absolutely ... whats with "Kobe scores 35 in loss to xxx"?

[Fireball]

Proud of TD and the Spurs. Time to sleep in the River City for a week and enjoy some home time. Go Spurs Go!!!

Now they will get some rest and practice time - the latter being is the main reason why Pop has not brought back Kawhi yet

[will_spurs]

Only 6 players ever had a 31-18-6-5 line or better (well, since the 85-86 season at least) and they are: D-Rob (x2), Shaq (x2), Duncan, Parish, Garnett and Barkley. A player can't scrub his way into that kind of line...

[JRHernandez88]

:king



His confidence in the post is back at a high level. I remember the past few season he had to settle for that outside shot cause he'd be getting blocked down there. The way he was putting it down last night was beautiful :cry



:worthy:

[polandprzem]

absolutely ... whats with "Kobe scores 35 in loss to xxx"?

Well Kobe is always on front page no matter how much he scores

[sananspursfan21]

how many other players in the history of the nba were stomping ground at that age like he is now?

[boutons_deux]

"His confidence in the post is back at a high level. "

His HEALTH is back at a high level.

and on a fricking road B2B.

[DPG21920]

I still don't know how this is possible. It's incredible to watch. We've seen the evolution of his game (extended further and further from the basket offensively), but his ability to still score inside, rebound and defend is just amazing. I really, really hope we get one last big playoff run for this group.

[Obstructed_View]

Let's see: Incredible stats in a loss. So this is what it's like to be a Lakers fan. Not sure I like it.

[quentin_compson]

I still don't know how this is possible. It's incredible to watch. We've seen the evolution of his game (extended further and further from the basket offensively), but his ability to still score inside, rebound and defend is just amazing. I really, really hope we get one last big playoff run for this group.

That he can still be such a complete two-way player at this age (health permitting) is really great.

[benstanfield]

I don't have any numbers to back me up, but this basically confirms that what really puts us over the top is the play of our role players. Tim and Tony have been pretty consistent this year, but the common theme in our losses seems to be poor shooting nights from the likes of Green & Neal.

[Ice009]

Tim's health is better. It's really an easy explanation.

[Obstructed_View]

I don't have any numbers to back me up, but this basically confirms that what really puts us over the top is the play of our role players. Tim and Tony have been pretty consistent this year, but the common theme in our losses seems to be poor shooting nights from the likes of Green & Neal.

31 points on 25 shots from Duncan ain't exactly shooting the lights out, nor is 13 points on 12 shots for Parker.