Flashback Friday: Spurs vs Wolves - 1st Round, Game 1 (2001)

[Thomas82]

This is the playoff opener against the Wolves in 2001. The Spurs won this one 87-82, and of course this was one of the many legendary battles that Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett had. Here are their stat lines from the game:

Tim Duncan: 33 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, 1 steal
Kevin Garnett: 25 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steal, 1 block



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xo9zDxfHOw


***I wasn't able to find the highlight clips for people with time constraints.***

[baseline bum]

Nice. I have been wanting to rewatch this specific game for years.

[Thomas82]

Nice. I have been wanting to rewatch this specific game for years.

Glad I could help with that.

[baseline bum]

Glad I could help with that.

I love when Tim does that retard dance with his tongue out after icing the game with a bank shot. :lol

[phxspurfan]

Man, DA sighting. If only we had a player like him today.

[SAGirl]

Thanks for posting these... I had not watched a young Timmy. Resolution is poor but these posts you have shared will tide me over while the season gets back.

[Thomas82]

I love when Tim does that retard dance with his tongue out after icing the game with a bank shot. :lol

Yeah, that was a classic. Before I posted this, I was looking for their matchup in 2004 where Tim thoroughly outplayed KG. He had 36 points and 20 rebounds, compared to 22 and 10 for KG.

[Thomas82]

Thanks for posting these... I had not watched a young Timmy. Resolution is poor but these posts you have shared will tide me over while the season gets back.

The pleasure is all mine......sorry about the resolution in some of these videos. They were the best I could find.

As for seeing a young TD, I watched him in all 4 years at Wake Forest as well as all 19 of his seasons with the Spurs. He's my all-time favorite player. You can definitely count on me posting more of his games and highlights from when he was young, including some of his games from college eventually.

I'm sure I'll have enough material to get us all the way to the start of next season.

[Mr. Body]

I always liked Terry Porter.

But Derek Anderson. Man, I had hopes for him. That's what I get for counting on a Kentucky player. :lol

[phxspurfan]

I always liked Terry Porter.

But Derek Anderson. Man, I had hopes for him. That's what I get for counting on a Kentucky player. :lol

He got viciously taken out by Juwan Howard on a dunk attempt and wasn't re-signed. It's not like he sat out an entire year with an injury no doctors could find and fled to LA.

[SAGirl]

watching this game right now.
Post up nba was a different beast in that era.. quality bigs were the show. Garnett (who I had not seen play in his youth either), also put on a good show. The twin towers were just amazing.

[baseline bum]

He got viciously taken out by Juwan Howard on a dunk attempt and wasn't re-signed. It's not like he sat out an entire year with an injury no doctors could find and fled to LA.

I still remember watching him bitch about his contract in the postgame show right after getting swept.

[sananspursfan21]

You’re seriously pissing me off man, today was supposed to be productive!!! :bang

[baseline bum]

I always liked Terry Porter.

But Derek Anderson. Man, I had hopes for him. That's what I get for counting on a Kentucky player. :lol

Not even Mills gives up season high performances to whoever he is guarding every night like Anderson did. Dude could really put the ball on the floor but it always felt like he gave up more than he produced here.

[sananspursfan21]

Man, I forgot how much physical play they let go by. In 3 minutes of regulation I just saw 6 current day fouls

[Thomas82]

watching this game right now.
Post up nba was a different beast in that era.. quality bigs were the show. Garnett (who I had not seen play in his youth either), also put on a good show. The twin towers were just amazing.

Plenty more where that came from.

[BillMc]

This is the playoff opener against the Wolves in 2001. The Spurs won this one 87-82, and of course this was one of the many legendary battles that Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett had. Here are their stat lines from the game:

Tim Duncan: 33 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, 1 steal
Kevin Garnett: 25 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steal, 1 block



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xo9zDxfHOw


***I wasn't able to find the highlight clips for people with time constraints.***

Well done. Though so much for getting any work done. :lol

[Thomas82]

Well done. Though so much for getting any work done. :lol

It was absolutely my pleasure. :lol

[Mr. Body]

He got viciously taken out by Juwan Howard on a dunk attempt and wasn't re-signed. It's not like he sat out an entire year with an injury no doctors could find and fled to LA.

He didn't want to be here and was gone at first opportunity.

[baseline bum]

He didn't want to be here and was gone at first opportunity.

Juwan did us a solid. There would have been no money for Manu had they kept DA at market value.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

He didn't want to be here and was gone at first opportunity.

Yep. DA thought he was too good for the Spurs and faded into oblivion after he left for greener pastures. KL's uncle should look at DA before wanting to pull Kawhi from the System.

If there's any truth to that rumor.

[weeks]

thanks for posting! watching it now, damn the game was so different back then. bigs ruled the world.

[Thomas82]

thanks for posting! watching it now, damn the game was so different back then. bigs ruled the world.

No doubt!!

[south side spur]

Man, DA sighting. If only we had a player like him today.

White is that type of player perhaps even better overall.

[weeks]

"San Antonio lead the league in average attendance"

back when this city was hungry for championships.

and is it just me, the mic system, or what? that crowd is loud as hell!

[Proxy]

announcers rooting for minny it seems, but jesus christ these announcers are so much better than the shit we have now

[Mr. Body]

Yep. DA thought he was too good for the Spurs and faded into oblivion after he left for greener pastures. KL's uncle should look at DA before wanting to pull Kawhi from the System.

If there's any truth to that rumor.

I mean, the guy played 11 seasons, so I have to give him some credit, although he barely moved the needle in any significant way.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Juwan did us a solid. There would have been no money for Manu had they kept DA at market value.

That '01 team was gutless worms in the most profound way... don't know if ST was around but this team folded like a quivering pink vagina in the cold whenever there was adversity or purple and gold jerseys anywhere in sight.

'01 and '11 seasons were actually very similar in a lot of ways

[Mr. Body]

That '01 team was gutless worms in the most profound way... don't know if ST was around but this team folded like a quivering pink vagina in the cold whenever there was adversity or purple and gold jerseys anywhere in sight.

'01 and '11 seasons were actually very similar in a lot of ways

The '01 Spurs could barely get the ball over the timeline against the Lakers pressure. Drafting Parker changed everything, at least in that regard.

[phxspurfan]

"San Antonio lead the league in average attendance"

back when this city was hungry for championships.

and is it just me, the mic system, or what? that crowd is loud as hell!

The city was that crazy during/right after 99. I remember rolling around with 2 car flags. Haven't even seen a car flag in awhile.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

The '01 Spurs could barely get the ball over the timeline against the Lakers pressure. Drafting Parker changed everything, at least in that regard.

Our guard rotation was horrid in that little era (old AJ/Daniels/injured DA/old Porter, Kerr who was just a shooter by that point), true, but Parker consistently curled into the fetal position against the kobe era Lakers pretty much his entire career.

[MaNu4Tres]

Juwan did us a solid. There would have been no money for Manu had they kept DA at market value.

You mean Rasho and Malik would have been traded sooner or Rashos never would have been given 48 million.

Spurs would have paid Manu before them 2.

Spurs actually low balled Derek and offered 28 mil over 4 yrs.. oppose to the 6 yr 48 mil dollar deal he got from Portland.

Derek had to take that because he worried about his knee.

[MaNu4Tres]

He didn't want to be here and was gone at first opportunity.

That's not accurate.

He wanted to be here, but Spurs low balled him by offering 28 million. Him being worried about his knee, he had to take Portland offer.

[MaNu4Tres]

"San Antonio lead the league in average attendance"

back when this city was hungry for championships.

and is it just me, the mic system, or what? that crowd is loud as hell!

More seats as Alamodome had double the amount of seats as ATT, a lot of cheaper options too.

Several playoff games in the dome had 34K+ in attendance.

[Arcadian]

Fucking awesome. Let us know if you find any more.

[Thomas82]

Fucking awesome. Let us know if you find any more.

I'll do my best to keep them coming.

[SnakeBoy]

This is the playoff opener against the Wolves in 2001. The Spurs won this one 87-82, and of course this was one of the many legendary battles that Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett had. Here are their stat lines from the game:

Tim Duncan: 33 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, 1 steal
Kevin Garnett: 25 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steal, 1 block



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xo9zDxfHOw


***I wasn't able to find the highlight clips for people with time constraints.***

For a brief second I was thinking Manu looks in better shape now before I realized different bald white guy.

[Thomas82]

For a brief second I was thinking Manu looks in better shape now before I realized different bald white guy.

You must be talking about Danny Ferry. :lol

[YGWHI]

Thanks Thomas82 Your threads are always amazing :toast


The city was that crazy during/right after 99. I remember rolling around with 2 car flags. Haven't even seen a car flag in awhile.
This made me wonder how was the attendance in 2001...Well, Spurs were #1 in the whole league.

http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2001

I know this is a stat that depends on many variables but they're #12 in 2018...

http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance

[MaNu4Tres]

Thanks Thomas82 Your threads are always amazing :toast


This made me wonder how was the attendance in 2001...Well, Spurs were #1 in the whole league.

http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2001

I know this is a stat that depends on many variables but they're #12 in 2018...

http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance

The Alamodome could seat over 37K people. Basic supply/demand principles as there were cheaper and more affordable seats available because of how many there were. That was a big reason why Spurs led in attendance when they played at the dome.

Now I think the max capacity is right over 18,700K at the AT&T.

If you go back, Spurs ranked 11th in 2003 and always have been between 9th and 14th the past 15 years in the smaller AT&T.

Not hard to figure out.

[YGWHI]

Not hard to figure out.
I've said "many variables" capacity is obvious one of them.

But people talked in this thread about how many fans were, crowd's loud...I wanted to know what were the numbers then and now.

[MaNu4Tres]

I've said "many variables" capacity is obvious one of them.

But people talked in this thread about how many fans were, crowd's loud...I wanted to know what were the numbers. And how it is now.

During the playoffs at the dome, over 35K people would fill the Alamodome. So of course it was louder.

[YGWHI]

During the playoffs at the dome, over 35K people would fill the Alamodome. So of course it was louder.
Which is fantastic. But also they talked about the whole year, that's why I wanted to know the stats about attendence that season.

[MaNu4Tres]

Which is fantastic. But also they talked about the whole year, that's why I wanted to know the stats about attendence that season.

I went to many regular seasons games during those years as a 12-16 yr old kid. Me and my buddies would buy 7 dollar tickets.

I don't remember it being really loud unless it was a big game on TNT or NBC. With those games the attendance would always be up.

Most games vs. middle of the road or bad teams, you could buy 7 dollar tickets and move down to the bottom 10 rows by halftime with no real problems as there were always empty seats. I was a kid then and this was a norm for us.

[DJR210]

NBA on NBC presentation is God Tier IMO

[YGWHI]

I went to many regular seasons games during those years. I don't remember it being really loud unless it was a big game on TNT or NBC. With those games the attendance would always be up.

I was 6 years old when they played this game...Just remember a few things about those playoffs, some specif memories related to my dad a die-hard Spurs fan...Happy times.

[Dverde]

He still holds the record for reverse layups by a 7 footer

[Thomas82]

I was 6 years old when they played this game...Just remember a few things about those playoffs, some specif memories related to my dad a die-hard Spurs fan...Happy times.

Man, you make me feel old!! :lol I was 21 when this game was played.

[vander]

TNT/ESPN need to bring Bob Costas in to train the incompetent commentators they have

[YGWHI]

Man, you make me feel old!! :lol I was 21 when this game was played.
Nah...Age is just other "variable".

A man is as old as he feels. You have the ability, desire and energy to wok in these threads that are always amazing...I would say you're younger than me and many of my friends.

Again, thanks for taking the time to make these great threads.

[Phenomanul]

Finally saw it... Duncan in GOD mode (minus free-throw misses :lol)

[Thomas82]

Finally saw it... Duncan in GOD mode (minus free-throw misses :lol)

Yeah, if not for those he could have had 40.