Spursfan21
05-19-2006, 10:59 AM
After watching Duncan this season, he wasn't looking that good at all, he had injury problems, yet he was playing through all of it, and i even heard people saying that it was the age finally getting to him, and his injuries would keep him from being MVP Duncan for the rest of the year. I also believed in this too, i figured if we were going to be carried by anyone it would be Parker since he was pretty much carrying the whole team throughout the season while Duncan had career low numbers.
But then the playoffs come around and what do we see, it's almost the old mvp Duncan, the one who can't be stopped by really anybody, during the season he could be slowed down by pretty much any big man, now he's making Diop and Dampier look silly here in the playoffs, it certainly caught me by suprise, he's getting 30 points a game and it's coming easily to him, that with some success of both Parker and Ginobili.
It has been crazy to watch him score the way he has been lately, of course we've lost the last 3 games up until last night but that's mainly because of Dallas' offense, the Spurs' offense has looked tremendous as well, had the Spurs been playing like this against any other team we would have seen blowouts. I expect the rest of the series to be close, and i expect Duncan will have another 30 point perfomance the next game.
Anyone think he was done or did anyone expect him to step up like this in the playoffs?
But then the playoffs come around and what do we see, it's almost the old mvp Duncan, the one who can't be stopped by really anybody, during the season he could be slowed down by pretty much any big man, now he's making Diop and Dampier look silly here in the playoffs, it certainly caught me by suprise, he's getting 30 points a game and it's coming easily to him, that with some success of both Parker and Ginobili.
It has been crazy to watch him score the way he has been lately, of course we've lost the last 3 games up until last night but that's mainly because of Dallas' offense, the Spurs' offense has looked tremendous as well, had the Spurs been playing like this against any other team we would have seen blowouts. I expect the rest of the series to be close, and i expect Duncan will have another 30 point perfomance the next game.
Anyone think he was done or did anyone expect him to step up like this in the playoffs?