Tim: too many to chose from. 2002 WCSF (29/17/5/3 vs. Lakers), 2003 WCF (28/17/6/3 vs. Mavs), 2003 Finals (24/17/5/5 vs. Nets), 2006 WCSF (33/12/4/3 vs. Mavs). I'd probably go with the 03 Mavs series just for sheer dominance (in the three games against Dirk he put up 35/18/7/3 on 62%).
Manu: 2005 WCF vs. Suns (23/6/5/.601 TS%) or 2005 Finals vs. Pistons.
Tony: 2013 WCF vs. Memphis (24/4/10/.586 TS%) or 2008 WCR1 vs. Suns (29/3/7/.580 TS%)
Which ones would you go with?
Also, I think Tim's series against the Sonics in 02 gets underrated (probably because nobody watched it). He averaged 26 PPG, 11 RPG, 6 APG, and 6 BPG for the series. That is insane!
Little tidbit: Tim missed one of the games in the Sonics series because his father died. That is the only Playoff game he's missed besides the 00 Suns series (because he was injured).
Last edited by T_L_P; 12-05-2015 at 10:25 AM.
2006 Mavs Tim has to be up there also, too bad manu ed up.
What about Tony's 2007 Finals?
Tim - 2003 Nets
Manu - 2005 Pistons
Tony - 2007 Cavs
Prob this. Tony would have had 2013 Heat if they closed that series. He came up clutch on one leg in Game 6 there at the end until the Ray Allen fiasco.
05 Manu vs. Sonics was pretty epic too...
Manu vs Denver was awesome in the past
IIRC Manu had some terrific series also against Utah back when they used to be decent
It's up there, but I think he played better against the Grizzlies and the Grizzlies were a better team than those trash Cavs.
Disagree about 2013 Finals. 16/2/6 on .472 TS% isn't that impressive, even if he did hit some huge shots.
Talking about the 2007 Finals, I was rewatching some of those games the other day, and I didn't remember Gino dropping 27pts in the closeout game... terrific outing that night
It may not have been his best, but last season against the Clippers was one of Tim's most memorable for me. He put the entire team on his shoulders and carried them. And he single-handedly fought off those two big beasts they had in the middle. At his age, that was an epic performance. Heroic stuff.
It's a shame it got overshadowed by the fact that the Spurs lost the series.
Back when he used to go 2-2 from the FT line
The ?
Some folks have Tony's perfomances on that series all ed up because of a couple of clutch shots. He was abysmal on that series, specially for the way he was playing up until that point.
heh? we only had 2 series against Utah in the Manu era, the second of which occurred wayyyy past Manu's prime
Manu's best series outside the 2005 Finals came against Denver and Phoenix in 2005 and 2007
Yup. It's an emotional favorite for me along with 06 against the Mavs and 05 against the Pistons (one of the few epic series where we actually came out on top lol)
Damn everyone forgets how out of his mind Parker was playing in the 2009 playoff series vs Dallas.
Tim Duncan: 2003 Finals vs New Jersey - 24.2 ppg, 17.6 reb, 5.3 blk, 5.3 ast, 49.5% FG
Manu Ginobili: 2005 WCF vs Phoenix - 22.2 ppg, 6.2 reb, 0.2 blk, 4.8 ast, 49.4% FG
Tony Parker: 2009 WCQF vs Dallas - 28.6 ppg, 4.2 reb, 0.2 blk, 6.8 ast, 54.6% FG
Timmy - 03 vs. LA and 03 vs. Nets (tie)
Manu - 05 against Detroit
Tony - 08 vs. Phx and 13 vs. Grizzlies (tie)
You are right, I'm probably confused with somebody else. Agreed about Phoenix.
Tony was great for the first 4 games of that series, but he disappeared in game 5, especially toward the end. Plus, we lost the series pretty handily...
Surprisingly Manu's stats weren't that great in the 2007 WCSF vs Phoenix. It threw me off because I remember his dominant performance in Game 6; it was probably the greatest game Manu ever played (33 pts, 11 reb, 6 ast, 4 stl, 11-17 FG), and it was the le clincher.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...705180SAS.html
That wasn't Parker's fault, that was the Finley / Mason / Udoka era and Manu didn't play a second of the playoffs.
In the playoffs? One of the better ones, but Manu's greatest game ever was in the RS against Phoenix on 1/21/2005. Spurs came back from 19 down to win in OT & Manu scored like 48 or 49 points IIRC.
yeah, Manu was out, Duncan was playing on one leg and Bowen was mostly injured/planning his retirement. Drew Gooden was the starting center. Spurs had no chance
Yup. Dude got outplayed by Mario ing Chalmers in games 6 and 7. Doesn't get anymore embarrassing than that for someone that was supposed to be the Spurs best player that year.The ?
Some folks have Tony's perfomances on that series all ed up because of a couple of clutch shots. He was abysmal on that series, specially for the way he was playing up until that point.
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