【Guide】News on February 9, The Spurs challenged the Raptors away, and they lost to their opponents 82-87 in the end.
End the two-game winning streak.
Among them, Duncan scored 12 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in this game.
Duncan
Since entering the league in 1997, Duncan has been a model worker in the NBA. This game happened to be the 1,300th game of his career. Duncan also tied Ray Allen and became the 14th player in NBA history to pass 1,300 games.
Milestone players, meanwhile, among active players, Duncan is tied for second with Gentleman Ray, only behind Kevin Garnett (1,417 games).
Against the energetic Raptors, the Spurs played extremely hard. The 38-year-old Duncan was also struggling when facing the defense of Valanciunas. From some shots, Duncan’s helplessness could be seen. In the second half of the second quarter, the Spurs fell into a
During the scoring drought, Popovich wanted to use Duncan’s inside attack to ease the situation.
After a missed layup, Duncan tried to grab the offensive rebound, but when he was about to complete the second attack, he was blocked by Valanciunas.
At one and a half minutes into the second quarter, Duncan opened the singles again, and this time Valanciunas once again mercilessly sent a block. Before halftime was about to end, a similar scene repeated itself again. Duncan held the ball
The singles made the final attack, and this time, Valanciunas successfully intercepted the ball. In just about 2 minutes, Duncan made 0 of 4 shots and was blocked by Valanciunas three times.
Such an embarrassing situation has been extremely rare in Duncan’s entire career.
When the game fell into a stalemate in the final quarter, Duncan once stepped forward. He made a foul at the basket and made two free throws to help the Spurs take a 2-point lead, but the Raptors regained control of the situation. With 4.4 seconds left before the end, the Spurs trailed
With 3 points, they have only one last chance to save.
At this time, Duncan walked to the sideline, but a dramatic scene happened. Due to a communication error with his teammates, after Duncan threw the ball, there was no Spurs player to respond, and the ball finally fell into the sidelines.
This mistake also caused the Spurs to eventually lose the game. Throughout the entire game, Duncan was one of the hardest working people on the Spurs. He scored 12 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
But at the same time, he only made 3 of 14 shots in the game, and his contribution value was only -22.
In the recent period, the Spurs can be regarded as one of the most stable teams in the league. Losing a game will not hinder their plans. As a 38-year-old veteran, Duncan’s ups and downs are also normal.
In the game, Duncan will still lead the team to the goal. In his life dictionary, there is no word “discouraged”.