Big Three (San Antonio Spurs)

The Big Three was a trio of basketball players for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2002–2016. The Big Three consists of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginóbili. Each player of the Big Three was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs and played their entire NBA careers with the San Antonio Spurs. The Big Three won four NBA Championships during their time together in San Antonio.

Pre-"Big Three"

Tim Duncan

Main article: Tim Duncan

Prior to being selected #1 overall by the San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan played college basketball for four years at Wake Forest. At Wake Forest, Tim Duncan would lead Wake Forest to two ACC Tournament championships, he would be two time ACC Player of the Year, three time NABC Defensive Player of the Year, three time All-ACC first team, three time All-ACC Tournament Team, and would be the MVP of the 1996 ACC Tournament. Tim Duncan would also win numerous national player of the year awards in his senior season at Wake Forest and would be a two-tine consensus first-team All-American. In 1996, Tim Duncan lead the ACC in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots, becoming the first player in ACC history to do so. Tim Duncan led Wake Forest to a 97-31 record during his four years there, and would also exit Wake Forest as the all-time NCAA rebounding leader at the time. Tim Duncan is one of only ten players to exit college with more than 2,000 career points and 1,500 career rebounds. Tim Duncan was also the first player in NCAA history to reach 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 blocked shots and 200 assists. Tim Duncan left college as the all-time leading shot-blocker in ACC history with 481 blocks and third in the ACC in career rebounds with 1,570 rebounds.[1][2]

When Tim Duncan was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs with the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft, he would join David Robinson to form a frontcourt known as the "Twin Towers". The "Twin Towers" would win two NBA Titles during their six seasons together – in 1999 and 2003 (2003 was with the "Big Three" as well) – with Tim Duncan winning NBA Finals MVP both times. Tim Duncan would also be named NBA MVP during his final two seasons with David Robinson and would be named to the All-NBA First Team in each of his six seasons with David Robinson. The "Twin Towers" would also be named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2003 (their final season together).[3]

Tony Parker

Main article: Tony Parker

Tony Parker played two years with Paris Basket Racing prior to being selected 28th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2001 NBA draft.

Tony Parker began his rookie season playing as the backup point guard to Antonio Daniels and would eventually become the starting point guard for the San Antonio Spurs that season and would play in 77 regular-season games, averaging 9.2 points, 4.3 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 29.4 minutes per game in his rookie season. Tony Parker increased the Spurs' game tempo, getting his teammates better looks at the basket whenever he was involved in transition offense. Tony Parker could also hit open jump shots, which would create greater space for the "Twin Towers", Tim Duncan and David Robinson. Tony Parker led the Spurs in assists and steals during his rookie season and was named to the All-Rookie First team that season.[4][5]

Manu Ginóbili

Main article: Manu Ginóbili

Manu Ginóbili would play seven season internationally before joining the San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginóbili started his professional career with the Andino Sport Club of the Argentine basketball league before he would be traded to his hometown team, Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca and would play with his hometown team for two seasons.[6]

Manu Ginóbili would then play his next four seasons in Italy. Manu Ginóbili would spend the first two of these season with Basket Viola Reggio Calabria, where he, along with Brent Scott, Brian Oliver, and Sydney Johnson would lead the team to promotion from the Italian 2nd Division to the Italian 1st Division.[6]

Manu Ginóbili would then be drafted 57th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1999 NBA draft, but he would play three more seasons in Italy before joining the Spurs. Manu Ginóbili would play his final two seasons in Italy for Kinder Bologna, whom he would lead to the 2001 Italian Championship, the 2001 and 2002 Italian Cups, and the 2001 Euroleague, where he would be named the EuroLeague Final Four MVP. He would also win the Italian League MVP Award in 2000–01 and 2001–02 and would be selected to three Italian League All-Star Games during his career in Italy.[6]

"Big Three" era

Once Manu Ginóbili signed with the San Antonio Spurs for the 2002–03 season, this was bound to be a huge season for the San Antonio Spurs, which featured the start of their "Big Three", the opening of their new arena, SBC Center, as well as the final season of the "Twin Towers", as David Robinson announced that he was going to retire at the end of the season. The "Big Three", combined with the "Twin Towers", would lead the Spurs to an NBA-best 60-22 record and home court advantage throughout the entire playoffs. The Spurs would defeat the Phoenix Suns in a six-game series and would then be eager to avenge their last two postseason losses to the Los Angeles Lakers. In the series against the Lakers, Tim Duncan had 37 points and 16 rebounds in Game 6 to close out the series with a 110-82 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers and complete the task of avenging their last two postseason losses to the Los Angeles Lakers, and Spurs head coach Greg Popovich stated: "I thought in Game 5 and Game 6, he [Duncan] was astounding in his focus. He pulled everyone along these last two games."[7] But Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili were also strong offensive threats in the series against the Lakers. The Spurs would then defeat the Dallas Mavericks in a six-game series in the Western Conference Finals to advance to the 2003 NBA Finals. This series would feature strong performances from Tim Duncan, who had 32 points and 20 rebounds in Game 1,[8] 19 points and 12 rebounds in Game 2,[9] 21 points and 16 rebounds in Game 3,[10] 23 points and 17 rebounds in Game 4,[11] 29 points and 17 rebounds in Game 5,[12] and had a triple double in Game 6 with 21 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists and was two blocks shy of a quadruple double[13] as he led the Spurs to a victory over the New Jersey Nets in six games to win the NBA title in the first season of the Big Three. Following the NBA Finals victory, Tim Duncan said: "We were all confident that something would happen, that we would turn the game to our favor, and it did", but felt sad that Robinson retired after winning his second championship ring.[14] Tim Duncan would be named NBA Finals MVP and NBA MVP for that season as well, but the other two of the trio would contribute significantly to this NBA Finals victory as well, as Tony Parker had 16 points in Game 1 and 21 points in Game 2 giving him a combined total of 37 points over the first two games of the series,[8][9] and he followed that with a 26-point performance in Game 3,[10] and the duo of Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili would combine for 26 points in Game 5.[12]

The San Antonio Spurs would face a tough rebuild the following season as veterans David Robinson, Steve Kerr, Danny Ferry retired and Stephen Jackson and Speedy Claxton left for free agency. The Spurs were able to replace Robinson and Jackson by signing in Rasho Nesterovic and Hedo Türkoğlu and they also acquired Robert Horry via free agency.

The "Big Three" was still enough to lead the Spurs to a 57-25 record – finishing one game behind the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Midwest Division title and the best record in the Western Conference – and another trip to the NBA Playoffs. The Spurs started strong in the playoffs as they swept the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. The Spurs would face a playoff encounter with the Lakers for the fourth consecutive season in the conference semifinals. The Spurs and the Lakers would split the first four games of the series with the home team winning ever game. In Game 5, Tim Duncan made a toughly defended jump shot with 0.4 seconds remaining to give the Spurs a 73-72 lead in Game 2. However, Derek Fisher would hit a buzzer-beater to give the Lakers a 74-73 win over the Spurs in Game 5 which would put the Lakers ahead in the series 3-2.[15] The Spurs would end up losing Game 6 to the Lakers 88-76, thus being eliminated from the playoffs.[16]

The following season, the "Big Three" led the Spurs to a Southwest Division title with a 59-23 record and the #2 seed in the Western Conference. The Spurs would begin the playoffs by defeating the Denver Nuggets in five games, thanks in large part to strong performances by the "Big Three". In the conference semifinal series against the Seattle SuperSonics, thy would split the first four games with Seattle with the home team winning every game, and then, Manu Ginóbili would put on a show in Game 5 posting a playoff career-high 39 points in Game 5 after returning to the starting lineup which would help the Spurs beat the SuperSonics 103-90, putting them one game away from making the Western Conference Finals.[17] Tim Duncan would finish the deed for the Spurs in Game 6 by making a shot with 0.5 seconds left tied at 96-96 to win the game 98-96 and advance to the Western Conference Finals against the Phoenix Suns.[18] The "Big Three" would put up a dominant performance in the Western Conference Final series against the Suns as Tony Parker had a 29-point performance in Game 1 along with a 28-point performance by Tim Duncan to start off with a 121-114 win in Game 1[19] and in Game 2, the "Big Three " would score a combined total of 80 points – 30 from Duncan, 26 from Ginóbili, and 24 from Parker – to lead the Spurs to a fourth-quarter comeback and a 111-108 victory over the Suns to put the Spurs ahead 2-0 heading home[20] and would combine for 69 points in Game 3 – 33 from Duncan, 18 each from Parker and Ginóbili – to lead the Spurs to a 102-92 win over the Suns to take a 3-0 series lead and the puts would be one win away from a trip to the NBA Finals[21] and after losing Game 4 111-106, the "Big Three" would combine for 68 points – 31 from Duncan, 19 from Ginóbili, and 18 from Parker – to lead the Spurs to a 101-95 win in Game 5 to finish off the Suns and advance to the 2005 NBA Finals[22] The Spurs had a strong start to the 2005 NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons as Tim Duncan and Manu Ginóbili combined for 50 points in Game 1 -26 from Ginóbili, 24 from Duncan – to win Game 1 84-69 and take a 1-0 series lead. Manu Ginóbili would be the star once again in Game 2 with 27 points to lead the Spurs to a 97-76 victory and a 2-0 series lead in the NBA Finals. The Pistons would fight back with victories in Games 3 and 4, but Tim Duncan would bounce back in Game 5 with 26 points and 19 rebounds to help lead the Spurs to a 96-95 overtime win over the Pistons and take a 3-2 lead heading back to San Antonio. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginóbili were strong once again in Game 6 as they both scored 21 points, but the Pistons were able to pull away late to tie the series and force a Game 7. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginóbili would have a strong performance in Game 7 as the two of them would combine for 48 points in Game 7 – 25 from Duncan, 23 from Ginóbili – to take an 81-74 win in Game 7 to win the second NBA Championship of the "Big Three" era. The voting for the NBA Finals MVP award was very close between Tim Duncan and Manu Ginóbili, but Tim Duncan ultimately won his third NBA Finals MVP award.

The following season, the "Big Three" led the Spurs to a franchise-best record of 63-19 and the best record in the Western Conference. The Spurs would start out the playoffs with a six-game series win over the Sacramento Kings in the first round and would then face the Dallas Mavericks, who they were in a tight battle with for the Southwest Division title with, in the conference semifinals. Tim Duncan stated out the series strong with 31 points in Game 1, 28 points in Game 2, and 35 points in Game 3, but despite that, the Spurs were in a 2-1 series hole against the Mavericks. Tim Duncan and Tony Parker combined for 64 points in Game 4 with 33 points from Parker and 31 from Duncan, but the Spurs still lost the game 123-118 in overtime and were on the brink of elimination.[23] The "Big Three" were a strong force in Game 5 as they combined for 81 points – 36 from Duncan, 27 from parker, and 18 from Ginóbili – to stay alive with a 98-97 win in Game 5 to pull within a 3-2 series deficit.[24] Tim Duncan and Manu Ginóbili came out strong in Game 6 as they combined for 54 points – Ginóbili had 30, Duncan had 24, – to tie the series at three games a piece and force a decisive seventh game.[25] Tim Duncan had a 41-point performance in Game 7, but Tim Duncan only made one of seven field goal attempts in overtime as the Spurs were eliminated with a 119-111 overtime loss to the Mavs.[26]

After a rough start to the 2006–07 season, the Spurs had an NBA-best 25-6 record in the last 31 games and would finish out the season with a 58-24 record which was good enough to get the #3 seed in the Western Conference. The Spurs would cruise to a 4-1 win over the Denver Nuggets in the first round and thanks to the #1-seeded Mavericks upset loss to the #8-seeded Golden State Warriors in the first round, it would set up a series between the teams with the two-best records in the Western Conference remaining as the Spurs would face the Phoenix Suns in the conference semifinals. Tim Duncan got the series started with his 33-point performance in Game 1 to win Game 1 take a 1-0 series lead over the Suns. The Suns would take Game 2 to even the series at 1-1 but Tim Duncan would put on another 33-point performance in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead. The Suns would win Game 4 to even the series at 2-2, but then Manu Ginóbili would lead a strong fourth-quarter comeback with 15 points in the fourth quarter to take Game 5 88-85 and a 3-2 series lead.[27] The "Big Three" would come out strong in Game 6 as they combined for 87 points – 33 from Ginóbili, 30 from Parker, and 24 from Duncan – to take a 114-106 win in Game 6 to finish off the Suns and advance to the conference finals.[28] The "Big Thee" would start the Western Conference Final series against the Utah Jazz strong as they combined for 71 points – 27 from Duncan, 23 from Ginóbili, and 21 from Parker – to win Game 1 108-100 and take a 1-0 series lead.[29] Tim Duncan would have a dominant performance in Game 2 with 26 points and 14 rebounds which would give the Spurs a 105-96 win in Game 2 and a 2-0 series lead. The Utah Jazz would win Game 3 and in Game 4, Manu Ginóbili would have a 22-point performance in Game 4 with 11 of his 15 fourth quarter points coming from the free throw line to help the Spurs win Game 4 91-79 and take a 3-1 series lead heading home. Aided by 21 points each from Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, the San Antonio Spurs would dominate Game 5 with a 109-84 win to close out the series against the Jazz and advance to the 2007 NBA Finals. The Spurs would sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals to win their 4th overall championship and 3rd championship in the "Big Thee" era, but this time Tony Parker would take home the NBA Finals MVP award as he averaged 24.5 points throughout the series.[30]

The following season, the "Big Three" would lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 56-26 record which resulted in them getting the #3 seed and a first-round matchup with the Phoenix Suns. In Game 1, Tim Duncan scored 40 points and made the game-tying three-pointer in overtime to force double-overtime and Manu Ginóbili would have the game winning drive-to-the-basket with 1.5 seconds left in the second overtime period to win Game 1 117-115 in double overtime.[31] Tony Parker would then lead the Spurs through their next two games scoring 32 points in Game 2 and 41 points in Game 3 to put the Spurs ahead 3-0 in the series. The Suns would emerge victorious in Game 4, but Tony Parker would come back in Game 5 with a 31-point performance to win the series 4-1. The Spurs would face the New Orleans Hornets in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. After losing the first two games in New Orleans, Tony Parker's 31 -point performance in Game 3 and Tim Duncan's 22-point performance in Game 4 would help the Spurs even the series at 2-2. The Hornets would dominate Game 5 and take a 3-2 series lead, but Manu Ginóbili had 25 points in Game 6, and 26 points in Game 7 to lead the Spurs past the Hornets to reach the Conference Finals. The Spurs would face the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. After losing the first two games in L.A., Manu Ginóbili came back in Game 3 with a 30-point performance to lead the Spurs to a 103-84 win in Game 3 to cut the series deficit to 2-1. However, the Lakers won the next two games and eliminated the Spurs from the playoffs.

Manu Ginóbili missed more than half of the 2008–09 NBA season due to injury, and thus the Spurs finished 54-28 and ended up as the #3 seed in the Western Conference. The toll of Manu Ginóbili's injury hit them in the playoffs as despite a 38-point performance in Game 2 and a 43-point performance in Game 4 from Tony Parker, the Spurs lost to the Mavericks in a five-game series in the first round, thus failing to make it past the first round for the first time since 2000.

The "Big Three" managed to lead the Spurs to another 50-win season in 2010, but they would end up as the #7-seed in the Western Conference. The Spurs would end up pulling off an upset win over the #2-seeded Dallas Mavericks, thanks in part to 25-point performances by Tim Duncan in Games 2 and 3 and a 26-point performance by Manu Ginóbili in Game 6 to close out the series. The Spurs season would end in the conference semifinals with a loss to the Phoenix Suns.

The following season, the Spurs would have a 61-21 record and would earn the #1 seed in the Western Conference, but Manu Ginóbili got injured in the final game of the regular season. Manu Ginóbili would play through his injury in the playoffs, but his injury combined with a mediocre playoff performance by Tim Duncan would result in the Spurs being upset by the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round.

During the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season, the "Big Three" led the Spurs to a 50-16 record and would once again earn the #1 seed in the Western Conference. The "Big Three" would help the Spurs earn four-game sweeps against the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers to reach the Western Conference Finals. The "Big Three" started out the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder strong as Manu Ginobili scored 26 points in Game 1 and Tony Parker scored 34 in Game 2 to bring a 2-0 lead to the Spurs leading to OKC. The Spurs would losse the next two games on OKC, and then, Manu Ginóbili scored 34 points in Game 5 while Tony Parker scored 29 in Game 6, but that would not do for the Spurs as they were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder with a six-game series loss.

The following season, the Spurs finished with a 58-24 record and earned the #2 seed in the NBA Playoffs as a result. The "Big Three" would easily lead the Spurs to a four-game sweep per the Los Angeles Lakers and would end up facing the Golden State Warriors led by Stephen Curry in the second round. In Game 1, after missing many critical shots, Manu Ginóbili hot the game-winning three-pointer to give the Spurs a 129-127 win in double overtime to put the Spurs in front 1-0. The Warriors would then take Game 2 to even the series at 1-1 and then, Tony Parker had a 32-point performance in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead. The Spurs would finish off the Warriors in six games to advance to the Conference Finals. The Spurs would then sweep the Memphis Grizzlies in the conference finals to advance to the 2013 NBA Finals where they would face the Miami Heat. In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Tony Parker would hit a layup with 5.2 seconds left to put the Spurs ahead 92-88 and ultimately seal the game for the Spurs to take a 1-0 series lead.[32] However, the Spurs would end up losing a hard-fought seven-game series to the Miami Heat.

The next season, the "Big Three" would lead the Spurs to an NBA-beat 62-20 record, thus earning home court advantage throughout the entire playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks gave the Spurs a scare in the first round by forcing a Game 7 on them, but Tony Parker would come out with a strong 32-point performance in Game 7 to finish off the Mavericks with a 119-96 win in Game 7 to advance to the second round. Tony Parker would keep the strong performances going into the second round as he had a 33-point performance in Game 1 to give the Spurs a 116-92 win over the Portland Trail Blazers to take a 1-0 series lead. The Spurs would end up beating the Trail Blazers in a five-game series. The Spurs would end up beating the Oklahoma City Thunder in a six-game series to reach the 2014 NBA Finals, giving the Spurs consecutive trips to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, and would face the Miami Heat for the second consecutive year. The "Big Three" would start the finals strong by combining for 62 pouts in Game 1 – 21 from Duncan, 19 from Parker, and 16 from Ginóbili – along with 10 rebounds from Duncan and 11 assists from Ginóbili and eight from Parker, which would help the Spurs win Game 1 110-95 in a 90 °F (32 °C) AT&T Center to take a 1-0 series lead.[33] The Spurs would end up winning the finals in five games to win their 5th championship in franchise history, and fourth during the "Big Three" era.

The following season, the Spurs would finish with a 55-27 record and earn the #6 seed in the Western Conference. In their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers, Tim Duncan had 20-plus performances in Games 2, 5, and 7 but the Spurs would lose the series to the Clippers in seven games.

In what would end up being their last season together, the "Big Three" led the Spurs to a franchise-best 67-15 record and would earn the #2 seed in the Western Conference. The Spurs ended up sweeping the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round, but would lose a six-game series to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the conference semifinals.

On July 11, 2016, Tim Duncan announced that he would retire from the NBA after a 19-year career, thus ending the "Big Three" era.[34]

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