UPDATE: Tim Duncan spoke about that experience with Slam's Lang Whitaker: "Jermaine (O'Neal) destroyed me. But I am worried about using a tale of a player who shot 60% from the floor to explain a player who shot 21%. I'm not worried about Kevin Durant's future. This story has been used to laugh off performances like Kevin Durant's 4 for 19 in his second game. Maurice Cheeks got the game wrong (fifth not first) and while 'killed' might be harsh Ostertag did get the better of Tim. Tim fouled out of the game getting his sixth foul at 2:52 of the fourth quarter. Greg Ostertag 21 points/7 of 12 FG/10 rebs/0 assists/5 blocks Tim Duncan 14 points/6 of 10 FG/8 rebs/3 assists/2 blocks The article doesn't specify how many but Ostertag had six blocks in the game.Īnyway, here are the boxscore lines from both players: The article describes Ostertag as going up to slam a dunk on Duncan, but he hit the back rim instead. that's a matter of opinion.Ĭertainly the Utah team killed the combined summer league team of the Spurs and 76ers, as the final score was Jazz 85 and Spurs/76ers 59. I linked to such a quote, from Cheeks, the other day, and enterprising TrueHoop reader Cyn spent a day at the library going through old newspaper stories proving Cheeks wrong.Īs for Ostertag 'killing' TD. And the story is that Greg Ostertag killed Tim Duncan in his first summer league appearance. It's a story about how great players can have terrible games in their first summer league. Every journalist here, practically, has quoted it. It has been the best line of summer league. Greg Ostertag's Legendary Domination of Tim Duncan You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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