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109 to 98
The Bucks won the first game of the Finals.
Just looking at the stats, Duncan's performance was the most eye-catching.
Duncan scored 24 points, grabbed 21 rebounds, dished out 5 assists, and blocked 5 shots, arguably the best performance on the floor, yet the Spurs lost by 11 points. And it mainly came down to Duncan not being able to go all out on the offensive end.
Gregg Popovich told reporters, "If you think this is TD's normal, you'd better fold your hands and pray devoutly to God. See if God will let tonight's TD keep showing up."
The biggest problem for Duncan today was free throws.
Once the Bucks saw he wasn't shooting well from the line, they started fouling him from the second quarter on, and Duncan ended up hitting just 9 out of 19 free throws, which was pretty ugly to say the least.