Line of the Night: In the GMTR Fantasy Guide for 2008, I believe I compared Tim Duncan (1.13) to a Toyota Camry. Well, that old reliable machine can still hit a buck-twenty when it needs to. Duncan finished last night’s game with 20 and 15, adding 6 blocks and going 2-2 from the line(!) as [...]
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