Duncan proclaimed that that championship was " the best " of his four championships, and acknowledged he played " sub-par " and thus received only one vote for NBA Finals MVP from a panel of ten.

Tim Duncan and David Robinson won the 1999 championship with the Spurs, and Shaquille O ' Neal and Kobe Bryant started the 2000s with three consecutive championships for the Lakers.

The following day, they also re-signed Tim Duncan for three more years, the same money offered to Kevin Garnett to stay with the Boston Celtics, Boris Diaw for two years per $ 9 million, and Patrick Mills giving the Spurs a new hope towards their championship aspiration.

Double teamed by Duncan and Robinson, Knicks swingman Latrell Sprewell missed a last-second desperation shot, and after closing out the series with a strong 31-point and 9-rebound showing in Game 5, Duncan was named Finals MVP, bringing San Antonio their first-ever NBA championship.

Duncan said of the victory: " 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.

The following season, however, was another championship year for Duncan and the Spurs.

There, the Spurs swept the Cavaliers 4 – 0, earning Duncan his and San Antonio's fourth ever championship.

Tyler Duncan, a North golfer, also claimed an individual state championship in 2007.

A week later Chett the Jet beat Jacob Duncan for the championship at which point Burchill came to the ring and hit Chett with a steel chair, telling Danny Basham, the Troubleshooter, that he was the primary contender for the belt and demanded a match instantly thus ending 2006 with his first OVW Heavyweight Championship.

However, Duncan turned things around and lead United to the Second Division championship in the 1935 – 36 season.

Needing to find a point guard and a power forward to defend against Tim Duncan and the Spurs, the Lakers signed veteran stars Gary Payton and Karl Malone for well below market value ; they also hoped to give both veterans their first championship ring.

The gift is being presented by `` heirs and descendants of the Rutherford family of New Jersey, whose famous estate, `` Tranquility '', was located near the Duncan Phyfe workshop at Andover, N. J..

Also doing his army service in Shrewsbury at the same time was his United team-mate Duncan Edwards.

" Thou canst not say I did it ", for example, can mean that Macbeth is not the man who actually killed Banquo, or it can mean that Duncan, who was asleep when Macbeth killed him, cannot claim to have seen his killer.

Steven Duncan, writes that " it was first formulated by a Greek-speaking Syriac Christian neo-Platonist, John Philoponus.

For Dunedin, George Smith Duncan further developed the Hallidie model, introducing the pull curve and the slot brake ; the former was a way to pull cars through a curve, since Dunedin's curves were too sharp to allow coasting, while the latter forced a wedge down into the cable slot to stop the car.

Another notable honorable mention was given to the two men who attempted to burgle the home of footballer Duncan Ferguson ( who had four convictions for assault and had served six months in Glasgow's Barlinnie prison ) in 2001, with one burglar requiring three days ' hospitalization after being confronted by the player.

British journalist Duncan Campbell and New Zealand journalist Nicky Hager asserted in the 1990s that the United States was exploiting ECHELON traffic for industrial espionage, rather than military and diplomatic purposes.

The reign of King Donnchad I ( Duncan I ) from 1034 was marred by failed military adventures, and he was defeated and killed by MacBeth, the Mormaer of Moray, who became king in 1040.

IV, Issue 3 ( Jun / Jul, 2010 ), was devoted to " Justinian's fireman: Belisarius and the Byzantine empire ", with articles by Sidney Dean, Duncan B. Campbell, Ian Hughes, Ross Cowan, Raffaele D ' Amato, and Christopher Lillington-Martin.

Discussions began in March 1964 between Kenya and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Duncan Sandys on defence, and a formal agreement was signed on 3 June 1964.

Malcolm II's grandson Duncan ( Donnchad mac Crínáin ), later King Duncan I, was acclaimed as king of Alba on 30 November 1034, apparently without opposition.

Duncan appears to have been tánaise ríg, the king in waiting, so that far from being an abandonment of tanistry, as has sometimes been argued, his kingship was a vindication of the practice.

Far from being the aged King Duncan of Shakespeare's play, the real King Duncan was a young man in 1034, and even at his death in 1040 his youthfulness is remarked upon.

In 1039, Strathclyde was attacked by the Northumbrians, and a retaliatory raid led by Duncan against Durham in 1040 turned into a disaster.

Later that year Duncan led an army into Moray, where he was killed by Macbeth on 15 August 1040 at Pitgaveny ( then called Bothnagowan ) near Elgin.

William Forbes Skene's suggestion that he was Duncan I of Scotland has been revived in recent years.

Macbeth did not survive the English invasion, for he was defeated and mortally wounded or killed by the future Malcolm III (" King Malcolm Ceann-mor ", son of Duncan I ) on the north side of the Mounth in 1057, after retreating with his men over the Cairnamounth Pass to take his last stand at the battle at Lumphanan.

He was the eldest son of King Duncan I ( Donnchad mac Crínáin ).

Although Shakespeare's Macbeth presents Malcolm as a grown man and his father as an old one, it appears that Duncan was still young in 1040, and Malcolm and his brother Donalbane ( Domnall Bán ) were children.

The Orkneyinga Saga records that Malcolm and Ingibiorg had a son, Duncan II ( Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim ), who was later king.

Some Medieval commentators, following William of Malmesbury, claimed that Duncan was illegitimate, but this claim is propaganda reflecting the need of Malcolm's descendants by Margaret to undermine the claims of Duncan's descendants, the Meic Uilleim.

' Duncan Barrett, one of the co-authors of The Sugar Girls describes some of the perils of relying on oral history accounts: " On two occasions, it became clear that a subject was trying to mislead us about what happened – telling a self-deprecating story in one interview, and then presenting a different, and more flattering, version of events when we tried to follow it up.

With the later additions of center Nazr Mohammed from New York ( acquired in a midseason trade of Malik Rose ), and veteran forward Glenn Robinson from free agency, alongside regulars Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili, and Tim Duncan, the Spurs would be near the top in the Western Conference all season, battling the Phoenix Suns for the best record in the NBA.

The series is best known for starring kid-sized versions of popular professional sports stars, such as Albert Pujols, Paul Pierce, Barry Bonds, Tim Duncan, Clint Mathis, Kevin Garnett, Tom Brady, Alex Rodriguez, Joe Thornton and Andy Macdonald.

A number of well-known people were educated at Dumfries Academy, among them Henry Duncan, founder of the world's first commercial savings bank, Sir James Anderson, who captained the SS Great Eastern on the Transatlantic telegraph cable laying voyages in 1865 and 1866, James Matthew Barrie, author of Peter Pan, missionary Jane Haining, international diplomat Alexander Knox Helm, John Laurie, actor ( Private Fraser in Dad's Army ), artist Robin Philipson, singer John Hanson, Alex Graham, cartoonist best known for the Fred Basset series and Jock Wishart, who in 1998 set a new world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powered vessel.

Adrian Paul Hewett ( born 29 May 1959 ), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod.

* In the best selling semi-autobiographical novel The River Why ( 1983 ) by David James Duncan, The Compleat Angler serves as the most revered book in the irreverent fly fisherman Gus Orviston's childhood home, his parents quoting and misquoting the treatise to obsessively argue their respective sides of the artificial fly versus natural bait controversy.

With an experienced center in Robinson and the number one pick in Duncan, the Spurs featured one of the best frontcourts in the league.

A group of poets now known as the " Confederation Poets ", including Charles G. D. Roberts, Archibald Lampman, Bliss Carman, Duncan Campbell Scott, and William Wilfred Campbell, came to prominence in the 1880s and 1890s, Choosing the world of nature as their inspiration, their work was drawn from their own experiences and, at its best, written in their own tones.

The Nets were looking for a more physical big man to compete with Shaquille O ' Neal and Tim Duncan, two of the best big men in the league who also led championship-caliber teams in the West.

Kate Jackson ( born October 29, 1948 ) is an American actress, director, and producer, perhaps best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the popular 1970s television series Charlie's Angels.

Taylor and Edward Andrews played gold seekers Clancy and Duncan, respectively, who are best friends until they strike it rich, only to see Native Americans release their gold dust to the wind.

* Duncan Toys Company, an American toy manufacturer best known for its yo-yos

Set against the momentous changes of recent history and building to a set-piece climax of unrelenting tension, Duncan Kyle's thirteenth novel will be welcomed by his many fans as one of his very best.

Robert Duncan McNeill ( born November 9, 1964 ) is an American actor, producer, movie director, and television director who is best known for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television show Star Trek: Voyager.

Jeffrey Duncan Jones ( born September 28, 1946 ) is an American actor best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Miloš Forman ’ s Amadeus, Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice, and Dean of Students Edward R. Rooney in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

In addition to launching Western swing pioneers Bob Wills and Milton Brown, it provided a platform for many of the best musicians of the genre, including Tommy Duncan, Cecil Brower, John " Knocky " Parker and Kenneth Pitts.

Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan ( 25 November 1897 – 6 December 1956 ) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act of 1735.

Charles William Duncan, Jr. ( born September 9, 1926 ) is an American entrepreneur, administrator, and statesman best known for serving as U. S. Secretary of Energy on the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981.

As the daughter of well-respected County Sheriff Keith Mars, Veronica's biggest problem was getting dumped by her boyfriend, Duncan Kane, until the murder of her best friend Lilly Kane.

The league ’ s best shooters ( such as Steve Nash, Peja Stojaković, Ray Allen, Chauncey Billups, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and Dirk Nowitzki ) can make roughly 90 % of their attempts over a season, while notoriously poor shooters ( e. g. Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, Ben Wallace, Tim Duncan, Rajon Rondo, Andre Iguodala, Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis or Marcin Gortat ) may struggle to make 50 % of them.

* Duncan Waring ( Robin Nedwell ), Michael's best friend and roommate.

George Smith Duncan ( 1852-1930 ) was a tramway and mining engineer best known for his work on cable trams, and for his work in the gold mining industry.

Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones ( born 30 May 1971 ), also known as Zowie Bowie, is an English film director best known for directing the science fiction films Moon ( 2009 ) and Source Code ( 2011 ).

Sunny works as a secretary in Vice Principal Nero's office where she is forced to staple papers, while Klaus and Violet are in school. At lunchtime on the first day, they meet mean, nasty, and spoiled Carmelita Spats as well as kind, smart and astute triplets Duncan and Isadora Quagmire, who soon become their best friends.