Tim Duncan breaks NBA record for most wins with 1 team
Tim Duncan broke the NBA record for most wins by a single player with one team with his 954th victory as a San Antonio Spur on Monday night.
Tim Duncan now has the most wins with one team by any player in NBA history, with 954 (@EliasSports) pic.twitter.com/xWqFThlHK5
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 3, 2015
The Spurs defeated the New York Knicks 94-84 at Madison Square Garden for their third win of the 2015-16 season.
Reaching milestones and setting records is what "The Big Fundamental" does best these days. Duncan, 39, scored the 26,000th point of his career Sunday afternoon in a win over the Boston Celtics. The win also made Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili the winningest trio in NBA history.
With his 954th win in a Spurs uniform, Duncan breaks the tie he had with legendary Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton.
Most wins in @NBAHistory with one team:
1. Tim Duncan (Spurs) - 954
2. John Stockton (Jazz) - 953
3. Karl Malone (Jazz) - 919
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) November 3, 2015
Playing in his 19th season with the franchise, Duncan has five NBA championships, three NBA Finals MVP awards, two regular-season MVPs, a Rookie of the Year (1998), made 15 All-Star teams, and earned 10 spots on the All-NBA First Team.
Since entering the league as the No. 1 overall pick out of Wake Forest University, no Spurs team has won fewer than 50 games (excluding lockout year in 1998-99) in a season.
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