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In the 50-game 1998-99 season, the Spurs beat New York 4-1. Tim Duncan averaged 27.4 points and 14 boards to win his first Finals MVP.
Duncan joined in 1997 with David Robinson to form the Twin Towers; in 1999 they won the first title together, the old Admiral as sidekick, Duncan as the load-bearer.
In 1999-00 the Lakers beat Indiana 4-2. Shaquille O’Neal averaged 38 points and 16.7 boards to win his first title and Finals MVP.
O’Neal joined in 1996; Phil Jackson’s triangle arrived in 1999; the 2000 title opened LA’s new-century dynasty.