San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan Manu Ginobili Tony Parker (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
He wasn’t exactly Mr. Double-Double in his NBA career, but Hedo Turkoglu showed up big to help The San Antonio Spurs get a key win this day in 2004. Coming off an embarrassing loss to the 20-34 Cleveland Cavaliers, the Spurs traveled to Minnesota to face a Timberwolves team on a five-game winning streak.
With San Antonio at 36-19 and Minnesota at 40-15, the showdown was a battle of heavyweights. In fact, the Wolves (58-24) and Spurs (57-25) ended up with the first and second-best records in the Western Conference by the season’s end.