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WATCH: Classic 🏀: Duncan, 'The Admiral' win 1st career title in 1999

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What's the next best thing to live NBA basketball? Classic footage of NBA basketball.

Wednesday's stream takes us back to Game 5 of the 1999 Finals, with the New York Knicks hosting the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.

Although they'd already surpassed all expectations, the scrappy, eighth-seeded Knicks - who were without injured franchise star Patrick Ewing - were still going to make "The Admiral" David Robinson and second-year power forward Tim Duncan earn the first title of their storied careers.

Rewatch the stream below:

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