SAN ANTONIO – Together, Tim Duncan and David Robinson raised the championship trophy as the deafening roars of the SBC Center somehow grew louder.

Once the champagne stopped spilling in the drenched Spurs’ lockerroom later in the night, Texas’ terrific twosome will go their separate ways.

But for one final evening, they were terrific together. Duncan, clinching his Finals MVP Award, nearly posted a quadruple double – finishing with 21 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and eight blocks. Robinson, playing his best game of the playoff run, posted a massive double-double – 13 points, 17 rebounds.

“I geared my mind into thinking that this is going to be my last home game,” said Robinson after the Spurs’ Game 6, title-clinching 88-77 victory last night.

Robinson retires a champion by winning his second ring. Duncan moves on to what could be a few more championships, especially if Jason Kidd decides San Antonio is a better basketball town than the Swamp.

“Tim’s already been talking to me all year about [coming back],” Robinson said amid the pungent odor of champagne. “The way it ended, it really confirmed more in my heart this is how God wanted me to end it.”

Robinson left the game, ended his Hall-of-Fame career with 35.6 seconds left, euphorically bearhugging Kevin Willis as he came out and Willis came in. During the oncourt celebration, Robinson appeared misty-eyed.

“It’s an unbelievable day, to think my last game, last time as a player on a basketball court, I can get to raise a trophy,” Robinson said. “Obviously, God played this out for me and I was just like a clown walking right into it.”

And Duncan, who never gets emotional, got emotional in the final moments.

“For a second there, the last couple of seconds, I really thought, ‘You know what, I’m not gonna play with this guy again. I’m gonna have to come out on this court without him.’ It’s gonna be weird.”

For three quarters last night, Duncan and Robinson were the only Spurs who played like they were ready to be fit for another ring. Finally, in the fourth quarter, they got help and another championship on account of a 19-0 stunning run – sparked by two Duncan blocks that set up two of Stephen Jackson’s crushing 3-pointers.

When Duncan blocked Kenyon Martin during the run, he notched his 31st block of the Finals, breaking Patrick Ewing’s record 30 set in 1994.

“I thought this was the most noise we showed all season long,” Duncan said.

Said Robinson, “It’s almost unfair. We always expect a great, great game from him and he just delivers time and time again.”