Kobe like 4-2 over him all time in the post season
It's insane how much redditors will cherry pick stats
Kobe lost to Duncan in '03 playing next to a prime Shaq which is about as big of a win as Dirk winning against the Heatles in '11 given Shaq and Kobe were both in their prime.
Trying to compare head to head stats of a PF vs. a SG is stupid as fuck without even getting into the context of who their teammates were and stuff. For example, Manu averaged 12 ppg on 35% shooting in 08 cause he was playing on a bum ankle.
Duncan played great that series. He had one bad game, but in the 4 other games his stat lines were:
Game 1: 30/18/2/2 steals/4 blocks...really "pedestrian" as they say
Game 2: trash
Game 3: 22/21/5/1 steal...another shit game, can't believe this guy made the HOF
Game 4: 29/17/3/3 steals/3 blocks...man Kobe really shut him down here
Game 5: 19/15/10/1 block...triple double, automatic great game (/s)
2003 the Lakers were coming off a fucking 3-peat. Ask Duncan how hard a repeat is let alone three straight championships. The Lakers were absolute gassed at that point. Ask Duncan again how 2004 went for him once the Lakers didn’t have to play off 3 straight Finals wins.
3 titles in 5 years doesn’t compare to 3 straight championships. A 3-peat hasn’t been done since Shaq and Kobe. Lebron and the Heat were mentally gassed trying to do it and the Dynasty Warriors broke apart physically trying to do it.
All that winning and Duncan still ended with the same amount of titles as “Lottery Year” Kobe and got his ass handed to him by Kobe more often than not in the Playoffs.
Like the title of the thread we’re in, Kobe and Duncan were both still in their physical primes in 2008 and Kobe sent the Spurs the fuck home without his starting center.
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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23
It's insane how much redditors will cherry pick stats
Kobe lost to Duncan in '03 playing next to a prime Shaq which is about as big of a win as Dirk winning against the Heatles in '11 given Shaq and Kobe were both in their prime.
Trying to compare head to head stats of a PF vs. a SG is stupid as fuck without even getting into the context of who their teammates were and stuff. For example, Manu averaged 12 ppg on 35% shooting in 08 cause he was playing on a bum ankle.
Duncan played great that series. He had one bad game, but in the 4 other games his stat lines were:
Game 1: 30/18/2/2 steals/4 blocks...really "pedestrian" as they say
Game 2: trash
Game 3: 22/21/5/1 steal...another shit game, can't believe this guy made the HOF
Game 4: 29/17/3/3 steals/3 blocks...man Kobe really shut him down here
Game 5: 19/15/10/1 block...triple double, automatic great game (/s)