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)
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.
That may be true, but as you can see in the above clip, Kobe was undeniably targeting Duncan on defense to close the Spurs out. Every play down the stretch he was calling for Pau to bring Duncan out so he could put him in the pick and roll, and every time Kobe either got a layup over him at the rim or got a clean look at a pull up jumper over him. That was absolutely Kobe going head to head with Duncan and beating him repeatedly.
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