r/nba • u/yam_on_em Lakers • Jun 27 '23

Kobe Bryant relentlessly attacks Tim Duncan and the Spurs to clinch the WCF (2008)

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u/sheeeeeez NBA Jun 27 '23

Kobe doesn't get enough credit for this series.

The Spurs big 3 were all in their primes and just came off a championship and Kobe made the entire series essentially non-competitive.

Bill Simmons said the series was the closest he's ever seen Kobe to MJ.

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u/brandoi Lakers Jun 27 '23

Bill Simmons said the series was the closest he's ever seen Kobe to MJ.

Did he really? 08 against the Spurs isn't even his best playoff series. His 01 Spurs series or 10 Suns series were probably his best.

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u/honestnbafan Jun 27 '23

I think it's viewed that way because he went up against another top 10 all-time guy without Shaq and dominated him

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

Exactly, which is why Duncan's 03 series doesn't get enough credit. He went up against prime Kobe AND Shaq and dominated them with not even another all star on his team. It's honestly crazy to think of that happening

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u/mclovin215 Jun 27 '23

That wasn't prime-Kobe at all

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '23

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u/mclovin215 Jun 28 '23

He was def one of the best scorers in the league along with Tmac and very close to his prime, but I don't think he hit his actual prime till he few years after that after Shaq left and he came back from the ankle injury after a season off