2003 MVP Battle - Kevin Garnett Takes On Tim Duncan In San Antonio!
Two of the top 2 candidates for the 2003 season MVP the Big Ticket and the Big Fundamental battle it out in SA!
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KG: 24p/18r/8a/5b/1s 12/21 FG
TD: 29p/12r/3b/2a/1s 12/21 FG 5/6 FT
Пікірлер: 373
“Got you.” “Ooh almost.”
@user-yu6mz3sg1e
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
The sound the rim made back then 🤩
@Leo-qe3gl
2 ай бұрын
Pretty loud😂
@sweeps42
2 ай бұрын
@@Leo-qe3gl county fair rims
Good to see Garnett guarding Duncan and Tim guarding Kevin. I miss those head-to-head key matchups.
@derrickrobinson984
8 күн бұрын
Yeah I know right they don’t do it anymore
Miss this era of the NBA!! No one’s complaining about being fouled! Refs aren’t blowing the whistle, every time there’s contact! At this point they’re playing “flag basketball” in the NBA.
6:38 KG's dunk was so powerful, it broke the video!! And he lost his finger brace!
@Daveyjdigital
3 ай бұрын
🔥🐺
Robinsons final season got a ring went out like a boss
Top two PFs the game has ever seen. If Timmy and KG aren't on your PF Mount Rushmore, you don't know NBA basketball.
@rooseveltdarbey9493
10 ай бұрын
These two Charles Barkley and Karl Malone, with Moses Malone and Giannis right behind them.
@rastafarri4953
10 ай бұрын
@@rooseveltdarbey9493moses played center
@ripdeth
10 ай бұрын
@@rooseveltdarbey9493 Giannis is already the 2nd best PF all time. Better resume at this point in his career than all of them cept Timmy.
@boggsmalinao
10 ай бұрын
I got Mchale too
@edwells4769
10 ай бұрын
@@boggsmalinao Nobody in these comments ever watched McHale play and probably don't even know who he is. Best offensive post player of all time. I'll put him at the 5 spot
Love when you shoot and you are in your rhythm, and it’s one of them ones where feels smooth and the ball hits the back of the rim and just goes Doong!! And goes straight down, like not a swish but bounces straight down after hitting bottom of the rim!
After this game the Spurs went 12-2 to close the season, catching the Mavs for best record, and in the playoffs went 16-8 to clinch their second championship.
@irvingzeistman9828
2 ай бұрын
Pretty wild , I graduated high school in ‘03 and now I’m gonna be 40 this year.
I miss this type of basketball. Great defense, passing, rebounding, offensively fundamental. So many games in the playoffs now are being won by blowouts. Games being decided in the last two minutes are becoming more rare every year. It makes for a weakened product. I was blessed to see Jordan in his prime, among so many other greats. The competitiveness of the 80’s-2010’s was amazing.
That's why NBA back then was fun to watch. Both players were competitive and focused on helping their team to win, but if they were playing in today's NBA they would've both been fouled out by the end of the 3rd quarter!
@woo_shynen8805
8 ай бұрын
Facts. I was born in 04 but kg has always been my favorite and the 2nd 3peat bulls -2009 era of basketball was an era I wish I was around to see.
@cgfit5182
8 ай бұрын
Thank you NBA for introducing the hand-checking rule in 2004. That ruins a lot of players like introducing more injuries.
@pipjersey8303
8 ай бұрын
they also would have just shot too many 3's
@anthonyl9784
8 ай бұрын
@@cgfit5182But James would thanks that very much
Man these were the days!!!! Great Match ups every night in the paint KG, Duncan , Webber, Dirk, , Even Karl Malone even though he was getting close to the end.
@Mmmmmmmm8159
9 ай бұрын
Don’t forget Sheed Elton brand Pau jermaine O’Neal amare there’s so many more guys around this time
@edwinafamefuna4383
9 ай бұрын
Best era in the NBA. Way more talent than Jordan's and LeBron's NBA.
@woo_shynen8805
8 ай бұрын
@@edwinafamefuna4383no way. Jordan's era had the celtics lakers rivalery and greatest era for big men. Lebron's era (modern era) had all time great squads like the 2017 warriors, 2013 heat, 2014 spurs and even the 2019 raptors.
@edwinafamefuna4383
8 ай бұрын
@woo_shynen8805 You are just naming great teams. What about players?
@eugeneevangelista8073
2 ай бұрын
Jermaine O'neal and KMart too
It's crazy how they were both in their primes, along with other elite power forwards, Webber, Dirk, Gasol, JO etc
@LamelKendrick
9 ай бұрын
SHEED
@woo_shynen8805
8 ай бұрын
@@LamelKendrickyup. Dude was a Killer. Was one of the few fowards from that era who could stretch the floor alongside dirk and Kg
@Riles3152
19 күн бұрын
@@LamelKendrick Sheed was arguably the most talented out of that entire list of names. Dude could have and should have been a HOF.
Didn't know KG was such a good passer!
@benjaminsmith2287
4 ай бұрын
KG liked passing more than shooting IMO.
@jasonbabilonia3037
3 ай бұрын
So unselfish
Two of the best Power Forwards to to ever lace them up.
@colton6867
2 ай бұрын
The two best honestly. They're just so far ahead of their peers defensively.
@aircablenetwork8581
2 ай бұрын
@@colton6867 ...most forget that. Great observation.
Kg midrange was automatic and he was great rebounder and passer
@ziginaigra
8 ай бұрын
and defender
Damn this game is more intense then the nba finals today lml
Amazing quality - thanks for posting!
@MDBBall
10 ай бұрын
👍
I wonder how people would rate KG’s legacy if he’d come into the NBA playing for an elite coach, alongside other all-star teammates and a top organisation
@hmhm856
8 ай бұрын
Popovich wasnt considered an elite coach when Duncan entered the league
@ziginaigra
8 ай бұрын
i rate him over td even now lol,because td just had better team and coach+kg was better rebounder and defender
@edwells4769
8 ай бұрын
@@ziginaigra KG was a more versatile defender, could guard 1-5 in his early years. Duncan was a better 4-5 defender and a better anchor. He was also elite for longer (should have won DPOY in 2013 as well as 3 straight in 2000-2003). Rebounding is a wash.
@m-jay356
5 ай бұрын
oh shut up! no reason to discredit one player to swing from the nuts from your favorite. Duncan was the Spurs their dynasty began when he got their so your point is nonsense. just a hater spewing shit
@linh811
3 ай бұрын
TD made Pop, just like Tom made Bill
How was this already 20 years ago, back when I was watching this at 16 thinking of 1983 felt like ancient history.
Two of the absolute best going at it.
I never thought there was much of a Gap between Timmy and KG. This game at least early on looked like a clear difference of who was able to impose they will on the other one.
@yournoasshole
9 ай бұрын
Bro kg had the better game, same fg, more rebs, more asts, more blks.
@ziginaigra
2 ай бұрын
there is no gap,they have almost the same stats
@mtbplus4479
20 күн бұрын
who u got
Duncan's game was completely polished. But KG was able to absorb the punches and grind out the W in this one.
@zennihilator3724
9 ай бұрын
How? KG better shooter, more range, better handles, better face-up off the dribble game and better passer... Duncan was just stronger and wider which allowed him to play with his back to the basket and absord contact better around the paint, but i don't know how that made his game more 'polished'...
@ArcadianGenesis
9 ай бұрын
@zennihilator3724 Tim had more post moves and better foot work. He always knew how to get to his spots, and he had a move and countermove for every situation.
@zennihilator3724
9 ай бұрын
@@ArcadianGenesis Perhaps, but to me the key factor was that Duncan simply had more mass, which is an essential component in being able to establish beneficial position down low and finish through bumps and contact... Garnett was simply too skinny to pound down low which was the meta game in the late 90s and early 2000s when KG was at his peak... He was probably 25 pounds lighter than Duncan and generally built like a SF... Hence why a lot of KG's arsenal of post moves featured various set-ups that ended in a tournaround jump shot... His ability to use footwork and spin over either shoulder and shoot effecitvely over the defense was better than Duncan... But he didn't get nearly as many easy opportunites to score down low like Duncan could with his mass, which is why ultimately Duncan was able to be more efficient. It was not necessairly because he was more 'skilled', it's just he was better built for the inside game and developed the post moves and hooks shots to complement it, which Garnett couldn't because he couldn't get in deep enough positions to use hook shots etc. I think if Garnett was in his prime in like the mid 2010's, when the game moved away from a slow-paced post-centric offense with 2 Big man on the court, to a game with more space, more pace we'd seen an even better version of him... Which is scary to think, because this dude won the MVP in 2004 playing a brand of basketball on offense that left a lot on the table for a guy with his skillset.
@marcoplaystation2314
9 ай бұрын
@@zennihilator3724i totally understand this whole thing. Great way to put it man.
@yournoasshole
9 ай бұрын
@@zennihilator3724agree, kg is better in all aspects, duncan is pretty basic robotic but had the better system and coach
0:32 this is the moment where i picture tim duncan talks trash to KG like he told in an interview before "oooh almost"
@PIP...33
10 ай бұрын
WHEN HWE HAD ADMIRAL TO SPAACE HIM FLOOR EASY TO SCORE. WHY HE DIDNT WIN 2008 AS AN CHAMPION FROM YEAR 07 ?
@NEGROMONKEY-vc6qm
10 ай бұрын
Wagon timmy dumbcan@@PIP...33
@TheIcemanthomas
9 ай бұрын
@@PIP...33u can’t be that dumb
This is great basketball, great post.
@MDBBall
2 ай бұрын
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Whooaaa! Damn KG tried to send that into the Stratosphere with that Swat! Lol, I miss them days NBA was so good back then and KG my all time fave Big Dude, but Tim and him was always a awsome rivalry they both brought out the best in eachother when they gaurded eachother, how he was able to get that bucket n get it up and over KG at full stretch and in the Air too, Damn!
Two great players. KG always fun to watch. Just a no nonsense player. Went out and did his job. Finally won a chip in Boston but, his Minnesota years were great!!!
NBA Western Conference was stacked with all star power forwards during this time
Superb quality.
@MDBBall
10 ай бұрын
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This was good ol' basketball, not this LeFlopping, and LeCrying we see today. Man, do I miss these days. Thank you for the video. It brought back memories.
@MDBBall
7 ай бұрын
👍
@JohnDoe-vj9dv
6 ай бұрын
U do realize lebron played in the same era as them and averaged 30 💀
@benjaminsmith2287
4 ай бұрын
I'm fine with either. Only thing I don't like about today's game is less emphasis on the mid-range jumper where I think it's a big part of basketball. Too many 3's being hoisted up.
@benjaminsmith2287
4 ай бұрын
@@JohnDoe-vj9dv All these lame Lethis and Lethat comments. LeBron is phenomenal and it's a gift to those that have seen him played all these years to have watched his brilliance on the court. No player is perfect and LeBron isn't. But he's a decent guy, team player and a legend of the game no matter what the lame haters write on social media.
@rrogers2370
3 ай бұрын
LeBalco
Timmy was just on another level.
二十年前的精彩比赛,致敬我们逝去的青春!
If KG have gone LA over Boston, he could have won at least 3 or 4 Rings. Him and Kobe would destroyed the League with Defense and Offense. From 2008 to 2014 would be their reign. KG would have been a top 3 Power Forward of all time.
Epic matchup. Duncan is the greatest PF !
Duncan is pure fundamental while garnett is more on low post and posterize classic game! Both are beast in their prime 👍
oh mama, what a game. thanx Bro!!!
@MDBBall
10 ай бұрын
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@PIP...33
10 ай бұрын
@@MDBBall ALL I SEE ADMIRAL JUMP WITH KG AT BEGINNING AND ADMIRAL PROTECT RIM WHILE KG PLAY VS ADMIRAL AND SOME ROLE PLAYER WAGON IN SUPERTEAM.
@PIP...33
10 ай бұрын
@@MDBBall U CAN SEE DIFFERENCE WHY GARNETT IS BEST PF WHEN EVER HE TOUCH BALL PARKER AND MANU SWARM TRIPLE TEAM. MEANWHILE DUNCAN FACE HIM 1 ON 1. LOOK HOW GREAT WOLVES TEAM IS TROY HUDSON SZERBIAK PEELER DEAN GARRETT. WHOEVER THINK DUNCAN IS GREAT HAS NO CLUE BOUT SPORT.
@NEGROMONKEY-vc6qm
10 ай бұрын
LOL Garnett really played with these dudes ?? I dont even know 1 name in his roster. Who are they ??@@PIP...33
@PIP...33
10 ай бұрын
SOME BUST BENCH RATING PLAYERS VS GOAT ADMIRAL, GREAT HOF MANU, ALLSTAR PARKER, AND GUY WHO CANT WIN GOLD VS LUIS SCOLA AND DANIEL SANTIAGO.@@NEGROMONKEY-vc6qm
4:00 always gives credit to his team, that's why The Big Ticket is a true Hall of Famer and a true champion.
Real battles !!
Duncan was more athletic then people think not like kg but still good enough
@edwells4769
10 ай бұрын
This was before his major knee injury
@ArcadianGenesis
9 ай бұрын
@@edwells4769Actually no, Tim suffered a torn meniscus in 2000. That's why he missed the playoffs in 2000, and he considered parting ways with San Antonio when his contract expired. Then he made one of the best recoveries from that injury ever, re-signed with the Spurs, and the rest is history.
wonder if you have the full games back then,not just this one game but others too
Minnesota couldn't get any big free agents to come to help Kevin Garnett, until Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell.
@MentalStillness
2 ай бұрын
McHale was a mediocre gm
If this game would've been played today both of them would've had 40 points and 6 fouls lol
Wanna see prime TD & KG in 20's era!!
You hear Garnett “ I’m not bigger than the team” that’s what we missing in sports now
man i miss late 90s early 00s nba, Power fowards and centers were tough, defense was tough, post moves and so much fun to watch tactical games, now its all about shouting 3... nothing more. boring af.
some youtubers don’t post the date… can you tell us what date this is?
Clash of the Titans!!
do you have this full game
KG got 24-18-8-5 blk against Tim and took the win at spurs' home
battle!
They need to bring back that rim sound or whatever it was to hear the rim lol
only timmy is the PF that i’ll put over my favorite player dirk, as a dallas fan that hated him all those years
Way more fun than watching everyone shoot threes all game long
So many great team mate by Duncan here. manu, Robinson, parker, bowen.. I think any star player would have a hard time to beat spurs here.
MR .FUNDAMENTS Tim Duncan 🎩🎩
KG and Timmy are real superstars: can dunk, shoot, block, assit, rebound. Look at overrated Zion and bust Simmons who can't shoot 2 or 3 but the medias praise they too much
KG was the first #1 option big, I literally saw play and guard all 5 positions and literally did everything for his team. There's a reason why he was known as the "Big Ticket" in his Minnesota days.
Garnett Broke the video with that Dunk @ 6:42 …!!! lOl
IIRC, the Timberwolves and the Spurs tied their regular season faceoff (2-2). This fourth and final meeting ends San Antonio's mini-winning streak and one of few taints of that strong run into catching Dallas with the league's best record. The Wolves had a brief lead over the Lakers in the first round (2-1). That would be "alarming" if not David Stern announced few days before the start of postseason first round has also become a best-of-seven affair. That series concluded as KG's seventh consecutive first round exit. San Antonio dealt with Phoenix, a Spur headcase (Suns winning regular season match 3-1), with a hard-earned 4-2 series win (first round), then dethroned the Lakers all the way to franchise's 2nd "Larry".
KG should of gone to the Celtics earlier. Even he said he wished that.
i use to think timmy was so overrated but looking back he def was not
@alchitran
9 ай бұрын
he was never overrated.
@ziginaigra
8 ай бұрын
@@alchitran he is they say he is best pf all time lol he played more games as center than as pf lol
@alchitran
8 ай бұрын
@@ziginaigrabeing overrated comes with hype. TD was never hyped, media in general never talked about him EXCEPT when it's time to talk about the greatest or best of all time or hall of fame discussions. And yes he PLAYED as a center MOST of the time SINCE david robinson retired, but his natural position was already determined and he was already in the discussion of greatest PF of all time before his time playing as a center MOST of the time.
Any Shareef Abdur-Rahim videos? 👀
@MDBBall
10 ай бұрын
Hopefully will look to add some Reef clips Dominique
now imagine if that damn twolves surrounded KG with all 2 all star players
@Dotman89
2 ай бұрын
Which is the reason why the big ticket left
@MLhub.
2 ай бұрын
@@Dotman89 yup
1 vs 5 championships. What do you think?
I remember this game. TD had an answer and then some for everything KG threw at him…even though the wolves won.
@PIP...33
9 ай бұрын
REALLY DERANGED TELL ME WHOS CENTER IN SPURS ??
@PIP...33
9 ай бұрын
ITS OK DERANGED , U CANT SHOW ME ANY HOF IN WOLVES U DERANGED
bro i felt like i was watching a live game haha
Giannis can have all the stats but he is not a better player than prime KG and/or Tim Duncan
@Wavystarj
9 ай бұрын
He’s better then kg stop being biased towards the past
@austinburwell5834
9 ай бұрын
@@WavystarjI think Giannis has some of KG traits i don’t think he better than KG right now though.
@MichaelB376
8 ай бұрын
@@Wavystarj prime KG is better than giannis. The reason why giannis has a good stats is because NBA today are too soft. imagine back then you can do zone defense effectively. If they zone giannis he will have a hard time to score to the basket. today you cant do zone defense perfectly because of defensive 3 sec. violation.
@marksines1246
2 ай бұрын
already better than kg for sure, easily
Ginobili is on the way rising to the best player in the world after this season.
Dang. Sean Elliott has been calling games for 20 plus years now.
Peeler was balling
@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend
8 ай бұрын
Once a Laker in the Van Exel 90's
Wish KG would've been able to square off against Duncan with an actual team... looking at this game, it's laughable looking at who's with Duncan (Tony Parker, ginobli, David Robinson, Steve Jackson, bowen , etc) and who's with KG (szerbiak, Anthony peeler, Joe Smith lol)... by the time he went to Boston he wasn't the same player
@winonafrog
7 ай бұрын
Yes, wild he’s leading nobodies against a roster of Hall of Famers & Pop that’s about to win a chip. Love em both.
Jokic is like the evolution of the moves made in this game. How about that pass @3:25?
how lucky giannis today. just run and dunk no skills no shooting.
sharpshooter Wally!!!😘😘😘
Those blue Timberwolves jerseys 💣💣💣💣
My hot take is we'd be talking about KG as the best PF ever if him and Duncan swapped teams. There wasn't anything Duncan could do that KG couldn't. Duncan was more technical as KG was athletic was the only difference in playstyles. Both great defenders and both had a nice outside game and post up. Then to their franchises. KG was paired with mediocre coaches and locker room divas and cancers in Marbury and Sprewell and Duncan got a mentor in Robinson and got a no bullshit coach in Pop with a core that grew into all stars.
1:53 was a nice play
Duncan was so sick 😂😂😂
10:57 Duncan needs to be triple-teamed during clutch time! And double-teamed almost everytime when he low-post.
Man Duncan was different
@PIP...33
9 ай бұрын
YEAH HE HAD SUPERTEAM U DERANGED
@kjo2130
9 ай бұрын
@@PIP...33 did not in 99 & 03
@PIP...33
9 ай бұрын
@@kjo2130 ADMIRAL WAS IN THOSE BOTH TEAMS U DERANGED AND GINOBILI ALREADY WAS SUPERSTAR 2002 CAUSE HE WON MEDAL VS USA !!
@PIP...33
9 ай бұрын
@@kjo2130 U REALLY ARE DERANGED !! DO UN KNOW WHO ADMIRAL IS?
@PIP...33
9 ай бұрын
@@kjo2130 DERANGED WHY ADMIRAL WAS ALLSTAR 2001 IF HE WAS OLD ?? WHY GARRETT - KG'S CENTER WAS NOT ALLSTAR ?? U DERANGED
Wish KG had that support like San Antonio had...
The score on both jerseys says a DRAW.
不得不說年輕狼王體能果然猛~~
Can they make the rime in this era made sounds like that again?😂
Kg is one of the greatest to ever do it but got damn Duncan was good. Holy shit he was so good.
KG can guard 1-5 and is one of the best and most gifted defenders in NBA history.
Duncan is a great player, but for me he was boring to watch, but K.G. had style, his dunks were legendary, and his play was so dynamic. He was fun to watch,KG is one of my few favourites.
They used to say be “in” a team
Got u
"Nice try" -Tim Duncan
Men kg outplayed right there.. Both offense and defensive.
lol y is wally tryna get a post game interview
David Robinson was still playing??! Wow.
We all miss nba without 70% of the time shooting dumb 3s
Ayo what's with that commentator???? Pause dawg. Ayo
KG And Habachi woulda been lit
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KG over Duncan any day. Duncan had the better team throughout his career, which helped his legacy
@hardwoodthought1213
7 ай бұрын
Only player who ever won more than 1 title without an All-NBA teammate and he did it 4 times KG never won a playoff series unless he had 2 20 PPG scorers with him 😂
Clearly 1 on 1 KG is no match to Duncan
There’s a reason KG was rated 99 in nba2k1. Throw it down, big fella!