You forgot to say the contrast between the two teams and their stars.. one had an unassuming gentle giant in Tim Duncan.. the other one was "Showtime" in Kobe and Shaq. One was a small market and one was one of the biggest markets in the NBA. This rivalry was indeed awesome.

@pfanzers

3 жыл бұрын

That still gives me chills to think about.

@123dan165

2 жыл бұрын

Confidence and positive arrogance (Lakers) vs Humility and Brotherly bonding (Spurs).

@darthplagueis-z6y

2 жыл бұрын

☯️

@joshuaguevarra2442

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts in these 2 teams

I grew up in San Antonio and was born in SoCal, I have to admit that I am thoroughly impressed by your knowledge of the rivalry and history of somebody who sounds so young.

Kobe and Duncan shared the NBA torch of the 2000s and each won five titles with one team while each spending 19-20 years with their given team throughout their entire career. If only they could have entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame together, side by side. RIP Kobe Bryant (1978-2020).

@eat7065

3 жыл бұрын

They did

@robbereal1982

2 жыл бұрын

Kobe and Duncan ddnt share the torch. That came about later on for people that ddnt watch back then to hate on kobe. Nobody was saying that about Duncan. Kobe was the best.

@foofiiter

2 жыл бұрын

@@robbereal1982 lmao tell me you're a salty fanboy without telling me you're a salty fanboy. Fools like you just can't accept greatness if it isn't a player from your team smdh

@rchamp247

Жыл бұрын

@@robbereal1982 Speaking facts. For all of us that watched basketball back then, it wasn’t even a discussion. Kobe was the man of the league, and Duncan wasn’t even top 5 in the league by that point.

@unknownonyx

Жыл бұрын

@@robbereal1982 Exactly! Respect to Timmy but he was never the Face of the NBA nor ever considered the Best player in the league. The Kobe bias in recent years has been wild.

From 99-09 Lakers won 4, Spurs won 4, Pistons, Heats, Celtics each won 1 8/11 years dominated by two teams

I grew up in the 2000s and I was (and still am) a diehard Spurs fan and that means even in modern day you can never root for the Lakers and I never root for them. However, I do respect them. What shaq and Kobe did and how dominant they were in basketball, shows how good they were. They always forced the Spurs to play their basketball and vice verse with Duncan, Robinson, Parker and manu. A good and worthy opponent. Always pumps me up when the Spurs and Lakers play

The Spurs brought the very best out of those Lakers teams. The only way the Lakers--or anybody--beat those Spurs teams is if they bring their A+ game---because the Spurs were not going to beat themselves. It took some legendary games from both Shaq and Kobe to be able to take down a team that had such great star power, depth, coaching, and synergy. If the Lakers came with anything less than their A-game--it was San Antonio taking it. More often than not--the Lakers brought their best and got the better end of a great rivalry.

List of NBA champions in the 2000's: 2000: *Los Angeles Lakers* VS Indiana Pacers (4-2) 2001: *Los Angeles Lakers* VS Philadelphia 76ers (4-1) 2002: *Los Angeles Lakers* VS Brooklyn Nets (4-0) 2003: *San Antonio Spurs* VS Brooklyn Nets (4-2) 2004: Los Angeles Lakers VS *Detroit Pistons* (1-4) 2005: *San Antonio Spurs* VS Detroit Pistons (4-3) 2006: Dallas Mavericks VS *Miami Heat* (2-4) 2007: *San Antonio Spurs* VS Cleveland Cavaliers (4-0) 2008: Los Angeles Lakers VS *Boston Celtics* (2-4) 2009: *Los Angeles Lakers* VS Orlando Magic (4-1)

@f430ferrari5

2 жыл бұрын

Since the inception of the NBA the Lakers franchise opened up the decade in the NBA finals each time except 1960 and 1990 and both times they were in the NBA finals the year before 1959 and 1989: 1950 - Minn Lakers 4-2 Syracuse Nationals 1970 - LA Lakers 3-4 NY Knicks 1980 - LA Lakers 4-2 Phil 76ers 2000 - LA Lakers 4-2 Indiana Pacers 2010 - LA Lakers 4-3 Boston Celtics 2020 - LA Lakers 4-2 Miami Heat

For 10 years Spurs and Lakers and Kobe even said it so Rip Kobe 🙏 love my Spurs

Great video!!! Keep it up bro❤️

Great video! Kep up with the good work!

As a Lakers fan, I'll admit Tim Duncan and the Spurs were our kryponite back then... but much respect to that team!

Congrats Manu Ginobli! FIRST TIME HALL OF FAMER!!!!! HATS OFF!!!

The Biggest market vs The Small market rivalry nothing beat Spurs vs Lakers in the early to mid 2000’s even the post Shaq lakers, spurs vs lakers games were great both sides won 10 total rings from 99 to 14 you had the consistent and quite spurs team that played fundamentally sound basketball vs the “showtime 2.0” Lakers in the most dominant presence in the paint in Shaq with the flashy and unbelievable shot making Kobe with a great bench, personally I’m taking the spurs nothing comes close to the run that franchise had from 99-17

Man I gotta give it to u that was very interesting.

Good video.

Confidence and positive arrogance (Lakers) vs Humility and Brotherly bonding (Spurs).

Great video, but you mixed the scores in 2001. G1 was 104-90, Kobe scoring 45. Game 2 was 88-81. Game 3 111-72, Kobe balling out. Game 4 111-82, Derek fisher on fire

This rivalry began when shaq was in high school in San Antonio

Don't forget about the Dallas vs Spurs rivalry also.

My favorite was how dominate the spurs were in 03,05 and especially 07 like you just knew they were going to win it all 🏆

@rchamp247

Жыл бұрын

The Spurs were very good in 2008 too. It’s just that Kobe finally had some help lol.

@Serching4JerryGarcia

Жыл бұрын

@@rchamp247 honestly the spurs only won those championships because the Lakers weren’t that good in those years or were rebuilding.

Love my spurs an the 2000s were hetic going against Lakers great battles

@SuperWizzle85

9 күн бұрын

Facts ima huge Lakers fan and man every time we matched up against the Spurs it was always a great thing to watch I miss it alot good times to be a fan of the sport

Glad I witnessed all these games and the spurs vs Mavericks rivalry to and the kings lakers also they gave my lakers hell 😁😁

Cool Rivalry

Class of the 2000's the First 10 Years of the 21st Century.

Kobe and Duncan won 5 titles each

@123dan165

2 жыл бұрын

Duncan only knew how to win championships, Kobe knew how to win and defend championships.

@ecgodsmack86

2 жыл бұрын

@@123dan165 5 is 5. That's all she wrote

@123dan165

2 жыл бұрын

@@ecgodsmack86 winning and defending championships hold more weight than simply winning them IMO.

@ecgodsmack86

2 жыл бұрын

@@123dan165 no matter how you slice the cake 5 is 5. Plus Kobe had Shaq for a couple of those title Defenses Duncan never had a dominant big man back him up throughout his career without Shaq kobe doesn't get 5 rings

@ecgodsmack86

2 жыл бұрын

@@123dan165 I think Kobe only gets 2 rings without Shaq. He was good but always had a great squad and legendary seasoned players on his team.

You have the scores mixed up in 2001 wcf

Duncan won before Shaq & Kobe. He out lasted Shaq's 3-peat, Kobe's, 3-peat 08-10 finals appearances. And won in the decade after that. Thats a different kind of Consistency. #SAS21 LAL#34 LAL#8 LAL#24

Damn only two comments??? I thought this would have more.

Best rivalry since

You 2001 WVF Score Are Wrong Game 1 104,90 Game 88,81 Game 3 111,72 Game 4 111,82

Kobe vs Duncan era. Spurs vs Lakers '1999-'2013 Spurs win 4-0 in sweep in 1999 Lakers win 4-0. in sweep in 2001 Lakers win in 5. 4-1 in 2002 Spurs win in 6. 4-2 in 2003 Lakers win in 6. 4-2 "controversy" '04 Lakers win in 5. 4-1 '08 Spurs win 4-0 sweep. in '13 Spurs Total win: 16 wins Lakers Total win: 17 wins Lakers with 4-3 lead but they loose in the 2004 finals against the Pistons, the same team Spurs beat in 2005. That's how close it is between Kobe and Duncun. Overall Duncun had higher winning percentage and was closer to winning six titles 5-1. Compared to Kobe's 5-2 finals record. Also, Timmy Never misses the playoffs, Kobe has multiple times.

@theonlygoodonehere2259

2 жыл бұрын

you def miscounted, its Lakers 18 Spurs 16

@ericdanielsbenavidez5867

2 жыл бұрын

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 yeah, kinda hard for me count the '04 semi-finals when Lakers clearly cheated us along with the refs. And Pistons beating the crap of them cemented that they weren't supposed to had been there.

@theonlygoodonehere2259

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericdanielsbenavidez5867 interesting, i will look up the controversy, I don't know if you guys beat 2004 pistons though

@ericdanielsbenavidez5867

2 жыл бұрын

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 We'll funny, cuz we did beat an almost identical team in '05 however it took EVERYTHING we had and that was Spurs in Thier prime with home court. So I'd have to agree with you. Actually, but I Know for fact we'd Repeat through '05-'06 if it wasn't for pop but that's another story.

@ericdanielsbenavidez5867

2 жыл бұрын

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 That Detroit Pistons Team next to my Spurs we're the HARDEST TEAM I'd ever seen and ever since also. Reason why it's my favorite finals.

Lol Spurs never won consecutive titles or made consecutive Finals appearances.

Go spurs go

San Antonio Spurs

You know the funny thing is people always say there'd be no championships for TD without Manu, TP, Kawhi, Robinson etc that's a crock of shit

@theonlygoodonehere2259

2 жыл бұрын

its true

bro 1999 they met smdh...spurs swept la...la won 4 of 5 meetings in the 2000's after that

1. Spurs swept the Lakers in 1999 playoffs. Shut down the forum. Shaq ripped urinals off the wall in a rage. 2. Tim Duncan had a season ending knee surgery before the 2000s playoff run. Thats why they lost to the lowly Suns. Spurs had a 3-1 record against the Lakers that season, including 2 wins in april (one without Tim!). The spurs would have been favored if duncan was healthy. 3. Derek Anderson was the Spurs second leading scorer all season. He took a cheap shot from Howard in the semifinals against Dallas and was out foe the WCF with the Lakers. Again... spurs were undernanned and forced to play terry porter heavy minutes. Lakers and Spurs had split the season series before this, meaning the series would have been close. 4. No excuse for 2002. Lakers beat the spurs fair and square. 5. Spurs win in 03 fair and square 6. .4 7. Spurs win 2x titles while the Lakers struggle to make the playoffs. 8. Lakers inside-man, Jerry West, trades Grizzlies Franchise player Pau Gasol MYSTERIOUSLY to the Lakers for bag of chips (kwame brown and Marc Gasol draft rights). Its strange because the only valuable asset the grizzlies had was Pau, and they were trying to sell the team... oh Jerry did a solid for the old Buss family before he left office, eh? Either way, Pop would comment that the NBA would need a committee for investigating "trades that dont make sense". Oddly enough, years later, the NBA would reject a Chris Paul trade to the Lakers because it didn't make sense! Long story short... Duncans Spurs were always better than those cheating Lakers! If it wasnt for his knee injury in 2000, the lakers wouldnt have any titles!

Greatest rivalry

Timmy over kobe anyday everyday

Cool, but not counting 1999 - 2014 for the Spurs is cheating. Your Laker-washing History.

2012 The Dwight Howard era

Spurs should of had ten rings we been saying that so much that Derick Fisher hear that and started saying it till Kobe started saying it.. smfh. Btw Timmy 5-1 and was just one shot away from being 6-0 vs Kobe 5-2 LmMFaol

Come on now, the only rival to the Lakers are the Celtics. The Spurs are nice, but they aren't LA's true rivals. The NBA is Lakers/Celtics and EVERYBODY ELSE. This is why I laugh my fucking ass off when I hear Spurs fans call their cute little team a "dynasty" LMAO NOT. EVEN. CLOSE.

@michlo3393

3 жыл бұрын

@The truth shall set Bronsexuals free 🤣 keep crying

@SuperWizzle85

2 жыл бұрын

The Spurs are definitely a rival to us(the Lakers) as far as the same conference and having to go thru one another to reach the final goal yea I’d say it’s definitely a rival

@foofiiter

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao bet you claim titles won by teams in other cities too... how was that Boston/LA rivalry in 04/05 when LA was lottery bound? Riveting I bet.

@michlo3393

2 жыл бұрын

@@foofiiter 17 years ago? lol You're digging real deep.

@foofiiter

2 жыл бұрын

@@michlo3393 not even Boston sees you bums as a rivalry. Only boomers that cant get passed their glory days in the 80s still think there is an LA-Boston rivalry anymore. But do you baby girl, continue to live out those Polk High glory days lmfao