Kobe Bryant Full Series Highlights vs San Antonio Spurs 2008 WCF
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Every field goal Kobe made against the Spurs in the 2008 Western Conference Finals. He averaged 29.2 PPG (53.3% FG, 33.3% 3PT, 90.9% FT), 5.6 RPG, 3.8 APG, and 1.6 SPG against the defending champs.
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This series puts Kobe head and shoulders above Duncan IMO
Absolutely, people that rank Tim above haven’t watched this series
@@nickrussell8975What happened in 2003 ?
@@moetoosmooth2741What happened in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2008?
Kobe killed Tim this series. Went after him tons of times, especially in the clutch
@@rchamp247Kobe had Shaq in all but one series stop it
that season is the last time i saw kobe quick on his feet,but the 09 season i saw him slow down..but still pretty dam good until now..
What people fail to realize is Kobe had to work from ground up to become the legend he is today. He wasnt gifted a 6'8 280 pound body like LeBron was. He had to build up from scratch. Kobe wasn't good his first 2 seasons. The 3rd season you saw a huge improvement. His work ethic and his determination and his will to be great and his hungry and passion to be the best is the product you see today. Kobe is the most skilled player of all-time. He is hands down the GOD of making tough shots look easy. Kobe doesn't get the luxury of having 1 defender guard him. He gets 2 and 3 people gaurding him EVERY GAME and some cases 4 people guarding him. His footwork is the greatest the NBA has EVER seen. He is the only player in NBA history to outscore a whole NBA team, which was the Dallas Mavericks, who finished that season 67-15 that year. 62-61 Kobe vs Dallas, end of 3rd quarter. Sat out the entire 4th quarter. Countless other times has he had games where he scored 50 points in 3 periods. Kobe should have at least 4 70+ point games and 2 80+ point games, but he is all about the win. All this from a 6'6 215 pound player. I don't EVER want to hear somebody say LeBron is better, EVER. That's a joke. LeBron isn't 10% of the player Kobe is. All LeBron does is put his head and shoulders down, ram his way to the paint, hope he makes it or gets the foul call. That's his game. That trash isn't even top 10 all-time. Kobe has been to 7 finals, winning 5. He got robbed of 6 MVPs and 2 other finals MVPs. I don't EVER want to hear this LeBron James none sense ever again. Kobe bean Bryant GREATEST basketball player to EVER LIVE PERIOD. Have Have a nice day.
Agree
agreed. lebron may be better STATISTICALLY, but hes not the better PLAYER. besides, they play completely different positions! of course lebron is gonna have more assists and rebounds...kobe is a SHOOTING GUARD. kobe is going to SHOOT MORE. kobe always takes those bail out shots to ruin FG%. lebron always passes those up to keep his FG% high. kobe from 05-07 is the most dominant scorer the newer generation of nba has ever seen. lets not forget when kobe did play "point forward" ( cuz nash was out or whatever) like lebron does, he averaged about 22, 9, 9. and thats OLD KOBE. Lebron has so much media hype to be the "best" its just gross.
Cameron Honma 100 % agreed
Cameron Honma Also your so right about when Kobe played PG or PF. He could have easily averaged 35 PPG, 10 AST, 7 REB, 2 BLK, 3 STL a game in his PRIME, had he played those positions. Remember when Jordan played PG? His stats were looking VERY NICE. 32PPG, 8AST, 8REB, 1BLK, 3 STL a game. Its a joke when you compare a Great player like Kobe or Jordan to Lebron. What Lebron James fans fail to realize, is that he depends on his athletic ability 100% of the time. He doesn't have a MAJOR skill in his game that is KEY for playing a long, consistent career, and that is FOOTWORK. In about 3 years he will DRAMATICALLY, decline in his athletic ability. He has no jump shot to depend on when he cant blow by defenders any more, nor will he be able to out run the younger generation and forget about the paint, that will be his worst enemy. Its a joke and disrespectful to Kobe when people talk about how much better Lebron is, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... As for him being better STATISTICALLY. Your right depends on the position, also Lebron takes all his shots in the paint. Kobe on the other hand, takes 20 footers, with defenders giving him barely, any room to breathe. Of course Lebron will have a better field goal percentage. To shoot 43% in a season, with the defense Kobe see's, every game. That is AMAZING. Also in the clutch its not even close, at all. Kobe leaves him and really any player in the dust, - Jordan, when it comes to making the game winner. All in all, Kobe will go down as the greatest in my book. Many will say Jordan, but Kobe is more skilled then Jordan and a better scorer, and to me that's what puts him ahead of Jordan. When he retires, say goodbye to REAL basketball. After he is gone, it will be a LONG time until we see one like him again. A ONCE IN A LIFETIME PLAYER.
Semir Mujanovic Yeah everything you said i agree with. if you imagine we were in 2003-2007 with the advancement of social media of TODAY, there would be no doubt kobe would be the most talked about nba player ever. twitter blowing up would be nothing knew for every game for kobe back in 2005. social media propels lebron to new heights because of the timing of technology and lebrons prime. all you hear is lebron is the best blah blah. and if people wanna go players with the best stats are the best , why dont lebron fans say oscar robertson?? that dude avg like 28, 9 ,9. sounds like he should be the greatest of all time. people need to WATCH GAME FOOTAGE not just the stats. its sad when people say lebron is the better dunker or driver to the room than kobe. i remember in 2000-2008 kobe would drive past defenders ALL DAY and finish at the rim. kobe has posterized so many more people than lebron (kobe has played much longer tho) kobe can pass JUST AS WELL as lebron, but like i said he is a shooting guard, just cuz lebron averaged what 2.5-3 more assists hes considered a better passer?? pshh. rebounds is definely lebron, because of the position he plays and his size. in shooting the ball, kobe blows lebron out of the water. stats dont tell the whole story just watch game footage.
Kobe's jumpshot is fuckin incredible. I'm still pissed Lakers didn't win in 2008! Ah!!
Every single analyst who said Tim Duncan was better than Kobe Bryant needs to rewatch this. Both players were "youngish" enough to impact the games to the fullest and guess who won out when it mattered most. Kobe.
Fuck man this was probably the best series he had in his amazing career! He made a great defensive spurs team look like shit
11:10 Kobe playing 1 on 5 lol. What this guy is doing to San Antonio offensively is unreal.
2005-2010 is Kobe's prime.
His prime ended when he went down with his achilles injury. He dropped 27-6-6 just last season, how can that not be considered his prime?
ParaditeRs Because he couldn't keep up with players defensively anymore
Stan Marsh Are you serious? Kobe guarded the best point on the opposing team last year.
CLUTCHgene Yeah, but not like he did in his prime when he was an all defensive.
2001-2011, but 2013 was a great season as well until his injury
Damn it just says something that if this man is taking over an entire series, with the best defender in the game at the time guarding him at all times, that he is pretty fucking good.
All Kobe this series as any series that year! MVP deserved. Too good
After watching 2014 finals, Prime Kobe >>>>> Prime LBJ.
that's insane. LBJ is a more complete player. Kobe is more skilled though.
RiverwoodHood Lebron hasn't done anything "historic" yet. Arbitrary records, sure, like most 30 point games in a row shooting 60%. At the same time, i could ask who owns the record for the most 35 point games in a row while shooting 56% or better. Could you tell me off the top of your head? Probably not and the same will happen with a record such as the one I mentioned. Those are arbitrary records that will only come up as trivia at best, they aren't significantly good enough to warrant remembering. Kobe on the other hand has had iconic single game performances as well as streaks that absolutely everyone will remember for decades to come. 4 straight 50 point games, averaging 40+ for an entire month on two separate occasions, 81 points in a game, 62 points in 3 quarters (outscoring an entire team by himself after 3). Have you any idea how many times Kobe has scored 50+ in a game and sat out the entire 4th quarter? That is Iconic, legend type shit. Lebron has put up good numbers but hes done nothing iconic yet. for what its worth, I know Lebron had a 52-10-9 game, but kobe has had a 53-10-8 game as well.
ParaditeRs You're so disrespectful.... Don't watch basketball if you can't appreciate Great players.. I mean I don't even like Kobe but I respect what he's done. Lebron's got 4 MVP's 2 Finals MVP's and he ain't even 30 yet... and Kobe can't play all positions bro... Lebron can play all 5 positions. Stop being disrespectful nigga.
uhjinlee I never said he wasn't great. I just said he hasn't done anything iconic. Who exactly is this disrespectful to? Maybe your respect is easily earned, mine isn't.
uhjinlee I'm getting tired of hearing about all the "greatness" of lebron james. Sure, he's a great player, no question about it. But this bullshit about him "being able to play all 5 position", when has he ever played fking center? Like Magic did in the finals? And the 4 MVPs thing, this league has been watered down so much, go back and see who Kobe and MJ had to compete with for that award. Now who's in the run for MVP? Lebron, Durant and maybe CP3? For the first 3,4 years of his career, whenever someone touched him in the paint its an auto foul call. It's better now but not that much. If he's playing back in the 80s and 90s, I seriously doubt he'd be as famous as he is today.
This was all done with one of the best defenders EVER in Bruce Bowen defending on Kobe
Kobe is a beast
This is the year after Lebron wet the bed against the Spurs and Bruce Bowen in the finals. Prime Kobe took it to these Spurs in this series. Then again Lebron was not in his prime in 2007 but he was still considered a top 5 player at that time. And what Lebron did against the Spurs in 2014 is commendable. He scored his points efficiently but he did not take over games consistently save for game 2. Prime Kobe would not have averaged only 18 shots per game like Lebron did in the 14 finals. No way.
Kobe is the best
Bowen was a great defender...
3 straight finals without a superstar around is amazing
This is Kobe when he was the same age as lebron rite now.
the best of the best
Beast !!!!
From 08-10 for 3 years no teams in the West can get to the nba final because of Kobe ! During Those 3 years even the 8th seed were 50+ wins n the lakers swept a 50+ win team ! That is also a rarity in nba history! To sum it up he went in 3 finals straight n won 2/3 back to back ! That is not easy in nba history!
GOAT.
Meanwhile, LBJ at the same age as 08 kobr is getting btfo and confused what to do with his team. Kobr>>LBJ
hello /sp/
Ayyy lmao
AND the spurs are a much younger and refreshed team.
Not to say Kobe today is any less of a ball player, but at that '08 season, he was at his last year of his physical prime. Incredibly athletic
It was incredible. The finesse athletically, poetry in motion
See how dirty of a player Bruce Bowen was in this series...he's always putting he's feet under Kobe's landing spot when he shoots....if Kobe gets injured there's no way the Lakers can win this series...
Derek is the acception but at times things got outta hand an he couldn't take over the game when needed the most and kobe realized it and was already exhausted and had nothing left
They had no answers for Kobe
Wow
easily top 5 big man
If the lakers had trevor Ariza, and Bynum in 08 and would of won game 4 NBA finals the series would of went to 7 games, And I think they would of won the series, but sigh..... I could only dream
WHEN KOBE WAS ON....WHO WAS F@#$IN' WITH THAT???!!!!!
GOAT \
i dont see anyone today with a jab step like kobe have 5 yrs ago..he can get space with just jabbing..
I was so convinced that the Spurs were gonna force a Game 6. They just couldn't do it. Kobe was too much.
This is against the defending champion spurs too
what kind of shoes was kobe wearing? were kobes created at the time lol?
LIGHTNIN' QUICK FIRST STEP... SOMEONE SAY "BLACK MOMBA" SERUMS??? THERE WAS NONE FOR THAT CAT...#24 FOREVER CUZ HE HAD GROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's so disgraceful to watch how Miami Heat played Spurs in the 2014 finals.... And getting leg cramp during Finals, not for the first time this had happened to the all time king James...? Imagine a King went into a deciding war during warring states and having cramp on his limbs and unable to lead the army hahahaha. He sure made some historic events but negative ones
gerizzyYMcrew and lost
gerizzyYMcrew damage control
gerizzyYMcrew says the guy who is on every kobe video trolling
gerizzyYMcrew you are a failure of a troll
gerizzyYMcrew as is you for mj I'm sure you are his butler
Kobe lbj
kobe keeps on attacking the basket even tim duncan is there. lebron rarely drives if tim is under the rim.
Bowen always keeping his feet under players that are landing
This series should've sent Bowen into retirement. And how many jumpers did he hit in Duncan's face?
I thought Ginobili's Marco because he had hair lol
If lebron did this in the nba finals this year they would have won against the spurs but he has no footwork like kobe does tsskk thats why you can appreciate kobe bryant
00:47-00:56 anybody know the song?
We Made It by Busta Rhymes feat. Linkin Park
Damn kobe in his prime shits on lebron
Unfortunately no Bynum or Ariza
prime or now kobe is better !!
thought zoom series are the cheap version of kobe 5-7, didnt know kb actually wore those
if u recall how they fucked up the third / fourth game with 20points lead
If they had Bynum and Ariza they would have won the '08 Title
Ok I'm obviously a LeBron fan but I don't even think King James could come close to stopping that move from :36 - :40 seconds.
Kobe gets fouled so much more than what’s called, he could have another 1000 points alone on free throws
Lls damn bro u said lebron not top 10 all time tho? Kobe and lebron are both top 5 ever including flash prime wade
come on now. Wade is top 20 at the very best.
Laoda!!!!!
OMG, I stopped watching after he changed pivot at 00:37 and wasn't called for traveling (facepalm)
you must hate watching lebron
why?
Yav Ivanov he's gotten away with literally every single traveling variation possible. ive literally seen him make up his own traveling stunt that ive never seen in my life before. i like kevin durant, but he's another player that travels like crazy, and takes a minimum of 3-4 steps to dunk. i saw zach lavine do one of the craziest travel combinations ive ever seen in my life as well in his 28 point game against the lakers---- the dude literally pro hopped incorrectly which was a travel itself, then he proceeded to take 2 more steps, lmfao
Kobe prime Lebron right now.. Lbj had been in his prime for the passed 3 years in my opinion he's great but lets calm down.. You can't say lbj has been better for 6 years like i hear some people say kob was winning his 4th and 5th rings! Stop it
He would've did this this season if he stayed healthy.
BRUCE WHO?????????
Kobe and lebron are close friends they even call each other A great players..they respect each other..but theyre fans? Its like a world war
kobe is still better then lebron today!
Nobody noticing Bruce Bowen always sticking his foot under Kobe's landing spot to jnjure Kobe Bryant. Yet the NBA back then allows it. POPOVICH's tactics are dirty
For all the defensive hype Bruce Bowen got, Kobe sure made him look shitty in this series
I'm getting a little tired of hearing how AMAZING Lebron is. Sure, he's a great player, no question about it. But this bullshit about him "being able to play all 5 position", when has he ever played center? Like Magic did in the finals? And the 4 MVPs thing, this league has been watered down so much, go back and see who Kobe and MJ had to compete with for that award. Now who's in the run for MVP? Lebron, Durant and maybe CP3? For the first 3,4 years of his career, whenever someone touched him in the paint its an auto foul call. It's better now but not by that much. If he's playing back in the 80s and 90s, I seriously doubt he'd be as famous as he is today.
Yeah this 08 team lol the only player was kobe, it's hard to win when you don't have a good C or PG..
Ok, now go to LeBron's performance vs Spurs in nba finals 2014. SEE? Kobe can dominate a game and takeover, LeBron can't.
2012 ECF, game 6 in Boston? Fuck you too ;)
2008 Finals Game 6 vs Boston Celtics, 7/22? He straight up choked.
2003 Game 6 vs San Antonio Spurs, 9/19? 7 turnovers.
2004 Finals vs Detroit Pistons, g3 = 4/13, g4 = 8/25, g5 = 7/21. What a stretch!?!?
2006 Game 7 vs Phoenix Suns, they were up 3-1 in the series!!!!! g5 = 8/16, okey fine 50%...but in the 2nd half? 0/3 with 1 point...HAHAHAH.
Like if you think kobe is way better than lebron in his prime
Laker Fans are the most delusional fans in the NBA. I mean I love me some Kobe but comon every Basketball fan knows that Lebron is better no question about it.