I just rewatched 2001 WCF and 2002 WCSF of Lakers/Spurs

[kwamay_brown54]

No wonder why you guys hate Bryant so much, this guy was absolutely lethal against the spurs in these series.

[hater]

only in those series??

[kwamay_brown54]

In those series every game was close until the 4th quarter, until Bryant ripped their hearts to shreds especially in the old Alamo Dome with over 36,000 fans screaming loud. That must have left some serious scars, the Spurs lost all 4 home games in 2001/2002, mostly due to Bryant alone.

[xtremesteven33]

Kobe is up there with Dirk Nowitzki as Spurs Killers...

[sonic21]

I felt kinda bad for Danny Ferry and Sean Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_.

[turiaf for president]

^ lol.

u mean sean elliott?

[cornbread]

No wonder why you guys hate Bryant so much, this guy was absolutely lethal against the spurs in these series.

Uh, he's Kobe Bryant. He's lethal on the basketball court. That's kinda his thing.

Did you just recently become a NBA fan?

[sonic21]

No wonder why you guys hate Bryant so much, this guy was absolutely lethal against the spurs in these series.

that's not the reason. Many spurs fans like dirk and he's also a spurs killer.

[Ditty]

we were better than LA if derek anderson was 100% in 2001

2002 La was better, when we won game 2 I thought we would win the series but we blew 3 damn 4 quarter leads in game 3,4,5

[IronMexican]

we were better than LA if derek anderson was 100% in 2001

Please

[BUMP]

we were better than LA if derek anderson was 100% in 2001

2002 La was better, when we won game 2 I thought we would win the series but we blew 3 damn 4 quarter leads in game 3,4,5

SpurFan complain about injuries?

I don't think i've ever seen that

[Muser]

Kobe/Nowitzki/Hakeem are the top 3 Spur killers that come to mind.

And I don't hate Kobe, he's a of a player.

[IronMexican]

One player is the difference between a sweep and winning a series? He was good, but not that good.

[Phillip]

That injury was result of the Mavs and usual inferiority trait. Back when it was inconceivable for them to beat any team the regular way, they looked for ways to inflict serious injuries. Funny how that serious turned out anyway.

kinda like when dirk got injured against the spurs a couple years later due to a needless shove by manu

[Muser]

Anderson or not, nobody was beating that Laker team, Shaq in his prime (30 PPG, 12 RPG & 3BPG) and a young Kobe who averaged nearly 30 PPG.

Much like the 2003 Spurs, nobody was stopping Duncan that year. Or in 99 for that matter.

[jrmp317]

Anderson or not, nobody was beating that Laker team, Shaq in his prime (30 PPG, 12 RPG & 3BPG) and a young Kobe who averaged nearly 30 PPG.

Much like the 2003 Spurs, nobody was stopping Duncan that year. Or in 99 for that matter.

this is true

nobody stood a chance against that 2001 Lakers team, even a healthy Spurs team would have lost. If that 2002 team could have figured out how to hold a lead, they had a chance to beat the Lakers.

[spursfan1000]

Who cares, it was a long time ago, stop tryin to make trouble.

[TheMACHINE]

Those were hard years, we lost Sean..TD was injured in 2000.....Derek Anderson was injured in the playoffs in 2001, Avery and Robinson were getting Old.

It's funny you bring things up like this, while the Lakers often DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THE PLAYOFFS or advance far enough to get destroyed by the Spurs from 2005-2007.

Bottom line, from 05-07 Spurs owned the Lakers (not to mention 2003 and most of the 90's) and next year, another trend will start erased from Lakers history

[Muser]

[23LeBronJames23]

Kobe/Nowitzki/Hakeem are the top 3 Spur killers that come to mind.

And I don't hate Kobe, he's a of a player.

Kevin Durant owned spurs all the time its kinda funny but i dont think San Antonio has beat OKC yet

[dirk4mvp]

SpurFan complain about injuries?

I don't think i've ever seen that

Hey did you know if Manu wasn't injured, the Spurs would've swept the Mavs with an average margin of victory of 35?

[baseline bum]

No wonder why you guys hate Bryant so much, this guy was absolutely lethal against the spurs in these series.

I was actually a pretty big Kobe fan until he ratted Shaq out to the police.

[bostonguy]

That 2001 Lakers team was so damn good. It took ALOT for them to lose that only game to the 76ers. They had a week and a half off, blew a 13 point lead early in that game. Then in overtime they had a 5 point lead with the ball and Horry committed a stupid offensive foul. Bell made that scoop shot and AI took over. AI had 48 points i believe in that game. It took LA screwing up that much and AI playing great for them to barley lose that only game in the 2001 playoffs. That is how sick they were.

[IronMexican]

Game 1 hurt a lot. I wanted the Lakers to pull 15 in a row.

[bostonguy]

Game 1 hurt a lot. I wanted the Lakers to pull 15 in a row.

As that saying goes, you cant win em all. A slip up tends to happen on a run like that. What was scary was how LA played their c game and still had multiple chances to win that game. That loss alone showed you just how great that team was.