the spurs pre parker manu jackson bowen claxton and prime malik in 2001 were outmatched athlete wise vs la....in 2002 parker was a 19 year old rookie bowen was new....

16-1...

+Victor Rippe 15-1* the first round was the best of 5 in that time

+miguel angel sosa rodriguez oh u just tought me something..

+Victor Rippe young kids xD

What year did they switch it to 7?

Shaq carried Kobe 😁😁😁😁

imsljr420 your mom carried me

No, but we all know who the best player was

The most dominant player during those years was Shaq. Shaq attracted so much attention that Kobe could go one-on-one every time down the court. After Shaq left, look how the Lakers did.

Now I'm not saying Derek Fisher could do what Kobe was doing. Lol

as much as i hate kobetards people do underrate his 2000-2004 seasons...he was better then people remember by age 22.5...like scary good...the lakers were not that stacked and they had injuries...they had trash bench players outside of horry..washed up ron harper and old brian shaw and a young ty lue is not much man..besides fox kobe had no support really at the sf position and he managed to make it work somehow...i mean for a minute in a tight playoff game vs a good team maybe they could send young devean george out there and hope he did not suck but that was about it..it was basically fox and then kobe at sf and kobe at sg and 4 pgs and somehow they swept the spurs lol with grant and horry at pf and no backup center...

And they say he was carried the biggest lie told in NBA history

Kobe did it to a rank #1 defensive team in the league.

i agree...but the thing was the lakers had the best duo so

Facts.

Dude Shaq got doubled n tripled the entire time r u blind? 😂 Shaq was by far the best player on the Lakers

@@TheSands83 was Kobe not doubled and tripled? The amount of times Kobe’s hit difficult shots over 2 or 3 defenders is crazy.

@@michalgondolewski8709 dude if he drove into traffic but watch the games.. Shaq was doubled or tripled in some casesevery time he touched the ball. They did not double Kobe. When Shaq left they started to double kobe.. u can’t scheme to double two guys especially if one works the low post. Kobe feasted off teams swarming Shaq in the post

Slave Of Christ It was the best! Got me so pumped!

nice song it makes the nba thrilling

I came to the comments for this reason, that theme was the goat

John Tesh wrote it

I miss it too

Yes I completely agree!!

I remember watching this in 10th grade of 2000 up till 2002.. this was the best Lakers line up along with Phil Jackson. Ill never forget this memory... Lakerfan4life

Best team in NBA history 15-1 playoff record Kobe said this team would beat any NBA team history agree

***** how can u disrespectf the spurs and Duncan like that ???? I'm die hard Lakers fan and kobe fan but Duncan is a class act and the spurs have been a great team for a long time now !!! But I will say no way the spurs shouldve won in 03 the Lakers just fell apart !! Shaq wasn't himself and.kobe tried.to.do to much !!! If along kobe and shaq could've gotten along and if shaq would've trained andstayed in shape !!! When shaq is at his best the spurs can't stop him he will destroy Duncan !!....

I'll take stopping a 4 peat something that hasn't happened since the 60s over stopping me from repeating which is common.

and Kobe single handily stopped Tim from repeating in 08. I get the point you're trying to make but the Lakers still come out n top.

spurs eon in 1999 and they didn't play spurs in 2000 when la won so these spurs are responsible for not beating the lakers so they cant repeat

Actually in 2000 Duncan got hurt and missed the playoffs which ruined the spurs chances at repeating with prime Duncan and Robinson ......in 2004 the fisher bs shot that was late thus shouldn't have counted was why they lost that series...but in 2006 they chocked in game 7 at home...they were up 3 with 15 seconds left and fouled Dirk on a layup he was gonna make anyways for no reason and the rest is history ...sound familiar...spurs have had their heartbreak..many times before 2013 ..

Jordan and pippen have something to say 6-0 in the nba finals. 6 rings in 8 years

Magic/Kareem??

Jordan always had all the spotlights.. We talking about the duo power, Kobe and Shaq were equals

MCR C WHAT happens if kobe and shaq stayed together 5+ rings easily ya heard

+Bishop Steel Out of any sport?? John Mcenroe and Peter Fleming were the greatest duo out of any sport in history, just saying.

Mark James if u actually watched the lakers games in the early 00s shaq was actually clutch in crunch time with his free throws no lie.

Bob P Disagree. The 1992 USA dream team was the best. 2001 lakers were second best.

lol..

The 1992 dream team doesn't count. We might as well include all olympic teams and all star teams if it does count.

1991, 1992, 1996 Bulls were all head and shoulders above the 2001 Lakers.

And all the Warriors teams 2015-2019 suck compared to the 2001 Lakers.

Not confused just helpless

people forget in game 2 duncan went for 40 and 15 and still lost cause his team had 41 lol...a top 2-3 west playoff game for his career that he ended up losing...a top 5 career game imo and a top 4 playoff game...insane

Penny doesn't belong in same sentence with kobe

All due respect to Penny but he’s not even in the same atmosphere as Kobe. No where near the same skill set.

Bruh I'm 2 yrs later but yes hell yea U r right I argue this with my nephew ALL the time and we live in Cleveland so man beating that team as a fan of the Cavs felt gr8 tho they should of won 2 if not FOR LeBron and Kyries frivolous decisions to leave. This team the Lakers were Legendary man Shaq and Beans man in my top 5 ever real talk MAN

Same here

2001 Lakers was the best

Lakers 4 life here checking in 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

And the teams we played weren't slouches... The Blazers had probably the most talent, roster wise. The Kings had arrived, especially after they pushed us to 5 games the previous playoffs. The Spurs had the best record and the league's best defense. The 76ers had the league MVP, Coach of the Year, DPOY, and Best 6th Man... 15 - 1.... That's why it's the best playoff run in NBA history, even though GS has one win more... I don't think their run was as impressive.

Richard Abeysinghe remember shaq at that time weight 320 lbs nobody fuking with the diesel 😤💪

Jay Casino no doubt man.. early 00s shaq use to own prime Duncan and Garnett and anyone else ... if kobe played thru shaq like he did in the 01 title run they would've won titles from 00-06 easily . .

@@joshuahaynes7128 The lakers played through Kobe in this series lmao

@@joshuahaynes7128 Garnett was a defensive god and can guard everyone... except Shaq

well he had shaq...

NiddyTv he did that with Kwame brown as well Kobe just a beast top 5

KOBE just has haters

JohnYAHyeet same here

Yup....I grew up in BOTH era's here in L.A., showtime Lakers AND the Kobe & Shaq 1 2 punch

I was in 8th grade around this time Beautiful to see our team avenge previous years Go LAKERS win or lose Tank mode rebuild whatever

Ever heard of the greek freak

@@Shmurdababyyy Shaq was around 330-335lbs at this point. Much heavier and bulkier than Giannis. Shaq is the most athletic piece of BULK the NBA has ever had. Not even close.This prime Lakers Shaq was a human TANK.

Kobe averaged about 30/7/6 that WHOLE postseason....absolutely amazing at 22 years old

How can that be when all the haters tell us Kobe was carried to 3 rings by Shaq???

dcjr7921 It was all a mirage. It never happened.

dcjr7921 I agree but kobe and shaq shouldve won more than 3.rings together !!! I'm 03 when the spurs beat the Lakers in the playoffs I didn't think shaq was shaq at all !!! And no way In hell should the 04 pistons have ever beat the 04 Lakers !!! Kobe shouldve gave shaq the ball everytime down the court !!! Ofcourse kobe wants to score and help his team but they would've won the title in 04 if he just didn't try n do to much !!! Idc if.its jordan on the Lakers when u got someone like shaq u give him the ball everytime down low ben Wallace couldn't stop shaq although he did play great !!! I just think shaq somewhat gave up in the 04 finals !

I'd love to see kobe come back healthy next year and go to the spurs lol could u imagine or go.to.the thunder !!! If the thunder could stay fully healthy all year and in the playoffs I would take them.to.beat the spurs !!! As good as Durant is I haven't seen very many great playoff performances !! In the 12 finals Durant played good in game 1 which they won and after that he struggled lebron locked him up !! Durant isn't very good at shooting over people he is a catch n shoot guy !!! In my opinion Westbrook is just as good of a scorer !!! I would just like to see Durant and Westbrook stay fully healthy all year long ever since they made it.to the finals in 2012 someone has gotten hurt the past 2 or 3 seasonss!! If James harden had stayed and they all 3 stayed healthy nobody would beat that team !! Only reason Miami Heat did in 2012 is because harden was absolutely horrible every game !! Westbrook was the only player who showed up every game !!but I don't think the thunder is as good as they were when they had harden !!! When u got.someone as.good as harden coming of.the bench wow lol that's awesom lol !!!

lakersfan 24 Jim is out and magic is in. Big step into getting back on top.

lonzo ball is coming

lakersfan 24 so dominant you mean?

Falconsfan1020 about that....

I miss the times when I was still a Laker fan.

burx18 frobe

Best version of Kobe was Buzz Cut Kobe. He had the perfect blend of athleticism and craftiness

@@sravanmotamarri6166 Best Kobe is 2003 and 2006. Flashiest Kobe is 1997-2002

Frobe was OG forever but man from 1999-2004 Kobe was the Don real choppo

@@ygk6279 I agree with you Best physical peak Kobe: 03 Best scoring kobe: 06 Best leader kobe: 07-10 Most refined kobe: 07 Best above the rim: 01 Best defensive kobe: 01-03 Most motivated kobe: 09

Always hit big shots

Facts. Brah

a Huge Leader.

Fisher only played in 20 games that season, but when the playoffs came, he was unstoppable. Amazing performance.

Hell yea gotta love D-Fish idk if the Lakers will retire his Jersey that’s a big question but if they do I support it wholeheartedly…

not the best but one of

You can take “Laker” out of the first sentence, and it would still be true. I’m taking this team over any in history. In my personal opinion, this was the best, most complete basketball a team has EVER played. Inside, outside, cuts, 3s, secondary reads, spot ups, over the top…just NOTHING this team didn’t excel at. They were smothering on defense and didn’t have to double team, either. Just pure dominance.

I'll take this team over any Laker team.

82-85 era lakers maybe better. Magic was young, kareem still killing. But this three peat lakers are right behind if not just as good. Kobe shaq is just too good. Were talking two eras of the team that had two all time top 10 players on the roster at the same time! so either way…

Kobe passing the ball back makes this better

@@EPIGOLDhe rewarded Shaq when he worked, shaq ran the floor so unwritten rule is if your big runs the floor give him the ball

luka? magic?

@@razkable yes more athletic and two way player 🥱🥱

@@razkable but kobe already won a championship at that age , and how about luka?

@@danDota2God23 kobe was better than luka at this point it wasnt even close because of kobe's defense

TheRandomGamerDude I disagree, the 1992 USA dream team was better. The 2001 lakers are the second best.

Dream team then you just take bunch of Olympic teams... Horrey, Fisher & Fox aren't that good lol. Stop being a douche lol.

2017 warriors

2000-2003 Lakers>2010-2014 Miami Heat>Golden State Warriors 2015 - 2018

Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain def top 3 all-time team and I'm not even a laker fan . But the 01 postseason kobe accepted his role as Batman and truly played thru shaq and they destroyed everyone it was beautiful basketball ... it truly wasn't fair that the lakers had kobe and shaq I mean come on lol

@Female Ass Is The Hottest Thing Ever no their not! Kobe would score at ease and so would Shaq and they play way better D all you see what the Cavs did to them a few years ago in the finals? They couldn't hit shit in those game because on e you start to get up on them and really challenge those shot, they stop falling after a while especially late in game! Yeah these teams don't play that aggressive Defense anymore to afraid of getting fouls that's sad!

Only Females Have Ass/Buttocks what’s are u 15? If u think gsw has a chance against these lakers your an I idiot. Who can guard Shaq, he ran up and down the court like a guard. Kobe would open up their defense as well plus play elite defense.

Golden state would have got their asses whipped by this team.

NBA teams nowadays are way worse than 80s and 2000s ones.

And you're telling me Shaq would've stopped Steph or Klay on the 3pt line when put in a pick n roll? You're telling me there's anyone on this team who could even stop Durant? You people's nostalgia clouds your judgment.

Terry Bogard we are now! Thank u Bron and AD we on top

Are you using ppg in one series of this championship run as justification to say that Kobe was as important or more important than Shaq during this championship run? Or am I missing the point.

Adrian Cawaing both of them can't win championship without Phil

nomooon exactly people forget Kobe was basically the same player in 99 that he was in 2000 the biggest difference was the lakers finally had a competent coach instead of Del Harris and Kurt Rambis Secondly Shaq performed just fine without Kobe as a matter of fact as long as Shaq was playing the lakers had a better record when Kobe didn't play (1999-00) Lakers record (67-15) Lakers record with Shaq but without Kobe (13-2) Lakers record with Kobe but no Shaq (1-1) Lakers record without Shaq and Kobe (0-1) (2000-01) Lakers record (57-25) Lakers record with Shaq but without Kobe (11-3) Lakers record with Kobe but without Shaq (5-3) (2001-02) Lakers record (58-24) Lakers record with Shaq but without Kobe (2-0) Lakers record with Kobe but without Shaq (7-8) 2000-02 Lakers record 181-65 .735 win percentage (13-12 lakers record with Kobe but without Shaq win percentage .52%) Lakers with Shaq but without Kobe (26-5 win percentage .84%) Lakers record without Shaq or Kobe (0-1) (.000 win percentage) 2002-03 (287-123) lakers record with Shaq and Kobe 45-22 (winning percentage .67%) *(Kobe didn't miss any games) Record with Kobe but no Shaq 5-10 (Winning percentage .33%) 2003-04 Lakers record with Shaq 49-18 (67 games) Without Shaq (7-8) Lakers record with Kobe 48-17 (65 games) Without Kobe (8-9) Lakers record with Shaq but no Kobe (6-5) (*1 game Shaq was ejected early with the lead, which they wound up losing) Lakers record with Kobe but no Shaq (5-4) Lakers record without either (2-4) Lakers record in total from 2000-04 (287-123 .700 win perceentage) Lakers record with Shaq and Kobe both playing (2000-04 230-82) (.731 win percentage) Lakers record from 2000-04 with Kobe but no Shaq With Kobe but no Shaq (23-26) .47% win Lakers with Shaq but no Kobe (32-10) (.76% win percentage) Lakers record without Shaq or Kobe (2-5) (.285 win percentage)

nomooon Shaq won with Pat Riley

fdajj yea that’s kind of important in a series. Also he’s the one running point on the team and the closer. So it’s safe to say he was more important in some of these playoff series

Please just the year b4 Kobe got outplayed by an old Reggie miller.. early 90s jordan would give Kobe the business

@@TheSands832003 Kobe smashes early 90s Jordan

@@tinyfalcon1185 😂😂😂😂 kobe is the poor mans jordan.. Jordan is stronger jumps higher is quicker way bigger hands faster n everything kobe does jordan does better

Go look at Wilt. He might has been faster than LeBron in his prime

Porzingis

Fisher hitting 3s fox Horry shaw as well..grant and shaq inside...Kobe everywhere.....nightmare...but in today's era not so scary 6 3s a night...now teams hit 12-15 at least

Asmosis Jones only reason small ball works today is cause there's no true inside forces like shaq or prime Duncan or hakeem or ewing and many more . Plus the rules today are soft as charmin toilet paper ..

Joshua Haynes Facts

@@joshuahaynes7128 i get that but you have to agree the lakers in 2019 would have to build a better roster around shaq and kobe and fisher right?...like this team is ok but nothing special anymore....they just were strong for their era

Strongly agree on that

Never thought about that but yeah I think that shit is true.

Seun On no doubt .. that 01 team was special man . They had young Horry and Ron Harper who was a great defender and rick fox and prime Fisher and prime kobe and shaq the most talented duo of all-time

Edward Perry III Never knew this. If true, insane stat line

Fisher 2001 playoffs- 52% from 3point range.

That's crazy,sad!I quit watching .

To be fair even then I think only Shaq can go coast to coast. He was the freak before the Greek freak

The thing is Shaq was so dominant at this time that it was very easy to forgot not only Kobe, but Fox/Horry/Fisher's shoots, Horace Grant in the paint (you could see the difference without him guarding PF's in 2002 playoffs). And, as a SG Kobe had to face Iverson (who was the best player in the world with Shaq at this era) and Carter and his spectacular plays during those years. So Kobe was easy to forgot in some way, but he surely wasn't carried by Shaq, he was just the second option in offense

waipareil Allen was the 3rd best player behind shaq and Kobe

Shaqs finals stats were nuts

Asmosis Jones shaqs 2000 finals mvp stats are 38 points a game and 18 rebounds and 5 blocks a game he shot 64 percent lol . . Talk about dominant

Kobe was the MVP thru the west playoffs then in the finals the east was always so small inside Phil Jackson would feed the diesel all game which was smart ... Shaq could've averaged 40 and 20 if he had kobes drive and work ethic

to outscore kobe is crazy

la is lucky manu never came over in 99 and duncan got hurt in 2000 and both derek and elliot got hurt in 01 and robinson in 02....they had luck at least 2 of those years

@@razkable oh shut up 😂😂😂

Lawrence They would have been the greatest dynasty of all time.

Forsure man .. the 01 title run was the 1 true season kobe accepted the robin role and they went 16-1 thru the playoffs and finals

Joshua Haynes robin?? What’s wrong with you? Kobe was averaging 33 this series with Shaq averaging 27. They were equals

D Fizzle 01 Lakers in 6

@@deanskingdom8654 2017 Warriors wouldn’t get a single rebound lol. Prime Shaq, Grant, & Horry are all terrors on the glass then u have Kobe soaring everywhere in the prime of his athleticism

the lakers could of won this series with 5 guys...thats how much better they were...just switch horrace and horry out for one game literally 6 guys out played the spurs main 9...no one else was needed....