Such an underrated Kobe playoff game
He literally stopped the Spurs from repeating on two different occasions yet he never denied anyone
Did you just hype up nearly 37yo Bruce Bowen and 38yo Robert Horry, who averaged 0.4ppg on 00% shooting that series and retired before it was over?
Barry, Bowen, Finley, Thomas, and Horry were a combined 180 years old in that series....they AVERAGED 36yo lol.
2007 Spurs were a 3-man core surrounded by old role players. In 2008, their leading scorer was Manu who severely sprained his ankle and was borderline useless before the Lakers series even started, and the rest of the squad aged out. Duncan/Parker were literally a two-man team with old and hurt guys trying to defend and failing, and Duncan was 32 at that point and wasn't the sort of player who could carry them by himself anymore. Once Manu got hurt, they weren't winning a title whether the Lakers beat them or not. Celtics would have wasted them.
The fact that y'all have to pump up shytty-ass "accomplishments" like that shows how much you flail when it comes to actually remembering significant moments in his career.