Kobe was a monster that whole seriesaveraged 33, 7, and 7 against the Spurs and it was really slow paced
Without accounting for progressive game fatigue obviously, if they played at the pace of the current Warriors v. Spurs series lets say, Kobe would've averaged 36.6, 7.7, and 7.7 against what was the #1 defensive team in the NBA that year at just 22 years old while sharing the ball with Shaq
when people say Shaq carried Kobe
this version of Kobe in this era would absolutely be the best players in the nba.
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