Tim Duncan Full Highlights vs Lakers 2001 WCF GM2 - 40 Pts, 15 Rebs, 4 Blks

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2001 Western Conference Finals Game 2, May 21, 2001 | Dominant performance by Tim Duncan looking to tie up the series after his Spurs lost in game 1 on their home floor. He scored 25 points in the first half alone and kept the Spurs in the lead throughout the half. Intensified Lakers defense and leadership by Kobe & Shaq proved to be too much for the Spurs in the second half as they lost 88-81, sending them to Los Angeles without a win.
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[@zehzaunm]

14 years later and Duncan and the Spurs are still going strong...thats amazing

[@vinniechan]

+zehzaunm The crazy thing is 14 years later Duncan is still doing the same moves

[@sals6671]

+Vinnie Chan hasnt changed

[@MCFoultier]

+zehzaunm he even still looks the same

[@xc98_]

zehzaunm ):

[@radgerivera]

zehzaunm not anymore

[@andyhammer9218]

greatest pf to ever play the game

[@SniffyPoo]

he was probably the biggest weapon in the nba during this period, in terms of both offense and defense

[@salazarraul2792]

Indeed he was!!!

[@stuartperry8141]

Shaq still was,

[@joaohenriquedalpiaz8452]

I wanna like this comment but 69 is such a fine number

[@atlanta1290]

Shaq or Kobe were better offensively. Just look what Kobe did to the Spurs this series.

[@SniffyPoo]

@@atlanta1290 Duncan was #2 in MVP voting that year. But the Spurs had below average guards that year and Kobe made mincemeat out of them. Tony Parker wouldnt arrive until following season

[@crashforce4686]

classic. lakers vs spurs. the best rivalry in 2000s.

[@captainofindustry488]

duncan is all business, no time for foolishness. GOAT PF

[@Trancymind]

The most embarrassing NBA Western conference matchup I have ever seen as of today. The Lakers won the series by average of a whopping 22.3 points per game. In LA, the Lakers won an avg of 34 points per game. I mean wow. The 2001 Lakers ONLY had 2 all stars in their squad which is twice as impressive.

[@trapgod8443]

I like how about 98% of the video Duncan has the same facial expression.

[@erikgonzales3178]

All business

[@scottjean5271]

He got T for laughing. Soft league now.

[@marcbibanga5601]

Great performance. I was rooting for him in that series. Spurs had a chance with Duncan playing this well but Kobe showed up and broke my heart.

[@100spurs]

Kobe always showed up vs the Spurs for some reason. Shaq dominated every team but Kobe holds a grudge Vs San Antonio lmao.

[@salazarraul2792]

Not!!!

[@MrEOM41]

Yeah Kobe was a beast in this series

[@atlanta1290]

Kobe outperformed all the stars in this series.

[@mlee251]

I just started following basketball a few years ago, so I never saw the duncan in his prime. Its amazing how explosive he was. Really good! Its even more amazing to see him altering his game to keep himself effective now.

[@devinmurdock5717]

mlee251252253254 literally my exact same situation

[@vinniechan]

+mlee251252253254 Not just his strength, but also his footwork 14 years later he still uses the same mvoes

[@darkzombiemessiah]

Tim Duncan my fav player of all time. Such a beast

[@OEsParadise]

We need another Tim Duncan in the league

[@yoshikigrg1260]

Greatest PF ever in nba history (If you don't believe me then check out his career stats and let me know another player who surpassed him in those categories. You will not find anyone like that.). I'm not a fan of Tim or Spurs organisation but as a fan of basketball, I highly respect them. Thanks Timmy for all those wonderful years. You will never be forgotten ever.

[@bballer191]

What a monster. Enjoy retirement, legend.

[@TheLDE420]

It was a great era of basketball.......I love watching these videos...nt having to see teams attempt 20-25 threes.....the first half was 2-6 spurs and Lakers.....crazy how now teams just shoot 3's

[@indignation1331]

I was a big kG guy back then but Tim earned my respect. Now look at KG. Dude turned into a serious asshole on the court. Off the court he can kick back and enjoy his life but i dont like how he bullied guys. Tim was above the bs and thats why he's one of my alltime favorite players and people the Nba ever let into the league. Peace and blessings #21.

[@tyn6211]

This version of Duncan in today's pick-n-roll spacing NBA? omg.

[@lancerabilas3487]

Timmy would be the perfect 5 man in today’s league. Young timmy was a monster offensively and defensively , and he was sneaky quick

[@ajsimpson.11]

He plays like an athletic jokic

[@SmoothMM]

I think this is the year that the Lakers swept everyone in the West, and then lost the 1st game to the Philadelphia 76ers before winning the next 4 games. Craziness. Timmy was so quick in 2001. He can still move in 2015 but not as gracefully.

[@TheMediocreDev]

+Mikel Moon He has two knee braces which prevent him from bending his leg & has severely limited his lateral movement along whatever leaping ability he had left.

[@SmoothMM]

thaxcutioner#1 His body is wearing down the same as KG. It will be interesting when Timmy calls it quits and hangs up the jersey and sneakers. That is most likely to happen after Spurs win this 2016 NBA championship... Go out the way of David Robinson.

[@XD3unit]

+Mikel Moon lol how you know if that team will win.

[@SmoothMM]

+XD3unit I do not know if Spurs will win 2016 NBA championship. Based on recent play, Spurs are strong enough to win it.

[@miguelangelsosarodriguez533]

+Mikel Moon they lost to the thunder in 6 games

[@100spurs]

Duncan was all alone here. If he had Ginobili earlier, The Spurs win 2 out of the 3 matchups between 01, 02, 03

[@atlanta1290]

Stop it. The Spurs had a hard time dealing with Shaq and once Kobe elevated his game, there was no beating these guys unless they were feuding.

[@vinniechan]

Man looking back at those clips now, back then those guys were all so competitive they went so hard at each other

[@Manufan-og1xg]

Such a beast, i love how frustrated his defenders get as the game goes on.

[@Ometecuhtli]

Grant... now Horry... back to Grant... ok, Horry... there was no stopping Duncan back in the day

[@user-zj1cz9fc6u]

Tim Duncan the best 4 to ever do it

[@veetour]

Duncan with the 3pt from Curry distance at the end of the game.

[@bballer191]

Great quality. Thanks for the upload.

[@mikejenkins9424]

GOAT

[@brandonlee9238]

The G.O.A.T as an NBA TEAM....Timmy D.. unbelievable .....The GLORY years... Glad I got to witness, #GOSPURSGO!.. Forever.

[@timw8646]

im so glad that i grew up in this era where basketball was so fun to watch.

[@danielatilano3294]

See these are the days that I miss I miss these days so much this is real playoff basketball

[@masterkenph928]

Shaq, Webber, Duncan, Robinson, Divac, Nowitzki, Garnett. The west is so much stacked!

[@Whatsyourbench]

Kobe

[@CriticoCriticado]

+Master Diablo Todos ellos mejores que uno que lo quieren hacer rey a la fuerza.

[@dezbryantcaughtit5138]

kobe is trash

[@slipamo4309]

Rasheed too

[@100spurs]

The West still stacked to this day!!!!

[@yhanbondoc18449]

young Tim goat

[@gigapus5050]

The two best of these time in NBA on the floor Duncan and mamba 😢miss my real NBA days.

[@JuanAndres-ef5jk]

Best PF ever right there

[@danielleonardosantos7089]

Duncan the GOAT

[@user-kp7ls7ml1h]

this performance standard even now in 2018 can still be dominant in the paint

[@glory2christcmj702]

such a skilled player

[@khale4nia]

Series prior the Spurs lost their #2 scorer Derek Anderson. Year prior Duncan got hurt before playoffs.

[@hdaaap]

i loved the alamodome.

[@00greyman]

Wow, everyone was just in Timmy's way. Have no room to operate but still dominated. i could just imagine if Timmy had the System back here. At least two more rings.

[@hallokity123]

Amazing how much the Spurs offense evolved, it went from throw the ball down low to duncan to a constant motion offense

[@Ometecuhtli]

The famous twenty-only! Yeah, Popovich didn't know much what to do those early years.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

they just changed it up because it was a big mans league, but if spurs were in their younger days and they played the league from 2010-2016, they would decimate all of them, luckily spurs were of old age

[@nahmikeNahmike]

双塔的连接防守真是太棒了不得了😊😊

[@qceaz11]

Besides Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan might be the 2nd greatest basketball player I have ever seen!

[@atlanta1290]

Sigh

[@masterkenph928]

good ol days

[@thespiralgoeson]

Yeah, Duncan was absolutely awesome... and yet the Lakers still utterly destroyed the Spurs in the series, 4-0. That's how f**king unstoppable Shaq was for those three years. Duncan might have had a better career overall because of longevity and consistency. But man, apex Shaq something else. Also, this playoff run is a strong contender for the best stretch of Kobe's career too. He put up some gaudier numbers after Shaq left, but I'd argue this was when he peaked as an all-around player. This was when he was at his most unselfish, playing perfectly within a team system, and when he was one of the best perimeter defenders in the league. The 2001 Lakers are a very, very strong contender for greatest team of all time. Up there with the 2017 Warriors and 96 Bulls.

[@ihamnxtdoor7108]

The best power forward there is.

[@jpegovitch]

1:28 such a disrespectful block

[@thatguyluis]

5:39 GOAT sighting

[@daltongraham7310]

and they still got swept. god damn that lakers team was insane

[@chello1197]

Only because the #2 scorer was out. The one guy that played above he rim. They really needed him vs the Lakers, but that sports---injuries happen. Even if it's not a normal injury( thanks Juwan Howard) you ruined what was to be great playoffs.

[@bballer191]

Yep. Derek Anderson was our best perimeter player that year and his presence was terribly missed. That Lakers squad probably wins anyways because Shaq was unstoppable and Kobe was Kobe, but it would've been a much more competitive series had he played.

[@krob8823]

Like we swept La in 99' and 13'. So they had to get us back from 99' in this game.

[@somerandomguy84]

Also Pop was not *Pop* just yet

[@lchris6997]

They slowed Duncan down in the 2nd half he scored most of his points in the 2nd quarter.

[@johnbishop8364]

Duncan is one of the 5 greatest players ever for sure, maybe the greatest of them all.On another note, Kobe really did stop playing defense after the year 2000. The was really easy to defend at 0:42. He played great defense for one year, that was the year 2000. Inconsistent ever since, and got 11 more all defensive teams somehow.

[@josecarranza7555]

Kobe has won NBA defense over 10 times, and you say this trash?

[@vivalasexy]

No disrespect to Kobe but he got alot of those awards because he was Kobe. D-Wade got snubbed on a fair few All-NBA defence teams because of Kobe, even though Wade was playing much better D

[@ihamnxtdoor7108]

John Bishop Best power forward of them all.

[@ssnexowned]

vivalasexy Facts. I'd say D-Wade was a better defender than Kobe

[@SomeGuyNotKnown]

Michael Carranza You can get something you don't deserve.

[@akoaypilipino2701]

and still took that L. the Lakers were untouchable that year.

[@allenmoon545]

TD is much better than AD.

[@jamesnichols5998]

If anyone asks you how good Tim Duncan was, look what he's doing to PRIME SHAQ My goodness

[@2010raquan]

goddamn fuckin unstoppable!!!

[@WeComingToGetYouBarbara]

This was the finals

[@user-fn3zs6mj7v]

At this point, the Spurs may be justifiably perceived as a boring team; however, when they play ball, it's as majestic as it can honestly get once you invest your time in their 'everything.' From their game, down to the chemistry of their team.

[@tomasgomez3617]

funy "give me five" histeric man at the end

[@yourmom-qq4tq]

U r actually counting that last 3?

[@iamnaitsirk3091]

Centers in the NBA right now be having massages after every game battling these big men.

[@yayarea5109]

man shaq used to get away with lot of def 3 seconds

[@colossusofrhodes4387]

imagine if Duncan had a prime David Robinson whos quick as a guard that would be scary

[@nomooon]

such a great laker team, always slow to warm up. down by ten by half time but win by ten at the end. they always slow to warm up haha

[@Ometecuhtli]

Chicago played like that in many games too, I'd say it was more Phil Jackson's style.

[@eddienguyen3852]

And the 2001 kobe n shaq swept him n robinson ! That’s crazy!!! Think about it, how dominanted n talented them lakers 2001 !

[@NJTDover]

Yes, the Lakers were swept by these same Spurs the previous season, as well. How much I miss these series. Shaq's raw power vs Tim's higher IQ. The NBA on NBC ... those glorious days.

[@eddienguyen3852]

@@NJTDover they got sweep 2 season ago in 1999 before phil got there not the previous! Phil awaken them! Their average against the Spurs were crazyy that run ! 2001 lakers team made the playoffs seem the most easiest like a walk in a park. Never seen like that before

[@Le_monarch13]

Rain on me assistant - Raúl

[@nahmikeNahmike]

那时的胡人队进攻打法很快可是要在快一点

[@richmartinez9810]

They only lost bc, manu and tp9 weren’t playing, that all changed for the lakers once they came to the spurs

[@terryphelps24]

What happened in 08

[@calvin9187]

4:54 Shaq like bruh why you surrending

[@silewis9396]

4:16 Timmy doing work

[@josedeleon3682]

Timmy out there eating bbq chicken 😂

[@tommak8679]

Tim Duncan is a centre. Always has been. Ask Pop.

[@JoshuaWSiegel]

He'd say he's been a Power Forward. After Robinson, Mohammed played center. Then Nesterovich, Kurt Thomas, Antonio McDyess, and Splitter. Until Aldridge came, Timmy NEVER played Center. Even Blair and Diaw would play center.

[@tagbon_]

+Josh Siegel Don't you like it when people say things as if no one was around back then watching those games? Kobe is my favorite player but it always makes me laugh when people say Kobe was the best Laker in the 3 peat era.

[@JoshuaWSiegel]

Da Beast Yeah I do. This "Tim Duncan is a center" thing has become a pet peeve of mine.

[@Ometecuhtli]

"Always has been" in a video where you can clearly see Robinson playing that position.

[@Paul-wu7xd]

These Spurs would've been an interesting match up against the Bulls

[@blueguy1995]

Tim shot 57% from the field this game while the rest of the team shot 26.7%....the guy needed more help but wouldn't get it until the next season with Tony and the following season with Manu.

[@Smeet9]

Timmy used to be such a baller man

[@Gymholics]

Jayykub757 he is still a superstar when his team needs it

[@stupidnamewaster]

Gymholics nah

[@bonkcaesar9849]

stupidnamewaster yea

[@stupidnamewaster]

Bonk Caesar no

[@bonkcaesar9849]

When his team is need..he will put up 28 and 11

[@Jinzify1]

I like when the commentator said Fisher is a worthless help, too little

[@Ometecuhtli]

Both Dereks got so disrepected in that series.

[@vernac86]

Crazy to think the Lakers and Spurs never had a 7 game series.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

not crazy at all

[@HarrisonEng2007]

Timmy looks SPRY

[@nahmikeNahmike]

邓肯是三个时代的最好大前锋

[@michaelherbin7436]

tim duncan with the no sportsmanship deep 3 before the end of the game like its 2k

[@tommak8679]

Referring Duncan's actual effect in the game: uproxx.com/dimemag/gregg-popovich-tim-duncan-center-not-power-forward/

[@chunyenliao7490]

XD good time

[@BloodyEye925]

If David Robinson was out of the equation during Duncan's first couple years/prime, Timmy would've easily averaged 30 pts or more a game and a higher average in rebounds. Robinson during those years would only avg like 7.1 points a game or so.

[@Ometecuhtli]

I'd rather have a prime Robinson + Duncan. They would have dominated the game.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

that also means 0 rings in the early days

[@JaisyB]

If he would like to he would score like 50 every game, he would destroy Chamberlain on the board to be fair.

[@joint2joint2k]

I'll take Kobe's 45 and 10 + the W in the game before.

[@TheMediocreDev]

+Post Toastee Kobe was being guarded by a scrub named Antonio Daniels & playing 1-on-1

[@joint2joint2k]

+thaxcutioner#1 Enter Bruce Bowen next year, same results.

[@jawpoppinoff6511]

Post Toastee Spurs didn't have a full roster that next year. Enter 2003, where both teams had all their best players, and the Spurs knocked the Lakers out of the playoffs and won the championship

[@Ometecuhtli]

@@joint2joint2k Certainly not, Lakers blew past every team in 2001, in 2002 games were closer and Spurs had rookie Tony Parker as 2nd scoring option. San Antonio was building up to win 3 of the next 5 championships in 2003-07.

[@calvin9187]

0:46 Shaq gets dunked on by Duncan

[@100spurs]

Tim Duncan had no help from 2000 to 2002. A emerging Tony Parker and new comer Ginobili in 2003 with Duncan finally vanquished the Shaq/Phil Jackson Lakers.

[@mahmoudbibbyfofana]

100spurs Stop it😂😂😂. They just won championship in 99. Then all of a sudden. He had no help? He had loaded team

[@doctorx1924]

@@mahmoudbibbyfofana the '99 Spurs outside of Duncan was an old team. Robinson,Elliott,Avery Johnson, Elie were all in their 30's. They were all exiting their primes around that time. After '00 they all fell off.

[@Ometecuhtli]

@@mahmoudbibbyfofana This is the 2001 playoffs so no, they just lost to Phoenix in the first round when Duncan got injured just before the postseason in 2000.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

lakers beat them back in 04, so...

[@Ometecuhtli]

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 Spurs lost Stephen Jackson and Steve Smith who were key to spacing the floor, and got Nesterovic who was the equivalent of keeping an ancient Robinson and also got a washed up Robert Horry. Lakers got Malone and Payton.

[@connormacleod1490]

Comparing AD to TD is foolish...

[@jameschar24]

Great stat line. They still lost the game...

[@wuliwei6939]

the series in which the lakers swept the spurs

[@kevinmayes2772]

Horry and Grant was getting they ass bust

[@azizkoc1907]

who was no 54 guarding duncan

[@sohaminyoh]

Duncan had a weird ability of buying time mid shot.

[@user-kp7ls7ml1h]

after the lose , horry went to spurs lol...cuz he knows !!

[@BigBadBigDon33333]

+陳柏安 Not till 03

[@Ometecuhtli]

And played horribly for the Spurs that first season.

[@TheMediocreDev]

Duncan gets doubled on every catch meanwhile Kobe has no soul near him within 10 FT, lol.

[@cflo1386]

If Shaq would've taken care of himself during the off season he would've had a much more successful career, and staying with one team.

[@dkmrap1]

He didn't want to stay with one team.

[@Romans219]

Tim Duncan had the softest hands around the basket like Chris Webber did.

[@jiggaman198]

Damn, he could put up those numbers and the Lakers still won

[@Statalyzer]

Darth Vader The rest of the team was too old once Juwon Howard knocked Derek Anderson out of the playoffs. Ferry, Porter, Elliot, Johnson, and Robinson were all well into the downsides of their career.

[@nikosvault]

Statalyzer I doubt Derek Anderson would have made much of a difference.

[@Statalyzer]

nikosvault Not in the whole series since the 2 Lakers wins in Los Angeles were total blowouts, but he at least would have swung game 2, and maybe stretched the series out into 6 games. But yeah there was no way SA or anyone else was beating LA in 2001, with Shaq and Kobe both at their peaks AND actually getting along with each other AND a quality supporting cast that was in the groove as well.

[@Gogetta80]

I was at this game. From memory i wanna tim had 40. Antonio daniels 24, rest of 17 points combined. Duncan and daniels only players who showed up.

[@Ometecuhtli]

@PRIME SHAQ Kobe was the best scorer of the season that year. That was the beginning of his peak years, in 2009 he had no one of Shaq's caliber in his team.

[@wuliwei6939]

Scoring 40 points, your team still lost

[@indignation1331]

Duncan over Kobe allday.

[@CikaDraza]

0:48 Dunk over Shaq... Shaq Claims he never got dunked on

[@hereisyourmusic30]

And Tim don't get flashy... he just goes back to the other to play defense

[@ryanbeltran9413]

I still have Lebron and Kobe over Duncan, but just saying if he didn’t lose to the heat in 2013, he could’ve been 6-0 like MJ. Again don’t think he could’ve done what Lebron or Kobe in terms of talent and longetivity, but he could’ve been the best player in the league from 2003-2007. Honestly TD reminds so much of Jokic with less offense but more defense.

[@hardwoodthought1213]

Duncan had better longevity than Kobe tho Kobe didn’t even make an All-NBA 1st team until his 6th season, Duncan was top 5 in MBP voting as a rookie. And on the flip side, Kobe never made another All-NBA team past 2013, whilst Duncan made All-NBA in 2015 and was still arguably the best player on a title team 15 years into his career. Duncan’s is also the oldest player to ever make an All-NBA 1st team. Truth be told, Bron is the only person who has greater longevity than Duncan His peak (03) is also higher than any season Kobe had, when Duncan won a title without even an All-Star teammate

[@hardwoodthought1213]

@John Imegi Pau is in the HOF…

[@Ometecuhtli]

@John Imegi Gasol has an excellent international career playing in FIBA, Eurobasket and Olympic tournaments, and Kobe was surrounded by 3 other top 75 players when he lost to Hall of famer Ben Wallace in 2005.

[@silewis9396]

​@John Imegi Nothing you said changes the fact Tim had better longevity or the fact he won in 03 without an all star teammate

[@mandomendez5618]

We all know who this black dude (commentator) is going for 😂😂

[@tyfrerhiug]

Kobe Shaq horry Grant barely beat Duncan with old washed David.

[@Ometecuhtli]

I don't know about Horry been named along those All-stars but you're right, the Spurs's second offensive weapon was a guy named Derek Anderson. Few people if at all remember him.

[@brandon_e23]

Lol nice try. Every game in this series was a blowout except this one

[@xxlslam1]

said this before will say it again, individually kg is no less of a player than duncan who is overratrd due to the system he was placed in. Imagine if KG was the one put into the Spurs francise , Im very positive instead of Tim, whos definitely a top 25 player of all time in his own right, be would be widely regarded as top 10 all time. You can find flaws in TD s game( Freethrows/athleticism/ Intensity), the same cant be said for KG, dude is unstoppable in every facet of the game, elite post player, deadly from distance, supreme rebounder, Defensive anchor while highly able in defending the perimeter and pick and roll. KG is the type of guy that would pour his blood sweat n tears for the sake of winning, no holds barred, even if it means disgustung certain group of people.

[@kristenguemes]

xxlslam1 you're an idiot, kg is a good player but there is no way in hell you can call Tim a system player. the system was built around him and everybody knows that. he was the center piece if the golden standard in the NBA. top 5 all time. best of to ever play the game. In sure if you ask kg he wouldn't disagree. The rest of the NBA certainly seemed to agree on it when he retired. Timmy D is the goat pf, period.

[@RighteousRhythm]

@xxIslam System players don't win 2 back to back regular season MVP's, 3 finals MVP's and aren't considered one of the top 10 greatest players of all time dumbass.

[@duncanbeatsshaq5091]

Duncan had the lowest number 2 scorer of any MVP in the 2002 season at 12.2 PPG. Won the 2003 Finals with 0 teammates averaging 15 PPG in the playoffs. Duncan is the best at carrying a team.

[@doctorx1924]

Duncan physically was a much stronger player than KG. He was also a banger in the paint. That gets overshadowed a lot because he played during the same time as Shaq so people forget how physical Duncan was in the paint. Duncan could back guys down in the post which is something KG couldn't do. That to me is what really sets them apart.

[@TheCocoband]

Tim Duncan was 3 time defensive player of the year in the university. Líder in block and double double in playoff history. Over 5,000 points ohh and líder in rebounds in playoffs. Winning percentage over 700 ... tell me about kg

[@Hanharrftw]

This was boring to watch??