2003 Spurs vs 2010 Lakers

Matt15 · Post #1 » by **Matt15** » Wed Oct 5, 2022 8:21 pm

Who wins in 7?

No-more-rings · Post #2 » by **No-more-rings** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 12:58 am

Well the playoff version of the 2010 Celtics were probably better than the 03 Spurs and they couldn’t quite beat the Lakers, so I’d not be confident in the Spurs either. The Spurs were good offensively for that time, but I doubt they have enough offensively to beat a team like the 10’ Lakers. Duncan is going to get his, but I don’t see a dump the ball to Duncan and make things work, work 4 times against the Lakers.

Post #3 » by **tsherkin** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 3:26 am

I like the 09 Lakers a little more, but we've got 2010, so let's see...

2003 Spurs were really, really good. They give these Lakers are a run for their money. Not as interesting offensively, but titans defensively. Do they have time to adapt to the defensive strategies of the later era? 2003 versus 2010 is a big difference, right? Teams had basically two years to learn from the 08 Boston defense how to exploit the rules changes and play post-illegal defense ball, yeah? Or do they come in cold, no development, no strategic evolution and just play as they did in 03?

tonyreyes123 · Post #4 » by **tonyreyes123** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 7:05 am

It depends on who has home court, if it’s the Spurs I’ll give it to them in 7

Jaivl · Post #5 » by **Jaivl** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 3:22 pm

Supposing Lakers have HCA, Spurs don't get to play game 7.

Edit: wait, how did the 03 Spurs win 60 games?