NBA playoffs, Durant & Booker better than Kobe & Shaq, but in game-1 against Denver it’s not enough

THE KOBE&SHAQ SHOW IN 2003 | The defense of the 3rd title won in 3 years (2000, 2001 and 2002) for the Lakers by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal begins with a 1st round 2003 playoffs against Minnesota. Series won in six games (4-2) and in the first five both Kobe and Shaq never drop below 25 points each: Bryant signs 39, 27, 30, 32 and again 32 in the first five challenges of the series, Shaq replies with 32, 27, 28, 34 and 27 to deliver a record-breaking “one-two punch”. However, the one beaten by the couple Booker-Durant in the Suns jersey in this start of the 2023 playoffs