**Regular Season:**

Shaq | 21.7 PTS 10.6 REB 1.7 AST 0.4 STL **2.7** BLK on **55.2%** TS (Career TS:
58.6%)

Duncan | **22.0** PTS **12.1** REB **2.7** AST **0.7** STL 1.4 BLK on 49.9% TS
(Career TS: 55.1%)

**Playoffs:**

Shaq | 22.4 PTS 12.8 REB 2.2 AST 0.7 STL **2.8** BLK on 54.2% TS (Career TS: 56.5%)

Duncan | **25.6** PTS **13.0** REB **3.8** AST **0.9** STL 2.4 BLK on **54.7%**
TS (Career TS: 54.8%)

**Regular Season Record:** Shaq **18**-14 Duncan

**Playoffs Record:** Shaq 15-15 Duncan

Source:

[1](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/shaq-vs-tim-duncan-stats-ts),
[2](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/shaq-vs-tim-duncan-stats-playoffs-ts),
[3](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/tim-duncan-vs-shaq-stats-ts),
[4](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/tim-duncan-vs-shaq-stats-playoffs-ts), [5]
(https://www.landofbasketball.com/games_between/tim_duncan_vs_shaquille_oneal.htm#:~:
text=They%20faced%20each%20other%20a,15%20games%20in%20the%20Playoffs.)

It wasn't Shaq that was killing the Spurs. The match-up between Shaq-Duncan pretty much
held each other, arguably Duncan got the better of Shaq, especially in the playoffs. His 4
losses differential in the regular season came from rookie and sophomore year, where in the
first 4 games against Shaq he lost 4 games in a row. They tied the record for the rest of the
way.

It was Kobe putting up 28.2 PPG (Career 25.6 PPG in the playoffs) against the Spurs that
made the difference.