Blazers-Lakers 00-01

[jordythegiant10]

ah yes. my first blazer game, good times good times

[rspivey6]

The Blazers should've won the NBA title the year before if they hadn't given Game 7 away to those damn Lakers. They would've had no problem taking care of the Pacers.

[Blackwwoolff]

If Sabonis was in his prime they would have won.

[pimpsoldier0]

if kobe had not diarroehaed all over

[Knightmare2k6]

@rspivey6 I don't think Lakers had any trouble taking care of the Pacers either. Now you Blazers got nothing to build on and absolutely no chance at winning a title, am I wrong?

[youtoobfan15]

they seriously had an all star squad around those years... wallace, stoudamire, smith, pippen, sabonis, wells was decent, and jermaine o neal on the bench lol even tho he didnt blow up yet

[pearlmax]

Jermaine didn't blow up until a certain game against the Pistons when he blind side sucker punched an innocent fan.

[lakers1436]

Innocent fan? Whatever.

[pearlmax]

If you remember, the fan he hit hadn't done anything, his friend is the one who got into it with Artest.

[HoraceHaymen21]

those were the good old days when I was proud of the blazers

[krnboyee]

you should be proud of the blazers today...they exceeded expectations and they are a group of guys all blazer fans should be proud of

[MarioLaker]

Well yeah..when it comes down to it, Shaq is the ultimate factor. The Blazers, Kings, Spurs, no team could stop him. At this time he was an all-world center.

[MarioLaker]

You had awesome talent, but it never meshed together and when u guys played us u were always on edge..Sheed, throwing the towel in Sabonis face, Pippen throwing towels in the hall, countless other outburts lol. Blazers were no match for the Lakers once it came to winning time..

[pearlmax]

They meshed together fine. You're forgetting the fact that NOBODY could compete with the Lakers after that first championship. We took them to 7 in 2000, and the Lakers lost I think only 1 playoff game over the next two seasons. They swept everyone. It's not like the Blazers just pulled some major choke against those Lakers, everyone got smoked by them.

[pearlmax]

Sorry, I accidentilly deleted your response to my response. Anyway you said the Blazers lacked maturity to win a world title.. I doubt that was it, sure Rasheed was and still is a hothead, but you can't say Kobe and Shaq had the maturity it takes to win a title either. I don't think maturity has anything to do with the Lakers being dominant. It was because you had Shaq. Giant, dominant centers win titles. Bring on Oden:)

[kellyaucoin]

"Pippen throwing towels in the hall.." WTF? he was frustrated that they gave the game away to the Lakers. There wasnt anything wrong with that. Rasheed was unstable, granted, but even given that, the Blazers remember came back from being down 3-1, to being up 15 points in the 4th quarter of Game 7. No, we didn't win. Yes, the Lakers were the better team. But the Blazers, "no match" for the Lakers? hardly. yall were minutes away from blowing a 3-1 lead, a gigantic playoff choke.

[krnboyee]

its ok, the lakers choked away in the finals last year. i guess talking about something that happened 9 or so years ago makes them feel better. its contradicting. these laker fans are the same ones who talk SHT about shaq now. Laker fans seem to have some really strange way of arguing. nothing is logical from what ive seen. portland will be better than the lakers in a couple years and i really cant wait.

[greekmonstervt91]

blazers should of won a ring if it werent for horry's lucky 3's... but yeah we had an awsome team those years.. (00-03)...

[MarioLaker]

Lakers own the Blazers. Portland would always talk smack and never back it up when they played L.A.I was always happy when we beat them. Wish that rivalry was like it used to be..

[goblazers503]

we'll see who owns who in a few years with the best young talent we have now? good luck

[johnrehman]

Man, that was when Portland was good. They should have won the NBA finals one of those years.

[MaxaMillion711]

yup. i watched all their games. they were like the sacramento kings. really really good but unfortunately...there was 1 team who was slightly better during their window of opportunity.