This is why you have to have at least 1 superstar on your team. You can have all the really good players on your team that you want, but if you don't have 1 superstar, you can't win a championship.
Here the difference between the 2000 West Final and 2002 West Final. Portland should have won GM 7 but they let the Lakers back into the game by being tentative and not continuing to score. The Kings on the other hand had every chance to win game 6 and 7 if they hit there free throws and not argue with the refs (except game 6 because the game was rigged in the 4th) only 2001 is where the lakers dominated only losing once. I'm just saying in my perspective.
I've heard whispers that they might have broke that laker team up in 2000 had they lost to POR in game 7...I don't think they would have, but I've heard that. Any truth to that?
@hakola95 Wrong. In the strike shorten season, Kobe became the starter near the end of the year heading into the playoffs. It was Dale Harris's final season as coach.
@Legend1One First off, it was a lockout, not a strike.
Second, please check your stats. Check Kobe's stats rather than trusting your faulty memory. Notice that his "GS" (Games Started) is the same as his "G" (Games played) for 1998-99. He started 50 out of 50 games that season.
@hakola95 LOL... In time, I'll learn not to doubt you... Good one! Your right on the 50 out of 50 games started, and technically I'm right on the year long/full season as a starter, but I'll lick my wound!
@Legend1One Hey, I wasn't trying to be rude. It's just that I'm a statistics (particularly NBA) junkie.
Right now, I am a Lakers fan. I really didn't become a Lakers fan until 2006, and that was because I began to really admire Kobe Bryant. He's now my third favorite player ever, behind Bird and Olajuwon. Back in 2000, though, I didn't like the Lakers at all and wanted them to lose--probably because back then I hated Shaq. Over time, I've learned to respect both Shaq and that Lakers team.
@NBAisfixed2002 If push comes to shove, it's every man for himself. The NBA better get a deal done or else alot of guys may be "taking their talents" overseas.
Scottie Pippen at around the 5:40 mark has a look on his face that's like "So THIS is what it feels like to be on the other side of one of these." This was the intense, high-pressure type game that his Bulls teams almost always won.
I loved Rasheed Wallace as a player, especially when he was in his prime. That boy can play!!! But why is he the only player out there congratulating the team like a good sport????
@ballin7077 I'll give you the kings series but this game was not rigged. If you watch the 4th quarter, it's just a matter of the Lakers making shots and the Blazers missing shots.
@Card54k320 Yea, most likely you're right. I'm just goddamn frustrated at the NBA and David Stern for how it seems these games are fixed. The refs always seem to favour the same teams come playoff time. The kings series was appalling and even the Mavs-Heat series was a fucken joke.
@Card54k320 Lulz google it. After Dwight howard got suspended, Van Gundy called Stern a dictator and then stern replied afterwards by saying something along the lines of 'he wont be talking again'
all u ppl that says the lakers didn't deserve to win this game and the blazers were a better team all around if all that's true they asses wouldn't have blown a 16 point lead in the 4th mutha fukken quarter a weak team can't over come something like that but the lakers did so get the fukk ova it
dam, what happen to all that hype at staples center? laker fans should really pull it together in order for us to three-peat. they should all get those gold or purple shirts when cheering, to give that laker pride in it. i mean, it wouldn't hurt to try it again.
Lakers had NO business winning this game or series. Blazers had the better team, but choked as usual. I can't help but wonder that since this game occurred during the era of crookedness...
@Jiltedin2007 again, you're wrong...rasheed arrived in detroit right before the trade deadline. i don't know when the lakers acquired karl malone and gary payton but they had at least the same amount of time playing as a unit and at best 3-4 more months. so suck it.
@Jiltedin2007 the reason the lakers lost is cus that wasn't a team at all...it was a bunch of big egos clashing. it's strange teams are still going for that after the example of the 2004 pistons. the lakers breezed through the playoffs until hitting that wall against detroit. and like i said earlier the team was havily favored to beat detroit. just admit it, they got molested out there.
@IARE1031 Shaq said it best in describing the 2004 Lakers. We were like a messed up car. The belts were put on wrong, the Engine was coming apart. And the Lakers did not "Breeze" through the Playoffs. After defeating Houston in 5, then the Lakers lost the first 2 games in San Antonio before defeating them in 6 Games, then they had to go through K.G. and Minnesota in an even tougher 6 Game Series.
Had the Lakers not took Game 1 in Minnesota, the Lakers would not have gone to the Finals.
@IARE1031 Whatever happened, happened. It is what it is! So let's not keep going in circles over what happened 7 years ago. And by the way, how did your Piston do in the Playoffs? Oh wait, they didn't make it there. Did they? Just stay in 2004 for as long as you want. As for me, I'm happy right here in 2011.
@Jiltedin2007 uh, i never said i was a pistons fan. i just was a fan of rasheed. i followed him since about 98 when jordan left. he just happened to be on the pistons and celts after the blazers. right now i hardly care much about following the league. but you can go suck kobe's dick some more all you want.
@IARE1031 Oh by the way, you were mentioning earlier about "Egos clashing" when describing the 2004 Lakers, that right there is the true definition of "Lack of Continuity"!
@IARE1031 And you want to know something else? Even though I hated Rasheed Wallace in Portland, he gave me an even better reason to despise him. After the Pistons won the 2004 NBA World Championship, Rasheed Wallace was walking around public with a Championship Belt.
What is this, Wrestling? Are we now playing NBA Basketball in a "Squared Circle"? Even though I hate the Spurs more than anyone else in the NBA, I was so very glad to see them beat the Pistons in the 2005 Finals.
@hakola95 Yeah, and he had to be Asshole the following year walking around public with a Championship Belt and running his mouth. That ring in 2004 was in between this game and the 2010 NBA Finals. So who got revenge on who?
@BusBoyIsBack Lol, as if officiating had anything to do with the outcome of that game. The Blazers are responsible for that loss more than the Lakers or the officials.
Thx :D It was Bob Costas i was looking for. It's a shame that he doesn't work as an NBA - sportscaster anymore. I kinda like his voice and his enthusiasm towards big plays.
honestly.....this western conference finals intensity and quality is beter than any FINALS for the past few years in the nba......miss that sooo much...right now the lakers vs celtics sorta bring back that feelings
Portland would have won its 2nd championship had they met Indiana in the finals instead, and the first champion of the new millennium, but its a good thing Lakers pulled it off, I don't wanna see Scottie Pippen won a title again, and Kobe and LA frustrated Scottie and Portland the next two playoffs, sweeping the blazers, 3-0.
this was the saddest game ever, porland winning the WHOLE game by no less than 10 points until the last 5minutes f the game, and they gave it up.... i was SOOOO upset...
The worst shit in the world. The NBA capitalized on a team that simply had more profitable gain cus who gives a care about the city of Portland. Fucking cheaters!!!
@Exile101882 did you see the game? Portland couldn't make a shot for about 8-9 minutes straight in the 4th quarter; they simply gave up playing smart and took silly shots. The Lakers stepped up and had contributions from different players. Besides Portland overachieved against the Lakers in that series, the best team won in the end, it just took some desperation play to get it done.
kobe won because he had gasol and bynum, the bulls are the only team that won without the big center. Pippen plays 3 and theres no better 3 in nba history. Kobe plays 2 and he will always second against MJ
this was bullshit, pippen proclaimed he was better than jordan when he retired in 1993, this was the best time for pippen to show he can win a title without mj, he will always be jordans bitch. rick adelman maybe carried bad luck with the kings, i luv rick, but that 2002 wcf was so politics, and the nets lakers finals was the worst in history. at least rasheed won a ring with the pistons and got revenge against the lakers
Memories man. I mean I am a Bulls fan so all we had was Elton Brand that yr but I just enjoyed watching any basketball. 1999-2000 was the last great season of the NBA. SInce 2000-01 it got weak and although its getting better since 2007-08, it will never match the golden era of the NBA (1988-2000).
Great Basketball in Summer 2000. Maybe its also because back then I could grab rim and nearly dunk (Im 5'9) where today I can only nick the bottom of the rim on a good day.
the blazers suck they gave up brian shaw, what an embarrassment to lose to a bench warmer second stringer, talk about sticking it to portland. u can tell bob costas is biased and is a dick ryder for the lakers, just say u hate the blazers one-sided bitch.
blazers came up short in 91 with magic and dunleavy was coach for la 90-89 in 1991, and 2000 close but no cigar. this is so blazer typical, if u cant win, u get traded like drexler, elie, kersey, rasheed. they are pathetic speaking the truth, paul allen is a shit-head. im from portland. portland blew a 19 pt lead against chicago in 92 finals, blew a 19 pt lead against the spurs in 1999 wcf, and this game 7. its dispicable dunleavy is 0-4 against phil jackson.
kobe bryant is a franchise player, pippen is garbage, he finally won one ring without shaq, pippen could not even get to the finals without jordan, jordan is the best period, jordan had a bill cartwright, purdue, wennington, and longley, jordan was the meat and the rest of the team were potatoes.
the 90s bulls were the shit with jordan, pippen acted like he was better than jordan, i remember pippen getting in a fight with phil jackson over whos going to take the winning shot in the 1994 playoffs against new york when kukoc hit the game winner.
@omhat Hey man I agree that Jordan was the greatest ever but don't trash Pippen like that. Toward the end of his run with the Bulls he was starting to have major back problems and I don't think he was able to play on the same level as he had before. Jordan's year away Pippen really stepped up. I think he led them to 55 wins after Jordan left. During the title years Pip averaged over 20 ppg and was the whole time the greatest perimeter defender of all time
I'm 5'8 and I can do some crazy 360 dunks. Honestly, anyone can do it, just workout the right way . I used the training program at snipurl[dot]com/nbatraining but any program/workout is fine as long as they work
shaq and scottie met again in a conference finals. before in eastern conference finals when scottie pippen and the bulls met shaq-led magic. not shaq with the lakers vs pippen with trailblazers.
As a Laker fan I was very nervous going into this game. Phil Jackson was brought in to win the title and they had the best record in the league. Losing this game would have been disastrous. But they got it done
That is him. He was there, I remember they interviewed him after the game. Fuck I can't believe this game was over 9 years ago. I'll forever remember where I was when KOBE TO SHAQ!!! happened. My favorite game of alltime
So they are equally the same. And that is the definition of "Team" winning Championship Basketball and why there is no I in team. People are expected to believe It was all Kobe or that it was all Shaq. Fact of the matter is by looking at this series, you can tell they were both key factors along w/ the other players. And then ppl will say, both players couldn't get a ring without each other. Well, Kobe got his Gasol, Odom, Bynum. Shaq got his Wade, J-Will & Posey.
Not necessarily. Pippen went farther without Jordan than Jordan did without Pippen he did it twice. Mike never made it to the Conference Finas without Pippen. They're only equal cause none of them won a championship without the other on their team.
Yup and let me tell ya what. None of them went anywhere without Phil Jackson and that's a fact. Before Jackson became the Bulls head coach. Detroit was abusing the Bulls for 3 straight seasons. 88,89 and 90'.
Actually, Jackson's first year on the job w/ the bulls was the 89-90 season and that season they made it to the conference finals and lost. But in any rate they got far.
wow, youre smart, and i thought i was the only person in the world that realized that. glad to know im not alone, did you also know that pip and the jordanless bulls won 50 sumthing games in 94? o_O too bad he didnt win mvp that year.. he clearly was the mvp of the league that year
yeah Pippen only won the MVP for the All-Star game that year. MJ didn't get out of the first round of the playoffs until Pippen came. His first 3 years in the NBA he was gettin his ass kicked by Milwaukee and Boston. he had no squad.
I agree with everything you said but the MVP remark. Hakeem DOMINATED the league that year. He murdered everyone in his path and definitely earned it. Had he been white he would have been the greatest athlete of all time but the media didn't give him the hype he deserved because he was a muslim
well, its not like i hate hakeem or anything, because with all honesty hakeem WAS domination before shaq hit his prime back in 99, and he helped him become the force he was back in the day. I feel too hakeem had a great season that year, but considering the pressure scottie had on his shoulders, his season that year in my mind was his best, individually wise, and the team had a good record, considering they won 55 games W/O jordan, and the year before i believe they didnt win as many.. imo
Also, they finished in top four seeds, (3rd i believe i might be wrong) in a stacked up eastern conference with emerging teams such as the pacers, knicks, hornets magic, etc. but i give hakeem nothing but respect, the guy was a center with the moves and quickness of a 6'0 point guard, and now hes mentoring kobe on how to dominate the paint... oooo boy and its paying dividends
Do you really believe that? I think Hakeem's sin was being the first dominant player post-Jordan, not being a Muslim. MJ cast a shadow over the entire league...one that is just now truly being emerged from
This is why you have to have at least 1 superstar on your team. You can have all the really good players on your team that you want, but if you don't have 1 superstar, you can't win a championship.
msu15 1 week ago
This was one my favorite laker combacks in nba history we was down 15 points and we came back and won by 5 points.
CJMacN1990 3 weeks ago
Here the difference between the 2000 West Final and 2002 West Final. Portland should have won GM 7 but they let the Lakers back into the game by being tentative and not continuing to score. The Kings on the other hand had every chance to win game 6 and 7 if they hit there free throws and not argue with the refs (except game 6 because the game was rigged in the 4th) only 2001 is where the lakers dominated only losing once. I'm just saying in my perspective.
1103bullsnation 3 weeks ago
lol did shaq say fucking soon 8:57 on live?
chinolal 2 months ago
how many are here due to the lockout???
hellahotdude 3 months ago 14
T.O.?
Clegend24 4 months ago
@Clegend24 Yup that was T.O. he was a 49er at the time during his 5th yr in the NFL
TheRatedIX7 3 months ago
lol at 1:25 that would have been the coolest shot ever!
ian9081 5 months ago
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Valdas97 5 months ago
The Blazers lose with class here. A lesson you Lakers can take a look at..
LoveStonedJosh 5 months ago
5:02 2 shaq? lol
acenaace 5 months ago
@acenaace bahaha just noticed thattt!!!! ITS BABY SHAQQQQ!!!
ian9081 5 months ago
kobe took over when shaq decided not to step up
thug8200 6 months ago
Look at T.O in the corner at 8:23. Dude always trying to get in the spotlight..
jwash0823 6 months ago
I've heard whispers that they might have broke that laker team up in 2000 had they lost to POR in game 7...I don't think they would have, but I've heard that. Any truth to that?
ThaShark316 7 months ago
@ThaShark316 There's is no truth to that at all. Keep in mind, that was Kobe first year as a year long starter. The Lakers were just getting started.
Legend1One 6 months ago
@Legend1One Actually, that's not true. Kobe started 50 out of 50 games in 1998-1999.
hakola95 6 months ago
@hakola95 Wrong. In the strike shorten season, Kobe became the starter near the end of the year heading into the playoffs. It was Dale Harris's final season as coach.
Legend1One 6 months ago
@Legend1One First off, it was a lockout, not a strike.
Second, please check your stats. Check Kobe's stats rather than trusting your faulty memory. Notice that his "GS" (Games Started) is the same as his "G" (Games played) for 1998-99. He started 50 out of 50 games that season.
In time, you'll learn not to doubt me.
hakola95 6 months ago
@hakola95 LOL... In time, I'll learn not to doubt you... Good one! Your right on the 50 out of 50 games started, and technically I'm right on the year long/full season as a starter, but I'll lick my wound!
hakokla, are you a Lakers fan?
Legend1One 6 months ago
@Legend1One Hey, I wasn't trying to be rude. It's just that I'm a statistics (particularly NBA) junkie.
Right now, I am a Lakers fan. I really didn't become a Lakers fan until 2006, and that was because I began to really admire Kobe Bryant. He's now my third favorite player ever, behind Bird and Olajuwon. Back in 2000, though, I didn't like the Lakers at all and wanted them to lose--probably because back then I hated Shaq. Over time, I've learned to respect both Shaq and that Lakers team.
hakola95 6 months ago
@hakola95 Cool! Me, I'm a Laker4Life. Hope we have a season this year and can get it done once again. And yeah, I said "we." LOL
Legend1One 6 months ago
@Legend1One heard kobe might play in turkey
NBAisfixed2002 6 months ago
@NBAisfixed2002 If push comes to shove, it's every man for himself. The NBA better get a deal done or else alot of guys may be "taking their talents" overseas.
Legend1One 6 months ago
@Legend1One and the nfl is about done
NBAisfixed2002 6 months ago
@NBAisfixed2002 Yeah, we may be foreced to dust off the ole golf clubs this season in sports.
Legend1One 6 months ago
@hakola95 who gives a fuck?
Stalley75 1 month ago
@ThaShark316 Well, they did shake things up a little. A.C. Green and Glen Rice were gone by the next year, and they added Horace Grant.
hakola95 6 months ago
Bill Walton SMH
armhawk13 7 months ago
whoa whoa is that T.O. at 5:16 in the white?
Clegend24 7 months ago
the Blazers look scared...lol
HaulinHearse 7 months ago
Portland choked bad in this one.
utuber586 7 months ago
Pippen had 6 rings by this point, he wasn't all that mad, lol
BrentWoodSean38 7 months ago
@BrentWoodSean38 no no no he wanted to win 1 w/o jordan in the worst way , trust me he was pissed
Clegend24 7 months ago
why did harper push Horry at 4:10?
iamcanadianwoo 8 months ago
@iamcanadianwoo I noticed that too. Inside beef? Weird.
thatboyjay2009 8 months ago
if i heard shaq's huddle speech., i don't think i would be that fired up. just his voice saying it.
deanuts237 8 months ago
Still can't figure out how the Blazers blew that lead. It was the greatest gift to the Lakers.
pkbosslac 9 months ago
The worst 4th quarter choke of all time.
Stalley75 9 months ago 7
Lakers did this to Celtics in 2010 Game 7 NBA Finals. Celtics up 11 at halfime lost by 7.
Beantown142 1 month ago
Scottie Pippen at around the 5:40 mark has a look on his face that's like "So THIS is what it feels like to be on the other side of one of these." This was the intense, high-pressure type game that his Bulls teams almost always won.
walterlv01 9 months ago
@walterlv01 Scottie Pippen actually lost more of these games than you think.
pkbosslac 9 months ago
510 phil is happy
littshepkid 9 months ago
You could tell there was absolutely no love between Kobe and Shaq, especially from Shaq. What a shame.
Jitpring 10 months ago
4:07 harper shoves horry thinking he is shoving wells, and horry looks at him like wtf? lol
mario15val 10 months ago
I feel bad for the Blazers for not winning. The dominating duo of Kobe and Shaq did them in at the end.
spurs01ful 10 months ago
5:01 There's a guy in a Shaq jersey hugging Shaq. Haha!
paaigec 10 months ago
fuck everything about this
loganballar 10 months ago
I loved Rasheed Wallace as a player, especially when he was in his prime. That boy can play!!! But why is he the only player out there congratulating the team like a good sport????
terrelya83 10 months ago
this series and series against the kings was rigged. why is david stern up the lakers ass by fixing these games?
ballin7077 10 months ago
@ballin7077 I'll give you the kings series but this game was not rigged. If you watch the 4th quarter, it's just a matter of the Lakers making shots and the Blazers missing shots.
Card54k320 10 months ago
@Card54k320 Yea, most likely you're right. I'm just goddamn frustrated at the NBA and David Stern for how it seems these games are fixed. The refs always seem to favour the same teams come playoff time. The kings series was appalling and even the Mavs-Heat series was a fucken joke.
ballin7077 10 months ago
@ballin7077 well yeah David Stern is a tool.
Card54k320 10 months ago
@Card54k320 Yea, lol did you hear what he said about Stan Van Gundy after Stan implied that david stern was a dictator.
ballin7077 10 months ago
@ballin7077 Nah what?
Card54k320 10 months ago
@Card54k320 Lulz google it. After Dwight howard got suspended, Van Gundy called Stern a dictator and then stern replied afterwards by saying something along the lines of 'he wont be talking again'
ballin7077 10 months ago
@Card54k320 Former ref Tim Donaghy said Bavetta like was the go to guy for the NBA. Lakers once again bailed out by the refs.
shakaku91211 10 months ago
damn mike dunleavy needs a tan
Angelious0 11 months ago
5:01 2 O' Neals?
thaddy1016 11 months ago
I'd like to know what did Pippen & Kobe say to each other... as they shook hands...
WestCoast1267 1 year ago
was it the playoffs or the finals
sparker456able 1 year ago
@sparker456able This was game 7 of the Western Conference Finals.
Headbanger82688 1 year ago
Cutting Brian Shaw and keeping Stacey Augmon back in training camp cost Portland this game.
shimmyshimmyyahhh 1 year ago
When the Blazers grow up, they want to be like the Lakers.
Interloper83 1 year ago 2
all u ppl that says the lakers didn't deserve to win this game and the blazers were a better team all around if all that's true they asses wouldn't have blown a 16 point lead in the 4th mutha fukken quarter a weak team can't over come something like that but the lakers did so get the fukk ova it
kuenzliNV 1 year ago 2
damn I feel sorry for Portland fans....
JoseDeJesusArellano1 1 year ago
4:12
Horry is like what the fuck
Jussssteeen 1 year ago
@Jussssteeen why did Haper pushed Horry?
Air4Kuato 1 year ago
@Jussssteeen why did Harper pushed Horry?
Air4Kuato 1 year ago
na na na..na na na..hey hey hey goodbye ;D
UJL024 1 year ago
dam, what happen to all that hype at staples center? laker fans should really pull it together in order for us to three-peat. they should all get those gold or purple shirts when cheering, to give that laker pride in it. i mean, it wouldn't hurt to try it again.
Mickeyc333 1 year ago 4
@Mickeyc333 it's because only rich people can go to there games, and they never love to scream or anything, just clap
Kobesbestfriend 1 year ago
@Kobesbestfriend dam, then those rich people dont know how to support their team. man, my brother and I are more louder than them in our house lol
Mickeyc333 1 year ago
Mike Dunleavy was so depressed, he never really had a good season after that. The Clippers, man.
nishanth01 1 year ago
Big Show: Brian Shaw!
morifumi80 1 year ago
Sad
KennethKaniffFromCT 1 year ago
Lakers had NO business winning this game or series. Blazers had the better team, but choked as usual. I can't help but wonder that since this game occurred during the era of crookedness...
It's hard to be a Blazers fan... sigh.
F*CK Brian Shaw.
Trinidadian125 1 year ago
And 10 years later, Sheed loses another Game 7 at Staples Center. Only this one sends him to retirement!
Jiltedin2007 1 year ago 28
@Jiltedin2007
Yessurrie
ragingbullable 9 months ago
@ragingbullable How I loved seeing Pau Gasol pushing "Sheed" all over the Staples Center floor in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals. LAKERS ALL THE WAY!
Jiltedin2007 9 months ago
@Jiltedin2007 fuck you you little faggot. how about the time, the pistons fucked the heavily favored lakers in 5 games. bakayarou...
IARE1031 9 months ago
@IARE1031 Well I consider this, pure vengeance against Sheed. And besides the 2004 Lakers Team was a team without continuity, that's why Detroit won.
Jiltedin2007 9 months ago
@Jiltedin2007 again, you're wrong...rasheed arrived in detroit right before the trade deadline. i don't know when the lakers acquired karl malone and gary payton but they had at least the same amount of time playing as a unit and at best 3-4 more months. so suck it.
IARE1031 9 months ago
@Jiltedin2007 the reason the lakers lost is cus that wasn't a team at all...it was a bunch of big egos clashing. it's strange teams are still going for that after the example of the 2004 pistons. the lakers breezed through the playoffs until hitting that wall against detroit. and like i said earlier the team was havily favored to beat detroit. just admit it, they got molested out there.
IARE1031 9 months ago
@IARE1031 Shaq said it best in describing the 2004 Lakers. We were like a messed up car. The belts were put on wrong, the Engine was coming apart. And the Lakers did not "Breeze" through the Playoffs. After defeating Houston in 5, then the Lakers lost the first 2 games in San Antonio before defeating them in 6 Games, then they had to go through K.G. and Minnesota in an even tougher 6 Game Series.
Had the Lakers not took Game 1 in Minnesota, the Lakers would not have gone to the Finals.
Jiltedin2007 9 months ago
@Jiltedin2007 excuses, excuses...
IARE1031 9 months ago
@IARE1031 Whatever happened, happened. It is what it is! So let's not keep going in circles over what happened 7 years ago. And by the way, how did your Piston do in the Playoffs? Oh wait, they didn't make it there. Did they? Just stay in 2004 for as long as you want. As for me, I'm happy right here in 2011.
Jiltedin2007 9 months ago
@Jiltedin2007 uh, i never said i was a pistons fan. i just was a fan of rasheed. i followed him since about 98 when jordan left. he just happened to be on the pistons and celts after the blazers. right now i hardly care much about following the league. but you can go suck kobe's dick some more all you want.
IARE1031 9 months ago
@IARE1031 No, I am not a Kobe Fan. In fact, my Family hate Kobe.
Jiltedin2007 9 months ago
@IARE1031 Oh by the way, you were mentioning earlier about "Egos clashing" when describing the 2004 Lakers, that right there is the true definition of "Lack of Continuity"!
Jiltedin2007 5 months ago
@IARE1031 And you want to know something else? Even though I hated Rasheed Wallace in Portland, he gave me an even better reason to despise him. After the Pistons won the 2004 NBA World Championship, Rasheed Wallace was walking around public with a Championship Belt.
What is this, Wrestling? Are we now playing NBA Basketball in a "Squared Circle"? Even though I hate the Spurs more than anyone else in the NBA, I was so very glad to see them beat the Pistons in the 2005 Finals.
Jiltedin2007 5 months ago
@Jiltedin2007 But he gets his revenge and his ring in 2004 as the Pistons thrashed the Lakers.
hakola95 6 months ago
@hakola95 Yeah, and he had to be Asshole the following year walking around public with a Championship Belt and running his mouth. That ring in 2004 was in between this game and the 2010 NBA Finals. So who got revenge on who?
Jiltedin2007 6 months ago
At 5:16 that dude look like Micheal Jordan from behind the head.
ldtajh21 1 year ago
I hit my head on a fan when Kobe threw that oop to Shaq lol. I remember this like it was yesterday.
uncbb89 1 year ago
IS That TO at 5:17 with the backwards white cap?
rfoster14 1 year ago
@rfoster14 I think it is!
ASAManifesto 1 year ago
What a shock another playoff elimination game called in favor of the Lakers at Staples Center to fuel their comeback and win.
The last two fouls on Sabonis are a complete joke
BusBoyIsBack 1 year ago
@BusBoyIsBack Lol, as if officiating had anything to do with the outcome of that game. The Blazers are responsible for that loss more than the Lakers or the officials.
AjaPuppy 1 year ago 4
Shaq could have taken a sword and decapitated Arvydas Sabonis on the court and still wouldn't have been called for a foul.
jrzy49 1 year ago
@jrzy49 SHAQ himself GOT foULED Quite a lot.
Simataa 1 year ago
i wonder why our crowd doesnt dress like that anymore
MrAznPillow 1 year ago
@MrAznPillow because these were the REAL fans back then! It will never get that loud again!
Dicklle34 1 year ago
@MrAznPillow to used to winning lol
JDG242121 1 year ago
Who are the commentators other to Bill Walton?
MasterThomers 1 year ago
@MasterThomers Bob Costas & Steve "Snapper" Jones.
Headbanger82688 1 year ago
@Headbanger82688
Thx :D It was Bob Costas i was looking for. It's a shame that he doesn't work as an NBA - sportscaster anymore. I kinda like his voice and his enthusiasm towards big plays.
MasterThomers 1 year ago
@MasterThomers No problem. Yeah I liked him too. Him & Marv Albert are great.
Headbanger82688 1 year ago
honestly.....this western conference finals intensity and quality is beter than any FINALS for the past few years in the nba......miss that sooo much...right now the lakers vs celtics sorta bring back that feelings
Machineboy24 1 year ago
Portland would have won its 2nd championship had they met Indiana in the finals instead, and the first champion of the new millennium, but its a good thing Lakers pulled it off, I don't wanna see Scottie Pippen won a title again, and Kobe and LA frustrated Scottie and Portland the next two playoffs, sweeping the blazers, 3-0.
edmon91 1 year ago 3
stop crying blazer fans, you lost fair and square, only LOSERS come up with stupid excuses.
Ronarks 1 year ago 3
LeBron couldn't make these plays at 21.
sleazyscumbag316 1 year ago
this was the saddest game ever, porland winning the WHOLE game by no less than 10 points until the last 5minutes f the game, and they gave it up.... i was SOOOO upset...
binshade 1 year ago
The worst shit in the world. The NBA capitalized on a team that simply had more profitable gain cus who gives a care about the city of Portland. Fucking cheaters!!!
Exile101882 1 year ago
@Exile101882 did you see the game? Portland couldn't make a shot for about 8-9 minutes straight in the 4th quarter; they simply gave up playing smart and took silly shots. The Lakers stepped up and had contributions from different players. Besides Portland overachieved against the Lakers in that series, the best team won in the end, it just took some desperation play to get it done.
CNFearless 1 year ago
i think this has to be the greatest series of all time wouldn't you'll agree?go lakers baby!great blazer squad that year...
JAYJAY206ER 1 year ago
I remember watchin this game. It was the same week I graduated high school. I was 18 then. I'm 28 now. Man, 10 years flew
TheRatedIX7 1 year ago
kobe won because he had gasol and bynum, the bulls are the only team that won without the big center. Pippen plays 3 and theres no better 3 in nba history. Kobe plays 2 and he will always second against MJ
wazabombo 1 year ago
@wazabombo Luc Longley? Will Purdue? Bill Wennington?
ctmexperiment 1 year ago
Bird, Baylor, Dr. J, Barry, Hondo - ALL better than Pippen.
TheBrainMachine78 1 year ago
this was bullshit, pippen proclaimed he was better than jordan when he retired in 1993, this was the best time for pippen to show he can win a title without mj, he will always be jordans bitch. rick adelman maybe carried bad luck with the kings, i luv rick, but that 2002 wcf was so politics, and the nets lakers finals was the worst in history. at least rasheed won a ring with the pistons and got revenge against the lakers
omhat 1 year ago
Memories man. I mean I am a Bulls fan so all we had was Elton Brand that yr but I just enjoyed watching any basketball. 1999-2000 was the last great season of the NBA. SInce 2000-01 it got weak and although its getting better since 2007-08, it will never match the golden era of the NBA (1988-2000).
Great Basketball in Summer 2000. Maybe its also because back then I could grab rim and nearly dunk (Im 5'9) where today I can only nick the bottom of the rim on a good day.
JZ2001JC 1 year ago 2
the blazers suck they gave up brian shaw, what an embarrassment to lose to a bench warmer second stringer, talk about sticking it to portland. u can tell bob costas is biased and is a dick ryder for the lakers, just say u hate the blazers one-sided bitch.
omhat 1 year ago
i was 16
thirdandlong303 1 year ago
blazers came up short in 91 with magic and dunleavy was coach for la 90-89 in 1991, and 2000 close but no cigar. this is so blazer typical, if u cant win, u get traded like drexler, elie, kersey, rasheed. they are pathetic speaking the truth, paul allen is a shit-head. im from portland. portland blew a 19 pt lead against chicago in 92 finals, blew a 19 pt lead against the spurs in 1999 wcf, and this game 7. its dispicable dunleavy is 0-4 against phil jackson.
omhat 1 year ago
respecto to that awesome Blazers team, thats why this is one of the best series in the Lakers history!
Gerdrako20 1 year ago
kobe bryant is a franchise player, pippen is garbage, he finally won one ring without shaq, pippen could not even get to the finals without jordan, jordan is the best period, jordan had a bill cartwright, purdue, wennington, and longley, jordan was the meat and the rest of the team were potatoes.
omhat 1 year ago 2
91-93 Title Bulls>>>00-02 Title Lakers. 96-98 Bulls>>>00-02 Lakers.
JZ2001JC 1 year ago
the whole world knows the 90's bulls were better 2009 lakers..>>> 2009 bulls
fatpatlives1998 1 year ago
@fatpatlives1998. Yes 90s Bulls>>>than 2009 and 2010 Lakers. 90s Bulls better than 2000-02 Lakers.
JZ2001JC 1 year ago
daaamn!!! right!! 72-10 shows it
wazabombo 1 year ago
the 90s bulls were the shit with jordan, pippen acted like he was better than jordan, i remember pippen getting in a fight with phil jackson over whos going to take the winning shot in the 1994 playoffs against new york when kukoc hit the game winner.
omhat 1 year ago
@omhat Hey man I agree that Jordan was the greatest ever but don't trash Pippen like that. Toward the end of his run with the Bulls he was starting to have major back problems and I don't think he was able to play on the same level as he had before. Jordan's year away Pippen really stepped up. I think he led them to 55 wins after Jordan left. During the title years Pip averaged over 20 ppg and was the whole time the greatest perimeter defender of all time
JimminyButtfuck 1 year ago
I remember watching this at age 8 with my dad. When Shaw caught that alley oop from Bryant I went absolutely nuts.
rhcpguitarar 1 year ago
what did the crowd sing?it seemed sth like gd bye~
lebronkobe123 1 year ago
@lebronkobe123 Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye,
rhcpguitarar 1 year ago
HIGH DEFINITION MAN
littshepkid 2 years ago 2
dont think that existed at the time
sga86 2 years ago
being sarcastic cause it looks like shit ?????/
littshepkid 2 years ago
lebron waak , kobe the best
shutthefuckuploser 2 years ago 38
@shutthefuckuploser your'e right. kobe won a MVP and 4 championships. lebron, 2 MVP's but no championships. meaning kobe is a complete playa!!!!
triplehbk99 1 year ago
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@shutthefuckuploser hahaha, kobe is only good cuz of the refs..he can't handle the truth...he is NOT a legend
whoyoufoo123 1 year ago
@whoyoufoo123 LOL, KOBE HATERS ARE PATHETIC
LAsFinest20010 1 year ago 4
@shutthefuckuploser nah lebron and wade man. tmac pre injury and shaq in his prime.
Simataa 1 year ago
@shutthefuckuploser Shut the fuck up loser!!
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HelenHendr 2 years ago
shaq and scottie met again in a conference finals. before in eastern conference finals when scottie pippen and the bulls met shaq-led magic. not shaq with the lakers vs pippen with trailblazers.
triplehbk99 2 years ago
3:19 - mike dunleavy jr. at the back of portland bench.. =))
malupet06 2 years ago
yup. he wasn't a NBA player that time, i think.
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georgewig 2 years ago
horry is always oh so important.
trickpanda 2 years ago 2
As a Laker fan I was very nervous going into this game. Phil Jackson was brought in to win the title and they had the best record in the league. Losing this game would have been disastrous. But they got it done
MrHrana1 2 years ago
phil jackson, I have mass respect for his coaching game 7s
rahmatolah123 2 years ago 13
steve smith was garbage. no defense. no clutch. nothing
jcpnw 2 years ago 3
man portlands team was stacked holy shit
bankz1 2 years ago 3
at 8:22 you can see terrell owens
i think its him
915notorious 2 years ago 2
haha it does, its 8:24 btw
bmorgens 2 years ago
That is him. He was there, I remember they interviewed him after the game. Fuck I can't believe this game was over 9 years ago. I'll forever remember where I was when KOBE TO SHAQ!!! happened. My favorite game of alltime
fantasyexctasy 2 years ago 4
yea haha i was 8 and i am 16 now and still rember everythin best comebbak evr
915notorious 2 years ago 3
@915notorious if you were 8 then how u 16 now?
shutthefuckuploser 2 years ago
i was 7
and now im 17
915notorious 2 years ago
4:47 ...hehehe
amerycanidiot 2 years ago
This was the farthest Pippen went without Jordan.
TheRatedIX7 2 years ago
And how far did Jordan make it without Pippin?
aceofking23 2 years ago 17
He never made it past the first round. This was with in his early days as a chicago bulls
TheRatedIX7 2 years ago
So they are equally the same. And that is the definition of "Team" winning Championship Basketball and why there is no I in team. People are expected to believe It was all Kobe or that it was all Shaq. Fact of the matter is by looking at this series, you can tell they were both key factors along w/ the other players. And then ppl will say, both players couldn't get a ring without each other. Well, Kobe got his Gasol, Odom, Bynum. Shaq got his Wade, J-Will & Posey.
aceofking23 2 years ago
Not necessarily. Pippen went farther without Jordan than Jordan did without Pippen he did it twice. Mike never made it to the Conference Finas without Pippen. They're only equal cause none of them won a championship without the other on their team.
TheRatedIX7 2 years ago 2
True.
aceofking23 2 years ago
Yup and let me tell ya what. None of them went anywhere without Phil Jackson and that's a fact. Before Jackson became the Bulls head coach. Detroit was abusing the Bulls for 3 straight seasons. 88,89 and 90'.
TheRatedIX7 2 years ago
Actually, Jackson's first year on the job w/ the bulls was the 89-90 season and that season they made it to the conference finals and lost. But in any rate they got far.
aceofking23 2 years ago
Yeah i know. and I don't think they would've kept Doug Collins as their coach they wouldnt've won in 91.
TheRatedIX7 2 years ago
wow, youre smart, and i thought i was the only person in the world that realized that. glad to know im not alone, did you also know that pip and the jordanless bulls won 50 sumthing games in 94? o_O too bad he didnt win mvp that year.. he clearly was the mvp of the league that year
Kito343 2 years ago
yeah Pippen only won the MVP for the All-Star game that year. MJ didn't get out of the first round of the playoffs until Pippen came. His first 3 years in the NBA he was gettin his ass kicked by Milwaukee and Boston. he had no squad.
TheRatedIX7 2 years ago 2
I agree with everything you said but the MVP remark. Hakeem DOMINATED the league that year. He murdered everyone in his path and definitely earned it. Had he been white he would have been the greatest athlete of all time but the media didn't give him the hype he deserved because he was a muslim
fantasyexctasy 2 years ago
well, its not like i hate hakeem or anything, because with all honesty hakeem WAS domination before shaq hit his prime back in 99, and he helped him become the force he was back in the day. I feel too hakeem had a great season that year, but considering the pressure scottie had on his shoulders, his season that year in my mind was his best, individually wise, and the team had a good record, considering they won 55 games W/O jordan, and the year before i believe they didnt win as many.. imo
Kito343 2 years ago
Also, they finished in top four seeds, (3rd i believe i might be wrong) in a stacked up eastern conference with emerging teams such as the pacers, knicks, hornets magic, etc. but i give hakeem nothing but respect, the guy was a center with the moves and quickness of a 6'0 point guard, and now hes mentoring kobe on how to dominate the paint... oooo boy and its paying dividends
Kito343 2 years ago
Do you really believe that? I think Hakeem's sin was being the first dominant player post-Jordan, not being a Muslim. MJ cast a shadow over the entire league...one that is just now truly being emerged from
cbaldwinjr 2 years ago