Kobe Bryant blocks Arvydas Sabonis for the game winner

[Antwnhs92]

Foul but not from Kobe...

[vman6067]

hand is considered part of the ball WHEN hand it attached to the ball... this is a clean block, no doubt about it. he didnt even come close to fouling with the body..

[devinthehooper34]

Kobe wouldn't have gotten the block if Harper didn't get his hand on it before. But good defensive play by everyone.

[LastSunrise1981]

Pippen shouldn't have been mad. I mean he did/does still have six rings. :)

[eliasmanos]

If it´s Kobe Bryant, then the referees wear purpleyellow glasses...

I am not sure, but since I watch basket, (1987) I have never seen anyone block Sabonis. Beside that he is the most complete center (5) in the history of basket, he was very honest as well. I see foul, and I think it is a foul. If it´s Kobe Bryant, then the referees wear purpleyellow glasses...

[0114kiven]

@eliasmanos that is definitely a clean block. try watching this on HD

[eliasmanos]

@0114kiven you are right

[TheGreektiger]

arvydas sabonis was in the end of his career then!also he left basketball because of the promblems with his knees!

[TheRtXaS]

If that was 1989 Sabonis would have have his balls in Kobe's face after he hit the game winning dunk.

[jceponis]

dude check second 25 - he did get the hand - it's technically a foul. a total no brainer and a stolen title.

[Kelvin3x]

@jceponis I'm looking at :25 and it is nothing but ball.

[memattmyself]

all ball



[deathfight5467]

He probly was complaining about the contact Fisher made not Kobes.

[adamz1111]

dude for every time kobe blocked sabonis, sabonis blocked him 10 fold.

[SQt3ris]

lucy :)

[zo62]

not used to seeing shaq move that fast was unsure if that was him or karl malone

[alejandrothefader]

kobe histled it.... i respect dearly sabonis, he was a beast and one of the most talanted to play his position skillwise... but kobe did his work quite clean... sabonis wasn't fouled!!! he was touched a bit in the forearm after the block

[WooSukSuks]

for those who don't know, Sabonis was the greatest center in any league (in my opinion at least). But you gotta put that aside. Kobe did NOT foul Sabonis! He clearly made a clean block, it just looks like he touched his forearm and elbow

[cfetzner]

@WooSukSuks ..if not for injuries prlly woulda ben the greatest all around center ever !

[ZachJamesFriend]

JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU COMMENT THAT IF YOUR COMMENT DOESN'T AGREE WITH SOMEONE ELSES VIEWS YOU'RE AUTOMATICLY A HOMO ASS LICKER WHO IS ALSO RETARDED /end sarcasm

[MrGleenCross]

Weak foul by Harper then a clean block by Kobe. The refs will never blow the whistle to a such weak foul man =) Not in the last possession.

I lol at Pippen. And Sabonis crying afther the shoot was silly, c'mon! You are the best white center ever.

[WaUsoDumb]

There's no foul people..he got all ball before he touch his hand..

[klaidascnk]

Sabonis is verry good basketballer But when Bryant he blocked on this video,is a foul!

[benloggains]

no foul up top where the refs were looking but a good shove down low and a knee from the other side. Usually a no call at the end of a game like this. He is getting old here and his ability to elevate and finish after contact just wasn't what it was when he was younger. His mind was writing checks his body couldn't cash.

[BDillz8228]

0:24 - 0:25 all ball if you think this is a foul go buy a pair of glasses cuase you need them to help your bias

[ebkfoster]

Foul was on Harp, not Kobe. Harp got that left arm for sure. Can't let the officials decide the game for you, though. Especially at home.

[zzomgitsme]

thats not a foul. Kobe got ALL ball. THe angle of the camera makes it seem like Kobe touched Sabonis' wrist after, but that is not the case. Pause at 0:25 and you will see kobe touches the ball first then when you press play, you will see that he swipes his hand diagonally, avoiding Sabonis' wrist.

[fraka899]

lol, what a foul wtf... cant believe.. lakers robbed so many teams... portland, sacramento, indiana..........

[g1nce123]

Eik tu na**i b*et ! :D

[jabes2007]

well if kobe played sabonis one one at his(sabonis) prime, kobe will eat dust.

[Thiagosilva2487]

Lol if you think thats a foul then 0_0 wow get some knowledge.. ur wrists is part of the ball. pussy fouls dont get called in the clutch unless ur lebron james.. good defense

[StriderHiryu1200]

@Thiagosilva2487 what lebron james clutch??? bullshit. ha don't make me laugh. Kobe is more clutch than lebron.....

[Thiagosilva2487]

@StriderHiryu1200  are you mentally challenged? i never said anything close 2 that u fuckin dupshit, read.

[madhazzer]

@StriderHiryu1200

Lebron has 1 less game winner/tyer in the playoffs than kobe, and lebronhas 7 yrs less experience in playoffs. LMFAO

[Brickfield]

@madhazzer

lebron hasn't had teammates that can hit big shots. being clutch doesn't just mean hitting last second shots anyways man.

[intelegentas]

Surely that was a foul!!!

[zudilotas]

Yeah this is SABAS... Probably one of the best centers in the world. If not injuries he would be the best. In Lithuania every man knows him. When he was about 12 he was playing in pg or sg thats because he can pass and shoot very well. Damn thats the man.

[Trinidadian125]

FOUL?! WTF... Oh wait, this is Kobe! How could I forget?

[39smoothed]

@Trinidadian125 He got all ball at first anyway even if he did touch his arm. . . too close to call when you don't have the convenience of watching it in slow motion. Its hard to tell even when it is in slow motion

[destroyer8604]

wished Sabonis had played in nba more. Always like him. He could shoot from distance and was a great passer and he looked like a big 7 foot 3 farmer. whats not to like?

[DejectedPanda]

That was all arm. Freaking NBA. 

[Painfuldude]

Clear foul...

[gyromancy2]

DEFINITELY A FOUL. Sabonis was RIGHT to complain. and LOL @ Pippen

[thug8200]

at 1 point and time sabonis was considered the best bigman in the world when he was young yes even better then shaq hakeem david robinson alonzo patrick ewing barkley he was that good so big so fast and so fuckin skilled then the surgerys came in bunches

[CaveKanem]

That Was A Clean Blocki...But 4 Those Retards Who Didn't Know...THE HAND IS Considered PART OF THE BALL!!

[j4a4s0o5n2]

Wow all the Sabonis haters are bitchin and complainin he got fouled lol So a baby touch is an automatic foul?!? how weak and stupid is Sabonis to cry about it haha

[jamexxxxxx]

sabonis got served

[youngbo55]

Block was clean as hell u guys are haaaaaaaaaters.. he barely got his finger tips on it the ball and didnt even touch dude

[wcmaster26]

Clean ass block lol

[KesterBros]

Not a foul. Pause it at 0:18 or 0:25 you can see there is no arm contact. All ball

[nemac23]

@KesterBros foul on fisher at 0:17

[KesterBros]

@nemac23 LOL that's not even Derek Fisher. It's Ron Harper, and no its not a foul. Refs won't call anything weak when the game is on the line.

[gyromancy2]

@KesterBros It's NOT all ball. He clearly touched the hand of Sabonis

[KesterBros]

@gyromancy2 Pause at 0:25. Kobe CLEARLY has his hand on the ball and nothing else. Also, hand is part of the ball anyways. So either way, no foul.

[KesterBros]

The crowd was so stunned by this play, they were absolutely silent.

[tothebeaty0]

Pass the ball to PiP!

[RythymAndRhyme]

Wow. You guys have got to be some epic pussies if you think that's a foul. If anyone ever called a foul on me for that, I'd just tell them to go change their fucking diaper.

[auriusx991]

@RythymAndRhyme well did you see series between kings and lakers in the conf. finals ? When c webb did a clean block and got fouled ?

[RythymAndRhyme]

@auriusx991 Im not talking about whosteam gets away with shit, I'm just saying that if people are upset about a little touch on the arm, after he blocks the ball, they need to go back to school, play some basketball with the kids in my school, and find out how to take a fucking little light pussy foul like a man.

[Mr4Ferrari]

i thought nba players could jump high but sabonis has a two inch vertical leap..thats why he got blocked

[j4a4s0o5n2]

I dont know why Europeans treat Sabonis like he was some God or something. He was a good player but wasnt quite NBA material

[irod13]

@j4a4s0o5n2 Yes, he was. He never played in the NBA while he was in his prime yet, he was better than most centers in the NBA currently. Europeans don't treat him like a god. They just treat and remember him as the great player he was.

[k3sha]

@j4a4s0o5n2 Wasn't NBA material?!?! Joker is what YOU are. Go write some jokes for Whoopi Goldberg or something.

[j4a4s0o5n2]

@k3sha Yea i said it he wasnt NBA material because he never proved anything in the NBA. Maybe Euroleague but not the NBA so go suck on that bone European FAG.

[gyromancy2]

@j4a4s0o5n2

Why don't you type in keywords "pass Sabonis" here and try to tell me that his passes weren't NBA material.

pfff

[TheBrainMachine78]

@j4a4s0o5n2 Um, he played 8 years in the NBA, idiot.

[BallaholicNo10in89]

thats not a foul. thats a terrible shot

[SurelyD86]

foul shmoul...everyone knows refs dont call fouls on the last play. they usually let them play.

[saiteris]

Id say foul

[Modernwolf1]

yes, It was a foul but not on Kobe

the foul was in the first hit to the ball before Kobe...the guy with number4 but I don't notice who

[cfetzner]

@Modernwolf1 number 4 was ron harper and yes harper did foul him

[Modernwolf1]

no...it's obviously nothing but ball

The ref was right

[23BesteS]

sabonis was nominated worst player of all time !!!

[thehandsomeltu]

Here was foul guys.

[osmantisuperior]

Pippen did not have to hit the innocent towels for her anger

[k001k1dzm4n14]

kobe blocked it and then touched his wrist and forearm, get it right dumbass.

[wwecactusjack1991]

lol look at pippen

[MrHoopsFanatic]

he was euroleague 2004 mvp and was not even close to what he was....but still that good.. politics and a bum achilles got in the way

[ex7ended]

at 0.36 he says two bad russian words :D best white center ever !!

[tacotony24]

Sabonis  cry baby

[Legendofzoom]

This Lakers team that the Blazers were playing are probably one of the greatest Lakers teams in Championship HIstory

[mogaby13]

@matanijacks619 clear block dude

[ExodusLTU]

Hes from basketball country Lithuania :)

[kmilan23]

indeed

some HOF said that if sabonis had played in his prime in the NBA he would have enterd as a better player than the admiral in basketball annals

[NesamoneKrcLT]

i agree with u man. he is a great player

[KarkasaSS]

@matanijacks619 Thats one basketballer that Lithuania and I can be proud off :D

[matanijacks619]

@KarkasaSS you should be proud of him, hes probably the best lithuanian player ever!

[jeverage93]

@matanijacks619 why dont you get off sabonis's dick he got swatted it was clean kobe didnt touch anything but the ball if he hit anything it was his hand and the hand is included as part if the ball lol you know nothing.

[Laker757]

@matanijacks619 bs dude he didnt touch his forearm, and if he did it was a tickle like a feather, it would not have disrupted his shot, kobe got all ball

[AsymphonyBeatz]

@matanijacks619 lmao thts not a foul. he's a good player tho but calling a foul on tht shot is just retarded

[zaliasvelniass]

@AsymphonyBeatz you are retarderd for sur4e

[AsymphonyBeatz]

@zaliasvelniass how is tht a foul?

[BIGDANNY77]

Are you people crazy? Sabonis was still even great late into his career !Sabonis was just as good as kobe or better when he was young, Sabonis could do everything a guard could do and then some,and was a center,.He was one of a kind! If he was playing when he was drafted in 1985 by the Hawks, then he would of been the top center in nba history. But he was under 21 and was not eligible.What a crock of shit,. How many jiggs got in the NBA under 21 in high school that were not as good as him?

[tacoliqour]

hahaha! I agree with 1MILLIONARE1. Why the freak is Sabonis taking that shot? In real time it does look like a body foul. Slow motion shows it wasn't. Wow! Good job refs!

[Bigtimekillr]

shit

[brandonr2001]

not a foul... and body contact? please... that wasnt anything to effect his shot... that was more of a bailout that sabonis was looking for... and notice only sabonis is the one complaining? rasheed was right there and he had that look like "wtf u doin sabonis"

[Lakers24pwnz]

ya he shouldve never taken the shot anyways.... he wouldnt have made it without the block.... sabonis thought he was like the best

[1MILLIONARE1]

why the fuck was he shooting the ball in clutch time anyways

[FicoBezKocnicaBL]

look at the body contact at 3 sec into the video. if that was the other way around kobe would get the call.

[tubenachos]

Dude are you f^*kin retarded?! At 25 seconds you can tell it was all ball.

[FicoBezKocnicaBL]

body contact dickhead body contact

[Bimbalas123]

@tubenachos And Now stop at around 26 second. What do we have here ? :D

[eyeMopUC]

@Bimbalas123 all ball dude, this isnt netball

[EthreuM]

Have you seen Sabonis playing anytime? He is shooting because he is great.

Shut up.

[WiltatKansas]

It was not foul, stop the video at 0.25 idiots.

[Gain9reen]

foul!!

[FicoBezKocnicaBL]

yeah bryant is great but anybody that knows anything about the game of basketball can tell you that is a FOUL. if you can't then you my friend are very ignorant

[11boomboompow]

then you must be one of those "ignorant people", u dont know anything cuz that was all ball and clearly not a FOUL!

[YouStid]

ROFL, 0:32

[Moilius]

ftw lol

[DonCorleone87]

what foul? lol nice joke

[sabonisrules]

Dude, Sabonis was fouled on this shot!!

[sshaxy]

@sabonisrules how the hell so?

[Mikey1724]

@sabonisrules

lol

[Get2Lt]

0:35 Sabonis : Nachui, blet (russian bad words) ;DD

[Hiimgoody]

Blet o ne Nahui :P

[Bekutis152]

that's a foul.. Sabonis roolezz :D

[aztecballer12]

7 3

[omen13r]

yeah thats what i figured thanx man

[Jumpmann]

clean

sabowned

[kimnotyze1983]

sabonis is a huge monster. Nothing more..He is huge but not smart..

[paskustwa]

ur kidding right?

[1337Kira]

Seriously.

He was a hell of a passer.

Sabonis was good as hell.

Too bad he got into the NBA when he was in his thirties...

[ajpolyglot]

That was such a foul! Without the horrible reffing in that series, Blazers woulda won the championship.

[omen13r]

your dumbhe got the ball first any contact that happens after dont count lolz dum kids deez days

[davey9000]

HA!

[liweiwu007]

that was back when little contacts are no-calls. now the refs blow whistles when you look your opponents in a funny way.

[janitormopmop]

especially if that happened to lebron. On that play if kobe did that to him he would have been ejected lol. n Ron artest would have been suspended.

[BettaWithToast]

so true and it makes me mad that people say that kobe couldnt play with those rules but he has 3 rings from those rules and only 1 in these rules

[saiteris]

there was contact before...

[sethisgay2]

whatever happend to saboner

[liweiwu007]

retired

[WESTSIDENLUEZZ]

pippen is pistoff

[robbieistheshit]

the block was clean but there was contact from kobe before the block. blame david stern for this it was all about rating nobody wanted to see the blazers instead of the lakers

[babatukaslt]

that was nice :)

[vermin6969]

where the fuck is the sound..

[bubbygibson11]

haha no way, u can see by the way the ball is spinning it was blocked and there was not even a touch at his shooting hand haha thats just a lack of athleticism

[Kidz24]

Man Where's Rasheed, Pippen, Smith on that play. geez Sabonis.

I'll always remember when that happend.

That was a terrible possesion for the Blazers

[Buggylt]

there was no freaking block just a foul :/

[breadym]

It's easy to block somebody who can't physically jump.

[deeyon12]

fisher kinda fouled him. he hit his elbow then kobe blocked him. lol funny reaction by sabonis.

[NoSound812]

yeah

there shoulda been a call on fisher

[GTAIV31140]

Sabonis was da bitch of Shaq and Kobe during those Finals!!!

[CATSFan1up]

clean.

[cibona11]

it was a clear block, not a foul, I'm a bball referee and this is a textbook block

[aerovlad]

you must be a referee for an elementary school then... there was so much hand to hand on that block!!

[Hiimgoody]

stupid american go fuck yourself and your little kids

[cibona11]

u replied 2 my comment? wtf?!

[TheMatrix0189]

no wonder kobe sucks dicks...dicks of reefs you know

[diegaogay]

he wont block

[shiptarpogananacija]

It was foul!!!

[Nebuli93]

it wasn't a foul but some ref's could have whistled that.. because it looks a lil like a fould

[madups31]

Sabonis clearly got fouled on the wrist. This was the beginning of the Kobe era where he got away with anything.

[Nickasaurusrex]

God, I bet he feels like crap after he lost the game...lol

[rainbowcicak]

CLEAN BLOCK AGREED! Hand IS part of the ball, ball first, and it's considered a block.

If you thinkt hat was a foul, you sir are an idiot.

[woutakasinistra]

Could've been a foul called...

[sackmaster91]

Lol so not a foul are you joking me? He got all ball then got hand after the ball was knocked out. Sabonis just had no hops whatsoever.

[Fpsmason]

its kobe refs arent gunna call a foul lol

[bwallacee]

wery good foul thats was koby noob

[LoveThe80sAnd90s]

no foul..

[jariukas]

well if youre never played basketball you can post out your comment becouse when you play it looks way different when you watch it, i dont care was it foul or not but your crapy comments just winds me up, if you ever played basketball can you decide the last second call???

[scenekidacide]

foul? that is too funny, if anything sabonis traveled, automatic turn over. end of story right there.

[xXUnReAlGuTsXx]

I bet Pippen beat the crap out Sabonis after the game, lmao pippen was tight though.

[SairaProductions]

It's funny when Sabonis starts to cry.

xD

[Sabonis4Ever]

It's funny when you suck dick

[JuventusfanPopo]

foul!

I wonder if