2000 NBA Finals: Lakers at Pacers, Gm 4 part 15/15

Game 4 - Lakers 120, Pacers 118

Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal took their turns dominating as the Lakers took a 3-1 series lead. With Bryant still hobbled by his ankle injury, O'Neal took charge early until foul trouble put both him and Bryant on the bench late in the first half. The game remained close until the fourth quarter, when O'Neal and Reggie Miller each willed their teams into overtime. In the extra session, Bryant took over, scoring six of the Lakers' last eight points to lead them to victory.

O'Neal finished with 36 points and 21 rebounds before fouling out with 2:33 left in the overtime period. Bryant had 28 points, 22 of which came after halftime. Robert Horry added 17 points off the bench for the Lakers, including the first four of overtime.

Miller scored 35 points for the game, including 13 in the fourth quarter. Miller made all three of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter. Rik Smits added 24 points in just 22 minutes of action, and combined with Miller to account for all of the Pacers' points in overtime.

When the NBA ranked the 60 Greatest Playoff Moments in conjunction with the league's 60th anniversary, Bryant's performance ranked No. 58 on the list.

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• 2000
• NBA
• Finals
• Lakers
• Pacers

[wcmaster26]

Kobe>Reggie

Magic>Bird

Shaq>Smits

[jmd925]

Pretty obvious travel by Reggie on that last shot. Shufflin his feet all day errrr day.

[KOBEandCAMBRIA24]

all time epic game. 8 points in overtime for Kobe, (second most in overetime history, at the time). it seems this game gets lost in the Kobe epicness files.

[rylandcostello721]

reggies shot could have changed EVERYTHING

[GETBIGBITCH1]

@luissyquia uhmm pussy. magic was with the lakers organization still ya fuckin faggot he was a mentor and larry was the pacers head coach ya fuckin cookie ass mother fucker how does that irrelevant taste!

[luissyquia]

@wcmaster26 umm... magic wasn't involved in the series... so "magic > bird" is irrelevant

[manpreet070396]

why was koko the gorilla playing and wearing shaqs jersey

[realrocky8591]

@reggyray

nah it's Harter.

[reggyray]

hahahaha, 'dick harder'.

[psychhoo]

@wcmaster26 roflmao? you suck. fuck you

[kwijibo39]

@wcmaster26 wtf????