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Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Was it or was their a bigger upset?
2004 NBA Finals. Detroit Pistons trouncing the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers had Kobe, Shaq, Karl Malone and Gary Payton. The Pistons beat them in 5 games. 3 of their 4 wins were won by 12 pts or more. The only game the Lakers won was because of a last second 3-pointer by Kobe. The Lakers were supposedly "unbeatable." They were beaten badly and were so embarrassed they completely dismantled the team the following year. This is the biggest, most underrated upset of all time.
Last edited by Colby Brian; 03-18-2011 at 03:03 AM.
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
yes it was . prime shaq, good kobe . loaded with great vets.
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Easily, considering how favored LA was
But Detroit had one of the best defenses in league history that year so they deserve the credit.
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
shaq was having a great series, the sole reason lakers lost is because of kobe, look at his stats in that finals, horrible, 30% shooting
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Kobe had a horrible series.
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
biggest finals upset
biggest playoff upset was warriors over mavs 1st round
and btw its funny how kobes the leader whenever the lakers lost in the last 15 years. but never the leader when the lakers won
fact is kobe was the 1st option from 2001 on
look at the FGA's... shaq was the #1 option only from 1996-2000
finals mvps are only for 1 series. kobe was mvp for the important series
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
kobe did have a bad series, 22.6 ppg on 38.1 fg%
but he was the reason they they didnt get swept and won game 2
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Originally Posted by Colby Brian
kobe did have a bad series, 22.6 ppg on 38.1 fg%
but he was the reason they they didnt get swept and won game 2
how about this....
ben wallace was able to defend shaq 1 on 1.... leaving kobe to be doubled and tripled into bad forced shots since malone was injured and payton was shooting even worse
and after that the team sucked
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Originally Posted by griffmoney1784
how about this....
ben wallace was able to defend shaq 1 on 1.... leaving kobe to be doubled and tripled into bad forced shots since malone was injured and payton was shooting even worse
and after that the team sucked
yeah, but give the pistons credit, they played way better than the lakers way better
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Originally Posted by Colby Brian
yeah, but give the pistons credit, they played way better than the lakers way better
cause the lakers were basically this years heat +1
they had no chemistry and if 1 guy is off or injured... the team goes from great to bad...
this is why kobe woke up and demanded the overhall of the team top to bottum
and it paid off
if it wasnt for the lakers losing to the pistons... shaq might still be here and kobe never would have gotten his own team built around him
losing to the pistons actually helped kobes all time status
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
change that series and this would be kobes career
- 4 titles in 4 finals
- 0 finals mvps
- 0 season mvps
from 2005 on the team would be
- fisher
- kobe 25 mill/season
- george
- slava
- shaq 30 mill/season
bench = scrubs
kobe = top 15 player all time tops
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instead because of LA losing and shaq leaving
- 5 titles in 7 finals ( more to come )
- 2 finals mvps ( more to come )
- 1 season mvp ( never know might win next year )
top 6-7 all time right now
thankyou from the bottum of my heart pistons...
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Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Originally Posted by griffmoney1784
biggest finals upset
biggest playoff upset was warriors over mavs 1st round
and btw its funny how kobes the leader whenever the lakers lost in the last 15 years. but never the leader when the lakers won
fact is kobe was the 1st option from 2001 on
look at the FGA's... shaq was the #1 option only from 1996-2000
finals mvps are only for 1 series. kobe was mvp for the important series
Only Kobe fans would state the opposite of what Kobe himself has stated
and just at last statement
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Lob City Clips
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Originally Posted by griffmoney1784
how about this....ben wallace was able to defend shaq 1 on 1
Untrue.
What happened was that Larry Brown destroyed Phil Jackson. All year every team came out and doubled and tripled Shaq allowing Kobe to go off freely one on one all game.
Larry came up with the gameplan of doubling Kobe instead. Phil never adjusted and Kobe never stopped chucking over two defenders. This is what happened...
Last edited by LAClipsFan33; 03-18-2011 at 03:25 AM.
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Local High School Star
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
Originally Posted by TennesseeFan
Kobe had a horrible series.
Pretty much. The Lakers were able to beat prime Duncan and the Spurs who had even better defense than Detroit that year.
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ifirtworld
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
pretty sure if the lakers stuck together, they could have won at least another between '05-'07
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