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    Question 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.
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    Default 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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    Default 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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    Default 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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    Default Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?

    Kobe had a horrible series.

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    Default 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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    Default 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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    Default Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?

    Quote 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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    Quote 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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    Quote 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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    Default 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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    Default Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?

    Quote 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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    Default Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?

    Quote 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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    Default Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?

    Quote 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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    Default 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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