Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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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
"Coach Phil Jackson is continually reminding Bryant that Shaquille O'Neal is the team's top scoring option."- December 11th, 2000 Detroit News
"Shaq's our first option anyway, regardless," Jackson said. "We're going to try to get the ball into Shaquille."- Phil Jackson May 1st, 2004 Los Angeles Times
I think the coach knew who the first option was. And Shaq was the leading scorer on the Lakers during the 3peat every year during the regular season, playoffs as a whole and finals.
Kobe was the MVP of the important series? He was MVP of 2 series during the 3peat, the 2001 WCF and the 2002 WCSF.
In 2001, the closest, most competitive series was the finals, guess who was MVP? In 2002, it was the WCF vs Sacramento and again, Shaq was the MVP of that series.
The Lakers went 25-6 with Shaq and without Kobe during the 3peat, but just 13-12 with Kobe and without Shaq.
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by Colby Brian
no, the pistons were better by far defensivly
No. That wasn't the case. The Spurs had an almost defense rating and kept teams to a lower ppg than the Pistons, 84.3 ppg.They were equal defensively in the season.
But Pistons had better stretches of defense, but the Spurs were more consistently throughout the season. However, it was an upset that the Pistons made to the finals at all, let alone beat the Lakers. Pistons get the nod of being one of the best defensively because they went to the finals and beat the Lakers.
The Pistons upset the Lakers. Everybody picked the Lakers to win, but the Pistons D, the Lakers sucky O, and Malone being injured hurt the Lakers. And they eventually lost the series.
You can argue that the Lakers got lucky in the Spurs series too. If it weren't for the .4 Fisher shot, the Spurs would've been up by 3-2.
But to the main topic:
I think it was the biggest upset of the NBA finals. The Lakers after beating the Timberwolves, just shrugged off the Pistons. I don't think they even cared about watching the videos. Even the commentators were like "Pistons have no chance of beating the Lakers."
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by ShaqAttack3234
"Coach Phil Jackson is continually reminding Bryant that Shaquille O'Neal is the team's top scoring option."- December 11th, 2000 Detroit News
"Shaq's our first option anyway, regardless," Jackson said. "We're going to try to get the ball into Shaquille."- Phil Jackson May 1st, 2004 Los Angeles Times
I think the coach knew who the first option was. And Shaq was the leading scorer on the Lakers during the 3peat every year during the regular season, playoffs as a whole and finals.
Kobe was the MVP of the important series? He was MVP of 2 series during the 3peat, the 2001 WCF and the 2002 WCSF.
In 2001, the closest, most competitive series was the finals, guess who was MVP? In 2002, it was the WCF vs Sacramento and again, Shaq was the MVP of that series.
The Lakers went 25-6 with Shaq and without Kobe during the 3peat, but just 13-12 with Kobe and without Shaq.
Lakers leader in FGA's ( AKA #1 OPTION ) from 1996-97 to 2003-04
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
