Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by TrueRob
No one could do anything on offense for the Lakers except Shaq.
because larry brown admited after the series that they would let shaq get his and focus on everyone else... ( i.e doubling kobe... locking down the perimeter )
shaq can only score so many points.
the plan worked because of how thin the lakers roster was...
sure shaq was the more efficient player. but he wasnt the 1st option
and in a way .... when kobe was the main go to guy. the lakers had more success...
YET .. Shaq led the team in wins hares still and was clearly the better player and #1 option through all of their playoff runs and was the one averaging 36/15 on 60% in the finals and setting finals records in blocks and scoring while kobe was struggling to shoot over 40%?
lakers had more success in 04 when kobe had more FGA than shaq for the first time ever in a finals series? lakers had more success in 03 when kobe took over 700 more shots than Shaq int he playoffs?
Last edited by Mark Madsen : 03-18-2011 at 03:02 AM.
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by TrueRob
I don't see how people underrated Detroit so much. They beat the Pacers without HCA and the Pacers had the best record in the league.
its not because of how low the pistons were rated
its because of how high the lakers were rated
Kobe and shaq alone were enough to win 3 straight
then you throw in malone and payton and they were being talked about as the best team ever put together
but sadly malone got injured, payton stopped playing good, kobe was locked up with double teams, and the pistons let shaq do whatever he wanted while shutting down every role player...
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by Mark Madsen
YET .. Shaq led the team in wins hares still and was clearly the better player and #1 option through all of their playoff runs
lakers had more success in 04 when kobe had more FGA than shaq for the first time ever in a finals series? lakers had more success in 03 when kobe took over 700 more shots than Shaq int he playoffs?
theres a difference between #1 option and teams most efficient player
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by griffmoney1784
the real finals wasnt LA vs pacers/sixers/nets
anyone who watched ball in the early 00's knew the real finals was the WCF and against teams like sanantonio and sacramento
kobe was the mvp of those REAL finals
You dont know what you are talking about. You are like no brain man who thinks that everybody elses are same like him. But guess what, we have brain, and you lover Bryant was not better than Shaq in any of these series before finals, let alone vs Philly or Nets.
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Originally Posted by griffmoney1784
#1 option means ( who gets the most shots )
This means, if you are really 1st option and you get most of shots, you should hit most of shots. But if you are not first option, and you get most shots, but make 35-40% of them then you are called CHUCKER and BALLHOGER.
Last edited by LEFT4DEAD : 03-18-2011 at 03:03 AM.
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by LEFT4DEAD
You dont know what you are talking about. You are like no brain man who thinks that everybody elses are same like him. But guess what, we have brain, and you lover Bryant was not better than Shaq in any of these series before finals, let alone vs Philly or Nets.
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by griffmoney1784
cmonn, you take me for serious? please dont cause i'm just ignorant stupid biatch who don't know anything about bball, and have no life so I must come on forums and try to act like A MAN. yea I suck
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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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 if giving up 26.6 PPG on 63.1 FG% and 10.8 RPG in the series is being able to defend Shaq
Last edited by SkyR#1fanCapCou : 03-18-2011 at 03:12 AM.
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
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Originally Posted by KG5MVP
shaq shot 60% in that series, he was owning ben wallace
wallace - 13.6 rpg
shaq - 10.8 rpg
plus who cares that shaq shot 60%, do you even watch basketball, look at the shots he takes dunks, layups and 3 foot hook shots, the problem was not offensivly tho
he was outplayed defensivly by far
billups owned payton, and malone was banged up
chemisrty problems
the team was a mess, not all kobes fault
but i give credit to detroit they played much better and deserved the title
Re: Was the 2004 Finals the biggest NBA upset ever?
to detroit
X1MILLION
This crap doesn't work on me. Does this tell us how many times the ball went into Shaq and he was doubled? No.
