I think this finals and the next few seasons of personal success and team failure are what lead to Kobe learning how to get his and facilitate the offense and make the team better. He was always a very good player but he truly became great between this series and the Boston series they lost.
Aaaaaaand this is why Kobe wasn’t as good as MJ. It’s all about attitude and leadership and Kobe didn’t have it like MJ. But I came to respect Kobe’s game towards the end of his career when he finally became a team player.
@@amirmoney3221 he had similarities but he didn’t play like MJ. MJ was an unselfish player and a winner because of it. That’s why MJ was always better than him.
No he eventually opened up there’s proof for that and plenty of videos that show how Kobe became a great facilitator and be in takeover mode best of both worlds jus like MJ
@@brandontownsend3987 read my other comments. I said that very thing. But that was towards the end of his career. Too little too late to be as good as MJ
Credit to the Pistons incredible defense but our Laker team was limping at that point. Malone had an injured knee and just wasn’t effective or even playing that many minutes after game 1. The supporting cast was just not there.
While still being asked to drop 30 and make shaq look good so he can drop 40 with 20 missed free-throws this is the b.s. ppl don't see I honestly don't blame kobe for being fed up and just goin for his
@@joshuafult84 Lakers hadn't chance to beat this Pistons team anyway. He was selfish yeah, if he wasn't selfish, they would lose in 7 games, not in 5, that's the difference, this Pistons team was the greatest defensive team I've ever seen.
@@hristijandimitrovski8664 The Lakers easily would've beat them considering they had homecourt advantage. Kobe literally shot the lakers out the series because he couldn't stand Shaq getting another Finals MVP
The defense is crazyyyy some of those shots Kobe was making were crazy but they weren’t giving him anything and they were right they knew Kobe would get impatient just feeding the ball to shaq and start rushing things
Oh stop with your ignorant ass. Kobe let Shaq have all his glory and then Kobe was clearly the best player in 03 and 04 and Shaq was too egotistical to take a back seat. But what does he do when he goes to Miami? Give the keys to D wade who was a baby 😂
@@nonamewillbegiven2412 if you saying im delusional ill obviously disagree. I watched their entire 3 peat. Kobe sacrificed NUMBERS for Shaq. Kobe gave up his 40 point streak, for Shaq. It was always Shaq who never understood that there was a time to give up the reins to Kobe because his ego couldn’t let him. He’s literally said this himself. All facts son, ain’t no delusion here
Yup people act like this is 2K with stamina off lol. They did a good job fronting Shaq and making it hard for entry passes but too many times it looked like he was too tired to establish a good position for entry passes. Where Shaq’s conditioning really showed was on the defensive end.
Kobe gave the pistons the whole series He did it on purpose to show the team they couldn’t do nothing without him they thought it was about Shaq but Kobe was passing the whole game
The only game they won was when they ran plays for kobe, pick and roll with shaq or karl, they went back to inside out game. This was the match up where it should've switched outside in didn't matter who was the ball handler it should've screen after screen use their game on them, Phil was to stubborn and shaq was out of shape and gp and karl where old and kobe was frustrated
There was a lot of possessions where Kobe wasent in the right angle to pass to Shaq, often he had to swing the ball one more time to get the ball to Shaq, and we didn’t get to see all the other misses by the rest of the team, there was way more to it then that
Kobe and Shaq are a much better duo than Jordan and Pippen, Jordan and Pippen lost in 6 games to a healthy Magic team in 1995, they needed Rodman to bail them out in 1996 (Horace got injured in the 1996 ECF)
They lost to the magic cause jordan wasnt in his element. He just played about 20 games in the regular season...and kobe, shaq, payton, malone weren't able to win in 04 even with that stacked team
@@a.c9369 Jordan's FG% was higher in the 1995 playoffs than it was during 1996, 1997 and 1998, 2 apg in the 1998 Finals, .194 3P% from the shortened 3 point line in the 1997 playoffs, so much for that copeout
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I think this finals and the next few seasons of personal success and team failure are what lead to Kobe learning how to get his and facilitate the offense and make the team better. He was always a very good player but he truly became great between this series and the Boston series they lost.
Aaaaaaand this is why Kobe wasn’t as good as MJ. It’s all about attitude and leadership and Kobe didn’t have it like MJ. But I came to respect Kobe’s game towards the end of his career when he finally became a team player.
Idm he played like Jordan
@@amirmoney3221 he had similarities but he didn’t play like MJ. MJ was an unselfish player and a winner because of it. That’s why MJ was always better than him.
No he eventually opened up there’s proof for that and plenty of videos that show how Kobe became a great facilitator and be in takeover mode best of both worlds jus like MJ
@@brandontownsend3987 read my other comments. I said that very thing. But that was towards the end of his career. Too little too late to be as good as MJ
Mj had to learn this lesson too, it took Kobe longer but he also learned it and is why the lakers went to 3 straight championships and won 2 of those.
The underdogs beating one the best team's in the nba history.
Credit to the Pistons incredible defense but our Laker team was limping at that point. Malone had an injured knee and just wasn’t effective or even playing that many minutes after game 1. The supporting cast was just not there.
The Lakers were pretty injured at that point…Malone, Shaq and Kobe
Not taking anything away from the Pistons though
Kobe and Shaq the greatest duo eveer💪💪💪💪
Kobe did say this finals was his fault. But shit chasing rip Hamilton everywhere and being guarded by Tayshaun Prince 😖😖.
While still being asked to drop 30 and make shaq look good so he can drop 40 with 20 missed free-throws this is the b.s. ppl don't see I honestly don't blame kobe for being fed up and just goin for his
@@presidentfly9235 excuses. His shot selection was horrible and he didn't feed Shaq the ball
@@jordanflores5687 keep trying trolll
Who cares, he still won more championships than shaq😂💜💛🐍🐐🙌😎💯@nonamewillbegiven2412
Love Kobe but yes he was.
No, he wasn't
@@hristijandimitrovski8664 we respectively disagree
@@hristijandimitrovski8664 Hop off Kobe's d for a sec. Kobe was great top 5 player but this finals he lost because he was selfish.
@@joshuafult84 Lakers hadn't chance to beat this Pistons team anyway. He was selfish yeah, if he wasn't selfish, they would lose in 7 games, not in 5, that's the difference, this Pistons team was the greatest defensive team I've ever seen.
@@hristijandimitrovski8664 The Lakers easily would've beat them considering they had homecourt advantage. Kobe literally shot the lakers out the series because he couldn't stand Shaq getting another Finals MVP
at that point, shaq was better player
The defense is crazyyyy some of those shots Kobe was making were crazy but they weren’t giving him anything and they were right they knew Kobe would get impatient just feeding the ball to shaq and start rushing things
Bruh is that Doc Rivers on commentary for this game?
Kobe greatest limitation was himself. Not mature enough to let Shaq have his glory even though he had such a bright future in front of him.
Oh stop with your ignorant ass. Kobe let Shaq have all his glory and then Kobe was clearly the best player in 03 and 04 and Shaq was too egotistical to take a back seat. But what does he do when he goes to Miami? Give the keys to D wade who was a baby 😂
@@MrOmabeastdelusional
@@nonamewillbegiven2412 if you saying im delusional ill obviously disagree. I watched their entire 3 peat. Kobe sacrificed NUMBERS for Shaq. Kobe gave up his 40 point streak, for Shaq. It was always Shaq who never understood that there was a time to give up the reins to Kobe because his ego couldn’t let him. He’s literally said this himself. All facts son, ain’t no delusion here
@@MrOmabeast you are delusional indeed. Kobe taking more shots than Shaq is not scraficing anything you smooth brain
@@MrOmabeast up yours son
Kobe definitely cost them this championship
Slava Medvedenko. Kareem Rush.
They should do a video on all the times Shaq got stripped by Ben Wallace and Rasheed for moving too slow, where’s that at
Yup people act like this is 2K with stamina off lol. They did a good job fronting Shaq and making it hard for entry passes but too many times it looked like he was too tired to establish a good position for entry passes. Where Shaq’s conditioning really showed was on the defensive end.
Shaq carried this Lakers team
Kobe eventually becomes a great facilitator and add that to his takeover mode he’s the best of both worlds
Kobe gave the pistons the whole series He did it on purpose to show the team they couldn’t do nothing without him they thought it was about Shaq but Kobe was passing the whole game
It was Shaq, any other decent guard would have won that 3peat with Prime Shaq.
cant believe we lost
Yes he was clearly chasing the MVP
The only game they won was when they ran plays for kobe, pick and roll with shaq or karl, they went back to inside out game. This was the match up where it should've switched outside in didn't matter who was the ball handler it should've screen after screen use their game on them, Phil was to stubborn and shaq was out of shape and gp and karl where old and kobe was frustrated
3:55 PINOY PRIDE! ROFL hahaha
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This was during the rape trial wasn’t it? Did he use his name during it? Or was that with the detectives? I can’t remember.
The detectives, said he should’ve paid women off like shaq
Ben Wallace had shaq frustrated
There was a lot of possessions where Kobe wasent in the right angle to pass to Shaq, often he had to swing the ball one more time to get the ball to Shaq, and we didn’t get to see all the other misses by the rest of the team, there was way more to it then that
seeing that, nba finals history “fact” display on the screen (15:52) made me really think LeBum the goat
Lbj good at no look pass
Kobe good at not passing
Detroit winning this chip was a fluke. Beat a distracted & injured Lakers team. Detroit never won it again since. 🤷
They probably should have won it the very next year against San Antonio
Kobe and Shaq are a much better duo than Jordan and Pippen, Jordan and Pippen lost in 6 games to a healthy Magic team in 1995, they needed Rodman to bail them out in 1996 (Horace got injured in the 1996 ECF)
IDK BOUT THAT
😂😂😂😂😂
They lost to the magic cause jordan wasnt in his element. He just played about 20 games in the regular season...and kobe, shaq, payton, malone weren't able to win in 04 even with that stacked team
@@a.c9369 Jordan's FG% was higher in the 1995 playoffs than it was during 1996, 1997 and 1998, 2 apg in the 1998 Finals, .194 3P% from the shortened 3 point line in the 1997 playoffs, so much for that copeout
@@a.c9369 In the 17 gamea Jordan played in 1995, he shot 41 FG%, in the playoffs he shot 48 FG%