Allen Iverson vs Los Angeles Lakers: 2001 NBA Finals Game 1 Full Highlights - 48 points & 6 assists
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Allen Iverson led the Sixers to a surprising game 1 victory over the favorited Lakers in one of the most memorable performances in NBA Finals history.
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Allen Iverson .. heart over height
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my wade mix is up
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Heart of a champion
Y'all talk about Lebron carrying average players to the Finals. Look at who A.I. carried to the Finals.
cobra9 idk 07 Cavs was pretty close
As much as I love AI - his team was better but the simple fact he did it while being my size makes it way more impressive imo.
Ai team was better defensively
@Brandon Moore This was rigged anyway,they didn't belong in the finals.
Aaron McKie -- Sixth Man of the Year
DMutombo -- DPOY&Rebounding Leader
Larry Brown -- Coach of the Year
Honestly speaking AI's teammates are a bit underrated. They are all phenomenal in the defensive side. AI did all he could in the offense and his team did the rest on the court. It is unfair to call these teammates and the coach to be "Carried" by AI.
I totally agree that A.I. is one of the greatest SGs of all time -- the shortest scoring leader, shortest MVP and a fearless heart. But his greatness is not based on underrating his teammates.
This title is lit. One person vs an entire team haha. Iverson a true legend.
And it's not just simply an entire team. It's an unbeaten team that dominated the mighty West
@Steve Jobs The issue is Iverson is so good at being the hero/the man, he may find some difficulties adapting to today's game, which is a lot less reliant on isolation plays. Players like Curry can only be produced and can only shine in today's NBA because he is the best example of a new type of superstars
The reason why Philly 76ers lost this series 4-1 wasn’t cuz of Kobe or the Lakers being too good it was cuz of the damn Shaq cuz Iverson could score all day however Lakers had Shaq who would basically cancel out Iverson and that’s when the rest of the lakers would finish the business! I just donk get how Mutombo didnt do a better job on Shaq tho he was the defensive player of the year but it’s like he shit his pants Vs Shaq ! Philly could have won this series especially after winning game and games 3,4 and 5 were at Philadelphia. It was coaching mistake, frankly speaking Larry B. Sixers head coach made a mistake ! I’m not even kidding when I say this if I was Sixers coach I’d better job . What Larry should have done after winning game 1 and he saw how dominant Shaq was , starting with game 2 should have had 2 guys on Shaq , double teamed him and not let him catch the ball in the paint so close to the rim ! Idk why or how come they didn’t figure this out, it was simple what needed to be done . Double teamed Shaq and have Raja bell on Kobe and if someone else beats u that’s fine but I wouldn’t have let Shaq play Mutombo 1v1 at all ! Also what I would do once we in a penalty i would have fouled Shaq right away as soon as he caught the ball 🏀 cuz he couldn’t shoot free throws and what that would also do is other Lakers wouldn’t get a chance to get going cuz Shaq would be shooting those free throws but none of that was done sadly ! Another big mistake Larry brown and the coaching mistake made was they had a young and healthy Nene ( Nene who played for Denver after ) the guy could shoot and also was another big body on Shaq and since he had a mid range game Shaq would have to guard him outside the paint and that would have opened the lanes for Iverson who was too fast ! And those fouls on Shaq I’d have a player that never plays even if he fouls out ! If nothing else philly would have won at least another game ! But like I said Larry brown and the rest of the coaching stuff didn’t make any adjustments at all !
@@WeMoomingNow lol, iverson would cook all today's Nba players
Fr lol
That's the perfect title for this vid. Iverson vs LA Lakers.
Perfect tittle for the sixers of that time
i couldn't agree more
Lmao.
Lmao
The NBA should post more things from their vault on the regular and not just for special events like the HOF
Dom you are a great basketball youtuber! Keep up the good work. I especially enjoy your videos on the history of the league. Greetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil
During that season Iverson was the GREATEST PLAYERS EVER!!!
I miss Iverson. :(
he's not dead or anything
only real hoopers understand why Iverson had a 42% FG percentage. I can't stand these geeks who didn't/don't even watch the games or play always saying he was inefficient. the game was different then and when you have below average offensive players on your team you have harder shots. especially when there are levels of defenders designed to specifically stop you and leave your teammates open. add to the fact that he was 6'0" (probably a little less, if you've seen him in person you'd know) with guys 4 to 6 inches taller than you guarding you every night. you put AI on the Celtics right now and he'd be getting 33ppg easy! probably more. especially the way IT has been scoring (28ppg).
AI averaged 33 back then with hand checks and physicality! Shaq said AI would average 40 EASY in todays soft ass era.
He averaged 32 that year
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I am pretty sure tyronn lue is going to complain to the Nba about this video😂😂😂
nah if i were him I wouldn't be embarrassed because it's AI if anything I'd be honored but people are never gonna let him live it down
Marcus you make a point
+Ahmed G. he really was... he just happen to fall
with his 3 rings. i doubt it
***** I saw the game that's why Allen stepped over him.Lue really tried though
The man who ruined the perfect playoffs for the Lakers.
AI owned Kobe in this Series
He always did
+Magic Johnson W
AI is the reason why kobe improved his defense when he still played.
By shooting 40% from the field??
lol
+Retarded Rhino he low key had to shoot a lot he basically had no one
It doesn't matter if he don't get any Ring! His impact to us is all that matters! Appreciate greatness 💪
they did not have an answer for iverson. why? because he was the answer!
Fans loved him.
Advanced stats (and David Stern) hated him.
But the game needed him.
The pound for pound GOAT and it ain’t even close.
KOBE GOT EXPOSED !
check my wade mix
free of charge L
Exposed but Kobe won the series??.....L
Sometimes good offense will always dwell over good defense....
+Dree Savage Did AI have the most dominant big man of all-time in his prime? 😂😂
Ima Lakers fan..not even gonna front..cant believe im saying this.. i wouldnt be mad if iverson had beat us..wanted to see him get s ring
a=S
THAT STEP-OVER!
Allen Iverson should be the Cover of NBA2K18. What i love most about Iverson was his mid range game. Those hops into a little fadeaways in the key.
Should've been 76ers vs Kings but the refs fucked the Kings
kings got fucked a year later
Wrong year
It should be the year after
U mean nets vs kings
wrong year the lakers in this year (2001) only lost one game
Damn, son! Iverson put Kobe in his pocket in this game! Madness!
The fact that Allen Iverson pulled off that spectacular upset in game 1 with nobody is legendary.
Stopped the Lakers 0 lose streak so we don't have to hear sensitive Shaq flex on Chuck about this on TNT.
Go to 1:25 and see how far Kobe was already playing off of him, and he still bought on that jab step and gave even more space. That’s how terrified they were of his ability to drive.
There is a line from the movie “Troy“. They are describing Achilles, they say, “that man was born to end lives“. Allen Iverson was born to get buckets
Iverson one of the biggest impact in basketball history he popularized the crossover and the ankle breaker
Damn the sixers had NOBODY
1. mvp and all star selectionallen iverson
2: dpoy dikembe mutumbo
3. 6th man of the year aaron mckie
4. another all star selection theo ratliff
5. coach of the year larry brown.
yet they had "nobody"?????
+Jason Lee damn tell 'em
+Jason Lee dude dikembe was on the verge of retirement, mckie was not at all a big help to him and the coach isn't on the court is he?
ALOT worse compared to what the lakers had
Davor Rezo
if they werent such a big help, why did they win awards for their performances
This game made me fall back in love with NBA basketball after MJ retired in 1998. One of the greatest individual performances ever. The way he fearlessly drove to the lane and challenged prime Shaq in the paint is just incredible.
LeBron is the only other person who could lead such a less than average team to the finals. That should tell you something
jason kidd did it twice :D
Thank You NBA for this one. Still the greatest finals game I had seen as a young'n. And one of the best of all time. A.I. was a beast, word.
best ball handler ever
Kyrie a better ball handler than him
+Steph Curry The G.O.A.T Iverson has the best handle and crossovers etc. but Irving is the better dribbler
A.I could freeze Kyrie without sneakers
+Steph Curry The G.O.A.T Just cuz you can catch ankles with Kyrie in blacktop don't meant he is the best ballhandler ever
+Steph Curry The G.O.A.T Kyrie is a sensational ballhandler, maybe the best so far but for me A.I is still better because the way he can control the ball while going at an amazing speed and he got it done easier than Kyrie
he took a bunch of role players to the finals
I swear give AI another superstar like LeBron on the Sixers & I bet money they'd beat that Lakers team 💰💯
Legendary game 1 performance by iverson imagine if he had a better team smh p
Allen Iverson > Steph Curry
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You only saying that because he's a HOF now, but look at the stats. Curry > Iverson
Can't compare the two.. they're playing on a different era.. but surely.. Curry can't carry the whole team same as Iverson did to the sixers and destroyed the lakers in their home crowd.. Curry is good.. good at shooting, he can cross.. but.. naah.. too far from a.i.
Rookie curry even schooled by a.i when he went back to sixers before retiring.
Jayc Gevera AI was a beast, stats don’t show that.
no compare between two!
2:21 was beautiful, ppl think those up close shots are easy, they can be harder actually, and what did in a matter of mili seconds was go from "lay it up" to "oh fuck it's Shaq......PULL UP 5 footer, SWIIIIIISH"
Legend. Pound to pound the GOAT. After B.Scalabrine, of course
this is the first time ive seen an nba player that shot the ball and barely had spin on it. sorry for my english
This is a performance for the ages. I know they lost the series but the little guy played his heart out... wow man. Kobe didn’t know what to do with him, rest his soul
You know he’s 6’2?
@@dowhatiwantc7637small for the NBA
@@dowhatiwantc7637U must have met him in person, cause every listing,bio etc. has him at 6”0!!!
You're very dumb.
Man! A.I. just destroyed Kobe and Shaq in their prime. Kobe wasn't even a match for him. A. I. just made Kobe looks like so me average player that can't guard him.
@Robert Phillips he lost cuz you cant play 1 on 5 bruh
@Robert Phillips They lost because the next best scorer besides AI was McKie. They are the best defensive team in the NBA, but that's all they did which was to focus on defense. If they add in Dirk or Pierce instead of trying to save $ then AI would've possibly beat the Lakers.
Iverson changed the game being the first player in the nba to have a lot of tattoos, the arm sleeve, and the best crossovers.
Rodman?
3:11 jesus
I was a lakers fan around tht time, and I remember i couldn't stand this guy , but somehow the hate shifted to pure love and respect for his toughness and extreme talent. Till this day he's still my favorite ball player of all time then Kobe
Allen Iverson had that Deadeye Badge on Diamond. It seemed like every shot Kobe was right there.
facts
I was 14 when I was watching this so I didn't have the IQ or really know what Kobe was going to become, at that time he was if not the best one of the best, but A.I made him look like an average somewhat ineffective defender. Kobe was lockdown on defense just like MJ, he wasn't just offense at all. He really could defend very well and A.I was scoring on him at will
Better than Stephanie aka "35MPG 41%FG 40%3P 3,7APG 5TO per game 22,5PPG IN 2016 NBA FINALS" Curbitch LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Yeah i agree with you man
+D Kaizoku No if you lebron could take it mostly his whole NBA career Steph curry can
lmaooo 5 TO
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Top 5 finals performance ever.Hands down
if anyone ever seen Iverson, he's about 5"10... I'll give em 5"11 at the most.... and to see the way he dominated.... respect!
18 year anniversary of the most disrespectful moment in NBA history lol.
And HOW DID you guys get the replay footage so clear??? No camera from 2001 looks that good in 2019 lol
EDIT: Nearly 2 years later and this video is still one of my favs
At 2:21 Iverson think so quick. The way he drove and quickly pull back to the shot knowing Shaq was ready to block/foul/bodied him!! Just amazing A.I is the man!!!!!!
He could've been greater if it weren't for his bad attitude and lazy work ethics. smh
True
We talkin about practice?
Gimme your ring
+Full dank
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stfu AI always had good work ethic. GOAT
I love AI even though I didn't get to watch him he is one of my favourite players of all time
Damn! How old are you? You missed a GREAT era!
just imagine if A.I. had actual help. like another allstart type player he would have won at least 1 ring.
Look Lebron, AI won a game in the finals with a team of support players =)
I miss the old NBA days. Allen Iverson was a beast and he never sold out. Played with what he had. Didn't have to play with 3 elite players to win.
I'll never forget that NBA Finals 🏀 2001 little Iverson beat LAZY no defense nba player kobe bryant and Shaq at Lakers stadium!! 😂
allen iverson no defense!!??think again!!!??
Allen iverson had one of the worst supporting cast right behind the 2007 cavs. That boy had to carry
We knew that it would be an uphill battle and ultimately came up short. But that Sixers team will forever be loved in Philly.
0:18 who see floyd may whether as a basketball player😂
I remember watching this live. It was sick. The only defender who could even stop Iverson in that series was lue
They left the best part of the broadcast off. As Iverson is walking in the back to the locker room you can hear me yelling at the top of his lungs, Kirk Cousins style, "you can put those goddamn brooms away we ain't going anywhere put those goddamn brooms away"
That step over tho😩🤒🤕AI cold for that💯
Sweet DiccWilley in the waning seconds of OT against T Lue who idolized AI and copied his braids, shit was poetic.
That Lakers team went 16-1 in the playoffs......thanks to AI
That was one of the best single game performances in Finals history. That could’ve been LeBron too in the 2018 NBA Finals. Too bad Allen had no All-Stars surrounding him
He is the 2nd most in PPG in Playoff History, yet he isnt top 50 according to BR. What kind of weed are they smoking bro?
Smartness over heart anyday! A.I. was a great player but the 2001 Lakers had a great 1-2 punch (Shaq/Kobe), decent point who was shooting clutch 3's, Big Shot Rob Horry, and a good bench! Plus they went 15-1 including 8-0 on the road!
What if a heathy tmac teamed up with AI?
Evil Mario Damn....This would have been NASTY man
2nd round knockouts every year
We can't forget this game 1. This is when we thought A.I. would really get his 1st ring. Damn! He murdered Kobe/Shaq here and I hate Mark Madsen's face lol jerk face 4:44
Legends has it that Tyrone still has nightmares over that A.I. crossover.
im a laker fan but i loved this video
same, Iverson is a legend.
Same here....Factss
same ..... why the 76ers beat us in nba finals 2001 game 1 ???? Allen Iverson is the answer
Rick Fox's expression at 3:30..LOL..."Kobe, why hast thou forsaken me?"
I was a teen in Morocco and had to woke-up at 2 am and sneak to watch tv mute to not wake my mom just to watch this legend.
When AI led the whole team by himself with no help and should've vs the kings and could've got a ring
Kings should have been in the finals the following year, 2002.
AI is to the Sixers what LeBron was to the Cavs when they sucked
Para mi es el mejor base de la historia. Si me piden un base para armar un equipo sin pensarlo elegiría a Allen Iverson.
Iverson jugaba de Escolta.
Pero yo lo coloco de base.
Si el base de tu equipo es Iverson mmm...poco futuro.
Un jugador de esa capacidad puede jugar de base.
say yes if u want lil b to curse Kevin Durant again
imma "answer" like last time saw this comment at other video.(do you get it. "Answer")
+My thoughts exactly Huge L Dafuq
+My thoughts exactly Huge L dafuq
lil b showed me that he was soft in removing the curse smh
***** El-oh-el
Love Kobe, but for me AI is still favorite SG
Who else loves the new UA-cam update
im a lakers fan but that jab step at @1:24 made kobe step back so far lmao
Allen Iverson>Stephen curry fax 👐
This finals was clearly rigged smh. If you watch each game fully, you'll see so many fouls commited by the lakers that weren't called for the 76ers. David Stern did everything in his power just so A.I wouldn't win a ring. Allen still dropped 48 on their head tho lmao Iverson will forever be better then Kobe idgaf what anyone says.
POUND FOR POUND...MJ, Magic, Dr J, Kobe, A.I...d...idc what anybody says, that's my top 5 of all time. Maybe replace Dr. J with Archibald or Larry Bird. Fuck lists anyway, but my point is A.I to me is an all time great if you're talking fairness pound for pound. Just like how in boxing my pops would tell me without a doubt Ali is the GOAT, but pound for pound the #2 greatest is Sugar Ray LEONARD
Best NBA crossover. He could shake anyone.
The one time Kobe got absolutely destroyed , come on admit it guys. Kobes still a fucking legend though
aaaaand the lakers' perfect playoff series ended.
LEGENDARY. I remember watching this on a tv with the dials on it...
katy, TX court zodiac $1,500.00
As a rookie he scored 40+ 5 straight games . During this final run he was Avrg 50 seemed liked every other game if not 50 it was 40 especially eastern semis and finals what u ppl don’t understand back than it was more physical you could hand check , there was no easy fouls like today instance HARDEN ! I’ll remind you all that Sixers went 7 games , after 7 games after 7 games just to reach the nba Finals that year and playing 7 games back than was like playing 21 play off games today like I said cuz of physicality he was buried , injured and what not but he was a worrior and didn’t give up got that team to the nba finals it was amazing to watch ( sure the coach Larry brown didn’t know who he had on the bench and never gave him a chance to play Nene , he was better then Gaiger or Mutombo offensively and they needed that vs lakers more than anything and idk why he never gave nene a chance to play back than , also they had raja bell who was solid defender but didn’t play much ) so let’s analyze starting 5 for the Philly Iverson aka the answer can shoot , can take it in whole package , next to him Eric snow it was a miracle when he’d hit a jump shot , mutombo same like snow not a treath offensively at all , Aron McKee he could hit shots also create , and jones catch and shoot guy solid bench player that’s it , bench was Raja Bell , Matt Geiger and that’s about it now how can you beat lakers with just 1 pure shooter/scorer on ur team ? Sure mutombo played great D so did snow and McKee however they needed points didn’t happen as they faced lakers who didn’t even loose a game before the finals who swept everyone easy didn’t brake a sweat while like I said it was 7 games series for iverson and the Sixers , so they come to Los Angeles Iverson was on fire just torching the lakers until T lue came in an shot him down for a while ( as he was grabbing Iverson the whole time , but back than that was the game much better to watch and no calls HARDEN if u just look at somebody ) however Iverson hits a long 3 and after that he was on fire again and who would have thought Iverson and the Sixers five La their first play off loss that year amazing game 2 happened and you could tell that wasn’t the same Allen Iverson we seen tru out the play offs and the game one of the finals , it looked like he wasn’t him self I Thought it would be one game however it just got worse from there on and la beat Sixers 4 straight games and thats all she wrote I belive all those 7 game series and 40,44, 47 52 , 55 , 53 point games finally took a toll on Iverson he basically ran out of the gas and you could tell that on him the way he was playing just like Lebron him self did 2015 finals he ran out of gas sad but true !!!
Allen is one of the best nba player of all time. why you ask because #1. He was able to outplay most of the other nba players despite being much smaller and #2 he was able to bring the shitty 76ers team to playoffs and finals.
Iverson one of the true OGs
take scared with the beard!!!!!now is james harden time!!!2019
1 jordan
2 diamantidis
3 kobe
4 iverson
5 lebron
This nigga better get a 99 contested mid range in 2k17 because it doesn't get better than that. Finals game, Kobe guarding you, and you're still draining them wow respect I was too young at the time of those games didn't really know how great Iverson was
Moneylined the 76ers in this game & took the points. 11.5 if I remember correctly $$$$$$$$$. Lost it all because I took them in the series as well. Oh well.
MVP, DPOTY, COTY, 6thmanOTY winners of that year was with one team? How often is that!!!! Sixers were a pretty cool team that year!!!
The Lakers robbed Sacramento that year anyway. The league knew 76ers didn't have a chance against their favorite Laker team and coach Phil Jackson.
We can talk about mj Kobe and bron but Allen Iverson will always be the poster child for heart in my opinion. The man played like he didn’t mind dying out there
Sixers front office is horrible they had this superstar and didn't got even 1 ring, No help for A.I like another 18ppg guy...
Allen iverson answer is NBA Hall of fame
Favorite game of all time. Watched it live at military school in 8th grade. I fell in love with AI as a player. Not the best best by far my favorite of all time baby.
How the hell did AI get this team to the finals?
Iverson was a bad, bad man. That step over on Lue is one of the all-time classic shots.
Every field goal was nothing but net too!! Absolutely legendary performance.
I think kyrie have better handles & finishing. AI more into jumpshot & quickness and deadly crossovers