Yep! Same here. Back when the NBA was so fun to watch. It's night and day between that era of the NBA and today's game, where they just chuck 3s at will.
Same. It's crazy the amount of memory recall that happens when rewatching these games. You get the same feeling in the stomach every time you see Shaq miss a pivotal free throw in crunch time 😂 You remember these emotions lol
Shaq too. He came over to guard Nash-TWICE-wayyy out on the court,he doesn't usually do this,but,he put in the effort on defense like his team-mates.I respect him for that.
i remember watching this with my dad live. i went to shower thinking the game was over and to come out and we were down by 7.. one of the best nba games ever. ill never forget this day.. RIP DAD
Nothing was better than being a Laker fan during this era. The sports bars were packed, with waitresses in tight Shaq and Kobe jerseys. My favorite bar was in Santa Monica, across from the ocean. Santa Monica has some of the best sunsets in the world. So we'd drink and enjoy our team with this massive orange orb, seemingly within touching distance. A lot of us needed those drinks too because as Chick Hearn used to say, it was nervous time more times than not. Life was good. Most of us still had to find a payphone to make call. And if you called a taxi you waited 1 or 2 hours or more. But we loved it. And we loved the Lakers.
Kobe with the defense on nash to create the turnover and then the clutch bucket on the other end. Also, they made that massive comeback and only took a couple of threes. Crazy.
@@jaredpurcell3982Hell yeah. Just the whole atmosphere was different back then. Them rivalries was serious. Nowadays there arent any real rivalries, game doesnt feel as serious anymore. Feels like a big YMCA exhibition league or some.
@@inthedarkwoods2022 That's the one of the dumbest things I've heard in my life. If we are talking about athletes, most of the popular sports today were not invented that long ago, so there aren't that many legendary players to remember, which makes it much easier to remember players compared to, for example, remembering various kings and emperors who ruled in different periods of humanity. And if you truly think that all significant people are forgotten, how do you know about, for example, the Roman emperors who ruled more than 2000 years ago (that's just an example)? How do you know about Jesus Christ? Think a little before you spit out some nonsense in the comments.
Love how they played hard, I miss these good old days. The fact they actually play the game of basketball without mindlessly shooting threes every single possession is very refreshing.
It’s funny that early on in this video you can hear the announcers talking about Sacramento and Dallas as the two teams to watch out for, with no mention of San Antonio.
@@Jomitheelf San Antonio got the #1 seed over Dallas largely because of this game, if the Mavs hadn't blown this game they finish 61-21 and 1 game ahead of the Spurs in the standings.
@@edricgonzalez2235They weren't doomed. Horry missed an in n out 3 that he always made otherwise Lakers win. The next season Spurs should have won and Fisher hit impossible .4 shot. That's just basketball.
@@OGUA-camR187Playoff positioning is always very important and sometimes it is better to avoid certain teams. The problem with this Laker team was that it seemingly was playing from behind every night and by the end of the series against the Spurs the team had guys like Fox and George injured. That 2002-2003 season was extremely rough for the Lakers.
Mavs fan here. I will never ever forget this choke job by us. I believe this was like our 2nd or 3rd loss that season thus far. I was sitting there dumbfounded on how we let that happen. This was also during the time where the Mavs couldn't beat LA in LA for years.
You guys were 14-2 and I believe best start in NBA history at that point. You had lost 23 games in a row in LA and ended up breaking this streak the following game in LA
@@applebutter4036 Yeah I knew our ceiling was the West Finals. No way were they beating the Spurs or Lakers in a 7 game series. The NBA finals was that West Semis between Spurs and Lakers as a matter of fact. If the Mavs did get past the Spurs, they would have easily dispatched of the Nets imo.
I remember watching this live. We changed the channel after the 3rd for like 5 minutes then decided to flip back real fast just to see what the score was and we caught the rest of the game. Truly memorable. I miss this era of NBA so much. You watch this then you watch the NBA of today and scratch your head at how far it has fallen
Not only that, but look at how fluid that play was. They didn't even need to take a timeout for it. The setup and trust in Kobe by his teammates was smooth. That's what's lacking in today's nba. Majority of plays now seem forced and rigid
Wow, what a time. Seeing guys go towards the basket as the primary means of scoring is so refreshing. 3 pointers were apart of the game, not seemingly the entire game in of itself like it is today.
timely shots, strategic moves in every posession, getting to the right position burning the clock and most importantly execution, this is how basketball is played. nowadays, its just jacking up a lot of shots from 3 without recognizing the shot clock hoping it will go in.
Nowadays, the NBA is all about having five players stand outside and shoot three-pointers and nothing else. There aren't even any defenses anymore. Before, there were a lot more fundamentals and the stars players played all 82 games.
When the NBA was worth watching. Haven’t enjoyed watching basketball at all the past few years. Seeing this video made me remember why I fell in love with the game in the first place.
No load management crap, no lame dances, teams playing defence, no one jacking up 3 pointers 4 seconds into the shot clock, bigs playing in the post instead of wandering around three point line... and Kobe being Kobe. God, I miss this era so bad
I remember I watched this game for the first time when I was 11, not when it happened, but as an ESPN Classics rebroadcast in 2004, right around Christmas time. I remember getting so absurdly excited, even though I knew it was just a replay. I'm celebrating like hell, crying a little when they complete the comeback. My 9 year old brother is like, "Of course they won, why else would it be an ESPN Classic?" Lol.
The dude that made me fall in love with basketball. Eventually LeBron turned out to be my favorite player in 2008 and later but gosh 2005-2006 Nash was him
The dude that made me fall in love with basketball. Eventually LeBron turned out to be my favorite player in 2008 and later but gosh 2005-2006 Nash was him
Insanely underappreciated by some casuals. The smallest guy on the court, relatively unathletic yet such a beast. Beautiful flair, solid fundamentals and a great great shooter. I wish he had shot in bigger volumes throughout his career
Kids: Watch the defense. Watch how guys are being picked up at 70 feet. Guys are being crowded. Shots are contested by multiple players. There's no space. That's why scores were lower, % were lower, etc.
Hey old head....like the other guy said...watch how Shaq guards the pick and roll...any elite three point shooting guard or big men would torch the Lakers with that type of defense. Notice how this is a close game at the end....defense is exactly like this in the clutch in the game today as well. Stop looking at a couple of bad defensive teams and generalizing that type of defense for every team in the league. Literally watch a team like the Rockets or Celtics....smh
Curry would get eaten alive by 2000s defense it’s the dead ball era of the NBA it’s the equivalent to MLB 1900s-1910s baseball while Steph plays in the steroid era 1990s-2000s
@mistertoppy Lmao still overrating the defense back then when they would have zero idea on how to guard the perimeter. Curry would light these niggas up
Kids nowadays, notice how the Lakers starters are starting the fourth quarter!!!No load management and no giving up like NBA teams and coaches today!Great times
@@bdanka50 Not true. The players who load manage cannot start some 4th quarters bc they're not playing that game, right. NBA is soft as Charmin TP rn and this is why this old video of just 1 quarter has over 65,000 views in less than half a day!
We have seen more 20 + point comebacks in the last couple of years than any other time in NBA history. Don't get me wrong, I grew up watching the Shaq and Kobe Lakers, but the NBA is still awesome.
I don’t understand this caricature people have painted in their heads about the modern NBA. It’s exciting to watch. This game was also exciting to watch. People act like modern players are wearing bubble wrap and crying between free throws because their pinky hurts
@@Goodmourning412 I'll give u a great ex to help you understand it friend. Joel Embiid, one of the NBAs supposed stars, wants to sit out the season opener. The kicker is, he rested for months and he was injury free. And on top of all that, he says he doesn't want to play back2back games this season. This guy plays center, the position that's supposed to hold it down for the team any given night. The biggest guys on the court. What kind of message do u think that sends? He might as well wear band aids when he gets little papercuts in my eyes. Dont even get me started on Ben Simmons or Lebron
Well the lakers were running their offense against a zone for much of this clip, gotta move the ball on the perimeter to bust it. Mavs just ran the pick and roll over and over.
My dad has been a Lakers fan since Jerry West…. Long before the days of the 3-peat. He and I used to go to my grandparents house and we’d watch the Lakers…. Surprisingly I’m a Cavs fan, but I still like to see the Lakers do well, for my dad’s sake. That said, the years of Michael Jordan and then the Shaq-Bryant era was such a good time of basketball. Yea! I know, it was nothing like the 60’s 70’s and 80’s but I still loved it.
Please tell me what you see here that I don’t see besides step back 3’s. It was so many 3pt attempts here because none of these guys could shoot midrange. Nash, Dirk and Kobe are the only ones taking mid range shots. Little mobility or agility being displayed .
@ maybe cause you’re not a kid anymore and life is too time consuming to keep up with it. Because many games recently a player has willed his teams to victory like this performance. Or you just really don’t like ball.
This was the time when watching basketball was thrilling and fun. Apart from the legendary come back, the game is beautiful. I noticed how I really missed watching that kind of ball only upon seeing it for an entire quarter. I believe what makes the most sense is to start watching random full games from 90s or early 2000s.
This game had gigantic implications as it turned out in 2002-03. Dallas tied San Antonio for the league's best record, but the Spurs had tiebreakers (they swept LA, Dallas lost thrice including this one). The Spurs got all the spoils- division title, best record in conference and league, home-court advantage all postseason. If the Mavs just hold onto that 4th quarter lead, they're the #1 seed and have homecourt advantage all the way.
@@chrisuncleahmad789 yeah. It's bad but I hardly think anyone is thinking about postseason implications that early into the season. It's a historically blown lead though.
This NBA era was built differently. The intensity, the suspense, the thrill of the chase. A regular game felt a movie. Games these days can never be compared nor comprehend with what we had before. Missing this 2000s NBA era
I remember watching this game live. It was a great fun as a Laker back in the day. After Kobe's dunk I was full of hope and at the end Lakers won. But now I noticed something. Look at 16:26. I've never seen Shaq focused on defense that much :)
My brother and me used to stake awake to watch NBA games.Oh we have loved this combo with Shaq and Kobe.❤.Greeting from Croatia to all good basketball fans..
I remember watching this in high school and going crazy. There was just something about this Laker team. No lead seemed insurmountable. They were going to make a run at some point.
Wow this was beautiful intense basketball!!! So many things we don't see in today's game: pressure defense, moving the ball and running plays, mid range shooting, post up play with back to basket, holy crap I miss this era.
When the game was beautiful to watch. Young Kobe was lethal on every aspect of the game. Offense and Defense. He could get 60 points if he wanted to and you can tell that he wants to take it over but he sticks to the coaches game plan, run the triangle offense, and gets everyone involved. That’s how he won his 4th and 5th ring back 2 back championships.💜💛824
I went to this game with my dad. He was given two really good seats, especially for us. He wanted to leave. Get ahead of traffic, And I told him, how often we go to Lakers games, especially those seats. Still the greatest game I been to
I remember this vividly; I was a freshman at UCLA hanging out in Rieber Hall with my friend Mohammed and our RA Nick said he’d have to write us up if we didn’t quiet down but he was cool because he understood the brilliance of what was going on. This happened when I was 18, I’m 40 now this was just incredible to watch as it happened this was a blast I don’t know how to describe it
Wow even the crowd excitement was far noticeable during this era of basketball. Crashing the boards..hack-a-shaq and all the good stuff we never see now. Darn shame.
Miss Kobe Man!! What defines a Mamba Mentality🐍🖤.. Carried the whole team behind his back in the 4th, Insane Comeback🙌🏽👏🏽💪🏽 Rest in Paradise Mamba!!🙏🏽💫
The fact that the Lakers starting players were on the floor at the start of the 4th quarter. Its early in the season, Lakers already having 3-peated, the move would usually be to sit the starters for early rest and call it a game basically.
I loved how Kobe didnt settle for jump shots, he literally had the mavs on their heels. When he noticed the defense was just standing around trying to get set he blew pass Van Exel. Such great IQ from the best player of my generation.
Sometimes, when I start to forget what it's like to watch a game wherein 3 levels are actually utilized to score the ball, I throw on an old game like this and remember why I fell in love with basketball in the first place.
Back when they shot a bunch of 2 pointers.. Now they shoot a bunch of 3 pointers.. How dare they change up the way they score!! This isn't Football, Soccer, Baseball or all the rest of the sports that play the same way over and over and over and over!! I'm outraged!!!!!!!!
Its better. This was so slow. Offensively not as entartaining. Thats why rhey make fouls lighter cuz its better to watch then everyone getting pecked. Stop this bs
i watched this game in 22 years ago , and now watching it again today in Jan 11,2024. I missed this era and miss Kobe. RIP my man... i cried and swallow it.
the thing that stands out the most is the volume of the crowd. Crypto , even tho the same arena, just doesnt have the same effect. Lakers fans were more passionate and had more to cheer about back then
Shaq averaged 38 points and 16 rebounds in the 2000 Finals series that Kobe averaged 15.6 points on a .367 shooting percentage. I love Kobe but cmon, Shaq did his fair share during their time together and was the primary reason they threepeated.
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I miss this era!
Who isn't??
but I was told they were fighting with spears and maces on defense
@@DDON-s2q🤣🤣
Same
I don’t probably the best era in basketball though
Best quality of this game I've seen. I hope the NBA channel uploads more from the archive!
A rare win for the official NBA channel. Correct deinterlacing and straight-from-the-ESPN-vault digital tape. Amazing.
Yes.. please @nba
Doing that time there no 1080 he crying like he gonna get HD pictures
Shaq sucks
I can't believe I watched the whole video. I clicked thinking I'll skip some parts but man this game was so good.
Same
Yep! Same here. Back when the NBA was so fun to watch. It's night and day between that era of the NBA and today's game, where they just chuck 3s at will.
Same. It's crazy the amount of memory recall that happens when rewatching these games. You get the same feeling in the stomach every time you see Shaq miss a pivotal free throw in crunch time 😂 You remember these emotions lol
Here now and this about my 5th time watching throughout the years...never gets old
The NBA was so good during this time. I miss these days.
Kobes face shows how competitive he was, dude was sick
Shaq too. He came over to guard Nash-TWICE-wayyy out on the court,he doesn't usually do this,but,he put in the effort on defense like his team-mates.I respect him for that.
@@digiiiib Too much rape for my taste.
@@digiiiib Too much r@pe for my taste.
@@digiiiib He also raped someone
@@digiiiib I agree. He absolutely refused anyone to say "no" on or off the court.
i remember watching this with my dad live. i went to shower thinking the game was over and to come out and we were down by 7.. one of the best nba games ever. ill never forget this day.. RIP DAD
It wasn't greatest, it that Dallas bricked like mf & Lakers caught up.
@@fernandomartinez5812the lakers defense stopped the mavs and the lakers were shooting breaks all game until the 4th
You’re not a real Laker fan 😂 same like those Heat fans game 6 vs Spurs
regular season game...can't be one of the best ever
Nothing was better than being a Laker fan during this era. The sports bars were packed, with waitresses in tight Shaq and Kobe jerseys. My favorite bar was in Santa Monica, across from the ocean. Santa Monica has some of the best sunsets in the world. So we'd drink and enjoy our team with this massive orange orb, seemingly within touching distance. A lot of us needed those drinks too because as Chick Hearn used to say, it was nervous time more times than not.
Life was good. Most of us still had to find a payphone to make call. And if you called a taxi you waited 1 or 2 hours or more. But we loved it. And we loved the Lakers.
Great times to be a Lakers fan indeed
No doubt these were absolutely great times. I still think that the Showtime Era was better, but the Shaq-Kobe Era was a close second.
So nostalgic & stil baffles me how much better steve nash was without dirk strangley even though both hall of famers no doubt
Us laker fans were so spoiled man, good ol days. Literally everyone in LA watched and were passionate as heck. It will never happen again.
i love to hear it! Cheers!
Kobe with the defense on nash to create the turnover and then the clutch bucket on the other end. Also, they made that massive comeback and only took a couple of threes. Crazy.
2002-2003 kobe was his prime, even better than the 35 pts season. Dude was truly the cloest thing to mike that year.
8 >> 24
Looks like crap. Smells like crap. Tastes like crap.
I wonder why he didn’t guard nash in the 2006 playoffs
@@lioninthesun someone get this man some pepper to go with that 🧂🧂🧂 wouldn't doubt it one bit if you were a LeBronze fanboy!
I miss this era so much I could cry. Damn games back then were must watch TV!!!!
We're they?
@@jaredpurcell3982Hell yeah. Just the whole atmosphere was different back then. Them rivalries was serious. Nowadays there arent any real rivalries, game doesnt feel as serious anymore. Feels like a big YMCA exhibition league or some.
@@jaredpurcell3982 We are they?
@@jaredpurcell3982yes stupid now go get your Lebron underwear with brown stains
Yeah of course, they put up the highlights of a comeback game. Of course you'll think that all games were like this. Nostalgia is one hell of a drug.
Mamba is indeed forever! 💜💛
He'll be forgotten in 100 years. Everyone is forgotten.
@@erzalovesthesun9602 he's dead.
@@inthedarkwoods2022 We still remember washington dumbass
@@inthedarkwoods2022 That's the one of the dumbest things I've heard in my life. If we are talking about athletes, most of the popular sports today were not invented that long ago, so there aren't that many legendary players to remember, which makes it much easier to remember players compared to, for example, remembering various kings and emperors who ruled in different periods of humanity. And if you truly think that all significant people are forgotten, how do you know about, for example, the Roman emperors who ruled more than 2000 years ago (that's just an example)? How do you know about Jesus Christ? Think a little before you spit out some nonsense in the comments.
@@CB-or6cb And legends are forever.
this is probably equivelant to a 35-40 point comeback in todays game. it was an absolute shock how lakers came back and won!!
Anything is possible. When you have the greatest closer to ever play the game.
MJ wasn't a laker
@@aliforever10 shaq?
Back then teams actually played defense.
In today's game they score 35 during a time-out.
This is the game that made me fall in love with basketball! Thank you NBA for rekindling my now bittersweet memories 👑
Just watched the lakers tonight get absolutely torched by the Mavs and came here to remember the good old days.
Look at how Kobe Moves on offense with and without the ball in comparison to the Queen
@@meayers7 One is 40 years old and the other is 24 maximum
@@poly_g6068fr these folk# just don’t realize
@@poly_g6068Lebron was decent offball in miami, the only team he had to get coached for real
@@meayers7 Hating on Lebron all day won't make Kobe better lmao
This was just a regular season game FYI. Has more intensity than playoff games these days. Take me back to this era!!
Love how they played hard, I miss these good old days. The fact they actually play the game of basketball without mindlessly shooting threes every single possession is very refreshing.
Yeah. I miss the balance of the offense too.
Golden era of NBA, miss u kobe
Amen so nostalgic when i was in middle school
2025 we prefer to watch old NBA games, the present is a tragedy.
Pretty much since 2016
Hit the nail right on the head 👍
LEBRON JAMES ruined the NBA
@@kennysdead500no. That was the beginning of end. More like 2012
nauso na kasi ang sugal kaya maraming fix game
Lakers started this season 11-19 in their first 30 games . And then in the next 52 games, they played great, going 39-13
But that bad start doomed the Lakers in the long run and ended with the loss to the Spurs in the playoffs.
It’s funny that early on in this video you can hear the announcers talking about Sacramento and Dallas as the two teams to watch out for, with no mention of San Antonio.
@@Jomitheelf San Antonio got the #1 seed over Dallas largely because of this game, if the Mavs hadn't blown this game they finish 61-21 and 1 game ahead of the Spurs in the standings.
@@edricgonzalez2235They weren't doomed. Horry missed an in n out 3 that he always made otherwise Lakers win. The next season Spurs should have won and Fisher hit impossible .4 shot. That's just basketball.
@@OGUA-camR187Playoff positioning is always very important and sometimes it is better to avoid certain teams. The problem with this Laker team was that it seemingly was playing from behind every night and by the end of the series against the Spurs the team had guys like Fox and George injured. That 2002-2003 season was extremely rough for the Lakers.
Brian Shaw hit some big time shots !
Always had great chemistry with Shaq. ShawShaq Redemption!
That was an actual play they had in Orlando 🤣🤣🤝🏿h@@jermaineonealnumber7
Mavs fan here. I will never ever forget this choke job by us. I believe this was like our 2nd or 3rd loss that season thus far. I was sitting there dumbfounded on how we let that happen. This was also during the time where the Mavs couldn't beat LA in LA for years.
You guys were 14-2 and I believe best start in NBA history at that point. You had lost 23 games in a row in LA and ended up breaking this streak the following game in LA
That team was good. Had a chance to win a championship if Dirk stays healthy. Although the Spurs were damn good back then too.
@@applebutter4036 Yeah I knew our ceiling was the West Finals. No way were they beating the Spurs or Lakers in a 7 game series. The NBA finals was that West Semis between Spurs and Lakers as a matter of fact. If the Mavs did get past the Spurs, they would have easily dispatched of the Nets imo.
@@fantasyEXX Yeah thanks. Frustrating era for Mavs fans but seeing as what we went through in the 90s, we were happy.
I thought "thus" means "there for"
...... so you can also substitute it for ("so far" or "this far")
Interesting, I did not know that.
I remember watching this live. We changed the channel after the 3rd for like 5 minutes then decided to flip back real fast just to see what the score was and we caught the rest of the game. Truly memorable. I miss this era of NBA so much. You watch this then you watch the NBA of today and scratch your head at how far it has fallen
You know you're old when you remember watching the game and there was no HD. 😆
True
Real shit,, this is the era I grew up on ,, love it
Facts man, we’re officially old 😂
This probably felt like HD back then 😂
Actually this was HD. It was less than a year old
What a joy to watch, Kobe with the clutch buckets in the last few minutes to seal the deal. This is what's missing in today's NBA
Not only that, but look at how fluid that play was. They didn't even need to take a timeout for it. The setup and trust in Kobe by his teammates was smooth. That's what's lacking in today's nba. Majority of plays now seem forced and rigid
This was 02-03 Kobe. Probably his athletic prime. He was moving with such grace.
People forget how good he was. He should be in the hall of fame.
@@sallymae5893😂😂😂😊
Oh I thought it was 04 Kobe playing in 02.
@@89kilemal bro woke up feeling goofy
@@emjay1249 Yes it seems you did.
Wow, what a time. Seeing guys go towards the basket as the primary means of scoring is so refreshing. 3 pointers were apart of the game, not seemingly the entire game in of itself like it is today.
timely shots, strategic moves in every posession, getting to the right position burning the clock and most importantly execution, this is how basketball is played.
nowadays, its just jacking up a lot of shots from 3 without recognizing the shot clock hoping it will go in.
Nowadays, the NBA is all about having five players stand outside and shoot three-pointers and nothing else. There aren't even any defenses anymore. Before, there were a lot more fundamentals and the stars players played all 82 games.
I missed 2000s era, great defense, physical games and not much flopping. KB24 the best in his craft!
The biggest floppers were Ginobilli and Vlade
@@fantasyEXXcry cry cry cry
@@fantasyEXX❄️❄️❄️❄️
@@JRcalifornia Rocking the 17 Crocs.
Miss this era. I remember this game like the back of my hand, watching live from San Antonio as a Spurs fan.
Kobe was built different! GOAT
When the NBA was worth watching.
Haven’t enjoyed watching basketball at all the past few years. Seeing this video made me remember why I fell in love with the game in the first place.
No load management crap, no lame dances, teams playing defence, no one jacking up 3 pointers 4 seconds into the shot clock, bigs playing in the post instead of wandering around three point line... and Kobe being Kobe. God, I miss this era so bad
Rip Kobe
Rip
Hes burning where he belongs
@@apoxalypsewhenwtf
@@apoxalypsewhenhe’s literally catholic so he’s in heaven where he belongs
man Kobe saved their ass soo many times especially after Shaq two late missed fts
I remember I watched this game for the first time when I was 11, not when it happened, but as an ESPN Classics rebroadcast in 2004, right around Christmas time. I remember getting so absurdly excited, even though I knew it was just a replay. I'm celebrating like hell, crying a little when they complete the comeback. My 9 year old brother is like, "Of course they won, why else would it be an ESPN Classic?" Lol.
havent't seen a game like this in a very long time. Something in the NBA needs to change in a big way.
That was real basketball... Beautiful ball movement and defense... Those teams back in those days would destroy the current NBA teams..
Can we just talk about how beautiful my favorite PG Steve Nash's game was
The dude that made me fall in love with basketball. Eventually LeBron turned out to be my favorite player in 2008 and later but gosh 2005-2006 Nash was him
The dude that made me fall in love with basketball. Eventually LeBron turned out to be my favorite player in 2008 and later but gosh 2005-2006 Nash was him
Insanely underappreciated by some casuals. The smallest guy on the court, relatively unathletic yet such a beast. Beautiful flair, solid fundamentals and a great great shooter. I wish he had shot in bigger volumes throughout his career
Kids: Watch the defense. Watch how guys are being picked up at 70 feet. Guys are being crowded. Shots are contested by multiple players. There's no space.
That's why scores were lower, % were lower, etc.
yeah, look at Shaq defendin P&R. Curry would score like 50 with that much space
Hey old head....like the other guy said...watch how Shaq guards the pick and roll...any elite three point shooting guard or big men would torch the Lakers with that type of defense. Notice how this is a close game at the end....defense is exactly like this in the clutch in the game today as well. Stop looking at a couple of bad defensive teams and generalizing that type of defense for every team in the league. Literally watch a team like the Rockets or Celtics....smh
If a team contested shots with multiple players in today's game they would lose every game by 20+
Curry would get eaten alive by 2000s defense it’s the dead ball era of the NBA it’s the equivalent to MLB 1900s-1910s baseball while Steph plays in the steroid era 1990s-2000s
@mistertoppy Lmao still overrating the defense back then when they would have zero idea on how to guard the perimeter. Curry would light these niggas up
Look at em out there trying and hustling!
This is true professional hoops.
Kids nowadays, notice how the Lakers starters are starting the fourth quarter!!!No load management and no giving up like NBA teams and coaches today!Great times
You must not watch the NBA anymore, because all of these things exist today too.
@@bdanka50 Not true. The players who load manage cannot start some 4th quarters bc they're not playing that game, right. NBA is soft as Charmin TP rn and this is why this old video of just 1 quarter has over 65,000 views in less than half a day!
We have seen more 20 + point comebacks in the last couple of years than any other time in NBA history. Don't get me wrong, I grew up watching the Shaq and Kobe Lakers, but the NBA is still awesome.
I don’t understand this caricature people have painted in their heads about the modern NBA. It’s exciting to watch. This game was also exciting to watch. People act like modern players are wearing bubble wrap and crying between free throws because their pinky hurts
@@Goodmourning412 I'll give u a great ex to help you understand it friend. Joel Embiid, one of the NBAs supposed stars, wants to sit out the season opener. The kicker is, he rested for months and he was injury free. And on top of all that, he says he doesn't want to play back2back games this season. This guy plays center, the position that's supposed to hold it down for the team any given night. The biggest guys on the court. What kind of message do u think that sends? He might as well wear band aids when he gets little papercuts in my eyes. Dont even get me started on Ben Simmons or Lebron
Is it just me or the ball movement is so much better back then
Yes the game was much more balanced back then
Well the lakers were running their offense against a zone for much of this clip, gotta move the ball on the perimeter to bust it. Mavs just ran the pick and roll over and over.
Go watch 2014 spurs and 2016 warriors
Ten times better
Trailing by 27 at the start of 4th
Only 4 made 3s
Wow!
That’s the early 2000s offense for ya
These youtube ads are outnof control. Back to back ads when i skip one set and ads every 30 seconds is crazy
My dad has been a Lakers fan since Jerry West…. Long before the days of the 3-peat.
He and I used to go to my grandparents house and we’d watch the Lakers…. Surprisingly I’m a Cavs fan, but I still like to see the Lakers do well, for my dad’s sake.
That said, the years of Michael Jordan and then the Shaq-Bryant era was such a good time of basketball.
Yea! I know, it was nothing like the 60’s 70’s and 80’s but I still loved it.
It’s so refreshing to watch real basketball and not the crap that’s out there today.
@@erickjudge6129 Good one vanilla bean take McGee.
Please tell me what you see here that I don’t see besides step back 3’s. It was so many 3pt attempts here because none of these guys could shoot midrange. Nash, Dirk and Kobe are the only ones taking mid range shots. Little mobility or agility being displayed .
@@ScoutsHonor.this days boring to watch
@@ScoutsHonor.less emotion.less electricity
@ maybe cause you’re not a kid anymore and life is too time consuming to keep up with it. Because many games recently a player has willed his teams to victory like this performance. Or you just really don’t like ball.
This was the time when watching basketball was thrilling and fun. Apart from the legendary come back, the game is beautiful. I noticed how I really missed watching that kind of ball only upon seeing it for an entire quarter. I believe what makes the most sense is to start watching random full games from 90s or early 2000s.
Much more entertaining than any NBA game today.
This was a classic! It was a Friday night to remember. We had a great time after watching this crazy comeback.
This game had gigantic implications as it turned out in 2002-03.
Dallas tied San Antonio for the league's best record, but the Spurs had tiebreakers (they swept LA, Dallas lost thrice including this one).
The Spurs got all the spoils- division title, best record in conference and league, home-court advantage all postseason.
If the Mavs just hold onto that 4th quarter lead, they're the #1 seed and have homecourt advantage all the way.
Nash cost the Mavs this game
@@dxtremecaliber how tf you figure that? he was the only mav to score in the first few minutes, and it seemed like no one wanted the ball
This was very early into the season (the 19th for Dallas). Anything could've happened. It was not like it was an April game.
@@kawaiiafangirl Still......... a 27 point 4th quarter blown lead
@@chrisuncleahmad789 yeah. It's bad but I hardly think anyone is thinking about postseason implications that early into the season. It's a historically blown lead though.
This NBA era was built differently. The intensity, the suspense, the thrill of the chase. A regular game felt a movie. Games these days can never be compared nor comprehend with what we had before. Missing this 2000s NBA era
I miss this era of basketball!
I remember watching this game live. It was a great fun as a Laker back in the day. After Kobe's dunk I was full of hope and at the end Lakers won. But now I noticed something. Look at 16:26. I've never seen Shaq focused on defense that much :)
My brother and me used to stake awake to watch NBA games.Oh we have loved this combo with Shaq and Kobe.❤.Greeting from Croatia to all good basketball fans..
I remember watching this in high school and going crazy. There was just something about this Laker team. No lead seemed insurmountable. They were going to make a run at some point.
Wow this was beautiful intense basketball!!! So many things we don't see in today's game: pressure defense, moving the ball and running plays, mid range shooting, post up play with back to basket, holy crap I miss this era.
There's nobody playing now that could stop shaq.....prove me wrong.
325lbs 7 foot 1
Facts
Prime Shaq would obliterate the game today.
And he was a monster on defense. Very quick feet. I slept on that part of his game as a kid.
Growing up watching the Lakers, the only one that can stop shaq was shaq is foul trouble, and his free throw shooting 😂
no one with a phone in the crowd. what a beauty :)
This was BASKETBALL. I LOVED this game.
When the game was beautiful to watch. Young Kobe was lethal on every aspect of the game. Offense and Defense. He could get 60 points if he wanted to and you can tell that he wants to take it over but he sticks to the coaches game plan, run the triangle offense, and gets everyone involved. That’s how he won his 4th and 5th ring back 2 back championships.💜💛824
Kobe with a deep bag, coming through in the clutch as usual.
What a game! What an ERA!! Modern Nba better step up its game! This video is all you need to be motivated.
Kobe was so cold 🥶 🐐
Nobody jacking up 3s in transition, no iso plays, tough defense…this is basketball. I could watch this on loop over a single game of modern NBA
Thank you, Kobe!
to see old lakers games with young kobe on fire is awesome
Notice the intensity and feeling in the game down the stretch. This is a regular season game folks.
No.. I don't
I went to this game with my dad. He was given two really good seats, especially for us. He wanted to leave. Get ahead of traffic, And I told him, how often we go to Lakers games, especially those seats. Still the greatest game I been to
I miss when the court wasn’t covered in bullsh*t advertisements.
Actual defense and offensive strategy. I miss these days. 28 point comeback and they only made a couple of threes. Crazy.
Shaw to Shaq. 🏀
The ShawShaq redemption
I remember this vividly; I was a freshman at UCLA hanging out in Rieber Hall with my friend Mohammed and our RA Nick said he’d have to write us up if we didn’t quiet down but he was cool because he understood the brilliance of what was going on. This happened when I was 18, I’m 40 now this was just incredible to watch as it happened this was a blast I don’t know how to describe it
Wow even the crowd excitement was far noticeable during this era of basketball. Crashing the boards..hack-a-shaq and all the good stuff we never see now. Darn shame.
Thank you for posting this! I haven't smiled this much watching a Laker game in a long time.
As a Celtics fan growing up my favorite player was Kobe Bryant i miss this damn era we’ll never get it back
Kobes Reverse lay up will for ever remain in my soul and heart for ever! RIP
Wish we could turn back time ⏲️
We did amigo,it's called nostalgia. It only lasts a little moment tho,so,enjoy the ride.
Miss Kobe Man!! What defines a Mamba Mentality🐍🖤.. Carried the whole team behind his back in the 4th, Insane Comeback🙌🏽👏🏽💪🏽
Rest in Paradise Mamba!!🙏🏽💫
that was the time, god I miss time, and it was so long ago! Crazy😢
I miss the Mamba man!! ❤ You 4 Eva for what you did for the game of 🏀 Kobe!! R. I. P. 👑
The fact that the Lakers starting players were on the floor at the start of the 4th quarter.
Its early in the season, Lakers already having 3-peated, the move would usually be to sit the starters for early rest and call it a game basically.
I loved how Kobe didnt settle for jump shots, he literally had the mavs on their heels. When he noticed the defense was just standing around trying to get set he blew pass Van Exel. Such great IQ from the best player of my generation.
Kobe was unreal 💯
RIP 💔
Sometimes, when I start to forget what it's like to watch a game wherein 3 levels are actually utilized to score the ball, I throw on an old game like this and remember why I fell in love with basketball in the first place.
back when nba was real good
Back when they shot a bunch of 2 pointers.. Now they shoot a bunch of 3 pointers.. How dare they change up the way they score!! This isn't Football, Soccer, Baseball or all the rest of the sports that play the same way over and over and over and over!! I'm outraged!!!!!!!!
@@Ebstarrunner Lmao oldheads man
Its better. This was so slow. Offensively not as entartaining. Thats why rhey make fouls lighter cuz its better to watch then everyone getting pecked. Stop this bs
Yeah because instead of shooting a bunch of threes there are now shooting a bunch of midrange jumpers.....so much better
Yep and some snowflakes here the truth hurt their feelings lol like @jordancromwell ❄️👇
No team will miss like that in today's era.😅
This doesn't even look like the same sport played today. Pretty amazing basketball.
This was a random game in December. 😅 feels like a conference final
@@THEMASTER26 Exactly. These dudes showed up.
Oldschool NBA early 2000's is insane.
A 25 point deficit then was equavalent to a 40 pt deficit today.
i watched this game in 22 years ago , and now watching it again today in Jan 11,2024. I missed this era and miss Kobe. RIP my man... i cried and swallow it.
Kobe carried them
Probably has a back ache from all that carrying he did
why did he have 6 points the whole first 3 quarters tho
@@mmurddon’t matter how you start, only how you finish
@@danielzavala4528 No like im actually curious what happened
@@mmurd dude started off bad, this happens to everyone here and therr
this where the days boys... just like the 90s, we didnt know how good we had it back then... nostalgia...
I think they do go back and realize how much they needed each other. A wise saying.
The era that Lakers basketball took a special place in my heart. Kobe and Shaq were monsters of the game!
Man, the stress of watching this game. But that ending 😘
For some reason i never thought we would lose this game
I still can't believe I worked out of the game in the 3rd quarter, thinking it was over. R.I.P. Mamba, and thank you for the great memories
The legendary laker bench! I missed this moment😢 RIP kobe
the thing that stands out the most is the volume of the crowd. Crypto , even tho the same arena, just doesnt have the same effect. Lakers fans were more passionate and had more to cheer about back then
Bean with 23 in the 4th 🔥 Top 2
This just reminds me how much more fun it was to watch NBA 25 years ago… the pace & style of play are sooo different compared to today
Golden Era of NBA.
And yall always say Kobe got carried by Shak. Kobe was doing the carrying.
This
Shaq averaged 38 points and 16 rebounds in the 2000 Finals series that Kobe averaged 15.6 points on a .367 shooting percentage.
I love Kobe but cmon, Shaq did his fair share during their time together and was the primary reason they threepeated.
@@kvltiztShaq disappeared in the 4th and would not have won anything without a closer.
@@JamesDeanStudiesLanguage That is demonstrably false.
@@colincausey5980The numbers disagree with you. Please check 4th quarter playoff scoring during their 3pete.
RIP Kobe! I'll never forget the time I spent watching you play your game!