Dwight Howard 2009 NBA Finals vs Lakers - Full Series Highlights
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Dwight Howard Full Series Highlights
2009 NBA Finals
Orlando Magic vs LA Lakers
- 15.4 ppg, 15.2r, 2.2a, 1.6s, 4.0b / 49% fg, 60% ft
Although 2010-11 was Dwight at his peak, no Magic squad during his 8 seasons in Orlando got further than the 2008-09 team did. Led by the 23 year-old Dwight, Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis, the ‘09 Magic finished 3rd amidst the Eastern Conference with 59 wins. En route to the Finals, they defeated Philadelphia in 6, the reigning champion Celtics in 7, and MVP LeBron James’ Cavs in 6.
Orlando fell short of their ultimate goal, but 2009 nonetheless proved to be Dwight’s breakout campaign. It seemed he’d elevated himself from all-star level to superstar status. The high point was likely in game 6 of the ECF, dropping 40 on the Cavaliers to clinch the Magic’s 2nd ever Finals birth. He struggled offensively against the Lakers, but this wasn’t necessarily a surprise. Without a legitimate sidekick at the PF/C spot, 6’10 Dwight was forced to battle two 7-footers (Bynum & Gasol) essentially on his own. No easy buckets were given, and lots of fouls were taken. The most notable of which surfaced with 11 seconds left in the 4th quarter of game 4. Nothing but “what ifs” regarding those two free throws.
Dwight’s season was filled with much individual accomplishment. He led the NBA in rebounds and blocks per game, becoming only the 5th player in league history to lead both categories in the same season. On November 12th of ‘08, he recorded his first and only career triple double with 30 points, 19 rebounds and 10 blocks. On February 17th, Dwight became the only player ever to post at least 45 and 19 with 8 blocks in a single game (blocks counted as official statistic starting in 1973-74). He made his 3rd straight All-Star appearance, was named to his 2nd consecutive All-NBA 1st Team, and claimed his 1st of 3 Defensive Player of the Year awards.
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man I miss the late 2000s early 2010s, life was good d rose, kobe ,dwight, melo were all crazy good. Cod black ops and mw2, gta 4 life was good
It’s the GTA 4 for me as well 💔
@@rendylie6182 You’re dumb AF and your English if even more broken AF even for internet slang standards.
So you miss being a kid and playing video games? Boy get a job and start making money that shit way better than sitting around.
STG!!! The league had more balance. Even team had a legit star.
90's for me, the rage of rodman
Dwight is the reason we never got to see a LeBron vs Kobe finals!
Dwight was a 6’10 Center against 2 seven footers Gasol and Bynum. Lakers kept triple teaming him too just shows how dominant he was at only 23.
6'11" but still
@@FinesseTheFrankDW isn’t 6’11 without shoes.
@@jemje2007 yeah but everyone plays in shoes lol not barefoot 😂
@@folkscrazyouthere3076 basketball shoes won’t add 1 inch. More likely half inch. He is 6’975 without shoes in fact. With shoes, still not 6’11. Also, skull height isn’t something to look at. It is the shoulder height.
Amazing. Miss prime Dwight. Can’t believe he did this in Year 5 as a 23 year old.
People take Dwight for granted for no reason.
The media and D’Antioni 👌
25 years old you mean.
@@andrealettich he was 23 in this series and turned 24 later that calendar year.
He peaked early like DWade
You know Howard was a beast when two 7 footers and a 6'10 small forward triple teams him inside and still make a basket or draw fouls.
People forgot very fast how Dwight carried the entire Team to the finals beating LeBron and others
"Carried" is a bit much. Lewis and Turkoglu were great all playoffs too (in the finals they even ended up outscoring Howard, who struggled mightly against the Gasol/Odom combo). Alston was a pretty decent replacement for Nelson (who was in All-Star shape that year, before getting injured). The Magic had a good coaching and bench that year.
@@magnumcornetto Man Dwight Dominated the inside presence all playoffs. You should watch him in Orlando days
@@magnumcornetto he carried that team, numbers don’t lie go back and check them..
@@magnumcornettoHedo?? 😂
As an Orlando Fan, Orlando had a full team w/D-12 as the front runner
Crazy how raw this man was on offense, and still averaged 21.7 in the playoffs through sheer strength and physicality
Feel like his ceiling offensively would’ve been Giannis, man that would’ve been special
if he's that raw then his first point here wouldn't be a left handed running hook. Y'all casuals always discrediting physical specimens skillset. First shaq, then lebron, giannis and now dwight. Yea all of them have no "bags" lol
@@Trenacetate43wtf are you talking bout ? 😂
@@MildyPositive talking about you niggas disrecpeting his skillsets. If he didnt have skill hed be like deandre jordan
11 years later, he wins a chip with the team that beat him in his first finals.
Crazy it was in Orlando too
And the next year, wins a chip beating that Lakers team the finals 💯
#HereTheyCome
11 years later basketball game becomes 3 point competition every night lol
@@YouMaaadlol333 LMAOOOOOOO
@@jemje2007 cry
If only Howard and T-Mac crossed their ways in Orlando.
yeah damn!!
And he didn’t make make the top 75. What a shame!
That arm sleeved of Dwight was super dope.
💯💯💯legendary lol
D-How was a beast and he should still be in the NBA today!
prime dwight was such a beast im convinced if he had another prime super star he wouldve won 1 for the magic
Before the Big 3 days I always wanted to see him and LeBron play together.
Dwight was a beast too bad injuries stopped him, Lakers had Bynum and gasol to send at Howard just look at the paint when Howard has the ball in it always double teamed
12:32 is one of the best/smartest play by Kobe in his Career. If he didn't hard foul on Howard, that's game
Howard and magic blew it in game 4
Damn if Dwight even made 1 out of those 2 free throws with 10 seconds left in game 4 they would have won that game and tied the series, and then could have easily won game 6 at home coming in with all the momentum and maybe even the NBA championship. Crazy how just a few free throws defined the winner and loser of a championship
Nah back than it was 2-3-2 format. Notice how game 5 was in Orlando also, so game 6 and 7 would have been at Staples center in LA. But I do agree with you about if Dwight Howard make 1 of Free throws they win that game and tie the series up 2-2 going into game 5 at home once again with all the momentum. It definitely would of went 7 fashow 💪🏾💯 and they lose game 2 by 5 points like it was a close series besides game 1 when the Lakers blew them out
@@Moneybagg-Joe14 I miss the 2-3-2 format
Only if Courtney lee made that alley oop layup in game 2
These series were much closer than people remember / give Orlando credit for. It was 4-1, but could have easily went to 7 games.
The magic blew it in game 4
Courtney Lee choked
Look forward to more highlights of Prime Dwight Howard👏
I just became infuriated watching this over. Dwight Howard my favorite center all time. Kobe was my boy so I was torn watching this. Stan and jameer sold, hedo and Mikael folded and the lakers were just battle tested enough to beat them. Lamar helped in big spurts. Fisher hit clutch 3s. Gasol was a machine. Dwight had 3 guys plus on him ever time he touched the ball. All these other centers talk and aint carry a franchise yet. It was great seeing joker lead that charge. basketball played by all kinds of talents 🙌🏿
Crazy too how in the regular season the magic were beating the lakers too. They just lacked experienced and I agree with all your points too added on.
People need to stop sowing the discord between Kobe and Dwight when it is so clear that Kobe truly respected him! Just look at how he tried to defend him after the Lakers 3 big men couldn't do nothing.
You play that hard against someone because he is your rival, and not someone soft!
Both these teams were so stacked. Kobe, Pau, Odom, Ariza. Howard, Skip to ma Lou, Rashard Lewis, Hedo and Peja was on the bench. What a series 👏🏽
What are you talking about bro? 😂Please tell me who are Ariza, who is Odom? All those players are jist role players, good role players and that's it, Lakers weren't stacked, Kobe was just insanee in these series and that's why they won in 5 games, he averaged over 32 points per game and 8 assists. Maybe only Pau was teammate who helped him a little bit more, bit still, I think he averaged only 16 points in those finals soo... Lakers were good, but Kobe did 90% of the job.
peja wasnt there
@@hristijandimitrovski8664 oh come on, gtfoh, they were decently stacked, sure lakers team could have had a more stacked superteam but this is the late 2000s, without that team, kobe goes back to 1st round exits
@@hristijandimitrovski8664"Please tell me who are Ariza, who is Odom?" Lmao this statement just shows you are a casual. You really thought you did something
@@vicnovicio those players aren't on the same level as Wade, Bosh, Kyrie, Davis, even Rondo... All of you praise Artest because of how "great he was in game 7", but go check his stats. He had 20 points, but he had 30% efficiency or maybe even below. That's not good. Pau was also extremely inefficient in that game soo it's not Kobe who played bad in that game 7, but all of them because that was insanee game defensively all the time. Kobe was the best player all the time. And all those players are ROLE players, just role players and that's it.
Crazy how the way the game has changed… i seen so many open 3’s being passed up in favor of a low post game catering to Howard’ cause he was the star of the team but also because the tempo, defense and spacing was different
Idk if you were watching the NBA back then or not but this Orlando team was actually built on three point shooting, one of the first teams structured that way. No one was running 4 out with a team full of shooters and one post before this, other than the Suns with Nash and Dantoni.
Also on feeding Dwight on the low post, it definitely worked. They were competitive because of it. Which is why I hate that he got a reputation for not being good at it and people wanted him to play like non superstar bums like DJ and just set screens all game
@@hussein6173 He’s talking about 3 point attempts relative to today. They shot a lot of 3’s for that era but teams take 34 3’s a game. Teams took 18 3’s a game in 2009.
As much as i loved Howard back in this tie, the lakers did an amazing defensive job on him.
Imagine a prime Dwight on a team with the 3pt shooting they have in the league today. Could be game over, not many centers can contain him in the paint
2000s babies stand up ! We don’t even realize how lucky and blessed we’re are and we’re to experience such eras miss those days man now it’s scary times
the curse of free throws for orlando
2021 and still watching
Ironically he won a ring with the Lakers later in his career
This one really pissed me off, I was rooting for Dwight he was my fav player around this time
They said Giannis had the most freak of nature body in the Nba. I bet they didn't even saw 2009 Dwight Howard. Man had an endless stamina, 5% body fat, ripped muscular body,Jump at the top of the backboard to block shots, Beat Lebron and Celtics, 3x NBA Defensive Player of the Year
He was DPOY 3 years in a row.
Better than Ben Wallace offensively.
Giannis is different. Little bit taller but run much faster. DW is more on low posting.
He beat Celtics team without garnett. Season later they got pumbled by the Celtics in 6
He was killin the Lakers the series
Crazy how 3 years later there was a season where Bynum and Howard were literally the best centers. Bynum a beast offensively and Howard the best defensively
Imagine prime D Rose and prime Howard 👀 🔥
am i the only one who thinks prime westbrook > prime rose
@@eddiew2325 yes u idiot u don’t know basketball that’s why
They should bring the Decals and the trophy stickers back.🔥
I guarantee you he can still play similar if he was the focal point of an offense like he was back then. He is still super strong, super athletic and can run the floor like a damn gazelle
Nah he can’t play like that no more unless medicine can reverse his back injuries
I guarantee you he can't. He can't post up well , can't shoot. The reason why they failed was because he was the bloody useless focal point of their offence.
@@ML-yu5ij dwight is still probably the strongest player in the league. He is still very athletic, probably still has a 40 in vert and can still run like a gazelle.
@@ejay2075 Physical attributes would only take you so far. If you're strong go be a weight lifter . If you're fast then go run the 100 metre race .
Basketball is a team game which requires cooperation and intellect .
Dwight did not bother to develop a go to post move that enables him to score at will.
Yes he decided to put his God damn ego aside when he joined the Lakers and I'm glad that he finally won his first chip.
But is he the go to centre in the game like Hakeem , Shaq , Robinson , Ewing ? No.
Those guys had better RPG/BPG/PPG, were strong and were able to run.
Most importantly , they made their team better.
@@ML-yu5ij I am well aware of how basketball is played as I played ball at the college level and I have 2 siblings who both play pro ball right now and they both play the same position as Dwight. There is a reason why the Lakers wanted Dwight back, he's still a beast when used properly. He is still a major lob threat, a beast on the glass and a excellent rim protector that can move his feet on the pick and roll. I'll take Dwight on my team right now any day of the majority of bigs in the league.
The magic were 2 missed free throws away from tying the series that eventually led to fishers game tying three I felt like that the magic lost all hope after that
I was 19. Dwight Howard had 9 blocks in game 3.
Magic had a really deep team with DW, Lewis, Hedo, Gortat, Nelson, and Redick. Van Gundy should've utilized Gortat and Redick more in the series. Gortat and DW on the same floor would have given the Lakers a lot of problems.
Shaq was hating on Superman starting in Orlando and he could make free throws 😂
Those are hard fouls on Howard
Orlando's play style aged like fine wine especially to how 3 point shooting is being more valued now.
magic howard always the best version of him
Bynum did a great job and dwight that series
Rip Kobe and Gigi
Best decades in the NBA was the 90s and 2000s.
@@jefferylue8260 decades that I wish should come back , the energy, the vibe and the competitive spirit.
@@jefferylue8260 there will never ever be another Kobe.This generation just hits differently than the decade we grew up watching.
This was good basketball back then now everyone’s weak n shoot 3s
Maybe you can put some Pau Gasol highlights. by the way thx for the videos.
Pau on thursday, and no prob
Shaq could never hit free throws this easy that’s why he hated on him for years
Dwight vs Kobe,Gasol,Fisher,Artest and Bynum
Ariza not Artest. The magic were good too
@@lioninthesun Artest.
Yeah but not like Lakers. Dwight carried Magic
@@spiralxoxo arrest came for the 2010 season. This is 2009.
@@lioninthesun well I skipping him. Dwight vs Kobe,Gasol,Fisher and Bynum
@@spiralxoxo it wasn't a huge mismatch besides Kobe Bryant
This is real basketball. Today’s game is 3 point competition lol
kids this days didnt know who SkipToMylou is
I love how as the video goes on, its just more and more highlights of fisher and the lakers...and of dwight missing fts.
Damn Dwight How U Miss Two Free Throws In Game 4?
he was a monster defensively, but really limited offensively even at his peak he had trouble agains bynum, marc, old shaq, and he was only the 3rd top scorer on his team on the finals in 09
But you have to give credit to the Lakers defense on Howard he didn't score 30 on them Gasol Bynum and Lamar did good job on him
@@lucianotecuanapa9853 it was really a great defense by lakers big man, main reason they won all that chip, but as a franchise player considered to be the next shaq on his peak in a finals!he cant average 15 points when they run plays through him most of the time
@@marksines1246 I agree but Shaq was more physical then Howard he was bullying other players that why he average 33pts in the finals in his prime
he was going against 3 7 footers
@@aneedkassim9727 he wasn’t even double team that often though, don’t have to, lakers know there strength is the 3 points
If lee would of made that layup at the end of game 2 Orlando would of made it to game 7
Facts
23 yrs old Howard had a better FT % den Shaq 👀
If it wasnt for those overtime losses in game 1 and game 4, the Magic could have Won the Finals.
yeah, maybe
Game 2*
Game 1? The Magic set records with that 25 point beat down.
I think Howard body's the most strong in the NBA.
Ever or right now? Shaq was way stronger than him and now in 21 I'd say giannis and embiid are easily stronger
@@kingphil4073 Right now!!
Welcome back dwight!!!
change the title to "howard's free throw"
what a great frontline, bynum pauland odom
ito ung PRIME HOWARD na once nabigyan sa ilalim , Foul nalang talaga magagawa ng defender ❤ , The main reason kaya mas ginusto ko mag center
People act like the Lakers were stacked but looking back he did carry them. Pau was soft and wouldn't have been a hall of Famer without Kobe. Bynum had great potential but not great production those two years, Odom was good but not consistent and Fisher was average and they had good role players but Kobe did carry them
Pau averaged 18 and 9, that's not soft.
@@kngenze5982 yes I think so, a lot of people would always lay it up in his face. He was highly skilled but unathletic and not a great rebounder or defender.
Well that "soft" 7 footer did a fine job defensively on Howard. A better job than Big Ben and Varejao in the previous round, both of whom were much better defenders than Gasol.
Hope they get back the Finals logo.
It's crazy how big his body is but looks so light when he jumps lmao
If magic don't allow a overtime they should be the one that leads this series. Just realized that they give lakers a hard time still.
If Howard eve had split the 2 free throws the magic would pull away even if fisher hit that 3 call a time out get Howard out the game and put in a good free throw shooter and it’s game over
No ez baskets for Howard in the post this series.
Nope, especially against 2 7 footers, they weren’t letting Dwight get no easy baskets like in the Cleveland series
@@OlympicSeason 3 7 footers Odom as well
@@aneedkassim9727 yep u can add him in there as well.
in gm 4 who hit big time 3’s in the end for the lakers??
Kobe thought he was getting this version of Dwight Howard
David Stern Requested That The Magic Take Rafer Skip To My Lou Alston Out, Replaced Him With Jameer Nelson. Rewatch When Skip Played, As Opposed To Jameer Nelson’s Style Of Play? If Rafer Alston Stayed In, Not Only Would He Have Won A Title, It’s Would Have Bought More Glory To Street Ball.
Howard, Lewis, carter, nelson, jj redick, bass
Lakers defense was good, you gotta know DW12 almost torn down those basket rims in regular season, powerful dunks in every game and volleyball blocks
If Courtney made that layup in game 2 it would have been a different series.
Man I swear if vangudy had played Gortot on the floor with Howard that shit would've went completely different. Dwight Howard was a fucking monster and they had to play a lineup of damn near 4 seven footers to stop him. He tried his best but Gasol, Bynum, Artest, Odom and kobe were too tall of a team for him to beat.
He back to LA with Lebron again
you should make one for this years finals too
If somebody else doesnt upload i’ll consider
@@dcshow I think Dwight Howard did his best in that year’s playoffs, but it was kind of difficult for any center to take on Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum at the same time, maybe he needed another good center for help like Yao Ming if he doesn’t have injuries.
None of the center's now can do what Dwight did
Then there this name NIKOLA JOKÌC🤡
@@gongzilla3666 agree in offense but in defense nope
Dwight blew It game 3
Wow at last magic won the championship after beating this lakers..
I still remember the days people calling him mini shag but can shoot freethrows hahaha and its the season where I thought he isn't tall enough to be a center but look at the NBA now lol
Bro still waiting to download this for free🙃
Magics weakness is that they dont have a good guard
The Lakers had the best roster to take on a Prime Dwight Howard with a Prime Paul Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Odom.
"Franchise going in the right direction"
Does anybody wanna tell him? Never mind, I'll send Kawhi and the Raptors to tell him.
3:09 why didn’t Lewis give it back to Dwight 🤦🏽♂️
I wanna hear kobe or anyone in the Lakers that year because Orland was a great team
Top 75 ever easily
Dwight is like a shaq if they can shoot free throw like a80% it will be a different story.
Love prime Dwight but if you swapped him out for prime Shaq, do they win more games and maybe even take the series? I know Bynum & Gasol did a great job on him but a part of me also feels he was somewhat passive & settled for the foul. I feel Prime Shaq would have dunked a lot more of those opportunities that Dwight went up weak for. I could be wrong 🤷🏽♂️
After 2010 NBA Finals is the end of NBA Players with pure talent without building a superteam
Giannis?
@@bimanatawilaga7509 think about the injury first do you think giannis can beat a superteam with healthy roster? I dont think so bruh
@@x-hibit4218 giannis wasn't even healthy when he beat all those teams
UNSTOPPABLE OMSIM DILOS LAKERS NATION SAKALAM
Dwight getting fouled in this series...
gees bynum makes dwight look small
Lmao Dwight literally has Kobe on him down low and there not passing it 😂 13:03
12 Rounds: Season 5 (2009)
If only he made just one free-throw in game 4 at the end. Would've been a very different series.
Hmm Howard had a good free throw.
he was definitely for sure robbed of not making the all NBA 75th. Guarenteed!!!
Lol Stan Van Genius struck again in these finals. Starting Jameer Nelson, who was out since like all star break, over Skip to My Lou in the mutha fkn finals. Starting a rookie shooting guard on the best player on the planet at the time Kobe Bean.
15 Minutes: Season 4 (2009)