I'm so happy I got to witness this. I was around 13 - 15 years old at the time. I had moved to Sacramento from LA and had a friendly rivalry with other basketball fans at my Junior High. I don't think I ever screamed as loud and happily as I did watching Horry make that shot. It was gigantic. The dagger in that rivalry.
Saw it live in a bar full of Serbian basketball fanatics who all rooted for the Kings because of Stojakovic. I was the only one wearing a Lakers t-shirt. When Horry received the ball up top I stood up and raised my arms. I just knew.
Kobe said after Horry's clutch shot vs the Blazers "He does this kind of shot, every year. He's consistant". That's why he knew, Horry would scored it.
Haha wow I've never noticed that. This screams expectation. He wouldn't do that with just anyone. It was ROBERT HORRY and he felt confident enough to raise his arms.
Horry's Buzzer Shot is probably the Best in NBA Playoffs History. Without Horry's shot, the Lakers were down 1-3 with 2 games on the road, and an elimination... Horry's shot was the Shot of the Title.
I agree with you they had those jerseys since the mid-90s to the early 2000s black and purple and they need to bring those jerseys back I don’t like when they changed their jerseys the very next season in the year 2003
As someone who grew up in Chicago in the 90's and seen all of that. These Lakers/Kings series are top tier, if you love the game you loved this rivalry.
They played as a team and not as individuals; the offense wasn't run through one player for the whole game. also, Bobby Jackson, Christie, and Peja were constantly moving around on offense, trying to get open, or Mike Bibby was running Pick and rolls or driving and kicking, and Webber and Vlade were passing out of the high post.
@@joesakic91 Why don't I go to Dubs highlights & drop random comments.."They bit the old Kings' style" or "They beat an injured Cavs team & then got Kevin Durant to form an unprecedented super team to win a few more"...?
Despite the editing of this, the Lakers won and came back in that 2nd half with defense. After getting torched in the first half, they held that great Kings offense to just 34 points in the second half. Needed every single solitary stop too.
@@TheSands83 Lol no were not doing this. Game 6? fine. but game 4 and game 7, the Kings BLEW IT. plain and simple. The refs didn't make the kings blow a 24 point 1st half lead. The refs didn't officiate the Lakers into battling back, hitting timely shots and making timely stops when the game would have gotten away from them if they didn't. Nah the Lakers showed championship HEART and character getting back into THIS game, just like they showed heart and character going down to Sacramento and beating the kings fair and square on THERE home court to advance to the finals.
I watched this game live back in 2002. With the final shot by Robert Horry we all had our hands straight in the air and went crazy. What a moment. What a game!
Man - I will never forget this game. One the greatest I ever witnessed. LA Lakers vs Sacramento Kings - it was a game I tell ya. I was on the floor crying because I thought Lakers were going to lose. But my dude Horry came through. ✨✨.
No matter what was said about the Kobe years of the Lakers ....... nothing will never surplant the Showtime years - priceless and timeless all day Magic Johnson A-1 Laker
Kobe Lakers teams never once played a losing record team in the playoffs, always faced winning teams. Magic started out as my favorite, but Kobe will always be my favorite player and Laker player.
9:01 the same play they drew in game 2 of the 2004 Finals, though Kobe went for the 3 instead of driving to the hoop. Both times, Adelman and Larry Brown thought about fouling Shaq when he touched the ball.
@The Throwback Thanks for sharing these games and remastering the videos. You do super job of improving the quality. Could you please share more games remastered? Could you share game 1 of this series? Kobe had many great dunks, that we would love to see in HD?
Whenever I watch basketball from this era I always think, "damn these are some grown ass men out here". Legit every dude looks pissed off and like he's gonna take you out to the woodshed because you broke the front window. The contrast to today's NBA where everyone looks and acts like a teenager is crazy.
With the dominance of the Lakers, people forget how many great teams there were in the Western conference. Lakers had to battle them all every year. It was no cake walk.
One of the best NBA moments I ever saw live. The other one's are Jordan's last shot in 98, the lakers game 7 4th quarter comeback vs Portland in 2000, and Tracy Mcgrady's 13 points in 35 seconds
However, the Splash Brother era Golden Star Warriors know how to win in the playoffs especially winner-take-all playoff games. The Dubs won three Game 7s in their heyday while Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings were 0-3 in Game 7s.
The 2002 Kings roster was a perfect fit for what Adelman wanted to do offensively. I don't know if there's ever been a more perfectly constructed lineup. Now, if they just could've hit their free throws... there would have been no Lakers three-peat.
Red Auerbach's Boston Celtics, Red Holtzman's New York Knicks in the early and mid-1970s, Showtime L.A. Lakers of the 1980s, Phil Jackson's triangle offenses with MJ's Bulls and Shaq and Kobe's Lakers, and the Splash Brother era Golden State Warriors disagree.
The Kings were legit. They were more of a threat than the 2000 Blazers because THAT Lakers team was just learning how to win. This team came for the throne and damn near got it. No, it wasn't rigged...they just didn't make the plays they needed to in Game 7. But they gave us a run for our money. Horry FTW...literally.
2003 was even a better shot for Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings with a better and deeper team led by Gerald Wallace. Keon Clark, and Jim Jackson, but disaster struck when Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee in the Game 2 of their Round 2 series against the Dallas Mavericks and the Kings downfall began from there.
Same with Chris Webber because once Kobe Bryant's penetration sucked Doug Christie into the paint, C-Webb should've stayed on Robert Horry at the three-point line.
Lakers fans I hate to break it to you but actually that horry 3 should’ve tied at best the game because La had an extra point on the scoreboard from a 3 from samaki walker that should’ve never counted. That half time “buzzer Beater) that was in his hands still as clock expired. Lakers needed all the help they could get in LA vs Sacramento cuz Sac was on that ass. Every game
Real 2002 champs - The Kings!! Still hurt to this day that they weren't crowned..as well as in 03 where they looked just as good before C-Webb went down.
Bullshit. Keep telling yourself that. U can’t rig blowing a 24 pt lead, not grabbing a rebound, shooting 52% from the FT line in game 7, & Peja’s airball. Queens also got away w/ hacking Shaq all game 5 w/o a whistle, along w/ Webber literally running into fisher to free up Bibby for the game 5 winner, the most blantant missed call on a moving pick ever. The bullshit went both ways, so the real champs came out on top like champs do. Keep crying tho lol
@@TheSands83 WOW you’re a special kind of stupid. He’s CLEARLY moving. CLEARLY. Apparently u don’t have eyes. That’s the video u show as an example of what not to do setting a screen
@@TheSands83 If u think game 5 was rigged for the Kings u should be disqualified from talking basketball ever again. Shaq was hacked numerous times by Vlade w/ no whistle in Gm 5. It was obvious. Shaq complained after & I would listen to the guy who’s actually playing
All to find out over a decade later that the game was rigged by the league to keep the Lakers close, all because of shaq/kobe being a bigger market and a dynasty. After that was revealed, which we all had assumed anyways, I quit being a fan of the nba. Im not sure how anyone can be a fan of a league that cheats and is not fair competition.
This kings vs lakers series was one of the best ever in NBA history.
You aint neva lied....
Arguably the best. It had it all.
Absolutely
Yes when the refs were bought out, cc Game 6
Yes and ruined by the refs game 6
I'm so happy I got to witness this. I was around 13 - 15 years old at the time. I had moved to Sacramento from LA and had a friendly rivalry with other basketball fans at my Junior High.
I don't think I ever screamed as loud and happily as I did watching Horry make that shot. It was gigantic. The dagger in that rivalry.
20years ago today this happened. never will i forget this moment. my whole neighborhood erupted in cheer. loved it.
Still brings tears to my eyes. "Horry...for the win..."
Saw it live in a bar full of Serbian basketball fanatics who all rooted for the Kings because of Stojakovic. I was the only one wearing a Lakers t-shirt. When Horry received the ball up top I stood up and raised my arms. I just knew.
Robert Horrys 3 point shot game winner was probably the best game winner of all time
One of the greatest playoff games in one of the greatest (and most infamous) playoff series of all-time.
I love how Kobe knew it was going in right away. Lol
Hell yeah. Kobe looked liked a kid on Christmas Eve @ 11:59:57pm lmaoooo
Kobe said after Horry's clutch shot vs the Blazers "He does this kind of shot, every year. He's consistant". That's why he knew, Horry would scored it.
Haha wow I've never noticed that. This screams expectation. He wouldn't do that with just anyone. It was ROBERT HORRY and he felt confident enough to raise his arms.
I love that your comment has 24 likes!
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Horry's Buzzer Shot is probably the Best in NBA Playoffs History. Without Horry's shot, the Lakers were down 1-3 with 2 games on the road, and an elimination... Horry's shot was the Shot of the Title.
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@@lukacalov1988 They are greats shots (like Horry in game 5 vs the Pistons in 2005), but not Buzzer Beaters.
It’s up there
@@lukacalov1988 those aren't buzzer beaters.
"horry for the win!"
"No Rebounds. No Rings." - Pat Riley
I watched this game live.. this game was one of the best games I ever watched.
Those kings jerseys were great. It was one of the prettiest of the NBA.
I agree with you they had those jerseys since the mid-90s to the early 2000s black and purple and they need to bring those jerseys back I don’t like when they changed their jerseys the very next season in the year 2003
@@tylerriley2587 facts
As someone who grew up in Chicago in the 90's and seen all of that. These Lakers/Kings series are top tier, if you love the game you loved this rivalry.
OMG MY TEARS STILL COME OUT WHEN WATCHING THE BEST PLAYOFF GAME EVER AND ONE OF THE BEST RIVALRIES IN NBA HISTORY
It was kind of cool to see Horry start to get this rhythm from behind the line before the iconic shot. Foreshadowing!
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Robert came up big to get this important win. He was the man to win games in the closing seconds.
1:20 amazing pass by Christie..those old Kings could wow you at times with their passing
They played as a team and not as individuals; the offense wasn't run through one player for the whole game. also, Bobby Jackson, Christie, and Peja were constantly moving around on offense, trying to get open, or Mike Bibby was running Pick and rolls or driving and kicking, and Webber and Vlade were passing out of the high post.
Just like the Splash Brother era Golden State Warriors.
Difference is, the Dubs won titles to go along with their unselfish, team basketball.
@@joesakic91 here comes joe Sakic again who oddly just drops splash bros are better comments when no one prompted him to…
@@geekUSA101 Unfortunately, it's true of what I said.
@@joesakic91 Why don't I go to Dubs highlights & drop random comments.."They bit the old Kings' style" or "They beat an injured Cavs team & then got Kevin Durant to form an unprecedented super team to win a few more"...?
I remember like it was yesterday.
Dang those were some games.
tears down my eyes right now i remember this likee 2 min ago I LOVE BASKETBALLL
This was the King's chance to win 🏆. Up 3-1 Lakers weren't coming back.
And also 2003 with a better and deeper team until Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee against the Dallas Mavericks.
That's just to bad huh?
To this day Kings fans still butt hurt about game 6, but they should be butt hurt for game 4 and game 7, their team choked!! 😅😅😅😅
@@univang1852lakers got screwed in game 5. Kings shot more free throws. Facts are inconvenient for kings fans
The Lakers were the goats of this NBA era. That's why they won 3 in a row.
The Lakers are also the last team to complete a three-peat in NBA history.
The Kings knew how to play their cards right on the floor
And still lost
Thank you for the assist Vlade !!!
This one shot was a pushback against the energy of the universe....OMG....it's like seeing it for the first time
Despite the editing of this, the Lakers won and came back in that 2nd half with defense. After getting torched in the first half, they held that great Kings offense to just 34 points in the second half. Needed every single solitary stop too.
Yeah refs cheated
@@jasontate9826 salt ahahaha
@@jasontate9826 Nah, the Kings blew it.
@@jasontate9826 agreed the refs handed this game to lakers many people overlook how bad refs were in this game and game 7
@@TheSands83 Lol no were not doing this. Game 6? fine. but game 4 and game 7, the Kings BLEW IT. plain and simple. The refs didn't make the kings blow a 24 point 1st half lead. The refs didn't officiate the Lakers into battling back, hitting timely shots and making timely stops when the game would have gotten away from them if they didn't. Nah the Lakers showed championship HEART and character getting back into THIS game, just like they showed heart and character going down to Sacramento and beating the kings fair and square on THERE home court to advance to the finals.
Loudest arena ever after that 3
Horry knew it too after he shot it. He knew it was gonna go in. What a good player horry was.
I watched this game live back in 2002. With the final shot by Robert Horry we all had our hands straight in the air and went crazy. What a moment. What a game!
Man - I will never forget this game. One the greatest I ever witnessed. LA Lakers vs Sacramento Kings - it was a game I tell ya. I was on the floor crying because I thought Lakers were going to lose. But my dude Horry came through. ✨✨.
Really love this moment
No matter what was said about the Kobe years of the Lakers ....... nothing will never surplant the Showtime years - priceless and timeless all day Magic Johnson A-1 Laker
I totally agree & Magic will always be my favorite player of all times
Kobe Lakers teams never once played a losing record team in the playoffs, always faced winning teams. Magic started out as my favorite, but Kobe will always be my favorite player and Laker player.
I remember watching this with my Aunts when this happened.
Rest In Peace Kobe Bryant
9:01 the same play they drew in game 2 of the 2004 Finals, though Kobe went for the 3 instead of driving to the hoop. Both times, Adelman and Larry Brown thought about fouling Shaq when he touched the ball.
How good was Bibby. Very good
But Mike Bibby can't do it alone. Other players on the Kings were scared of shooting the ball in crunch time.
Exactly 20 years ago me and my Dad watched that on TV we when crazy the last shot from Horry
Mike Bibby is so underrated.
@The Throwback Thanks for sharing these games and remastering the videos. You do super job of improving the quality. Could you please share more games remastered? Could you share game 1 of this series? Kobe had many great dunks, that we would love to see in HD?
Whenever I watch basketball from this era I always think, "damn these are some grown ass men out here". Legit every dude looks pissed off and like he's gonna take you out to the woodshed because you broke the front window. The contrast to today's NBA where everyone looks and acts like a teenager is crazy.
Nice pass, Vladi.
With the dominance of the Lakers, people forget how many great teams there were in the Western conference. Lakers had to battle them all every year. It was no cake walk.
I remember watching this live! This was a good rivalry and they hated each other! This series was awesome!
One of the best NBA moments I ever saw live. The other one's are Jordan's last shot in 98, the lakers game 7 4th quarter comeback vs Portland in 2000, and Tracy Mcgrady's 13 points in 35 seconds
GREAT MEMORIES
HEDO was a menace
I remember watching this game with my parents and uncles. Whole house was SICK! Lol
It's a 2 point Sacramento lead, we're down to 7 seconds.. Bryant putting the move on Christie, rebound O'Neal.. HORRY.. FOR THE WIN!!
Shaq at 6:21 just decimates 4 dudes at once
He knocked two of them down.
Lakers and refs vs Kings. Wonderful memories
Sour grapes much?
Refs won that game #facts
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@@byrda420 Nah. The Kings choked.
I see the hate in you
Many of us remember the referees thefts, and that there was also an FBI investigation, but the intention to cover it up is still present today.
that kings team was so fun to watch
RIP Kobe Bryant (1978-2020).
Remember like it was yesterday. What a moment
Bro Mike Bibby Had Some Swag To Him 🔥
This soo fuckin' epic!!! Whoooo!!
What a game this is how basketball is meant to be played
Divac will always have one of the greatest assists in lakers history.
I used to support the kings but I really miss this 3peat laker-team😢RIP Kobe
Those kings played like todays GSW style but more intelligent and better defense.
However, the Splash Brother era Golden Star Warriors know how to win in the playoffs especially winner-take-all playoff games.
The Dubs won three Game 7s in their heyday while Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings were 0-3 in Game 7s.
Robert Horry's shot at the end is STILL one of the best shots in the NBA.!
A huge basket at that time and it was a good game.
If that shot didn't fall maybe the kings will be in the nba championship because lakers are down 3-1
The better team lost this series. Shameful, and I'm a Lakers diehard. And Big Shot Bob was ON in this game.
The 2002 Kings roster was a perfect fit for what Adelman wanted to do offensively. I don't know if there's ever been a more perfectly constructed lineup.
Now, if they just could've hit their free throws... there would have been no Lakers three-peat.
Red Auerbach's Boston Celtics, Red Holtzman's New York Knicks in the early and mid-1970s, Showtime L.A. Lakers of the 1980s, Phil Jackson's triangle offenses with MJ's Bulls and Shaq and Kobe's Lakers, and the Splash Brother era Golden State Warriors disagree.
The Kings were legit. They were more of a threat than the 2000 Blazers because THAT Lakers team was just learning how to win. This team came for the throne and damn near got it. No, it wasn't rigged...they just didn't make the plays they needed to in Game 7. But they gave us a run for our money. Horry FTW...literally.
2003 was even a better shot for Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings with a better and deeper team led by Gerald Wallace. Keon Clark, and Jim Jackson, but disaster struck when Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee in the Game 2 of their Round 2 series against the Dallas Mavericks and the Kings downfall began from there.
Vlade deserves the blame for that shot. He EASILY could have collected that rebound. So stupid and lazy.
Same with Chris Webber because once Kobe Bryant's penetration sucked Doug Christie into the paint, C-Webb should've stayed on Robert Horry at the three-point line.
Loudest I have ever heard a Lakers home crowd after Horry hit the game winner.
Loudest since from Kobe to Shaq in Game 7 of the 2000 WCF against the Portland Trail Blazers.
@@joesakic91 yup. Both were loud as hell. I like larry johnsons 4 point play as loudest i heard any play imo.
This might have been louder lol
Kings and Spurs were only teams who could really stop Lakers in early 2000s
I think not
Funny you include the Kings when they never eliminated the Lakers in the playoffs like the Spurs have.
This series stressed me out lol. I almost hit my head on my bedroom ceiling when Horry hit that game winner!
If only Webber got a piece of the ball on the final play :(
C-Webb should've just stayed in the three-point line for Vlade Divac's slap.
nice assist by Divac to Horry
People always question why did Divac slap the ball out. Isn’t it obvious? He tried to keep it away from that big ass mf Shaq lol
Chris Webber deserves more blame for not staying with Robert Horry at the three-point line.
Princeton vs Triangle. Fun basketball
WTF just happened?...This is like seeing it for the first time...Kings were on a fuckin Roll....lose gm1 at home...nerves
Lakers fans I hate to break it to you but actually that horry 3 should’ve tied at best the game because La had an extra point on the scoreboard from a 3 from samaki walker that should’ve never counted. That half time “buzzer Beater) that was in his hands still as clock expired. Lakers needed all the help they could get in LA vs Sacramento cuz Sac was on that ass. Every game
Robert horry was the best 3shot ever ....
Shaq was bullying Vlade
Big Shot Bob with the walk-off 3
Nobody's been dunked on more than Vlade 😂😂😂😂
What a great game Lakers over came a 22 point deficit to win on a buzzer beater Horry with the dagger 😂
Nice rivalry
Sickening
Real 2002 champs - The Kings!! Still hurt to this day that they weren't crowned..as well as in 03 where they looked just as good before C-Webb went down.
Bullshit. Keep telling yourself that. U can’t rig blowing a 24 pt lead, not grabbing a rebound, shooting 52% from the FT line in game 7, & Peja’s airball. Queens also got away w/ hacking Shaq all game 5 w/o a whistle, along w/ Webber literally running into fisher to free up Bibby for the game 5 winner, the most blantant missed call on a moving pick ever. The bullshit went both ways, so the real champs came out on top like champs do. Keep crying tho lol
@@brandon_e24 yes I can this game was rigged as fuck by refs exactly like game 6
@@brandon_e24 Webber was perfectly still n fisher flopped dummy
@@TheSands83 WOW you’re a special kind of stupid. He’s CLEARLY moving. CLEARLY. Apparently u don’t have eyes. That’s the video u show as an example of what not to do setting a screen
@@TheSands83 If u think game 5 was rigged for the Kings u should be disqualified from talking basketball ever again. Shaq was hacked numerous times by Vlade w/ no whistle in Gm 5. It was obvious. Shaq complained after & I would listen to the guy who’s actually playing
Vlade Divac did as good a job as anyone could really do against Shaq.
Big Shot Rob was the hero, but 5:00, 2nd biggest shot of the game was from Samaki Walker with the logo 3 at the end of the first half.
That shot shouldn't have counted.
True but it was 2002 not like today's review ability.@@dcap79
@@dcap79 Shouldn't came down to that for the Sacramento Kings where they had the lead for most of Game 4.
This is when real men played Basketball ✌🏾
4:59 in today's NBA they wouldn't even shoot that afraid to mess up their FG %.
Vlade slapped it out to Horry
I swear it seems like Bibby didn’t miss 1 mid range shot this whole series, him and Webber lol.
And still lost
Kings gave up 22-point lead .. and Horry made sure they paid the price. You can't win a championship with that.
He's a factor every 7 championship he has
Also the 3 at the end of the 1st half
Walker half time buzzer beater shouldn't have counted
I think this was a will smith movie and he starred as a Robert horry
Divac made a big mistake to push the ball away instead of holding it.
with all the KIng's made shots, they only did 99 points (looks like they did a thousand points)
Last seconds no foul if todays nba it was foul, what an ending by horry.
All to find out over a decade later that the game was rigged by the league to keep the Lakers close, all because of shaq/kobe being a bigger market and a dynasty. After that was revealed, which we all had assumed anyways, I quit being a fan of the nba. Im not sure how anyone can be a fan of a league that cheats and is not fair competition.
I’m that old lol 😂
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