Nick Van Exel Greatest Games: 40 Points vs Sonics (1995)
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- Nick ''the Quick'' with 40 points (7 three pointers) against the great Sonics team with Payton, Kemp, Schrempf and Perkins -- Van Exel also had 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
Lakers won the game 108:105.
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I loved this Lakers team. Never made it far in the postseason, but they were fun as hell to watch.
AGREE🟣🟡🏀💯👍🏿
Vlade, Van Exel, Chick Hearn ... great exciting basketball. Stopped being a Laker fan when they traded Van Exel.
peachees van exel was classic 90s hoops. Youthful swag!
peachees I've improved my game watching Van Exel and Jones...
Same here. And when they brought in Payton, Malone, Fox etc..I was a full on hater.
Kobe and shaq not enough?
Damn bro you missed all the fun
Van Exel was Payton’s Kryptonite
It broke my heart when the Lakers traded Nick Van Exel.
Nicks swag is off the charts.
The man was pure fire against the Supersonics. He would give Gary Payton fits and Payton really played Jordan well a season later in The Finals. Nick The Quick!!
I remember this season vividly coming home to catch late night Lakers highlights here in Canada that season (they fell so badly from the spotlight their games werent televised on national TV) For much of the few months of that season watching home game Laker highlights.....there were tons of empty seats in the stands
By the end of the regular season games were sold out and the energy was back in LA. Cedric was the all star. Eddie was all rookie. But it was Nick that put them back on the map. He brought the winning swagger back in LA.
FuShengAlex
Truth.
This was one guy that destroyed my Sonics every time lol I'm surprised more don't talk about him
This was probably the pinnacle of his career as a player. He'd never reach these heights again as a player although he'd have many more productive seasons.
In 94-95 (and even this video!) though he was taking.....and making some ridiculous shots. He wasn't anywhere near to being even one of the top 30 (or possibly 50?) players in the NBA that season......but to me he was THE most exciting player in the entire league to watch that year.
@@FuShengAlex finally SmallAssDickAlex with a good post. I am proud of you my little boy. Nick at nite was a pure baller
@@snareroll116 hey hey looks like that stench named Toilet Paper Roll has reared its awful smell here as well.
Took your laxatives today? 🤣🤣🤣.
Yes Nick was good.
thanks for the putting the Kemp dunks in there
Mr Underrated Nick " The Quik" Van Exel so talented...!!!
I was a Sonics fan GP is my favorite player all time,but Nick Van Exel always caused problems usually for my guys.
Man the jumper was just PURE
Considering how the Lakers owned Seattle in the regular season, it really was not a shock that they lost to them in the opening round of the playoffs. This was a very good Lakers team that matched up well against them.
As great of a defender as Payton was, Nick regularly destroyed him throughout his career.
NICK OWNED PAYTON! lol
nopoliticking1 Yo U Buggin Wtf lol
Van Exel should have been a perennial all-star. Not sure what happened there.
I think this season he (and the entire LA team in 94-95) was playing way over his his head. They flew in under the radar that season....they werent even expected to make the playoffs so as a squad they were playing loose with no expectations. Nick was the embodiment of that.
A LOT of these clutch shots he made this season (like the game winners vs Boston and San Antonio) were simply ridiculous and unsustainable over the long term.
Nick Van Exel was one of the most talented point guards of his era. It’s really kind of unfortunate how under appreciated his career has been. I believe Van Exel’s ideal role was pretty much the one he had In Dallas. A sharp shooting scorer and big time clutch shot maker off the bench. People forget how dynamic he was in the 6th man role he played in for those early 2000’s Dallas Maverick teams. He was basically Lou Willams before Lou Willams in terms of how good a scorer he was even in a “reserve” role.
@@Riles3152 him and terrell Brandon were really good players who get looked over
Knee injuries
ALWAYS LOVED THE REEBOK SHOES Nick Van Exel use to SPORT while being a LAKER🟣🟡🏀⛹🏿♂️💯👍🏿
more nick van exel please!!
Loved this team. I saw the show time Lakers as a kid then as a teen saw this team. The very entertaining Lake show, Nick the quick, Eddie Jones, Vlade Divac, Cedric Ceballos and elden Campbell, coming off the bench Anthony peeler was super nice too.
I cannot imagine the trash talk between Nick and Gary...
Watch game 4 of Lakers/Sonics 95 playoffs match... they were phenomenal... trash talking personified 😆
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@@avetrey one of my favorite NBA games of all time. I remember being up til almost 2am EST watching that game here in Canada on TBS. The Forum was sold out and LOUD. And it's ironic during the season at the beginning there were so many empty seats.
Nick won them that game almost single handedly. Was red hot from 3!
This was Van Exel way of getting back at George Karl after he put a bad word out on Nick around the league for not going hard in a pre draft workout, Facts 💯
This man is god given talent
this is when the Lakers really mattered, just pure hustling and competitive basketball, and not that crap of franchise that it went on to become with the shaq and kobe "dynasty". getting rid of jones and Campbell for Glen Rice was the worst thing Jerry West ever did as a GM, it was all downhill from thereon. Thanks for uploading this classic video
+Danny Ceron Lol what??
Although I disagree with you. I will say this 1994-95 squad is my favorite Later team ever. And I've watched them since the 80s. I know they weren't anywhere close to a title like Showtime or 3peat LA. But they surprised a lot of people that year. Many publications had them projected to finish 5th in the Pacific
Man, you are insane!!!
Yes, this was a fun, and hard working team that made the Lakers relevant again. But, that's the key word. This team was in no one going to win a championship, but this allowed Lakers to lure top free agents. This is how championship teams were built. They got Shaq, and draft Kobe two years later and the rest was history.
You got your history wrong - both those fools came in to the Lakers the same off-season
That's what I meant.
Of course these teams met in the playoffs
Nick was the first Curry!
Conrad S nope...try Chris Jackson aka Mahmoud Rauf
Nick's game was sweeter than both ..More raw and aesthetically pleasing..
It was personal, George could have drafted him but he passed on him
Imagine Nick playing with Shaq&Kobe........oh wait
A rare Kurt Rambis sighting
Dang! No Playoff logo on the court
Sam Bowie was the truth back then. Facts!
Was this the game when the loser city water and power of Seattle cut off the lights?
Remember watching that trash as a kid. Didn't they do that in the last cpl years. They took a page out of the sonics playbook
VANEXCEL was most exciting pg and Anklebreaker to watch with his kind of flare and was better skilled then
Gary Payton. GP was carried through Shawn Kemp .who he threw Lobs to all day and got most of his assist to .only advantages Gary Payton had were a coach that believed in him (shawn kemp )nate McMillan mentoring him which helped develop his IQ and height to guard taller point guards and shorter 2guards but all the fast PGs used to bust his ass .GP was a little overrated
Doesn't he look like Dwyane Wade
5:47 Jay Z?
Every shot swishhhh no rim ever
What is the name of nve shoes?
Might be a little too late, but in case you still don't know they are called "the blast".
He looks like d wade
Dwade looks like him you mean.
Van Exel's son is in prison
Bradnon Jennings is Nick Van Exel 2.0
Hell no, more like 0.2. Jennings is VERY inconsistent
Check the stats. Check the accomplishments. Check the averages during their respective primes. Check their playoff success. Check their assist records. Check the amount of game winners and buzzer beaters. Jennings was nice but Van Exel was clutch personified.
Gary payton was a SLIGHTLY overrated defender.
taylor mccoy not at all. Nick was one of the few players that get over Payton consistently.
I cant put him over Jason Kidd as a defensive PG. He was too emotional. Kidd was stronger and could hold his own against bigger players as well.
FuShengAlex Payton is the only point guard defensive player of the year
@@taymillions4754 true. Personally I think Nate McMillan was just as problematic for teams defensively as Payton was.
But I think Kidd was a better defensive PG for longer than GP. Van Exel drove Payton crazy this entire season including the playoffs where he outplayed him.
Also Payton absolutely got shredded by Billups in the 04 Finals. I know he was past his prime, but I remember past prime Kidd holding his own in stretches vs the taller, stronger, younger and more athletic Lebron in the '11 Finale