Kobe and Shaq's super-hyped Christmas Day battle gets a deep rewind | 2004 Lakers vs. Heat

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  • The NBA's Christmas Day tradition has given us plenty of great, down to the wire battles. But the 2004 Heat-Lakers Christmas game had even more drama than usual, as it marked Shaq's first showdown against the Lakers since the end of his successful, though often tumultuous, partnership with Kobe Bryant.
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  • @BornLiveandDieby
    @BornLiveandDieby Před 5 lety +7245

    Who else never heard of this game and thought Kobe was gonna win it

    • @gurnawazgill8576
      @gurnawazgill8576 Před 5 lety +111

      Born 4/20 Live and Die by 4/20 they way the video was presented I thought the same thing

    • @kennethjose7159
      @kennethjose7159 Před 5 lety +251

      Man I was expecting tht shot will go in

    • @Karmy.
      @Karmy. Před 5 lety +5

      Same

    • @ojx6020
      @ojx6020 Před 5 lety +76

      Wtf?No offense but u must've not been old enough to remember this match up I was bout 10 yrs old n this was the most intense match up between Shaq n Kobe not to mention young Flash

    • @Karmy.
      @Karmy. Před 5 lety +19

      @@ojx6020 I was 4 ._.

  • @jibriljaved7701
    @jibriljaved7701 Před 5 lety +5277

    To understand this we’ll need to rewind.
    Basketball was invented by James Naismith, a Canadian

    • @zj13goat57
      @zj13goat57 Před 5 lety +42

      Didn't it get invented in Massachusetts

    • @jibriljaved7701
      @jibriljaved7701 Před 5 lety +263

      zj13 Goat yeah in Massachusetts by a Canadian

    • @seraphoftheendyt1432
      @seraphoftheendyt1432 Před 5 lety +13

      Jibril Javed hahahahahahahahahaha

    • @seraphoftheendyt1432
      @seraphoftheendyt1432 Před 5 lety +17

      Yall americans are the best at basketball and yall didnt even invented the game ?! And yall make fun at canadiens

    • @jibriljaved7701
      @jibriljaved7701 Před 5 lety +88

      Seraphoftheend Yt 14 nice spelling and grammar

  • @jarl5817
    @jarl5817 Před 5 lety +4386

    I particularly liked this one because I didn't know the outcome. Well done!

    • @LanceDa510
      @LanceDa510 Před 5 lety +2

      jarl5 ikr

    • @maymoneymayfield9065
      @maymoneymayfield9065 Před 5 lety +92

      jarl5 yea I thought he was gonna make it

    • @toptenguy1
      @toptenguy1 Před 5 lety +124

      Same here! The only reason why I thought he would miss was because I had zero recollection of the final score. You would think that if Kobe had hit it, it would be replayed every single christmas, lol

    • @Aash1r
      @Aash1r Před 4 lety +1

      @Just Saying ok Boomer

    • @GoLeafszGo
      @GoLeafszGo Před 4 lety +9

      ya, after i saw the miss it is obvious why most of us didnt know the outcome. Because he missed it. lol

  • @catalystv7520
    @catalystv7520 Před 5 lety +758

    To understand this matchup, we have to start off in 1947.

  • @RALF0691
    @RALF0691 Před 5 lety +962

    Christmas day 2004, I remember it like it was yesterday. It snowed that day where I stayed in Texas which was very rare. Also it was the Christmas i got GTA San Andreas for PS2.

    • @hiphoprbloverjon9180
      @hiphoprbloverjon9180 Před 5 lety +40

      San Andreas = greatest game of all time

    • @whoisotto7
      @whoisotto7 Před 5 lety +12

      good for you

    • @jerry85g7
      @jerry85g7 Před 5 lety +3

      Nice

    • @wesmathews
      @wesmathews Před 5 lety +6

      Living in San Antonio at the time... And I only remember snowfall during one Christmas as a kid... Was this it?

    • @RALF0691
      @RALF0691 Před 5 lety +8

      @C'mon Grocery Clerks - I lived in a small town outside of Houston and we got about 10 inches of snow. It started snowing on the 24th and lasted to the 26th.

  • @airpegasus5167
    @airpegasus5167 Před 4 lety +218

    Rest Well Black Mamba 🙏🏿🙏🏿💛💜💛💜

  • @JayRose619
    @JayRose619 Před 5 lety +1253

    To understand this, we’ll need to rewind. On the first day god created..........

    • @CNFearless
      @CNFearless Před 5 lety +16

      No such thing exists tho

    • @CNFearless
      @CNFearless Před 4 lety +5

      @Tw1 you're welcome :-)

    • @israeljordan9922
      @israeljordan9922 Před 4 lety +8

      Gilbert Mendez, I bet The God of The Hebrews responding with an encore performance of plaguing Egyptian themed Las Vegas Sin City with Locusts, the likes of the 10 plagues described when Mosed walked the earth with his book Exodus, proves that that story in The Bible is true. Once upon a time approximately 3300+ years ago, God with Moses and Israel performed divine intervention and crushed Egypt and their Pharaoh at that time. And it's only the beginning of his encore performance that we have heard the wonders of, from generation to generation. BOOK IT!

    • @israeljordan9922
      @israeljordan9922 Před 4 lety +4

      In your face Gilberto. Never doubt The LORD God Almight and The Son of God The One True King Jesus Christ, The Lion of Judah, The Root of David. Or He will make you look foolish and eat the words you say and type. The King will return and all will see The Glory. I pray frogs invade next so you can start singing your a believer.

    • @CNFearless
      @CNFearless Před 4 lety +5

      @@israeljordan9922 too bad nothing really happened huh? Guess God is really just bullshit

  • @jimmy2_times
    @jimmy2_times Před 3 lety +72

    I remember watching this game. It was legit the most hyped game that year

    • @Bigedub101
      @Bigedub101 Před 5 měsíci +1

      It was hyped soon as it announced the schedule.. Most games didnt matter til then

  • @MrSayWhatIThink23
    @MrSayWhatIThink23 Před 5 lety +141

    I remember as a Heat fan being so hyped for this game. One of the more memorable Christmas games of the 2000's for sure. The Shaq-Kobe feud and Wade vs Kobe made it must see tv

    • @razkable
      @razkable Před 5 lety +7

      don't forget Miami was on a 10 game win streak and for the first time since 99 they felt like a legit title contender.....

    • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
      @manuginobilisbaldspot424 Před 4 lety +2

      It was absolutely the biggest Xmas game of the decade. Lakers/Celtics in 2008 probably second.

    • @joshwonkim0895
      @joshwonkim0895 Před 3 lety +1

      SB should now do a Deep Rewind of the game when Kobe hit the buzzer beating three pointer to win the game over Wade!!

  • @mitchellsanders2784
    @mitchellsanders2784 Před 5 lety +69

    "..the Corvette did indeed hit the brick wall...and that was the brick wall's sixth foul." ROFL!!

  • @shny1014
    @shny1014 Před 5 lety +651

    Ah Christmas the day where we always see LeBron vs. Curry

  • @mastermindmartialarts
    @mastermindmartialarts Před 3 lety +28

    The hype for this was unreal, I remember my parents and my grandmother all sitting and watching this game and we didn't partake in any Christmas festivities until it was over.

  • @theasiandude7885
    @theasiandude7885 Před 4 lety +52

    RIP, Kobe Bryant. :(

    • @seanfelder3286
      @seanfelder3286 Před 4 lety +1

      Kobe Bryant vs Shaq meeting was epic after winning 3 straight championships during dominant era in early 2000s

    • @WillAyeAmNot
      @WillAyeAmNot Před 4 lety +1

      RIP

  • @fifaelregala2610
    @fifaelregala2610 Před 5 lety +1531

    Deep rewind LeBron Block in 2016 Finals.

    • @jamesbrown646
      @jamesbrown646 Před 5 lety +3

      fifa el regala yes was just gonna comment that

    • @Tobyee
      @Tobyee Před 5 lety +164

      *Iguodala to Curry, back to Iguodala, up for the layup! Oh! Blocked by James*

    • @a1gamer561
      @a1gamer561 Před 5 lety +32

      Toby Creation LEBRON JAMES WITH THE REJECTION

    • @Guiltyworld-ze5ql
      @Guiltyworld-ze5ql Před 5 lety +23

      I still get goosebumps bro

    • @DesignzRUs
      @DesignzRUs Před 5 lety +24

      Overrated. Jr smith deserves credit for slowing iggy and making him change his shot

  • @RobertPaceII
    @RobertPaceII Před 5 lety +27

    Remember this very well, I was 17 at the time in my Junior year of high school. At this time the Kobe and Shaq soap-opera was the biggest story in basketball. Kobe and Shaq's relationship was highly publicized in the media, and this was a time before social media blew up. Even if you were not a Lakers fan, and you followed the NBA, you understood the drama here. It was just a lot of curiosity of how the scene would with Kobe and Shaq on opposite teams for the first time since Kobe has been in the NBA. People wanted to see would they acknowledge each other, would Kobe drive the lane with Shaq in the middle, would there even be some words or an altercation between the two. It was interesting to see what was such a great duo winning 3 NBA Championship's devolve into them separating because they could not just co-operate with each other. I remember being a little upset when they broke up even though the writing were on the wall especially after that debacle in the finals against Detroit because I was a fan of the Kobe-Shaq, and Phil dynamic. But in the end it was what was best for all involved.

  • @Andiiyo49
    @Andiiyo49 Před 5 lety +616

    Formula 1, 2008 Brazil, last corner.
    Two guys fighting for the championship and it got decided in the last corner, of the last lap in the last race !
    This needs a rewinder episode !!

    • @Cynon
      @Cynon Před 5 lety +2

      Indy 500 1989 isn't a bad one either....

    • @FreekaPista
      @FreekaPista Před 5 lety +37

      Is that Glock???!!!

    • @mattabrams7568
      @mattabrams7568 Před 5 lety +16

      He turns left! Oh! And so does he!!!!

    • @7734equalshell
      @7734equalshell Před 5 lety +14

      @@mattabrams7568 That's Nascar, not F1. Go back to being racist

    • @7734equalshell
      @7734equalshell Před 5 lety +1

      I'd watch that

  • @paligula.
    @paligula. Před 5 lety +30

    shaqs" kobe tell me how my ass taste" song deserves a deep rewind

  • @lemonapocalypse414
    @lemonapocalypse414 Před 4 lety +17

    "It's not something that I have time to think about, because I'm not that type of player." This would be akin to Shaq trying to convince us he's not black.

  • @bronxmade8710
    @bronxmade8710 Před 5 lety +131

    Can we get the Jose Bautista bat flip rewind?! That was pure epic ness!

    • @mcj88
      @mcj88 Před 5 lety +5

      God, yes - there was so much in that game and season leading up to the bat flip that deserves a rewind.

    • @bronxmade8710
      @bronxmade8710 Před 5 lety +10

      McJohnson That 7th inning was crazy, one of the craziest moments I’ve seen in sports history and the home run by Bautista was the icing on the cake which made it so epic. Goosebumps talking about it now lol

    • @arzamarsh1146
      @arzamarsh1146 Před 5 lety +6

      If they do that game, they should also do Odor clocking Bautista the next spring.

    • @shjoka1212911
      @shjoka1212911 Před 5 lety

      all of Canada lost their minds

  • @wesmathews
    @wesmathews Před 5 lety +7

    I remember this hype so well. There was even a entire episode of the TV show "Scrubs" dedicated to a character trying to get home to watch a recording before he got the result spoiled for him.
    I didn't remember how it ended, and I don't know why, but when Kobe missed that three I unexpectedly burst into laughter. Something just hit me as funny.

  • @sumi8388
    @sumi8388 Před 4 lety +76

    JR Smith " TheGoat" video wanted me to watch more.
    RIP Kobe Bryant 😪

  • @vip_supercars3652
    @vip_supercars3652 Před 4 lety +52

    Rewind when Robert Horry shoulder bump Steve Nash into the scorer's table and cause Stoudamire to be suspended and screwed the Phoenix Suns out of a championship

  • @Eli_Hacker
    @Eli_Hacker Před 5 lety +55

    Nothing better then a Christmas rewind!

  • @thekid5616
    @thekid5616 Před 4 lety +10

    RIP Kobe Bryant

  • @lukeletourneau
    @lukeletourneau Před 4 lety +10

    These kind of videos have been therapy for me as a basketball fan. Thanks SB Nation. Can't wait for your other Kobe videos to help tell his unforgettable story.

  • @CALPH88
    @CALPH88 Před 5 lety +7

    I love this series. You guys always bring me back.

  • @brandonbumbaco5401
    @brandonbumbaco5401 Před 4 lety +33

    RIP to the legend Kobe 🙏

  • @afitzpatrick2050
    @afitzpatrick2050 Před 2 lety

    Man watching this video took me back. I had an extremely vivid flashback of that Christmas day, which was a good day. Thanks for that memory

  • @ajmarsh221
    @ajmarsh221 Před 4 lety +4

    In a sea of NBA videos, your videos are by far my favorite. You're knowledgeable, your videos are intelligent and your cadence isn't abrasive or robotic like so many others. Love your stuff and the topics you choose. 🤙🤙🤙

  • @timjano5374
    @timjano5374 Před 4 lety +5

    Rip kobe😢

  • @JTara20
    @JTara20 Před 5 lety +1

    This series is phenomenal. Thank you!

  • @lightning4242
    @lightning4242 Před 3 lety +6

    The heat are so good at finding overlooked talent

  • @ohnidekrz7518
    @ohnidekrz7518 Před 5 lety +489

    Do 2016 Christmas Day Game Warriors-Cavaliers rewind

    • @L7890p
      @L7890p Před 5 lety +2

      Ohnide Krž YES

    • @insanitygx6564
      @insanitygx6564 Před 5 lety +1

      That would be PERFECT

    • @kirphioc9904
      @kirphioc9904 Před 5 lety +5

      Ben Johnson that was 2017

    • @thebestyoutubecommentever4133
      @thebestyoutubecommentever4133 Před 5 lety +3

      I remember believing the Cavs would be competitive in the finals after that game... then reality slapped me in the face when they got stomped

    • @ohnidekrz7518
      @ohnidekrz7518 Před 5 lety

      @@thebestyoutubecommentever4133 I still think if we didn't choke at the end of game 3 we would have won.Also I think we would have won if JR layed the ball in game 1 of last years finals.

  • @dudeperfectfan1975
    @dudeperfectfan1975 Před 4 lety +4

    R.I.P Kobe

  • @aartinho
    @aartinho Před 5 lety +1

    These episodes are insanely good, please do more NBA ones because i'm in love

  • @Freesilver92
    @Freesilver92 Před 5 lety +1

    Great video, I remember this iconic game, I was like I don't think Kobe made that shot, but the game was still a HUGE deal. I'm impressed you really set the scene for this great moment even thought he didn't make it. Most other content creators would have passed on this for just that.

  • @jackharris4239
    @jackharris4239 Před 5 lety +106

    Bowl season is so close. You can’t not do Iowa’s Hail Mary against LSU in the 2004 capital one bowl

  • @IWantToMature85
    @IWantToMature85 Před 4 lety +3

    RIP Sir! These games were iconic!

  • @jamesw8798
    @jamesw8798 Před 5 lety

    SB Nation, please post more of these NBA videos. I LOVE them!

  • @V3lie
    @V3lie Před 4 lety

    This is so well made. Great storytelling! 12/10

  • @rayray5472
    @rayray5472 Před 4 lety +4

    RIP Kobe...

  • @SethKasso
    @SethKasso Před 5 lety +345

    A 42 Win team was good enough for the 4th seed in the eastern conference. In the west that year, the Nuggets were the 8th seed with 43 wins. Let that sink in and realize how much the 2000s eastern conference sucked ass outside of the Pistons, the only consistently good team in the east for that decade.

    • @MrTrolleras
      @MrTrolleras Před 5 lety +19

      This year might be even worse

    • @jayjames4629
      @jayjames4629 Před 5 lety +9

      The pistons won one championship,that made them The team out the east for the decade ?the nets wit Jason kidd,Miami heat,pistons,boston celtics

    • @umont13
      @umont13 Před 5 lety +11

      Akylas Strat the east is better than the west this year you fool what the hell you talking about.

    • @SethKasso
      @SethKasso Před 5 lety +24

      @@jayjames4629 The Pistons made 7 straight conference finals and were good for the entire decade. The Heat had two solid years in 05 and 06 then fell off due to injuries, the Celtics were bleh (patching sets of making and missing the playoffs before 08, and the Nets did make two finals but were bad on 00 and 01 and then meh to awful for the rest of the decade.

    • @jayjames4629
      @jayjames4629 Před 5 lety +4

      @@SethKasso they didn't win 7 straight tho,and I actually think it was 6..in that era,from 2000-2010 was basically dominated by the lakers/spurs,and the east took 3

  • @travismorgan4546
    @travismorgan4546 Před 5 lety

    Brilliant!!!! Brilliant!!! Brilliant!! That was art. I appreciate that video.

  • @spartan997
    @spartan997 Před 4 lety +2

    am I the only one who found the ending of this video hilarious? The way the narrator was hyping up the shot and the anti climatic miss make for comedy gold

  • @DustinMcphetridgesRazor
    @DustinMcphetridgesRazor Před 4 lety +40

    Rip Mamba.. still don’t want to believe it. Thankful for memories like these that I will always have. Heroes are remembered but legends never die. You were, are, and always will be both of those things. You’ve put nothing but hard work into you and your family’s life.. get some rest mamba and take your spot in gods kingdom.

  • @handyserv3198
    @handyserv3198 Před 5 lety +15

    You absolutely have to do Øle Gunnar Solskjær's last minute goal in the 1999 Champions League Final against Bayern Munich

  • @prestigevlogs6400
    @prestigevlogs6400 Před 4 lety +2

    Rip Kobe

  • @BlokAsig
    @BlokAsig Před 5 lety

    Excellent story telling.

  • @ojx6020
    @ojx6020 Před 5 lety +19

    To be honest Miami was really a decent pick for Superman the real team that would have been nice would've been Orlando if T-Mac stayed also

  • @buttplugfactory
    @buttplugfactory Před 4 lety +4

    Just watched this video 2 days ago, thought nothing of it. I still can’t even grasp it. R.I.P. Mamba!

  • @HOLAROB
    @HOLAROB Před 4 lety +2

    R.I.P. Kobe

  • @nolies3784
    @nolies3784 Před 3 lety

    You guys do a good job thanks

  • @anant1462
    @anant1462 Před 5 lety +15

    1999 and 2005 UEFA Champions League finals.
    Atletico Madrid winning La Liga on the final day, away to Barcelona, in 2014.
    F1 2007 and 2008 finales.

  • @The_Milkman_Delivers
    @The_Milkman_Delivers Před 4 lety +3

    R.I.P

  • @BillyRicker92
    @BillyRicker92 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The best Christmas Day ever, I was a huge Shaq fan back in the day and it was edge of your seat stuff!

  • @kabinyo_creations
    @kabinyo_creations Před 5 lety

    still remember watching this as a kid. the hype was unreal.

  • @craiggrayson9036
    @craiggrayson9036 Před 5 lety +2

    Basketball Rewinder and Basketball beef are the only ones I watch!

  • @alexcollins3142
    @alexcollins3142 Před 5 lety +25

    can we get a kobe and shaq beef history

    • @samuel2pac72
      @samuel2pac72 Před 5 lety +1

      Alex Collins It started with Kobe being a fan of Shaq’s even meeting him as a child while he was playing for the Magic having a pleasant exchange to being ganged up on by Del Harris (Lakers coach 1994-99) for being a high school drop out forced to play garbage time off the bench (for 2 and a half seasons) until he became a good defender ending him playing time, Shaq calling him “Showboat/Showbe” and the rest of the roster followed. That’s where their issues stated. I’d love to make a video about it myself actually.

    • @pjetrs
      @pjetrs Před 4 lety

      they did an interview together where they said it wasnt really a beef, they have a ton of respect for each other, all this 'beef' was just a way to get them both fired up as team mates, which went a bit too far in the end, and after that a way to motivate themselves

    • @RamanN00B
      @RamanN00B Před 3 lety

      I'm still waiting for it too. I bet they're doing tons of research like the Vince Carter vs Toronto beef history

  • @itchyrichy
    @itchyrichy Před 5 lety

    This video was very well made! Well done

  • @cordariuswilkins4291
    @cordariuswilkins4291 Před 5 lety

    Excellent videos my guy

  • @MultiCardsfan1
    @MultiCardsfan1 Před 5 lety +524

    Shaq could’ve been the GOAT if he trained harder

    • @rodgetech
      @rodgetech Před 5 lety +9

      No he's no Jordan

    • @mou6854
      @mou6854 Před 5 lety +152

      LAR Rodriglu if he could make free throws and have a decent mid range jump shot he would easily be the best scorer of all time

    • @rodgetech
      @rodgetech Před 5 lety +1

      @@mou6854 L

    • @joerk992
      @joerk992 Před 5 lety +42

      LAR Rodriglu I know buddy facts hurt 😞

    • @samuel2pac72
      @samuel2pac72 Před 5 lety +58

      Warren Pricefield I agree. That’s a reason to why Kobe and him had such an tumultuous relationship, Kobe grew up a fan and was envious of Shaquille’s physical gifts but filled with repugnance of his lack of work ethic as he saw it as wasted talent while busting his ass to overcome his own debilities and being told by Phil to take the backseat. I adore Shaq (he’s in my top 5-10) but yeah when he demanded crazy money as an aging and injured center of course they would’ve picked younger, cheaper more talented and projected to be the new/next Micheal Jordan. It was a business move as he admitted in their interview together. While still drying any drama will Kobe just flat out told him us Shaq was being diplomatic they didn’t liken each other but respected each other’s game, but Kobe as well as Shaq was ready to catch a homicide at times. Btw, all that just makes Shaq look so much greater in my eyes, he was running of natural talent he came in with the same game as he went out with.

  • @TheRafaelBond
    @TheRafaelBond Před 5 lety +25

    Nothing on Shaq saying saying he knew Kobe would miss?

  • @StallionButter69
    @StallionButter69 Před 5 lety

    This was a great episode! I had no idea how it was going to end.

  • @dinindukumarathilake1109

    you killed it brother . The narration was perfect.

  • @ozzX92
    @ozzX92 Před 4 lety +3

    R.I.P KOBE!

  • @byrondowling195
    @byrondowling195 Před 5 lety +6

    I'd love to see a NBA rewinder for Damian Lillard's series clinching buzzer beater 3 against the Rockets

  • @hrs1414
    @hrs1414 Před 3 lety +2

    I was 11 when this game happened and a massive heat fan. It was the first big Heat game that I could remember realize how big it was. I kinda remember the heat/knicks rivalry in the 90s but i was pretty much a toddler. This game was like my SB at the time lmfao

  • @LakersEnEspanol
    @LakersEnEspanol Před 5 lety +1

    Great rewind!

  • @BlujayGFX
    @BlujayGFX Před 5 lety +8

    Was born in 98 so I don’t remember this game (let alone most Christmas games that I’ve watched). I think that’s y they did it on this one. It’s less memorable so for a younger generation like myself, a lot of us thought Kobe was going to make it

  • @jakedurbin9514
    @jakedurbin9514 Před 5 lety +25

    Make a rewinder on the 2011 World Series Game 6 walkoff please

  • @Theokb24
    @Theokb24 Před 4 lety

    I remember this game like it happened yesterday...crazy hype!

  • @Simeautomatic100
    @Simeautomatic100 Před 5 lety

    I'll never forget Christmas 2004 mainly for 1 reason... it was the 1st time in my lifetime (was 12 years old) where it snowed in new orleans!!
    1st time I picked up/got Hit by a snowball. & after I had fun outside, I was in the house watching this game!

  • @bigwoke686
    @bigwoke686 Před 5 lety +39

    Make a rewind of Stephen Curry hitting the game winning 3pt shot from half court against the thunder in 2016

    • @nehemiah9190
      @nehemiah9190 Před 5 lety +1

      BIG WOKE YESSSS

    • @gobot581
      @gobot581 Před 4 lety +1

      Rewind Stephen Curry getting the business from the god Delly and it costing him a finals MVP and how he'll never get one.

  • @LeBeautiful
    @LeBeautiful Před 5 lety +199

    If only Kobe and Shaq didn't part ways...

    • @sean24833
      @sean24833 Před 5 lety +3

      Kobe would've still won 5 chips

    • @brandonlee1947
      @brandonlee1947 Před 5 lety +44

      If only Shaq didn't come to each off season out of Shape

    • @redtiger4352
      @redtiger4352 Před 5 lety +2

      If only MJ didnt retire.... Whats Lebron excuse? If only Lebron didnt lose?

    • @matthewvalencia3694
      @matthewvalencia3694 Před 5 lety +2

      Baby Purn LeBron has one. If only Kd didn’t join the warriors to create a super team....

    • @luvalexis5192
      @luvalexis5192 Před 5 lety +1

      Matty Ice lebron wasn’t winning even before the warriors😂😂

  • @heathbranch1823
    @heathbranch1823 Před rokem

    I was 12 years old. Me and my dad were big Shaq and Kobe fans. Couldn’t wait for this game. Miss the mid to late 2000s NBA 💯

  • @YourSweetPotato
    @YourSweetPotato Před 5 lety

    Great job narrating the story!

  • @countingcards1208
    @countingcards1208 Před 5 lety +3

    Please do the 2005 Champions League final it would be amazing, thanks!

  • @jelle7224
    @jelle7224 Před 5 lety +3

    Do one on Steven Bradbury's Olympic gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002.
    Bradbury's story is fantastic but that final also featured Apolo Anton Ohno and a young Hyun Soo Ahn who would go on to become the GOAT of shorttrack.

  • @FrederickFatallaTampus
    @FrederickFatallaTampus Před 5 lety +2

    This Video is Gold! I Love The Lakers and I'm a Lakers Fan Kobe and Shaq are Unstoppabble! Unfortunately this Happens But I'm Still a Fan of Both of these players! thanks SB Nation for This!

  • @rjmacready9828
    @rjmacready9828 Před rokem +1

    Rest in paradise mamba, we love and miss you ❤️

  • @davecartmill5086
    @davecartmill5086 Před 3 lety +6

    Going 42-40 and finishing 4th in the East 😭😭😭

  • @balltalkdeep
    @balltalkdeep Před 4 lety +3

    As a Miami kid I loved this game

  • @jeromembeche8907
    @jeromembeche8907 Před 5 lety

    Video was so good!

  • @nobleson7637
    @nobleson7637 Před 5 lety

    Nicely played, SB Nation!

  • @n0vab13
    @n0vab13 Před 4 lety +3

    rip

  • @guru_basketball_kiero
    @guru_basketball_kiero Před 5 lety +4

    Yeah me and my Moms was apped for that game! She was on Shaq side during the beef with Kobe and I was behind Kobe 110%
    And that damn miss by Kobe broke my heart

  • @mitsospon7720
    @mitsospon7720 Před 5 lety

    I want MORE of this

  • @extremewildness3001
    @extremewildness3001 Před 4 lety +1

    I think this is my new favorite channel.

  • @BoxOfOranges84
    @BoxOfOranges84 Před 5 lety +7

    Probably the most hyped NBA game of the 2st century.

  • @sahilgoyalgoyal32
    @sahilgoyalgoyal32 Před 5 lety +73

    That was so anti-climacitc 😄😂

    • @CartoonMastermind
      @CartoonMastermind Před 5 lety +7

      Yeah, maybe could have played it in slow motion and had a loud heart beat sound effect going, would have made it heavily intense

    • @razkable
      @razkable Před 5 lety +2

      not if you a d wade fan..this was his coming out party to the national media...

    • @luckyspurs
      @luckyspurs Před 5 lety +3

      Comically anti-climactic though.

    • @WilliamDailyReacts
      @WilliamDailyReacts Před 5 lety +1

      Im pissed! lol

  • @utho8080
    @utho8080 Před 3 lety +1

    I remember watching this game when i was a kid as a huge Kobe fan, and I left with so much admiration and respect for D Wade. Wade is my 2nd fave player.

  • @exsandohhsify
    @exsandohhsify Před 5 lety

    Excellent!

  • @seanmurphy6168
    @seanmurphy6168 Před 5 lety +2

    Can you do a rewind of the notorious USSR vs USA Olympic mens basketball game like that moment is the most infamous in sports history

  • @datboytrav
    @datboytrav Před 4 lety +3

    RIP Mamba

  • @Cheezus22
    @Cheezus22 Před 5 lety

    Sbnation is the best sports channel on CZcams hands down. Rewinder is an excellent series don't ever stop. Also where is Jon Bois? ;)

  • @MrHitessh
    @MrHitessh Před 2 lety

    This is storytelling in sport at its absolute best 🔥🔥🔥

  • @yoboypizza9092
    @yoboypizza9092 Před 5 lety +23

    Do the Lebron block in Game 7

  • @AAL.
    @AAL. Před 5 lety +5

    I love how people just sweep Dwyane wade under the rug in this game

    • @newnamek96
      @newnamek96 Před rokem

      Shaq vs kobe is able to put more butts in seats

  • @bd7827
    @bd7827 Před 5 lety

    Awesome video

  • @peperamos9110
    @peperamos9110 Před 5 lety

    Great video. I guess this shows that even greats miss important shots