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- The Los Angeles Lakers overcame a 24-point deficit in the first half and beat the Sacramento Kings 100-99. (2:44) On the final possession, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal both missed layups, but Vlade Divac whacked the ball out to the perimeter to Robert Horry who buried the game winner to propel L.A. to the Game 4 win in the 2002 NBA Western Conference finals.
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Here we are almost 19 years later and the Kings still haven’t recovered from that shot
😂 for real, all the Kings fans ended up on the Warriors bandwagon
never will
Bro, I imagine how you feel rn :(
Dam straightt
LMFAO
Dang that intro was the most 2000's thing ever haha
I miss that so much.
The Kings lost this series with this game. Chris Webber needed to put in work and he didn't in all of the pivotal moments in the series.
You'll soon say that about the 10s in 10 more years
reminds me of the time i did acid
@@RobbieStacks90 Let's see you try to get going with a 7 foot 300lb hall of famer waiting for you in the paint
I still remember how everyone on the block came out screaming from their homes .. such good memories
Dammmmmmn!
Because if they lost that game, the series would have been over the next game. That was a win or go home game, Lakers were always playing catch up. I think it went all the way to game 7.
Same in my neighborhood lol and I had messages on my answering machine of people going crazy lol
I remember those days 🙌🏽 nothing like early 2000s Lakers 💜💛
Yeah such good memories of the refs helping you out!
Our biggest rival at that time. The Kings used to give us all kinds of problems 😂
Horry saved our ass that game!
The Blue Gorilla y’all should’ve lost in game 6
@@toocold6108 but we didn't
The Blue Gorilla because it was rigged
@@49ers4lifeN lol was it?
Saved our season along with samaki lol
I watched this game with a devout Kings fan. He rode me all game long. When Horry made that shot, I went berzerk for about 10 straight minutes. Wonderful memory.
Robert Horry, one of the most valuable and skilled Playoffs performers ever.
He what? He what rode what? all game long?
@@Itsfld😂😂😂😂😂😂
The best year of basketball, the players, the fashion, the attitude, everything is perfect.
I miss when NBC used to air playoff games. Those were the good old days.
My man I remember when the NBA was on CBS back in the 80's when Magic, Bird & Isiah was running the show. I also remember when Jordan hit that game winning shot against Cleveland. Good times.
This is when NBC Sports ruled the sports broadcasting world. During the 90's and early 2000's, they had the NFL, NBA, MLB, Olympic games, Wimbledon, French Open, and various other sports.
This was back when coming back from a 20 point deficit was hard. Now it happens all the time.
Back then someone made a three it took so much out of other team. Now everyone shoots 3s to your point making a comeback easier.
@@Gabriela1Acevedo Correction: Today, there's no defense played whatsoever, all threes or dunks just like Adam Silver designed it.
@@bobbydigital5378 yep
15 point comeback used to be incredibly special. This 20+ comeback was UNTHINKABLE. This was back when teams didn't crack, didn't get emotionally unstable. Back in the day if you ended the 1st quarter up 10+ there was a good chance you were gonna take care of business and win the game. Now you can't trust anybody. If anything, a team is up early, they're more likely to lose now!
@@TRJ2241987 very true. 96 eastern conference finals game 2 Bulls were down 16 to Orlando in the third quarter and came back to win. To your point that comeback felt more special. Lakers down 15 to Portland in game 7 western conference finals 2000 another one that comes to mind that it felt Blazers were going to finals with that lead after 3 quarters.
Early 2000’s “you better pick up a paper”. 2020 “go CZcams it”.
aye that line was cold asf, and I was 1 when this game happened lmaooo
Man I'm so glad I lived in that era, that was a great rivalry
Big Shot Bob. The greatest role player in the history of sports.
Cheap Shot Bob. Hip checked Nash into the scorers' table, Stoudemire left the bench area and was suspended the next game.....and the rest is history.
Exactly, if he didn't balntly clothlined Nash, consequently got several suns players suspended , the Suns would have a great chance to win it all that year, and maybe another one, and Nash would be about where Steph Curry is today, and the small ball era would be several years earlier. Big Shot Bob really changed NBA history.
The guy has hit so many game winning buzzer beaters and webber said it was luck lol..
Greatest player ever not even mike got 7 rings
Dereck fisher too
He better read a paper or something . ....lol Robert Horry .
Lol oh how times have changed...
Im cracking tf up lmao
@@kkagoro2520 what ? kings still trash.
Los Angeles Lakers 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ think about the context of the first comment, Now connect mine. I hate I’m responding to you to spell this out but it’s in regard to how times have changed and no one reads (literal) newspapers now but back then it was relevant.
Horry was streets bruh lol
Who remembers where they were when Horry hit that shot?
Kings fan here. I was 17. had my gf at the time sitting on my lap on the couch at my parents house as they were gone for the weekend. As soon as the shot went through I noticed she was looking up at me from the floor. I jumped so high that she fell off.
@@levinlong4912 haha where is she id love to hear her side of the story
Sitting on a couch watching a box with images coming out of it.
Crying in the shower.
At my pops house in the studio. Senior in hs. Lakers made lots of sad faces back then.
You have dudes that are superstars and MVPs in the regular season that consistently come up small when it counts then you have guys like Robert Horry that look like they’re stealing money for 82 games then absolutely comes alive in the postseason. Put that man in the hall of fame
Facts
Watching Horry make that shot, was one of the best memories I shared with my dad.
Pablo Vazquez sane man same 👌🏻
Same man. I wish I could tell me dad that 😔
I watched it with my dad too… but we’re Kings fans. It’s a different kind of memory.
Same
Same brother
"No rebounds, no rings." - Pat Riley
joesakic91 end of conversation
That is what doomed the Kings.
@@michaelterrell2108 And Game 7 of this series missing 17 FTs. How do you miss 17 FTs as a collective in a Game 7 smh..
@@kylecoleman9645 if they hit their FTs they most likely beat the Lakers, and most likely beat the Nets in the Finals. Kings choked big time.
@@michaelterrell2108 if they hit they FTs, do the Lakers play harder & smarter to get the Win. Starting to believe way the Lakers were going to pull it out. Kobe was the Xfactor in that series.
The GOAT Robert Horry 7-0 in the finals
Luckiest/best role player ever
Didnt he lose in 2004 pistons??
Dubois Watkins Horry was underrated, definitely not luck.
as a role player...he was never the 1st, 2nd , 3rd or 4th best player on any of those 7 championship teams....
@@conni70 Dude averaged literally like 2 points a game but you gotta admit he had ice water in his veins.
Greatest moment in Laker history as a fan. I was in Laughlin, NV. when this happen. Celebrated all night. Thanks Vlade for the assist. Robert Horry Mr. Clutch. 🏀
That shot made and broke a lot of careers. A LOT!
lebron needed a horry harper artest ariza fisher sooner in his career...my man got battier chalmers ray far too late aka role guys willing to make a big shot so he doesn't have to all the time the way kobe got bailed out time and time again by his role players late in games
@@razkable Time & Time again? Stop it. You overexaggerating for what reason? Cause Bronsexual? Foh.
And hearts...
Those calls
@@kylecoleman9645 this 2002 series was rigged like crazy stop the bs casual
20 years later and the Kings will never ever get over that shot! Robert Horry deserve to be in the HOF!
Vlade is the one to blamed.
He really does. He is an unsung hero.
HOF for making one shot??
@@edwardturner4311 7 rings!! For making 27 game winning playoff shots! 38 reg season game winning shots. 7 time NBA champion and never lost in the finals! The best role player ever!!!!!
Great role player! Great guy; great teammate! Hall of Fame! Cmon man
Before "Google me, Chuck" There was "Read a paper or somin"
Carlton Davis what does that mean?
@@dallascowboys3133 Google It
@@CarlyDayDay
Lmao 😂
“Bibby, giving away five inches has problems going inside.”
Luke Houben Sounds weird 😂😂😂
Luke Houben 💯🤦🏾♂️
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
I wouldn’t be surprised if Dan Patrick new exactly what he was saying.
Although this is about Robert Horry, seeing Kobe with that big smile after a win...it still hurts.
Great brief rivalry
Shut up
The Kings were a very very worthy adversary. I hated them but I respected them.
I watched this in tv as a kid
I was so hype i didn’t sleep that night.
34-year old here that has watched the majority of laker games since I was 12 or 13... this is easily in the top 5 best laker moments of my lifetime , and arguably top 3.
Kobe had his hands up before it went in the net! What a shot
I just saw that
That was cool.
I paused the video 100x because of this comment
I was at the game with my Father they chanted Horrys name all the way to the parking lot. The adrenaline rush of witnessing a buzzer beater with the magnitude and the series on the line
I remember being in L.A., with my cousin watching the whole game and then the ending sequence went down. I remember after the shot went in and I'm in Compton, and it was definitely a party after that. The whole block went up in joy after the game. Great times and I'll never forget that scene after the game. Amazing 👏
Man I thought Paul George sounded Salty.. Chris Webber was Bitter af 😂😂
I don't think he was trying to be pretty..he was speaking the truth saying the ball tapped out to Horry was lucky after his dumbass teammate Divac said it was a lucky shot like Horry had no skill
He was right. He gave Horry credit for making the shot, but it was a lucky play. They were trying to lay it in. They had no intention of kicking it out to Horry. Divac did by mistake.
Divac even more
Bc he knew it was rigged
@@frankmclain3634 LOL 😂 it wasn't rigged. Lakers won clean and clear and history is on our side. All you have are conspiracy theories and ZERO proof or hard evidence
I still think back to this shot. Me and my siblings, huddled up on the only chair in our parents room. Positive it was over as the ball bounced away. God, the entire family was screaming when it sunk. The entire 2000-2002 Lakers seasons are engraved in memory, but this was THE moment.
Aww
.4 was pretty insane
I was a young kid watching this in real time only a Lakers fan because of my mother being a fan. During that bb is when I fell in love with basketball
Thank you VLADE. You help your ex team win. Once a laker, you bleed purple and gold
jwillboi mastahplan still helping his ex team with that Walton hire. Lakers is like Jews - people hate them because they are so successful #GodsChosenPeople#IsraelIsOurs
He went back to play for the Lakers in 2004 - 2005 season after Shaq went to the Heat
lol I don't think Vlade was as pleased about it as you were
That series was a classic. It had everything buzzer beaters scandal game 7 ect. We were all entertained.
Kind of weird that I was 13 when this game took place and now my son is 13.
Golden Kingdom Dad at 17. I can do math.
@@jdoggoliscious 😂😂😂
Haha jesus, I'm 32 and still have none....I bet I look younger than you lol
TRJ2241987 you probably look younger than his son
I was 6, laker became legends when i became a boy
"Who said white foreigners can't jump?" That tickled me 😂
Cant get away with comments like that nowadays. Even I mentally gasped. Lol
@@daddyinacaddyYou definitely can lol. Nobody is stopping anyone from being funny and saying some real stuff. If more people just said stuff like that regularly without any agenda, this PC stigma would go away. It just has to happen. People really gotta stop worrying about what people on social media and these woke news outlets have to say.
Such a classic clip! Those were the great days!
Here after AD’s buzzer beater
This was a legendary series... Bibby hit a game winner later this series as well
bibby was their best player
The difference is, Bibby’s shot was designed, Horry was lucky hanging around the three point line to get that idiotic ball tap from divac.
@@Apo_Ni_Baby_Kupal U must not hoop bruh it wasn't luck at all bruh
Ernest Boykin 3rd lol. Read my comment again. You must not have understand the message.
There is no doubt that Horry is clutch. It just so happens that Vlade idiotically tap the ball instead of securing the rebound. It also just so happens that Horry was hanging around the 3 point line.
S/O to Chris Webber’s illegal screen
Makes the Rock’s song lyric, “Sacramento, I won’t stay. But I’ll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May!” look even more savage!
The shot that shattered their dreams. Till this day they still haven't recovered.😆
Still one of the greatest games I’ve ever seen!!!!
So does Vlade get an assist, or.....😂
LMFAO
I never actually watched this game, I was at a wedding in LA. We were at the wedding site waiting for the ceremony to start and the valet guys had this game on a mini-TV. We were checking the score with them. And the collective roar from the valets when Horry made this shot is actually my biggest memory of the wedding (apologies to the couple!). Later asked the bride why the ceremony started late and she said the groom and his party wanted to watch the end of the game!
Ad game winning buzzer beater brought me here
Without question, the greatest playoff series I've ever watched. Amazing! The Kings were phenomenal that year, but the Lakers were better. I still can't believe how Sacramento folded at the free throw line in Game 7.
“They scared of us” famous last words Jackson 😂
Pyro Ivan
General Custards famous last words.
Hahahaha....one team went on to win the 3 peat and go down as one of best core teams in NBA history. The other went on to become a bunch of has-beens.
@@adidasut11 to add insult to injury, the Kings other rivals the Warriors have won three NBA titles, while the Kings have faded into irrelevance.
I had the privilege of shaking the hand that made that shot, on Christmas Eve 2013. I met Big Shot Bob waiting on a tram at Bush airport in Houston. He was headed home to Alabama and I was returning to a rig in the gulf on my regular schedule. I actually saw him across from me in first class Lax-Hou, but wasn't gonna bother him. When I came up the escalator to catch the tram to my next flight and only one person was there, yep, no choice. Super cool chill guy, got a picture too!
I remember this game. Where has time gone? Can’t believe it’s been this long since this game was played.
Some of the great years in basketball 🏀
One of those moments where I'll never forget where I was live.....this was an incredible weekend in New England, the Celtics had just completed at the time the biggest 4th quarter comeback in NBA history....I was at my Grandparents in Connecticut for the weekend.....watched this Kings/Lakers game live with my Dad & Grandpa....I remember they were rooting for the Kings, and I was cheering for the "heel" Lakers......I still remember all three of our reactions when that Horry shot went up......instantly iconic
Yea when the spurs and lakera won every year sure
@@michaelthornton4529 And when referees were blatantly rigging games.
Lmao there was less than 1 second left and Kobe was still calling for the ball. Thats why we love the Mamba.
Mamba forever in our hearts
As a Laker fan, I will never forget this game, that three point shot and the excitement I had when it happened 🏀💛💜
God damn it I love this style of reporting sports
orbitprodutions ME TOO!
Same. Good times. I remember, when I was a bachelor, coming home from my evening job, grabbing something to eat to take back to my apartment, and flipping on Sportscenter on ESPN. What a way to end a long day... Great times.
I'm not a huge NBA fan but I remember watching this series pretty intently. We have no NBA team in my home market. But the 00's Lakers had a swagger about them that kept me wanting to watch the finals year after year. Can't say the same thing for the Spurs. this was a great series
Lmao Chris you called a timeout in college when you knew you had non left 😂😂😂
It’s a crime this doesn’t have Marv Alberts legendary call of the buzzer beater
Horry for threeeeeee...... YESSSSS!!!!
To this day that shot remains insane💯
The crowd went insane when that shot went in.
imagine one shot completely shutting the queens championship window for 16 years. In 2018 their championship window got shut down again when they drafted Marvin Bagel III over Luka.
Rest In Paradise Kobe & Gigi 🙏🏾
this is how Danny Green should've been in Game 5
But Danny Green did win a ring with the Lakers after Game 6.
@@joesakic91 He still could've been a clutch player and end it earlier. 🤷♂️
@@fusionn4316 Yeah, but as long as the Lakers win the race to 16 wins first, those are forgiven.
@@joesakic91 Yep. But, Danny Green needs to get traded though that's for sure.
@@fusionn4316 For who?
Memories!!! "What about those Lakers!"
"He better read a paper or sumn" I still use that line to this day about anyone who doesn't know what they're talking about.
Vlade will never get over that tip out to a wide open Horry.
And he missed a free throw that could have put them up 3
He did it on purpose it's all fake
@@datkiwiboy cut it out u in denial
All the skies were grey, but everything’s okay; Robert Horry saved the day
horry's shot really did save kobe's legacy imo..that shot stopped a 4 game sweep of la basically...no three peat...changes kobe's narrative as a top 5 player all time
Asmosis Jones I was quoting a song haha
@@razkable Kobe isn't top 5 either way lol
Back when Sportscenter was in its glory days.
4:27 Bruh this is some comedy gold!
Kobe 😢
I know the Lakers were great, but I think we need to acknowledge how stacked the Kings roster was during this time. Chris Weber, Vlade Divac, Mike Bibby, Doug Christie, Peja Stojakovic, Bobby Jackson, and a young,underrated Hedo Turkoglu 🤯. The West during this time was out of control. The Lakers, Spurs, Kings, Mavs, Twolves, and Trail Blazers ranged from very good to excellent. Anyone of these teams would of won the East Conference.
One of the clutchest shots in NBA history. Right up there with Michael Jordan’s shot over Craig Ehlo, Kawhi Leonard’s shot to win the 2019 Semi-Finals, Ray Allen’s miracle 3 that saved Miami, and Kyrie Irving’s 3 over Steph Curry to clinch the 2016 championship comeback from 3-1.
Know a little history before proclaiming " all time". Jerry West game 3, 1962 vs Boston - then tell me who is all -time!
@@mikeyposs3132 Ik about West. He also hit a halfcourt heave to send Game 3 of the 1970 Finals to Overtime.
Oh yea. This was the series where ref Tim Donaghy admitted to giving the win to the lakers and went to prison
"Robert Horry's greatest hits tour continues" - just awesome commentary :D
Kobe's demeanor from the moment Horry got hold of the ball to hitting the 3-pointer and his genuine childlike cheerfulness immediately afterwards always brings a smile to my face. rip
A.D ... 3
Robert boy one of the most decorated NBA players in the world. He was on so many teams but I would like to remember him on the Lakers team. He was the seventh man on that team and we all knew it he was one of the best players ever. Thank you thank you for your dedication and basketball it doesn't go unnoticed especially now
Robert Horry has more rings than Michael Jordan.
I remember that shot like it was yesterday.. he was extremely fortunate not 2 make the shot but to get the ball in the position he was in on the court..
Before TMZSPN.
ESPN was must see TV from like 1999-2008
Dear Bobby Jackson. The Lakers were never scared of the Queens. You should have talked to your teammates Christie and Stojakovic. They were so scared in game 7, they airballed their shots.
Intro about to give people seizures
REST IN POWER KOBE!😞
Before it was social network and Google it was read a paper about me the good old days
This was one of the most thrilling yet stressful moments of my lifelong laker fandom lol the way the ball landed right in horry’s hands and floated right in felt like it was an eternity during the entire sequence
One of the greatest games I’ve ever seen
The most clutch player ever. Big shot Bob🏀
Watched this live and didn't know at that time it was that big of an event lol.
TJ STEELER pssss...with ur lying ass
@@leomord2227 Why would I lie about that?
The way robert horry celebrated I remember since the 4th grade
MJ & KOBE STANS LOGIC: ROBERT HORRY SAVED KOBES LEGACY😂😂😂
The refs did
@@davidgindi1192 how? Kings went to the line more than the Lakers
U realize if ray allen missed that shot lebron would have been 1-3 in the finals?
@@thekidnamedcudi8850 no if he missed the series was over.
MJ and Kobe haters would say Horry saved Kobe’s legacy
I remember that game so vividly, extremely tense. But when Robert horry hit the buzzer beater? I jumped up screaming
7 time champion Robert Keith horry beats Jordan for the rings
Love Horry's face after hitting the shot. "Yeah I knew it."
The Lakers' record could be 0-81 going into the final game against a 81-0 Kings team and L.A. still wouldn't be afraid of Sacramento. Bobby Jackson is a doofus.
Man the disrespect to that Kings squad is just ridiculous. Lakers definitely shouldn't have won that series, they just lucky the NBA rigged the series to help with their ratings. Smh bandwagon Lakers fans these days have no idea how good these other older teams are.
Kings are shit lakers for life
David Huang
Dude! You should change your name to David Whaaaang. I’m sure your momma fed you a lot of cheese.
@@freezewarrior1 Kings are/were garbage. It was just adelmans Portland trailblazers 2.0 and we all saw how they did in the finals
Without a doubt this was the greatest shot ever in the NBA
It was nothing but net, Horry knew it was going in. Look at Horry of how he reacts. He knew it was going in and it went in.
Wow...just realized the most incredible finish in NBA history (my opinion) never should have happened. Walker had the ball clearly in his hands at the end of the first half and that Laker 3 should not have counted! Wow...never knew that.
12 yrs old sitting hella close to the tv, right when the shot went in, my vertical would’ve impressed NFL scouts.
This still hurts me
It’s Robert Horry day 21 years later 🤣🤣🤣
I wish i grew up in the early 2000s I was only 5
Caris LeVertical well you did technically lol
Same here I was 5 back in 2002
Roman Avila I mean like high school grew up not toddler to child grow up 😂
it wasnt anything special im born 1992. Internet was horrible, no smart phones either. it was boring
What does everybody want?????
Vlade Divac is really a Laker for life. Lol
Miss the real spotscenter
He said "he betta read a paper"
DOPE
Sacramento Queens still salty about the “lucky play” 😂
I'm salty about game 6. You know. The one where the referee went to prison because he rigged it....
The Dark Knight Lol, cry on loser