Lakers at Blazers, 2002 WC Round 1, Gm 3 (best-of-5 series, Lakers up 2-0)
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- 4-28-2002. 1st Round, Gm 3. This was the 3rd straight season that the Lakers and Blazers played in the playoffs with LA winning all three and 2001 also being a 1st round matchup. Porty truly detested the Lakers by this point in time. It was also the final season with 5 game 1st Round series, the league changed to 7 gms in 2003. Reason they did that is because before 2000, the NBA had fewer of its 1st Round games nationally televised. If you were watching a game on TNT, they would briefly check in on other gms that were only televised locally. From 2000-02, they started showing more games and it created a logjam where every team had some 1st Round gms that were 3-4 days apart and fans didn't like this, so they just pushed it to 7 games to fix the problem. Evidence of this can be found in the past scores at bballref from the late 90s and back, to 2000-02, to 2003-now.
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Porty has beaten the Lakers about 80% of the time in the RS since about 1993 and they generally play us like it's a war every time up there (I counted 11 Laker wins in POR from 1993/94 to the 2018/19 season opener where we lost at POR in Bron's debut. That's a span of 53 total games. We've finally won 3 in a row up there for the first time since probably the 80s). I say "we" as in most of my viewers are Lakersfan. We lost a 2OT gm at POR only a week before this series started in 2002, in the 80th game of the season. Refs allowed Sheed and Pippen to get in Fisher's face as he was trying to tie the game at the FT line.
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The good thing is that Porty's RS dominance doesn't apply as much to the Playoffs. Lakers won 4 Playoff gms at Porty from just 2000-02. Is this game one of those Ws? That's the question. You don't know the answer. You only think you do. You MUST watch this game because your memory isn't what it was back in 02 and you could be wrong as hell. - Sport
Shawn Kemp's reaction after Horry hits that game winner is priceless 🤣 🤣.
It's amazing how much better Fish and Foxy looked in this series compared to the Kings series. It's like they aged 3 years in 3 weeks.
It was a miracle from the Heavens that in Gm 7 of Sac: Shaq, Kobe, Fisher, Fox, Horry, Shaw and even SLAVA! aaaaaaaaaaaall played well-to-great. Unbelievable that it all happened in THAT particular game. And it's NOT like they had the ability to all have great games at will. Maybe Shaq, and maybe Kobe could, but the rest? Not at their own will. And Horry/Fox being in there was crucial. Obv, if you watch that game, the Lakers needed every single drop of sweat that the entire club produced that day (eww) just to scrape by Sac. And the refs tried to bleep em w/ that BS call for Bibby that has never been called before or since. Just so they could send it to OT. BS. If ONE of those guys has a donuts game, forget about it. Naturally, if one of the big ones had a mediocre gm, fuggedaboutit. I could go on w/ fuggedaboutits. A Lincoln is betta den a Caddilac?! Fuggedaboutit!
Slava aaaaaaaa ??
@@rcviolet6 SLAVA! aaaaaaaaalll
That's why you need superstars to carry your team if the role players are off.
Portland had the most talented roster on paper in NBA history!!! Literally had All Stars and Hall of famers up and down this squad! Sabonis , Pip , Kemp , Dame , Sheed , Bonzi , DA, Dale Davis , Steve Kerr , Steve Smith , they had a 3 year window of straight talent and couldn’t get it done!!! Netflix needs to do a UNTOLD on this team because I heard it was all off the court issues that kept them from winning
Lots of talent but zero chemistry. Or zero chemistry in the clutch
A 3 year window? Loll 2000 was the only window
40:35 - Mitch Richmond with the clutch towel toss. His biggest contribution to the title.
always liked richmond growing up. probably my favorite non-laker. i wish he would've gotten more playing time that season. i think even phil said he regrets not playing him more
@@Ducksrule123 I see why he’d be your fave. Mike vouches for him as one of the toughest opponents he ever faced, and that’s good enough for me. But he had that great combo of shooting, slashing and strength. He was built like an ox and was another of those ‘90s/early ‘00s guys 6’6” and below who loved to post up (just like Bonzi). It’s a lost art now, you just don’t see it.
The ‘02 season made me gain respect for him rather than lose it. With all the chances to complain about his lack of playing time, he stayed quiet and rooted for his teammates with the passion of a scrub rookie. One thing that will alwahs stick with me from the (terrible) ‘02 Finals was just how happy Shaq and the lads were for him to get a ring and even to make that one field goal in his Game 4 cameo. Mitch Richmond is good people.
The fact Phil couldn’t find a way to make use of him on THIS squad speaks to Phil’s stubborn weirdness. He’d rather have a guy who could make a solid post entry pass and crisp triangle cut than someone who could actually score a bucket and give the team a different dimension offensively. It’s always been his way.
I was at this game and then was interviewed by the local news channel and it was a beautiful Lakers sweep.
As the NBA returns to NBC in 2025-26 season. Let's pay respects to Bill Walton and Steve Snapper Jones. Those guys made NBA broadcasting entertaining and hilarious.
R.I.P 🙏🏿
39:38 - we remember this game for the Horry three pointer at the end, but the three that Kobe hit here was so important and doesn't get talked about.
It was crucial in swinging the momentum back in the Lakers favor. Even though they were still down by 1 at that point, they put Portland on the foul line the next couple possessions and were hoping that they'd miss a couple free throws (they did).
Good point, keepkul. And note Snapper as always said Kobe was gonna shoot a trey or some shit. Whatever. At the end, the Blazers like Sheed and Pippen, hot heads who tried to self-eject and elbow Horry and all that in the 2001 1st round, they walked off this time. They knew it was coming, they expected not to win, and they already had internalized that the Lakers were better than them. Scott Pip just walks off. He knew. By the way, he lost to the Lakers in 99, too. Four yrs in a row. He kinda knew how the Cavs must've felt from 89-94.
@@nonplayerzealot4 Pip is embarrassing here. It's his Portland meltdowns that show his '94 meltdown WASN'T an aberration. As much as he was a beloved teammate, you were fucked if he was your leader.
@@DavoBirmingham2 Yet so many Bronsexuals swear Pippen is better than MJ. They always use the 1994 season of the Bulls going 55-27 but never mention the 1995 season when Bulls were in danger missing the playoffs and Scottie begging to get traded to the Suns before MJ came back. 😂🤣
@@Theterminato2013 they’re a strange bunch 🤣
@@Theterminato2013 Exactly! The 94 Bulls are the only dynastic team of my lifetime to basically have the entire group, coaching staff, etc...and not have the pressure of being champs. They got to be the hunted as 3x champs without MJ. So yeah, they overachieved with all that championship experience. Then Pippen came up short against the Knicks and without some of the older vets and Horace Grant, they were a .500 team in '95 before MJ decided to come back. Bronsexuals can't win on actual merit, so they have to do all these silly things to slander MJ's legacy. It's laughable...young millennial and Gen Z energy is...something.
Yoooo I went to this game as a kid 😢
You musta hated LA by 02, Maxa. Sorry, to young Maxa for having to witness, but you did see a rarity -- Kobe passin off to Horry! I kid, Kobefanatix! Cmon.
@@nonplayerzealot4 Still hate LA ;-) but respect their greatness and now I find myself nostalgic for these old LA squads, great villains. Horry just ruined all of our day haha, will never forget that feeling.
Max! You're a YT legend just like NPZ, great to see you comment on here. There was never a dull moment with that Blazer squad, must have been fun (but frustrating) following that team as a youth. An overly talented bunch. Bonzi alone used to give the Lakers fits, but you always had something go wrong in the clutch.
@@MaxaMillion711 Much respect for you too MaxaMillion.🏀👍🏼
This was the last time anyone could sweep a series in three games.
You're right, I wish they would have left it the best of 5 series.
I always stop watching the first round after 5 games@@JustinW06
Bill Walton nailed it, "nornally i would like a 3 pointer get the victory and get out of here"
The final time the Blazers wore those unis.
0:33 - Samaki Walker, ladies and gentleman 🙈
haha. And he had relatively big hands, too. Kobe and Elden woulda killed for just Samaki hands.
Samaki Walker was a beast. Lol
@@nonplayerzealot4 He did have huge hands.
@@rnsteve2265 he certainly did great things - for opponents.
Lotta talent in this matchup, folks. Of course, most of it was on the other team's roster: Sheed, Pippen, Stoudamire, Bonzi, Ruben, Derek Anderson, Dale Davis, Fat Kemp, Young Z-Bo. As was always these Blazers' problem, there were too many good players and not enough glue to hold it together. Imagine how good these Lakers would have been with just one or two of those guys to add to the mix?
Thank you, Davo, for providing some starting points for commentaries. I found the floor-bound wraparound by Kemp on Horry and then scoring the layup w/ his feet practically not leaving the floor to be sad and melancholy. Of course the chuckle-headded Snapper and Bill thought it was great. Not in Kemp's world was it great. We will always remember The Reign Man as he used to be before the 1998-99 Lockout and before his first toot of coke.
@@nonplayerzealot4 my pleasure, NPZ. One of the many things you and I have in common is an appreciation for Kemp, his all-round game, and his post-dunk celebrations. Fat Kemp is always a sorry sight, but it's testament to his greatness that he could still be so effective whilst being completely out of shape. Did you know he averaged 14 ppg and 13 rpg in games he started this season? As troubled as he was, I always got the sense he was a good teammate and one of the higher IQ players on this Portland squad.
Hell, they were a more volatile version of the 97 and 98 Lakers. Shaq, Eddie Jones, Van Exel, young Kobe, Derek Harper/Byron Scott, Jerome Kersey, Elden Campbell, Horry, Fisher, and Fox. They didn't have a chain of command on the court. Phil Jackson's arrival alone wasn't the key, it was jettisoning guys who didn't understand completely it was Shaq's team. Except for Kobe of course.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 it was always NVE’s team for me. Now that was a true leader. Happy New Year, MGBS 🎊
Fat kemp🤣🤣
Donaghy in this one. Clean game, no gambling, I'm gonna say.
Javie in there too, NPZ. That's a duo I wouldn't trust if ever there was one. Check the bogus call by Donaghy at 35:30.
@@DavoBirmingham2 factz
@@michaelallen8112 📠
47 minutes⁉️ You KNOW this is gonna be a good one.
Gimme your hot takes and questions on this one. I hope more of the broz make an appearance. Keepkul, etc. Keepkul is a strong arguer. I see you and him having high level hoops diplomacy talks in my other comment sections. You blokes are both good writers and know a thing or two about the sport.
@@nonplayerzealot4 NPZ, I appreciate the kind words. Keepkul, frankly, is someone I'm honoured to be mentioned alongside. The comments are flowing on this one and it's hard to keep up with them.
14:22 Nice duo of sidewaze passes for Foxy, bam bam like. I'm sure that was some unintentionally perfect timing and execution coming from Fish n Horry, but still nice. And Fox unintentionally converted the layup, too. Almost popped out on him as usual.
45:39 Chick was in the background. It would be one of the final games for the Legend.
2001 L.A. LAKERS WOULD DESTROY THE 2017 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS!!!
Scottie despite playing on a superteam still could never do ish without MJ 🤷♀️. He literally looked horrible without MJ.
That's what happened to the Blazers in Round 1 and the Kings in the 2002 WCF: victims of Robert Horry's patented playoff game-winning daggers after you leave him open and has a great look.
The last time there was good commentary
Bonzi just gave the 3-peat Lakers fits. Fox and Dev couldn't handle him 1:1 just like Kobe couldn't. It's a red alert every time he catches it in the post. Too strong, too quick. Watch how upset Kobe is with Fox that he didn't double sooner at 32:48. Just a nightmare matchup. It's a wonder he never became a 20 ppg scorer as he could shoot it a bit too, but being on that stacked Portland roster must have stunted his growth. Fun all the same to see a 6'5" lad posting so relentlessly - we've not seen it often since.
There was a point in Gm3 in 2000 where 3 straight different Blazer Fs backed Kobe down easily and scored right over him. Bonzi, Pip and Augmon, iirc. Detlef might have as well, I'd have to check. Kobe still needed work on his base and his post D. But everything was a trade-off. When he bulked up, he was stronger, but a lot slower than he was as Frobe.
bonzi was amazing
20:07 perfectly sums up the NBA's approach to allowing Shaq to elbow and foul his was to the hoop, while somehow calling the foul on his defender. It was sickening to watch in those days. No talent, just bull his way into the lane like animal
Insane how my blazers got swept...they still was reeling from that 2000 gm 7 collapse
Portland has a REAL small ball lineup out there for the first few mins of the 4th: Kerr, Anderson, Bonzi, Ruben, Sheed. That is small ball even by 2021 standards. If you're interested in how teams would attack Shaq today, see the plays at 28:00 and 30:26 for good examples. It's hard work for the big fella. I give Cheeks a lot of credit for trying this, and it seemed to work pretty well. They should have used it more IMO - it's not like Dale Davis was going to stop Shaq on the other end anyway. Close playoff games and series are won and lost on moves like this, fascinating stuff. Bill didn't pick up on the lineup until two mins into the quarter, of course.
Davo, Stu Lantz or Steve Jones? Better color commentator?
@@nonplayerzealot4 NPZ, that's a tough one, as neither was ever particularly good. I like Stu but only because he used to be Chick's occasionally useful sidekick. My favourite iteration of Steve Jones was as the Cyber Snapper for NBA.com in the '90s. When he paired with Bill on NBC the focus turned from analysis to silliness - nowhere near as bad as the horrific current trio of Breen, Jackson and Van Gundy, but bad nonetheless. That stuff frustrates me, the jokey shtick. Why do national broadcasters continue to treat viewers as if they are all 10 years old?
@@DavoBirmingham2 of all the color commentators I heard on national TV, I'd say Doug Collins, Hubie Brown, Billy Cunningham (and Doc Rivers when he was on TNT/TBS in the late 90s, back before he had a chronic sore throat) were the ones I enjoyed listening to the most. They explained the game, the strategy, what's happening off the ball or on defense so that the casual fan could understand. Van Gundy and Jackson might as well be Siskel and Ebert critiquing movies. Half the time, they're not even talking about the game anymore.
@@alwayskul agreed completely (as usual), Keep. NPZ was never the biggest Doug fan, but to me he was awesome. There wasn't a player or a play he didn't have good insight on. Hubie is a great listen because it's just so clear how much he loves the game and lives for it. These days, a lot of fans are obsessed with Doris Burke. If SHE is the gold standard now then it shows how far we have fallen.
43:00 This is why you have to have trust in your role players...And kobe made an excellent pass to Robert horry in the corner to shoot the 3 pointer..."Big shot Rob" comes to rescue
Sweeping the jailblazers 2 years in a row
If anyone ever wants to call Scottie Pippen clutch, show them the last minute of this game.
Ahhh good ol Tim Donaghy.
Steve Kerr and Scottie Pippen both didn't give a ton of shit as they faced Ron Harper and Phil Jackson in this said series 😅
RIP CITY!!!!!!
14:22 one of those better to be lucky than good moments. I'll take it.🏀🏆
The blazers went 0-7 since game 7 in 2000 at that point in time!
damn so the pippen era blazers were beat by the shaq and kobe lakers 3 years in row in the playoffs including getting swept 2 years in a row by them 💀
The Blazers literally got ROBBED 😂😂
Pippen messed up at the end leaving horry open for a 3 smh.
Dude...he missed the free-throw...let Horry hit it, and pass the ball away? All 3 in order. Damn
Samaki walker and charles smith were like so similar to me lol
That's a major insult to Charles Smith. Before the Knicks acquired him and moved him to SF (an ill-advised move), he was one of the better PFs in the league - agile, physical, good hands, a nice little 12-foot jumper. He averaged 21 and 8 on the Clippers. Samaki struggled to put up 21 and 8 in a week.
@@DavoBirmingham2 true. Was never the same player after he got blocked 3 times at the end of game 5 93 east finals
Beam me up Scottie
40:31 Pippen choke job. Same type he did in gm 3 of the 98 Pacer series that made it go 7 games instead of Bulls winning in 5 games. And then 44:06 Cringe. Its impressive MJ won at all wirh this choke artist.
The blazers ain't saying shit about that "Kobe stopper" stuff now!
I have a complete version of the game. But it looks like poop.
My version is decent (self-recorded), but I'm talking VHS decent, but not as clean as it looks in THIS vid. I use editing software on my YT vids to at least improve the appearance of poopy VHS. Imo, all VHS is poopy unless you had a great connection w/ little disturbance, used new quality tapes which were expensive, a nice expensive VCR w/ clean heads, and then you sleeved your games and never touched them again. Then MAYBE they'll look great 10, 20, 30 yrs later. Most people after awhile just started stacking tapes up sleeveless so they could collect dust. Only reason the OLD stuff from 81-87 is still out there is because the tapes back then were heavy as bricks and even the sleeves, on say a Polaroid tape, were thick stiff material (stronger than cardboard). The master tape of my 81 HOU Gm 3 was a brick and it worked in 2008 w/o a hitch.
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The last ever shit tapes they made in the 2Ks won't be working 27 yrs from their last use. They made nice tapes in the day, including the older VHS rental tapes from the early yrs that wouldn't melt in your car. Fujifilm, Polaroid and Scotch3M who stopped producing them prolly by the 90s, and early Maxell, made great tapes. Maxell started off as a quality company, but takeovers happen and now they sell the cheapest shit on the market far as DVDs go. And I got a lot of Maxell DVDs not knowing this back in 05 when I bought em. I have to pray every time I attempt to upload one to make a YT vids. I've had em turn dud, too.
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Bummer! I didn't know any of this. I've got a TON of Laker games on VHS tapes from the 80s stacked up in storage that are probably all for s*** now.🤬
@@nonplayerzealot4 love this insight, NPZ. This kind of knowledge is why you really are the king of the Lakers footage game. May God bless us all with your ongoing brilliance.
@@mhern57 Haha. Not so, mhern. You might wanna put them in one of those big ol Tupperware tubs tho. Problem solved. The next one is finding a damn DVR recorder which is about as obsolete already as the VCR that it was created to replace.
@@DavoBirmingham2 Even the ponces at Pontel used a VCR that imparted that thick ass heavy buzz that I used to get from the useless deck on my DVD recording machine, a high cost one. I'm having to clean that up btw, a trial and error task if not an outright chore, but we're all gonna be thankful at the title you shot me. (I saved the whole damn...everything of the game on my desktop, gonna burn my own copy, btw).
Also 1:41... back when you actually could learn from the game's color commentator UNLIKE the color commentating in today's NBA where all the color commentators do is praise, Praise, PRAISE lazy, uncommitted players like thirsty company men.