Afterwards, Kobe Bryant ball quoted as saying he was coming to Philadelphia to cut their hearts out. 2001–02 is one of the most memorable seasons in the history of the Milwaukee Bucks. Summary and statistics for the 2001 NBA Finals - 76ers vs. Lakers With an impeachment trial date set but Trump already out of the White House, what does he stand to lose? Unfortunately, as I think more people are aware of now than they have ever been, defense is about more than just winning one-on-one battles over and over again, and Mutombo's defensive focus on Shaq robbed the Sixers of help defense they needed throughout the series. Closed out on their home floor, the Sixers lost 108-96 and watched their dream season come to an end. The Lakers won their third straight championship in a four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets the following year. He was one man trying to push this large, unremarkable boulder up a steep hill, and he managed to push that rock within view of the summit. See more ideas about 2001 nba finals, Nba finals, Nba. Do I have a soft spot in my heart for Iverson because he was one of the people who inspired my love for basketball? The Lakers rolled through the playoffs and needed just five games in the NBA Finals to be crowned champs for the second straight year. Before the game, Lakers coach Phil Jackson had growled at O'Neal, "Don't be afraid to block a shot!" Shaq's Top 10 Plays 2001 NBA Finals. Larry Brown later coached the Detroit Pistons to their third championship in the 2004 NBA Finals, defeating the Lakers 4–1. The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2000–01 season. Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers Box Score, June 6, 2001. The Sixers ran out of gas by the time Game 5 of the 2001 NBA Finals rolled around, and you could afford nothing less than your best against the dominant Lakers team of that era. The broadcast being in standard definition doesn't mean the vision of the officials should have been such an issue, and O'Neal's physicality being hard to officiate doesn't mean so many of these calls should have been botched. Their Sixth Man of the Year simply had nothing left to offer by the time Philadelphia reached the Finals, and no individual performance hurt them as much as McKie's. The playmaking McKie had used to boost the second unit was on display in very short bursts in this Friday night defeat, but this was a nightmare series for him. Site Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 4:16AM Question, Comment, Feedback, … This is not surprising when you consider the best shooter they had that year was Toni Kukoc, who was sent packing as part of the deal that brought Dikembe Mutombo to Philadelphia. Even with Shaquille O'Neal watching from the bench and Kobe Bryant often misfiring, the Los Angeles Lakers had enough to overcome the Philadelphia 76ers in a rematch of June's NBA Finals. The game was eventually tied at 94, and when Dikembe Mutombo missed two free throws and Eric Snow's desperation three-pointer at the buzzer bounced off the rim, the game went to overtime. Kevin Johnson and P. J. Carlesimo served as studio analysts, while Lewis Johnson and Jim Gray served as sideline reporters. This Sixers team had absolutely nothing going on offense except for this little guy, and he found ways to score anyway, hoisting jumper after jumper and taking punishment in the paint as many times as it took to get the job done. Absolutely. The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2000–01 season. The Lakers then took Game 2. All rights reserved. But the Lakers took games 1 and 2 in San Antonio, and then blew them out in games 3 and 4 in Los Angeles in another complete sweep as they became the second team in NBA history to sweep the conference playoffs at 11–0, the 1988-1989 Los Angeles Lakers being the first. With Bryant preferring the mid-range and O'Neal wanting the ball as close to the basket as he could get it, the Lakers made sure to put players around them who could provide as much space as possible and serve as outlets when double teams eventually came. Here's what I saw 19 years later. As of the 2018–19 season[update], the series remains the 76ers’ last NBA Finals appearance. On June 17, 2008, in the series-ending Game 6 of the NBA Finals , Allen tied an NBA Finals record with seven three-pointers in the Celtics' 131–92 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers . With the Nets appearing in the Finals, the Denver Nuggets remain, as of 2018–19, the only former ABA team to have never reached the NBA Finals. In the conference finals the Lakers went up against the number 1 seed San Antonio Spurs, who were expected to be more competitive than the Lakers' previous opponents. Would he have benefitted from an eventual adjustment to his style? Doug Collins hammered on this point throughout the series, including in Game 5, but Mutombo played paralyzed in fear of leaving O'Neal whenever the Lakers got some dribble penetration going toward the basket. • Early on in this game, there was a glimpse of the difference between an elite team with championship pedigree and experience and an elite team for one season just finding themselves on a big stage. Absolutely. Once the series got real, the Sixers slowly but surely lost that mental toughness, and it was a major part of their undoing. Box Score - Los Angeles Lakers (108) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (96) - June 15, 2001 The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2000-01 National Basketball Association season.The Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference took on the Philadelphia 76ers of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Lakers holding home court advantage in a best-of-seven format.. The 76ers finished up with a 6 point win to take the first game of the series. Injuries also riddled the team as they struggled through the season. Lakers vs 76ers, 4-1 - 2001 NBA Finals Team and players stats from the NBA Finals series played between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2001 Playoffs. ... 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2010. Looking back, this may have been the biggest difference between Game 1 and the rest of the series. The defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers took on the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers for the championship, with the Lakers holding home-court advantage in a best-of-seven format. Scoring 16 straight points, the Lakers took a 21–9 lead over the Allen Iverson-led 76ers. The 2001 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2000–01 National Basketball Association season. But the Lakers met a snag on their quest to the first NBA sweep in playoff history as they went up against Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers. • Bless George Lynch for trying to come back and help the team, but there was no better picture of the toll this playoff run took on the 2001 team than Lynch returning with a broken foot and then immediately picking up another issue (a sprained toe) in the final game of the season, with this one ending his night and his season. Miami's thrilling 111-108 win in Game 5 kept them alive in the NBA Finals -- the Lakers lead the best-of-seven series three games to two. The Sixers had a player whose own best work was done inside the arc, but the surrounding personnel were not equipped or instructed to help him in the same way. Minutes later, Iverson would swipe at Shaquille O'Neal on a double-team attempt and pick up his second foul, and then compound the issue by earning a technical with his reaction to the call. 2001 NBA Eastern Conferenece Finals Game 5 Part 4 - YouTube CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (, "Kobe visits former school to say hi, 'smell the gym, "Phil Jackson's tenure produced the most success and fun we've ever seen", The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2001_NBA_Finals&oldid=998318447, June 2001 sports events in the United States, Pages using Template:College with unsupported name, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Articles containing potentially dated statements from May 2018, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 January 2021, at 21:06. Despite their points, the 76ers kept a close lead as Larry Brown ran over 10 plays searching for the right quartet, and the fact that all the Lakers besides Bryant and O'Neal were shooting only at 27%. The team got off to a division-leading 26–13 start, and were 10 games over .500 as late as March 6. Duncan was named the NBA Finals MVP. League leaders for the 2001-02 NBA season. Albert also began working for TNT during this period, a role he continues today. The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1 2001 NBA Finals Game 3: Philadelphia 76ers vs Los Angeles Lakers (6/10/2001) March 31, 2020. 2001 NBA Finals Game 5 Dr. Jack Ramsay (L) and Brett Musburger announcers for ABC sports. 2001 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Bucks vs. 76ers League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers. Shaq had 29 points, 13 boards, 5 blocks and about 10 elbows to the face of Dikembe Mutombo in the fifth and final game of the 2001 NBA Finals. But Shaq topped his 2001 NBA Finals performance the previous year, playing against the Indiana Pacers in the 2000 NBA Finals. His work protecting the rim against Kobe Bryant and Co. in Game 1 was the exception to this rule, but as the series wore on Mutombo wasn't even making real attempts to make weakside recoveries, knowing that would mean leaving O'Neal for an open dunk on a pass or an easier offensive rebound. [36] Subtitles. In the NBA Finals, they faced the New York Knicks, who had made history by becoming the first eighth seed to ever make the NBA Finals. Sixers' Michael Rubin converts Fanatics jersey factory to produce masks and gowns to fight COVID-19, Sixers all-time one-on-one bracket: Iverson Region, Podcast: Sixers ownership should be embarrassed by salary reduction fiasco, Sixers' Joel Embiid supports Karl-Anthony Towns, whose mom is in coma with COVID-19, Philly's official COVID-19 vaccine website goes online; residents can sign-up to be notified about getting their shots. They could not overcome basic math. On the very first offensive possession, Allen Iverson was stripped by Derek Fisher, and rather than allowing him to go the other way, Iverson used the opportunity to take a frustration foul and chide the officials. The Sixers were down by 13 in the fourth quarter, and were making a comeback due to Shaq sitting out with 5 fouls, which helped the 76ers to score 7 straight. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 108-96 in Game 5 of NBA Finals 2001, completing the most dominating playoff run in NBA history. The Lakers won 58 games in the season, then defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in three games, the San Antonio Spurs in five games, and the Sacramento Kings in seven games before sweeping the Nets in the Finals. During the first game, the trio of Iverson, Dikembe Mutombo and Eric Snow, coming hot off a long Eastern Conference championship road, beat the Lakers in overtime, showcasing their endurance. Kobe Bryant started off the game with 12 points in the first quarter, while Shaq scored 12 points in the second quarter. • I simply don't believe there's a version of this series the Sixers could have won with Aaron McKie playing this poorly. The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2000–01 NBA season as the defending NBA champions. Philadelphia coming through with Game 7 wins in back-to-back series was great theater, and added to the myth of Iverson's 2001 season. Talk about having a sense of the moment. Collins departed NBC following the series to serve as head coach of the Washington Wizards. If you elbow the guy guarding you in the face as you go up to shoot or dunk the ball, it is a foul. Audio languages. 1. Subscribe to Kyle's Sixers podcast "The New Slant" on Apple, Google, and Spotify, Kyle Neubeck In the semifinals the Lakers took on the Sacramento Kings, a team who had also given the Lakers a tough series the previous season, but the Lakers took two close games at home and went to Sacramento to finish the Kings off with a 4–0 sweep as well. For the series, the Sixers shot under 29 percent from three on a shade under 12 attempts per game, with L.A. outscoring the Sixers from beyond the arc by a whopping 57 points, a difference larger than the total number of points (51) the Sixers accumulated on threes in five games. The 76ers turned the game around and even went up by 15 points during the third quarter before the Lakers started a comeback. After a collision with Kobe Bryant that earned him his third foul in the first quarter, Iverson favored his right side the rest of the night, with the broadcast reporting he had mouthed the word "ribs" to the training staff between plays at one point. Despite this major lead, Allen Iverson began dominating at the half of the 2nd quarter scoring 30 first half points. The total difference in the four losses was just 40 points. The 76ers, seeded number 1 in the Eastern Conference, had just come out of two straight seven-game series against the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks. The Lakers dominated for the first half of the overtime, scoring 5 points, Raja Bell then hit a tough layup to answer followed by Allen Iverson scoring 7 straight points, including a three pointer to give them the lead followed by and step back 2-pointer over Tyronn Lue which is famously known as he stepped over Lue after hitting the shot. In six games, he averaged an absurd 38 points, 16.7 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game while playing 45.5 minutes. © 2021 WWB Holdings, LLC. Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was named the Most Valuable Player of the series. The Lakers’ stunning defeat at the hands of the Detroit Pistons in 2004 Finals seemed to mark the beginning of the end.… Ahmad Rashād served as the studio host in place of Hannah Storm, who took a maternity leave during the finals. Take a trip down memory lane and relive the powerful moves from Shaquille O'Neal in the Lakers' journey to the 2001 NBA championship. The Sixers were resilient as any team in the league that year. There was no doubt when this series had ended that Iverson had given the team and the city of Philadelphia everything that he had. Albert, who last worked the Finals for NBC Sports in 1997, had been rehired by the network in 1999, two years after a sex scandal led to his dismissal. In Game 3 Robert Horry hit a three-point shot in the last minute, and in the next two games the Lakers used hot 3-point shooting to build big leads and hold off late 76ers comeback attempts in games 4 and 5, pulling away for double-digit wins to win the title. The NBA Finals 2001 Kobe Bryant figure will come sculpted in the … Shaquille O'Neal was a major factor in the comeback, scoring 18 points in the quarter. 1h 39min. Philadelphia police officer accused of sexually assaulting a minor, New drug stops COVID-19 from spreading in nursing homes, drug maker says, 'The Shape of Water,' 'Keeping up with the Kardashians,' coming to Hulu this February, Sixers intend to sign Rayjon Tucker to a two-way contract. from The Sixers ran out of gas by the time Game 5 of the 2001 NBA Finals rolled around, and you could afford nothing less than your best against the dominant Lakers team of … If the Sixers had stuck with Theo Ratliff (in a universe where he didn't get hurt that year) over Mutombo, O'Neal likely has an even more ridiculous series than he had. Rewatching this series, the biggest takeaway for me is regret over how Iverson's career in Philadelphia played out. Carter hit back with 50 points in a 102-78 blowout win in Game 3, before Iverson dropped another 50-piece in Game 5, recording 52 points in the win. The 2001 NBA Finals was aired in the United States on NBC, with Marv Albert and Doug Collins on play-by-play and color commentary respectively. The Sixers would win only 43 games in the 2001-02 NBA season, as injuries were the story of their season. The Lakers shot 48 percent from three on 15 attempts per game for the series, and while that may have been shooting above expectations, many of those shots came by design, with the Lakers waiting for the big fella to find them out of the post. The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1. The defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference took on the Philadelphia 76ers of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Lakers holding home-court advantage in a best-of-seven format.. Both teams split the two meetings, each won by the home team: The Lakers dominated early, in what looked like to be their fourth series sweep. For years after their loss to the Lakers, management tried and failed to find him a suitable second star, leading to his eventual departure to Denver when all was said and done. As for the Sixers, they would never challenge for the title again in the Allen Iverson era, with the team reaching the playoffs only twice for the next four years, winning only one series. Iverson's ability to collapse the paint helped him generate trip after trip to the free-throw line, but it left him drawing dead against a big, physical defense like L.A,'s, and his best outlets were to guys who were often stationed as closely as 15 feet away. As the underdog, these are the sort of moments and mistakes you simply can't afford to make. But the physical and mental cost of that long playoff run was obvious by the middle of their series with L.A. But by April 1, 2001, the Lakers last loss was to the New York Knicks and they never looked back as the team closed out the season on an eight-game winning streak, thus finishing the season 56-26 and closing out as the number 2 seed in the West behind the San Antonio Spurs. Little kids will point to his field goal percentage, a number that admittedly was not good in this series, either, and conclude he was an overrated chucker. The defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers took on the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers for the championship, with the Lakers holding home-court advantage in a best-of-seven format. TV-G. Subtitles. But Ratliff had the foot speed and willingness to make those recovery plays, the legs to run and score in transition, get up for lobs in the halfcourt, and additional offensive options to help out Iverson in times of need. • I will continue to stress this in spite of O'Neal's comical numbers from this series: Dikembe Mutombo's effort guarding the Finals MVP is a lot better than I remembered. McKie's offensive failings in this series have been discussed over and over again in this space, but Game 5 is when he finally let go of the rope on defense after struggling to contain Kobe Bryant throughout the series. Each time he hit the floor, he seemed to get up slower, and even with his body failing Iverson still came up with several individual scoring runs to try to claw back into the game. That seems to be a pretty obvious thing that the officials were not sure of throughout this series. As the underdog, these are the sort of moments and mistakes you simply can't afford to make. • Salute to Tyrone Hill, who waited until everyone else on the team had run out of gas to play his first good game of the series. The Lakers were able to throw counter punches to Philly's best stuff over and over again, and Philly would eventually run out of ways to fight back. However, the Lakers went on to win the next four games, despite being out-shot and out-rebounded in the series. PhillyVoice Staff. On a recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq , the 2001 Finals MVP complained this team never gets brought up in GOAT team arguments and he has a valid point. The Lakers began the season struggling on and off the court, as they were losing games at the beginning with the Shaq–Kobe feud. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account. Neither play offered any real value to the Sixers, and Iverson allowed those calls to get the best of him. Los Angeles punished Philadelphia with their three-point shooting, which was the key to this series. Take nothing away from the season and the guys who got them there, but the journey proved too costly in the end. Bryant averaged 24.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 5.8 assists en route to earning his 2nd championship. If there was anybody in the league who didn't need help, it was this guy at the peak of his powers, and he got plenty in this series. But the Sixers tried to turn him into a score-first (and at times, score-only) shooting guard, surrounding him with players who did nothing to help him. • Asking these Sixers to play like the Seven Seconds or Less Suns or today's Houston Rockets would have been a silly exercise with the way they were constructed. The Celtics themselves came within two games of returning to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1987, but were ousted by the upstart Nets, who made the NBA Finals for the first time, denying a possible Celtics-Lakers final. [1] The Sixers dropped all three games in Philadelphia, giving the Lakers their second straight championship. The 76ers emerged from the series in seven games, going on to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, which they lost in five games. Shaquille O'Neal was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year. If the Sixers won Game 5 of the NBA Finals in 2001, owner Pat Croce planned to climb down from a helicopter and hang a team banner over the H in the city’s famous HOLLYWOOD sign. O'Neal finished with 28 points, 20 rebounds, nine assists, and eight blocks, coming close to a quadruple double. The 2002 NBA Finals was the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s championship series for the 2001–02 season.The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers (who were also two-time defending NBA champions), and the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets.The Lakers swept the Nets, four games to none, to win the franchise's 14th NBA … The 2001 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2000-01 season.The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 1. 12/26/2001 1 Iverson flaming out relatively early compared to other greats has been used to degrade him in hindsight, but he was let down by other people long before he had the chance to let his later teams down. The NBA Finals 2001 became a homecoming for Kobe Bryant as the Philadelphia native helped L.A. defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in five games to win back-to-back championships. NBA MVP Allen Iverson scored 48 points in his only NBA Finals victory, as the 76ers took Game 1 107–101 in overtime, handing the Lakers their only loss of the playoffs. Even though the 76ers were within 3 points of the Lakers, the 6 of 16 foul shooting in the fourth quarter put them behind permanently. (Via MerlinFTP Drop) What’s even more impressive: He didn’t do it … The Trail Blazers were a team that struggled throughout the season but battled back to claim the 7th seed. Since 2001, the 76ers have not advanced beyond … The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1. They got the worst of both worlds in that regard — O'Neal still came up with tons of boards and buckets anyway, and even role players like Rick Fox were able to get to the rim and finish without much resistance. Thanks for taking the journey with me. Hell, NBC even showed a freaking montage during this game showing three different occasions where O'Neal threw his arm into Mutombo's face — one that was a no-call, one that was an offensive foul, and one that resulted in an and-one for O'Neal. • As time passes and people view him strictly through the lens of box score stats and Basketball-Reference pages, my fear is that Allen Iverson will be lost in the sands of time. 2nd seed in the West, 2nd-best league record, 1st seed in the East, 3rd-best league record. One of the most memorable moments of the 2001 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers was Allen Iverson stepping … English. But the thing that jumps out about the rosters for these two teams are how differently they were built around their best players, and how much easier of a time Shaq and Kobe had than Iverson did. After a stunning Game 1 of the 2001 NBA Finals where the visiting Philadelphia 76ers knocked off the heavily-favored Lakers at The Forum, led by Hall of Famer Allen Iverson’s 48 points, Los Angeles rebounded to win the next four games to win their second title in a row and the second of what would be three-straight championships. Iverson would end up playing the rest of the game in foul trouble, and though he still had his moments on defense, it hampered his ability to play with the sort of effort and energy that they needed on that end. The Lakers played fantastically during the 4th quarter, and Tyronn Lue came off the bench and limited Allen Iverson to merely 3 points and had 3 assists and 2 steals of his own. The Spurs won the series 4-1 and the franchise's first NBA Championship in Game 5 at the Knicks' home arena, Madison Square Garden. The series wasn't close, as the Lakers swept the Trail Blazers by double digits in all three games. In that game, Allen would make the game clinching layup with 16.4 seconds remaining to give the Celtics a 5-point lead and put the game away. On the road with nothing to lose and everyone expecting them to get blown off of the floor, Philadelphia's poise was apparent. The Lakers began the 2001 NBA Playoffs versus the team against whom they played the previous year in the Western Conference finals, the Portland Trail Blazers. after O'Neal failed to block a shot in Game 1.[2]. Nevertheless, they made the playoffs as the sixth seed, but were defeated by the Boston Celtics in five games. The club lost a few players to free agency, but they signed veteran players like Isaiah Rider and Horace Grant. English [CC] Audio languages. • I will say this about Shaquille O'Neal, who was clearly the best player in the series and deserved the Finals MVP — he was not as hard to officiate as the broadcast made it sound or officials made it look. By Game 5, Iverson's body could not keep up with his mind. 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