2001 nba finals game 5

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. 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. 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 National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2000–01 season. That seems to be a pretty obvious thing that the officials were not sure of throughout this series. 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. 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. [1] The Sixers dropped all three games in Philadelphia, giving the Lakers their second straight championship. Closed out on their home floor, the Sixers lost 108-96 and watched their dream season come to an end. What’s even more impressive: He didn’t do it … 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. 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 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. (Via MerlinFTP Drop) The Trail Blazers were a team that struggled throughout the season but battled back to claim the 7th seed. Before the game, Lakers coach Phil Jackson had growled at O'Neal, "Don't be afraid to block a shot!" Injuries also riddled the team as they struggled through the season. 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. © 2021 WWB Holdings, LLC. 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. Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was named the Most Valuable Player of the series. If you elbow the guy guarding you in the face as you go up to shoot or dunk the ball, it is a foul. 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. 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. 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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. 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. 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. One of the most memorable moments of the 2001 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers was Allen Iverson stepping … 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. 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. 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. ... 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2010. 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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. • I simply don't believe there's a version of this series the Sixers could have won with Aaron McKie playing this poorly. 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. 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. • 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 76ers turned the game around and even went up by 15 points during the third quarter before the Lakers started a comeback. Apr 17, 2020 - Explore purplejohn's board "2001 NBA Finals" on Pinterest. 2001 NBA Eastern Conferenece Finals Game 5 Part 4 - YouTube Shaq's Top 10 Plays 2001 NBA Finals. 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. Site Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 4:16AM Question, Comment, Feedback, … Shaquille O'Neal was a major factor in the comeback, scoring 18 points in the quarter. With an impeachment trial date set but Trump already out of the White House, what does he stand to lose? 1. On the road with nothing to lose and everyone expecting them to get blown off of the floor, Philadelphia's poise was apparent. 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. The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1. [36] The 76ers finished up with a 6 point win to take the first game of the series. 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. Kobe Bryant started off the game with 12 points in the first quarter, while Shaq scored 12 points in the second quarter. • 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. They could not overcome basic math. Subtitles. 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. The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2000–01 NBA season as the defending NBA champions. 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. Would he have benefitted from an eventual adjustment to his style? Bryant averaged 24.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 5.8 assists en route to earning his 2nd championship. 2001 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Bucks vs. 76ers League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers. 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. Once the series got real, the Sixers slowly but surely lost that mental toughness, and it was a major part of their undoing. Since 2001, the 76ers have not advanced beyond … 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. TV-G. Subtitles. 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. The Lakers won the series 4 games to 1. The Lakers rolled through the playoffs and needed just five games in the NBA Finals to be crowned champs for the second straight year. Los Angeles punished Philadelphia with their three-point shooting, which was the key to this series. There was no doubt when this series had ended that Iverson had given the team and the city of Philadelphia everything that he had. 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. 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