2004 NBA Finals - Los Angeles vs Detroit - Game 4 Best Plays

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The best plays from game 4 of the 2004 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons.

[@MegaKoeyKue]

The video quality here is fantastic. Probably the best looking footage of the 2004 finals I have ever seen.

[@johanfalk2875]

I’m a Lakers guy and I remember watching this series and not even being mad. That Pistons team was awesome and their title was well-deserved.

[@jc815]

then youre not a lakers guy. how you not gunna be mad esp w that lakers line up w karl and gp

[@ChiefBlue4298]

@@jc815 so he’s not allowed to be unbiased?

[@FenixAriza]

Well earned u mean

[@jsdwta]

this detroit team is one of the most coachable and disciplined team ever. theyve got a great leader in chauncey, they have a great coach

[@tslomka6272]

This is the team that ruined basketball for me

[@jsdwta]

@@tslomka6272 why?

[@tslomka6272]

@@jsdwta because of what you said. I loved how they played as a team no egos no superstars and actually cared about defense. It was so much fun watching that team go. Ever since I really haven't been able to follow the game other then rooting for LeBron to lose every year

[@dbabs1128]

Greg Pop: Am I A joke to you?

[@FredroStarr12]

Chauncey aka mr. Big shot played his peak during this playoff run, great teamplay and don't forget how good the bench was too

[@TheFinancialFrank]

I was so proud of how fearless & poised The Pistons were this year. When they reached the finals, I remember reporters asking Rasheed Wallace about the Lakers & he told them "Ooo, what about the Lakers!??? Y'all act like they this dominant force. We ain't scared of them dudes." #Classic Detroit motto, down to Earth.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

No, that's just Sheed being deluded as always. It just happened someone ELSE was more dysfunctional than he was.

[@andrewwerdna3831]

I was at this game. First time I've ever drank beer with my younger brother. That Rasheed alley oop dunk made that place explode, I'll never forget it.

[@tonymontana9221]

That Detroit Piston roster is legendary. Everyone ready to do whatever the team needs him to do.

[@slimarkane5735]

This defense was amazing. I don't want to hear about "oh the Lakers had all these issues this year" NO... this Detroit defense stifled everyone except Shaq.

[@r.s.10]

They should have gone to Shaq even more. Just keep throwing it down there untill they are FORCED to double him. Kobe later admitted his ego got in the way in this series.

[@i-work-at-enron]

Malone was injured for what it's worth.

[@jdavis8]

Their game plan was to let them funnel everything to shaq. He could get 60 points and they still would not win because they were not going to be able to penetrate into the paint and everything on the perimeter would be contested.

[@ernestboykin3rd706]

Rip Beans it took me 16 yrs to admit it but Detroit shut down The Lakers outside of Shaq in this series damn never saw Kobe struggle like this in a series .

[@mattlai443]

shaq was out of shape obviously

[@MrBrysta]

This is how a basketball team is to represent. Thank you Pistons

[@FredroStarr12]

I forgot how close this game was down to the end, Larry vs Phil two great coaches was also epic

[@mcdude9578]

had Kobe been on Lakers prolly win this game. dude was atrocious, the detroit defense was good but Kobe was just off.

[@jason41a]

damn 2004 pistons team is my absolute favorite team of all times.

[@kisekisecretofmyheart7769]

A A 05piston is better, but only second prize..

[@lyanbv]

@@kisekisecretofmyheart7769 you hear yourself?

[@axlroyfuria2189]

Isaiah Thomas team was the beast team in Detroit

[@mrslywwilliams313]

@@kisekisecretofmyheart7769 yes they were unbelievable. A second championship would've happened if they've started Carlos Arroyo and ran Chauncey Billups as an off guard with Richard Hamilton and Tayshawn Prince as swingmen extra fire power from Rasheed Wallace and sub for Ben Wallace for defensive situations. Lead in the half and then original line-up third quarter and start of the fourth quarter. But no they ran original line-up which got out ranned by San Antonio Tony parker Manu Ginoboli and of course Tim Duncan.

[@J-Hue]

@@kisekisecretofmyheart7769 05 team was def worse. 04 team would've beat SA and probably wouldn't have needed a Wade injury to beat Miami. 05, the starters were still great, but the bench was decimated. They lost 2 of their best 5 scorers and 2 of their 3 biggest bodies with no repacement.

[@BrothaGoneBased]

720p HD 60 for a 2004 game. Let's fucking go. Welcome back

[@tashrif46]

Like Kobe said, he did not get them ready for the Detroit defence. And he wanted to be Michael Jordan so bad in this series that he forgot the team concept.

[@javianjohnson8746]

This quality is AMAZING for 17 year old footage!

[@FredroStarr12]

please post the whole series, great quality!

[@peterj5378]

04&05 are the two last seasons where players are ALLOWED to play some real defense

[@elijahreyes2650]

Whos watching this in 2020 while on lockdown hehe but still that floor cam is useless hahaha

[@jackbeyant9116]

All is Memories,Bro!

[@gzz20071115]

thought the same but would be good the the kawhaii buzzer beater

[@hualunshi6849]

lowkey creepy angle

[@antonioguglielmetti2661]

Yes I was waiting for game 4 HD

[@Freesilver92]

This series the Detriot gameplan was to let Shaq get his buckets, but pressure and double team Kobe and the other players. Ended up working out well.

[@yifanwang3978]

Great video quality!

[@osazuwaogbeide1540]

the quality is just like it was back in 2004. i rember staying up to watch this series in nigeria

[@haoshidi]

love kobe, miss kobe! (even he played this series like shit)

[@simpsons721]

Kobe is great but tay tay all day!

[@rbvillah18]

Love the quality of this video!

[@luisdhl89]

One of the best teams of all time ...

[@chrisck5218]

It’s a pleasure to see you back on youtube

[@allisknu11]

Gotta give it to Ben Wallace. He was what? 6'7"? No more than 6' 8" max. And he wasn't being thrown around by Shaq considering his height. Shaq dominated, though.

[@ketchyshubby]

I miss this kind of "in the paint/mid range" basketball. Every play isn't a two touch three point attempt like today.

[@MrQuintonp19]

Rasheed Wallace was given these boys work

[@edwardhill3410]

hearing "school's out forever" during the summer of 2020 just hits differently

[@leaphengleng2941]

Back in the time where every team loads up on defend. Right now, they just stand in one place shooting place, travelling around, jump shot, can't be check if you did get foul, can't touch player. I love the 90s defend mentality.

[@jeffsmith6083]

Thank you so much for this!!!!

[@michaelquijano1727]

Kobe throwing bricks

[@karimalami4149]

18:00 : Lebron :" hold my beer"

[@kennethopoku4221]

I don’t get it?

[@kennethopoku4221]

Now I get it🤦🏾‍♂️😂

[@chongdai4040]

@@kennethopoku4221 what it means?

[@chongdai4040]

@@kennethopoku4221 got it now...

[@theinnocentturtle1236]

David Stern didn't suspend Sheed or Rip Hamilton here.

[@IFollowAfter]

I hope you youngsters are watching. This is how a big man eats all game.They triple teaming and can't stop him.

[@Red4350]

"This is how a big man eats all game." yeah genetics is how a big man eats all game...hes too big too strong...and his height dos not limit his mobility...no other basketball player can do what hes does even if they try anyways i'd rather go 1 for 20 shooting and have the game winning bucket instead of eating all game and loosing

[@hectorced8109]

Im kobe fan, but shaq, rasheed wallace, ben wallace and hamilton, on fuckin fire

[@drlee2]

The Lakers wasted a brilliant performance by Shaq in this game to give them any kind of a chance in this series.

[@santanah.6897]

Yes they did...Shouldve kept feeding him. Kobe was forcing shot after shot instead of giving shaq the ball!!!

[@mattlai443]

@@santanah.6897 8:26 huh?

[@greatomeister675]

Matt Lai You chose to ignore Kobe’s bricks

[@nuckymancini7013]

You FEED UR GOAT SHAQ WAS THAT!!! (*IDKWTF HAPPENED HERE??? ** kobe choked)...

[@antonioguglielmetti2661]

That was the plan for the pistons. If they doubled shaq and started stopping him it would open the court up for the others and the Lakers would have everyone becoming a lot more dangerous. They let shaq get what he got without double teams. Then it stripped other players from being important and it tore them apart with kobe being the biggest example

[@acrylic1176]

This pistons team defined the phrase defence wins championship.

[@djembequeuelong7353]

I really thought Phil Jackson, with his experience and all and the superstars to go along, had this finals figured out that time. But no.

[@kn7cks347]

@Nintariz do you see that back court outta hell he had to face??

[@shaunthesheep7854]

I miss this team detriot so much

[@sportsfanatic2228]

Around the 18 minute mark the graphic can be updated: the only team to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the finals was the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers.

[@briananthony9955]

Shaq is a BEAST

[@antonioguglielmetti2661]

19:45 the announcer thought he got another tech 😂😂😂

[@sammadison8279]

MANCHESTER UNITED F.C I’m also a soccer fan. But nobody ask you

[@jaredsartini]

3:01 such a classic AI cross.

[@emray2k]

You mean the tim hardaway killer cross

[@dionysise5008]

Good quality. Thank u

[@petrofor3430]

How did you get game 4 this bright in this condition? I’d love to watch the full game like this

[@dewey21252441]

great time great coach

[@thepiffs996]

The floor cam is killin me

[@1977_Buick_Regal]

And just think... @22:05 there are the (future) 2022-'23 L.A. Lakers' head coach (Darvin Ham), and assistant coach (Rasheed Wallace) on the SAME Detroit Pistons championship team... Pistons 'schooling' the Lakers THEN and now. But don't worry... Detroit does not disappoint.

[@jackbeyant9116]

All is Memories,Bro!

[@ManniLive]

Nice quality!

[@juicestazi4778]

Gottal love 12:40 right after Sheed gets a little heated he starts going off on the same guy literally right after

[@Byun_David]

This 03-04 Detroit Championship squad was Swaggy af

[@jeebs9]

Wait.... Has this been missing the whole time? I swore your posted this already. God, where did I watch this then?

[@g3arma5ter]

jeebs9 yeah, this was the only game of the series that I didn’t edit. :)

[@Josh-fg5if]

I know you can't make the argument based on accolades and accomplishments, but I think Larry Brown was the best coach ever. His ability to get the most out of his players and win with less superstar talent was insane.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

NO.

[@Shobon-b9z]

18:00 :No team has ever come back from a 3-1 deficit LBJ&CAVS: EXIST

[@VidforTraders]

lol

[@danelwazana3809]

I love the addition of lbj's face-good editing

[@horrormena]

Billups is the most incredible mvp in the NBA history.

[@edwardmakabling418]

Lakers line up, malone and GO those two are already legend and Champ contender before lakers. Then KN and Oneal? Damn, This lakers should not loose.

[@uganbu]

Shaq what a player he was

[@surprisedcat8320]

good old days i miss this detroit so much

[@johnreymagsico2580]

RIP Hamilton, the master of midrange.

[@jhunnamonzon]

coach brown had this match as revenge for his loss to the lakers in 2000. this was also his statement to iverson that team wins championship.

[@vicentedomelgarcia3737]

Rasheed got his redemption for missing all those shots in the Blazers Conference Finals against the Lakers

[@GraniteQuarrier]

Man Pistons were nice

[@kmacduder]

it's wild how good shaq is in this series, but what's wilder is how little it mattered. i can't believe how bad dfish/payton got punked by chauncey and malone on wallace is hard to watch lmao.

[@BOSSDONMAN]

LMAO 12:15 is hilarious, looked like Sheed was just clowning with him at first then he tries really beefing...

[@RunnerProblems]

7:42 *Why tf was that one of the smoothest fingernails I ever seen?*

[@MatusDubrava]

it was delicious i must say

[@egg8133]

You mean fingerolls?

[@suckmyyouknow444]

Nice quality

[@axlroyfuria2189]

I'm a Lakers fan since 2000 till now and forever because of Kobe. But this time, Detriot well deserved to win this title ❤

[@DJ-iv2xo]

I like how they are talking about Shaq had been jumping early for the opening tip and when the opening tip happens for this game the camera isn't focused on it.

[@yowter8265]

The time when zone defense shocks Kobe and Shaq.

[@mangrove]

Bill Laimbeer had courtside seats directly across from the Pistons bench. Had to suck for whoever sat behind him every time he stood up, ha ha.

[@lpy1102]

Actually, Kobe cost them this series, just try to play hero ball all the time, but this loss also bring him to be mature to consider others on how to win a game by "ME" and the team in balance

[@jcv282]

@Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA Yup. Payton was too old to guard Billups. Malone was too old to be effective. Kobe forced too many bad shots against a very good defender (Prince). Shaq didn't want to play defense anymore. Probably too lost the motivation after winning 3 titles. Shaq's 2004 NBA Finals FG avg: 63% Kobe's 2004 NBA Finals FG avg: 38% Went up against a more hungrier team that just wanted more than the Lakers.

[@tolulopedada2388]

shaq was unreal

[@thereal_notoriousakagdubb3486]

Detroit Pistons weren't afraid at all

[@scottie2475]

one of the toughest team ever.

[@jomarimorishita8513]

Cavs lineup: Hughes..Ilgauskas..Williams..Gooden..James

[@sanjuro2024]

Kobe was never as physical as MJ and not used to play under such physical Piston bad boys defense. If Perkins didn’t get injured Boston would win game 7 imo. Kobe’s finals stats can’t compare to MJ as facts.

[@melvynsngltn27]

@Alexander Melnikov Bynum was hurt before the Pau Gasol trade

[@PouJay]

Always go up Strong my fellow Hoopers 5:20

[@paucarvalho7369]

5:03 biglang nagtagalog, PASOK QUINITO

[@keithe1023]

Pau Carvalho lol

[@inooyasha4543]

ongaa!! kala ko may ibang video ako sabay nakaplay. hahaha

[@yutubvlogs8889]

HAHA LANGYA

[@Otis_Stone]

Forever young Kobe

[@mr.twenty-ten6319]

Pistons did such a good job against Kobe this series. But man was he hitting some tough shots.

[@santanah.6897]

He was forcing shots and being selfish

[@nayrb8837]

Defence wins championship. Best defensive team all time..

[@djembequeuelong7353]

(15:22) so he misses a shot, fails to get back on defense, other team scores on a fastbreak and he still had that 'disgusted look' on his teammate(whoever that is). See how so 'righteous' he is?

[@bullettomy7thheart]

22:18 Stuart Scott GOAT

[@RonGallagher]

"SHEED"......

[@hamman3509]

Lebron face when they had the finals stat about coming back from a 3-1 deficit :)

[@santanah.6897]

KOBE was HORRIBLE in these finals and they shouldve gave the ball to Shaq every play...After watching these games I know exactly why Shaq left for Miami....Kobe wasnt doing his job period!!!

[@jamaalfridge]

Man, I miss Stuart Scott...

[@rameloarroz6886]

5:02 quinito henson...pinoy commentator😍😍😍😍

[@CaptainMahone07]

My favorite team of all times. This, gentlemen, was true Ball. Not today's 3 point shoutout

[@yobro6053]

Shaq is too good, had he more touches they probably would have won the series. 9:54

[@ClassicGil]

The basketball I know

[@Ultra-Instrinct]

16:04 The Glove’s badonkadonk

[@emray2k]

LMFAOO

[@pistolpete-cw8do]

Kobe throwing bricks out there

[@kaanuyanik]

Haha 18:00; that lebron details :)

[@ChefJones96]

I was just about to post that

[@ronneltusi1819]

D best defensive team...

[@D4PPZ456]

I wasn't raised in the greatest neighbourhood growing up, lots of racism. Thankfully, I loved the game of basketball, and it was hard to also become a part of that culture when my hero was Mr.Big Ben Wallace! It's a shame how they keep doing the 04 Pistons dirty in the hall of fame.

[@FelixAC11]

DET vs SHAQ

[@untilthewheelsfalloff1751]

I wonder if they think about the fact that if not for the fact that la was in a bad spot as a team they would have been blown out. Amazing what team chemistry can accomplish especially when you’re the inferior team talent wise.

[@mrgor24]

Payton didn't fit this team at all. Only played well when other guys were out injured.

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

The triangle offense gave him problems, if they played more pick and roll he would have been better.

[@mrgor24]

@@rooseveltdarbey9493 good call, agree with that

[@antonioguglielmetti2661]

18:01 anyone else notice LeBron's face below the nba logo?