NBA Finals 2001 Sixers vs Lakers Game 5 Full Highlights Iverson 37 pts, Shaq 29 pts

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[@adamfitzgerald911]

In the 2001 NBA Finals Allen Iverson stats went like this.... 35.6 Points Per Game 5.5 Rebounds Per Game 3.8 Assists Per Game 2.2 Steals Per Game 40.7% FG 72.2% FT His performance in the finals is nothing short of legendary for a small shooting guard with literally no serious help man offensively.

[@Abstrack23]

I would officially put Iverson top 15 ever if he won with this team, just for the simple fact, that his team excelled on defense but couldn't make a shot except Iverson. His Coach even told him, if Iverson didn't take as many shots as he did, they wouldn't win more than 25 games. Simply amazing effort by AI despite the loss.

[@fuzzyphantom276]

That's why I started liking him and think he's the best cause he beat the best NBA team in history even if it was one win he beat em which nobody else cld that year in the playoffs and that y 01 Lakers are the best team in NBA history!!!

[@wynluvajero3268]

The dominance of Shaq was really a huge problem to 76ers. Nobody can stop him. Kobe provided the scoring support & the points of Fox, Fisher, Horry, Grant, Shaw & Lue were really evident. Iverson played his best but it wasn't enough..

[@forryg5432]

This is probably my favorite Lakers team 👍

[@redfloyd69]

Sixers played pretty solid the entire series, Lakers were just the better team. Didn't realize how close the first few games were.

[@sanban6766]

Sixers needed help against shaq

[@ss-rb9rz]

Shaq killed mutombo this series 🤣

[@rasheemfoster87]

Facts

[@rockstarmoneyent4098]

I need those exact color way iversons game 5 A4🔥🔥🔥

[@montanamaxx3824]

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[@Iamdasouth]

They now have that same colorway of Answer4 on Dtlr on clearance for $79 in all sizes.

[@collinsk85]

Tough Match Up, However Great Year for the City of Philadelphia, Always and Forever GO SIXERS ❤💙👑🏆🏀🙌

[@TheDignam]

2001 LAKERS : 8 straight wins to finish the regular season (13 wins on the last 18 games). In playoffs, 15-1.

[@scottmatas8776]

Iverson was the better than Kobe and shaq in that series

[@TheSands83]

Better than Kobe but not Shaq😂😂😂 that’s a ridiculous statement

[@JayYo21]

Shaq avg 33/16/5/4 on 57% shooting and was the much more impressive defender. AI avg 35/6/4/2 on a horrible 40% shooting. Shaq was by far the best player in this finals don’t be silly.

[@jjohnson4013]

Kobe out play AI in game 2 3 4 almost got a triple double in game 4 kobe was avg more block and steal then AI he was a better defender

[@Facto_Sapien10]

He was given the MvP afterall

[@harrahjaienudalo942]

If there's no Shaq in lakers iverson will easier do the champion

[@fuzzyphantom276]

Or if he had a prime mutombo!!!

[@stefanifilho]

If I had 10 wheels I would be a truck

[@Facto_Sapien10]

​@@stefanifilho exactly, there's no "if" there's only "is"

[@leonpressley7997]

Allen should of won but he did not have enough snipers on his team ...he needed guys like Ray allen and Kevin garnett and Tracy magrady it would of been a different outcome

[@littlebenjamin5856]

Bro that would've been a super team 🤣🤣

[@leonpressley7997]

@@littlebenjamin5856 that's the only way to beat the old Lakers with Shaq he is too dominate and Kobe you gotta get a super team to beat them back in the days

[@JayYo21]

You could give Allen whatever it wouldn’t matter peak Shaq destroys them and Kobe cleans up any leftovers. 2001 Lakers top5 teams of all time

[@brandon_e24]

@@JayYo21 I would say any order of 01 Lakers, 96 Bulls, 86 Celtics, 87 Lakers, 17 Warriors. There’s a few other dominant teams but it’s hard to top those 5 imo

[@vodoumyers]

Iverson, KG, Ray Allen & T-Mac on da same squad??? That would've been scary!

[@jorgedelgado8505]

Kobe Bryant!!!!!!!!

[@rasheemfoster87]

🔥🏀

[@peymang]

Man shaq!!! U don't want those problems

[@parrero912]

I've always wanted to see iverson and rodman play together, even tho he was 40 i think he still could've guard shaq

[@TheSands83]

No one could guard this version of Shaq

[@parrero912]

@@TheSands83 ho u think so?

[@tridra5714]

dikembe mutumbo couldn't guard Shaq but a 40 year old rodman would be able to do it.

[@JayYo21]

Young Shaq averaged 28/12 against all Rodman teams. Rodman had one real impressive second half in a lousy regular season game against Shaq that’s all. Shaq destroyed Rodman don’t be silly

[@rasheemfoster87]

🏀🔥

[@fastrespon5169]

This Lakers is not only about Shaq and Kobe. Each Players played a tough defense as a team and at the same time fired the Sixers with Sharp shooting. At the other side, Sixers was so depended on iverson. The result was the answer, Sixers was still lucky to win 1 game

[@TheDignam]

Each player had a role. Like the Bulls with Jordan.

[@borisabilana6836]

Replace shaq with any other center and the sixers will win the championship

[@fuzzyphantom276]

If he had a prime mutombo like when mutombo was in denver he wld slow shaq down a whole lot more and Ai wld a won that year!!!

[@scottmatas8776]

They just awarded shaq finals MVP he was better in the 2000 finals than 2001 they should have given Iverson finals MVP

[@TheSands83]

Dude Shaq was by far the best player in the series 😂

[@xaviervega468]

Nope. Not when you lose in 5. Shaq was easily the Finals MVP.

[@JayYo21]

Shaq avg 33/16/5/4 on 57% shooting and was the much more impressive defender. AI avg 35/6/4/2 on a horrible 40% shooting. Shaq was by far the best player in this finals don’t be silly.

[@zhack1818]

If only #joelembiid has a heart like #alleniverson

[@AllLife1354]

76ers need 3 point shooters nobody can make 3s only AI was hitting any shot he wanted

[@advang3317]

Yes, indeed Compare to Lakers that had Bryant, Fischer, horry, and fox as a good 3 pointer

[@otisbanananutspunkmeyer]

That part

[@TheSands83]

I guess but they played great defense n is why they got there.. this lakers squad would chew up n spit out a bunch of guys jacking 3s😂but no one even shot 3s really beside iverson n he struggled.. this series was a physical defensive series.. that 3 jacking shit ain’t working …

[@darrendoyle568]

Sixers fans classless

[@1stringshort84]

This isn't a dig at kobe but ppl consider kobe the best or 1 of the best...but I'm not sure he was even the best pg player of all time... Iverson in his prime was sensational, damn near carried himself to the nba finals. And at 6'0 165lbs ... That's damn near unheard of to not have a very supportive cast/team to make it to the nba finals

[@TheSands83]

Pg? He was a shooting guard … but iverson definitely was better at this stage but Kobe ended being a better player in the end. A top 10 player but maybe 8-10.. personally I don’t think he was ever on shaqs level from 2000-2004.. Shaq was a fucking monster.. even in the 90s Shaq was just insane.. but he had so many great centers to deal with then. But in 2000 he just became unstoppable

[@brandon_e24]

@@TheSands83 I agree on Shaq. Although Kobe definitely reached Shaq’s level by 03. Put up 30/7/6 on 45%, 38% from 3, 2.2 stl, even a block per game. Like Shaq he had MVP level numbers. I believe nine straight 40 pt games as well

[@2Times22]

@@TheSands83 He had better teamates though..Lets switch em..put Iverson with the lakers and kobe with the sixers..Then what you get?

[@TheSands83]

@@2Times22 ??? I literally said in 2001 iverson was better than Kobe. But as a overall career Kobe was definitely the better player.. Idk who u r arguing with

[@TheSands83]

@@2Times22 if u switch up iverson n Kobe u probably end up with exactly what happened

[@EveryWhere559]

SHAQ best player this finals series!! Not Iverson