Derek Fisher's 0.4-second playoff buzzer-beater deserves a deep rewind | 2004 Lakers-Spurs Game 5

Game 5 between the Lakers and Spurs in the 2004 Playoffs was...kind of weird. Big moments came from unexpected sources, while the usual heroes weren't providing the kind of impact we were used to. So it made sense that Derek Fisher, who'd only taken six shots up to that point, got the ball with 0.4 seconds left and the Lakers facing a critical loss.
Also, Gary Payton was there. Again, kind of weird.
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[@fasteddie9970]

“Should’ve held onto it.” - JR Smith

[@martinward3084]

FAST EDDIE haha dribble it out

[@sosman2715]

Too soon

[@taahasiddiqui1071]

You mean "Should have laid it up when I was at the rim." -JR Smith "Should have boxed out and rebounded the miss."-Kevin Durant

[@savedbychristjesus2944]

"Probably on Hennessey and kush"- Jr Smith

[@mcnall34]

That’s hilarious, I was rollin.

[@ktbeatty]

I loved Shaq's quote after the game, referencing both Duncan's and Fisher's shots. "One lucky shot deserves another."

[@504cp]

One was a hail Mary and technically a legal shot. And one was not humanly possible. But that's how Phil felt too after the game mentioned. You can't catch a ball at the hip and turn around to shoot a shot with .4 seconds. It was a human error on the clock. Can't expect a human to start the clock exactly on point. The league won't let something like that ever happen again. They won't even review a shot like that anymore because it's just impossible

[@swishfamilyrobinson9949]

@@504cp it’s not impossible, Fisher did it 🤪

[@inwhichidie7171]

@@swishfamilyrobinson9949 I mean, he doesn’t. The clock clearly starts late. But whatever, they didn’t have the technology to really review it properly at the time, so nobody should really be getting too mad about it today. That shot gets waived off 100% of the time if this game is played with today’s tech though

[@swishfamilyrobinson9949]

@@inwhichidie7171 oh

[@axelgiosido4997]

@@inwhichidie7171 actually you can with 0.4. In today's game you can still do a catch and shoot with 0.4. If that's 0.3, it should be a tip in. And actually sports science has also made a cover with that one that you can catch and shoot the ball in 0.4 seconds.

[@bigdaddymark2256]

In a couple years, you're gonna make a video about Game 1 this year and in the intro you're gonna say "J.R. Smith, this is your tape."

[@jerrysmooth24]

somebody gon get they wig split

[@alex7633]

13reasons why Lebron left Cleveland 😂😂

[@JohnnysChingaderas]

bwahahahahaha

[@100subswithoutcontent3]

LOOOOOL

[@xlabb6522]

Please call him Henny Smith. #HennyNotJR

[@jawpoppinoff6511]

That shot by Duncan is so ridiculous

[@razkable]

seeing prime 2x mvp duncan at 7-15 and prime shaq at 5-9 is even more wtf?...like what?

[@SullySandwich]

Danny Eric Benavidez except it wasn’t

[@marcuswilson8422]

It was when I saw it I was like BOOM!!!

[@TUBESTEAKNIG]

Poppovich's face when Duncan hit that shot said it all... Too bad the only shot luckier than that, was the one right after lmao.

[@razkable]

Shaq: one lucky shot deserves another.. me age 8 as a shaq fan live: lol ..what?..what a douche lol ..5-9?..11 points?..Shaq took this game off for sure

[@xxtooshiestyxx8756]

Underrated comment lol

[@jamesbenedict7516]

Are you sure you are not me and I am not you? That is basically my childhood.

[@vershawnsea9219]

That shot wuz f**kin crazy lol. Especially wen u slo mo it

[@walterlv01]

Robert Horry had to be thinking "Ah so THIS is how it feels to be on the other end of those"

[@ghostflame9211]

hahaha this comment is so underrated

[@PaversPaveToThePave]

I think we need a deep dive into JR Smith’s last four seconds of games 1.

[@gamesontv3151]

Luke Sanders greatest 4 seconds in nba history

[@ChiTownOriginator]

Ty Lue didn't call a TO because he's such a great coach.

[@zym6687]

George Hill should've just made the free throw.

[@bpdmf2798]

Luke Sanders smoke a blunt and you will know exactly what happened.

[@courteo]

Technically it wasn't the last 4 seconds because they lost it overtime, so...

[@mattcelder]

As a lifelong Spurs fan from San Antonio, this single shot is one of the most vivid memories I have of my childhood. I was standing on the couch jumping up and down when Duncan made that clutch shot over 3 future HoFers (Shaq, Malone, and Kobe soon). My jaw hit the floor when Fisher made that shot, and it solidified the Lakers as my personal most hated team in the NBA. Great video, even though my stomach turned when I read the title.

[@RobFike]

SAME.

[@robinweber9640]

they started the clock late on you guys too. at least you didn't get robbed and cheated like Sacramento did.

[@razkable]

im shocked there's no mention of hedo babaloo turkoglu 2 electric bugaloo ...this poor man lost 5 playoff series to la from 2000-2009 in all 4 rounds on 3 different teams being swept beaten in 5 6 and 7 games..thats so sad...

[@nomooon]

And the Spurs is my most hated team. I can't imagine people would call Duncan humble and nice, when he bitched and moaned after every call just like Lebron, but people called Lebron a crybaby, yet selectively forget about Duncan.

[@sleeper9]

Literally I remember the feeling of lakers getting that last shot so so so strongly it actually hurt my stomach watching this video

[@Mastaace]

I mean, ring chasing as a role player... just makes you smart with your career decisions lol.

[@Mastaace]

Also, I think SB is AMAZING for content... but if I have one single critique it is this: 4:19 Stop using weird angles of people sitting down. Laps aren't meant to be seen on camera haha. The one time Jon Bois was on weird rules it made me uncomfortable.

[@razkable]

whats funny is horry had 5 rings by then..the spurs got him 2 more and could of been 4...he was smart..he already had his rings as a starter in Houston and la..horry was smart..

[@knutinho2001]

@@Mastaace wtf

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@razkable wow

[@superfob54]

@@Mastaace what are you talking about? shots of laps and sitting down?

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

If it weren't for this and Dirk Nowitzki's clutch three point play in 06, Duncan and the Spurs had a legitimate shot at winning 5 titles in a row.

[@JeepersCreepers12]

I love Manu but goddamn I hated him that night lol.

[@nonamelegend_vapor]

Ahhh a rewinder on that three point play would be dope. That meant so much to Mavs fans after getting little-brothered by the Spurs for, like, ever

[@annariverade5381]

That shot by Duncan is so ridiculous

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

Crazy how history works out sometimes. The 00s could have been the Spurs decade, but instead it would be the Lakers who would be remembered for the 00s

[@razkable]

@@SuperNuclearUnicorn i mean spurs 4 titles from 1999-2008..lakers 3...4 each from 1999-2009...lakers made 2 more finals so they will be more remembered sadly...they were more exciting too...and 2010 helps of course...5>4...

[@Professor-of-Gaming]

I remember that game like it was yesterday. Kobe hitting what looked like the game winning shot, then Duncan hits an incredible shot that in 99.99% of games would've been it and then Fisher hit the biggest shot of his life. It was a classic all time sports moment for me as a Shaq/Kobe diehard fan since the beginning. Shame they didn't win it all that year :(

[@jordandwiggins1026]

More like 99.999%

[@JayAndretti18]

The final score though. Rarely see scores like that anymore in the NBA

[@razkable]

2004..it was a simpler time filled with brick layers and teams built tough not skilled...teams would make 5 3's a game ...60-80 point games were way more common..the 110+ point games were way more rare..115+ was almost unheard of in the playoffs

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@razkable I like the NBA now where guys can actually shoot.

[@man-thing6374]

@@RenaldyCalixte same. I like both because good defense is cool. I disliked 97-03 and 09-13 because scoring was down not due to great defense but just lack of scorers. Basketball just wasn’t that good or fun to watch during those years in regards to most teams(old lakers and new thunder are major exceptions).

[@blowc1612]

@@RenaldyCalixte that’s hilarious when the highest 3pt% is still from the 90s and 2 of the top 3 3pt made all time played in this era.

[@blowc1612]

@@razkable nonsense.

[@kevinjames60]

Oh i know devon brown, he was the guy who still was shocked by what he witnessed tracy mcgrady do in 30 secs 😂😂😂😂😂

[@robpgh159]

Kevin James “Devin Brown...LOST IT! Here comes McGrady, no timeouts remaining...”

[@razkable]

marv: yes! steve kerr: (gasps!)...oh...we had this day...lol..craig seger: what in the world happened out there ..me: r.i p. ..

[@CCPlayz2k]

I was going to comment the same thing lol

[@rdot5113]

A ten minute video on a 0.4 second clip

[@niteshkatwal5428]

this dude wasted my time.

[@OnlyGoodSHHH]

that may be a bit of an over-simplification...but i get what youre sayin

[@seanschmidt8504]

Or if you knew wtf this series is about you'd realize that he does the history and what brought them to this moment

[@jhupp8707]

You’re a moron

[@loveless8241]

Causality. One thing leads to another, which will lead to another. The 10 mins was necessary to show all the drama behind those 0.4 secs.

[@guru_basketball_kiero]

I never forget standing behind the couch, leaning on it (momma didn't let us lean/lay/anything on the couch but watching this crazy ending, she didn't say anything) When Fisher hit that shot, I ran around the couch and hugged my moms and we was jumping like Lakers won the championship!!

[@TheFamousMockingbird]

Kiero B I felt very conflicted and weird when it happened. My dad traveled a lot when I was growing up for work and around 2001 he moved to San Antonio, I didn't really have a team I really was invested in until then since I'm from Little Rock, Arkansas. Rewind to when I was six or seven, it was the summer after the draft and before Fisher rookie season and whip sanderson had a basketball camp every year and I went to it. Derek Fisher showed up the last day and played with all of us and we all had gotten a ball before the last day started as a little present and then at the end Derek Fisher would sign them for everyone. So I had been always rooting for San Antonio for about three years, thrilled to have a team I could feel somewhat connected too as I spent a lot of weekends and spring breaks and Christmas breaks there. Fisher hit the shot and the signed ball I had kept on a bookshelf on a stand in my room signed by a guy who grew up here, even went to UALR and been a great memory and experience as a child would transform immediately into a reminder of this play. The only two players from Little Rock that were in the NBA at the time were Fisher and Joe Johnson was at the Suns one season away from that stretch of regular season dominance they had. Two players I idolized growing up would forever be tied to San Antonio in totally different ways. One stabbed the proverbial knife in my back and the other one would have that same knife over and over for the next four years. It was what it had to be though. I've never seen a team and the fans in the city have a better relationship than what the Spurs have going. There is a mutual love between the two that is rare. I'll always find it cosmically unjust that San Antonio has one professional team and Dallas has like 5 and act like entitled twats everytime they don't win and beat up old ass men in the parking lot (only NFL game I've been too was Redskins vs cowboys and the skins won, on the walk back to the car I saw two cowboys fans just unprovoked start beating on a 60s something man who was in a Redskins Jersey by himself, walking in total silence)

[@markjones952]

Basketball is my favorite sport. I like the way they dribble up and down the court.

[@theeunforgettable8920]

Mark Jones were playing basketball without that basketball

[@kall6201]

Mark Jones Just like I'm the King on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone

[@VictorELayne77]

Kal L I like no interruption when the game’s on.

[@bboa158]

I like the pick and roll

[@mftubbz]

Ben Boa I like the give and go

[@ChiGuy251]

"One lucky shot deserves another" - Shaq immediately after the game

[@Jarrie]

SB Nation is the only guy who can turn a .4 second video into a 10 minute video

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

The most exciting 74-73 game of all time. And every time I see Horry's shot from Game 5 of the '03 WCSF, I think it's going in. It still surprises me to this day he didn't make that shot. The symbolic end of the Lakers dynasty.

[@BlixThePrincess]

And that’s how you make 0.4 seconds into 10 minutes

[@joshwonkim0895]

Y’all have to remember that Derek Fisher despite having won one of his championships in 2000 lost in the NBA Finals in three straight Summer Olympic years! 2004, 2008, 2012

[@slaughter077]

SB Nation puts out so much quality content, you guys rock

[@dlt1191]

Jacob frfr💯💯💯💯

[@mark8987]

Being from San Antonio... This is one I'll never forget. One of the few moments in sports that actually bothered me.

[@razkable]

why did the spurs clock operators let that shot count?..it was way to late.. that took at least .9 seconds...smdh

[@wildreams]

I thought they only start the clock after the ball touches a player's hands (somebody gains possession)?

[@jasonm3693]

Asmosis Jones actually they have slowed down the shot many times and it was on time.

[@TheAmpharosFreak]

Asmosis Jones it was on time. The refs even reviewed it.

[@turtlexice473]

Mark me too

[@luongorocks1010]

Perhaps we'll see a future Rewinder episode on OG's game winning shot last night!

[@jobywills3619]

Watched this moment live as a kid. Greatest shot ever. D Fish is King!

[@blase9786]

I remember this live as a kid. This is when I found out I am in love with the sport

[@CrescentCitySweaters]

And then Derek Fisher switched sports and won a World Series with the Astros

[@bcolerl8915]

Did he really

[@wannaspritecranberry309]

Chritic Bcole r/woosh

[@bcolerl8915]

@@wannaspritecranberry309 actually though

[@rpgmindandfitness]

@@bcolerl8915 It was a joke... totally different Derek Fisher recently was apart of 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros team.

[@tonyxthextigre]

Astros "won" a world series..... hahaha, yea right. Forever tainted.

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

A simpler time, when Fisher stole games, and not a dude's wife...

[@woodside4life]

Thanks, that really changes the context of events

[@karpaghasreedharan4805]

Poor Barnes 😞

[@Mr.Laker19]

I was 14 years old. And literally crying at this point. Then Derek Fisher hit this shot and I ran around my house like a lunatic. Biggest emotion change in my life

[@Idontwannahandl]

It's "ohree" not Robert "whorey" pretty surprised that didn't get picked up and fixed

[@bjax211]

thierry mouren agreed. I cringed whenever he said it. Lol

[@TheTwoPhillips]

sorry, I have apparently been pronouncing that wrong my whole life. I promise I watch basketball and know who Robert Horry is.

[@winstonsmith11]

Thank you

[@koreypaul6698]

Big Salmon That's how I used to say it as a kid when I played NBA Jam with the Rockets. Then I payed attention lol

[@Nnubbs]

Pretty much this could be a writer reporting basketball and not a basketball fan reporting basketball.

[@sikelelambatha5270]

This is my favorite and most informative KZbin page I know!

[@MuMu124]

Saw this live It was so epic...everyone was like wtf just happened

[@razkable]

doc rivers summed it up: omg! ..al Michaels was hysterical..

[@bayarea510]

Horry left and went to the team that beat him

[@koreypaul6698]

Jimmy Bonez 🐍🐍🐍

[@razkable]

i mean he had 5 rings by then and he was a 6th man bascially in la..also he won 2 more rings with the spurs so...smart

[@MrVedude]

Horry was a bandwagon player

[@pesty390]

Sounds familiar

[@cypher6928]

Sounds a little kd-ish huh guys?

[@SimuLord]

A team scoring 74 points in a playoff game and winning. May we never see the NBA Dark Ages again.

[@razkable]

man 2004 was the true deapair of the nba..the pistons won game 7 vs the nets 69-65 lol..insane...we had 49 point games and 54 point finals games back in 98-99 ..tough era o watch ..98-2004 was just awful..

[@nv3095]

Dark Age? I think you mean defensive age

[@Nnubbs]

KoachKrab127 go back and tell me jermaine O’Neal is playing big minutes as a young guy in Portland. You can’t. That roster was good

[@SimuLord]

The NBA was symptomatic of a playground style of basketball that favored all that iso, one-on-one hero ball, and back then you had Americans openly rooting against our NBA stars in the World Championships and the Olympics (6th place at the 02 WC and bronze in Athens) in the hopes that it would snap American basketball out of the doldrums. I think that was the big wake-up call. The US wasn't dominating internationally anymore, and when guys like Dirk and Manu and Parker came into the league, that helped transition basketball away from that playground garbage. Dumb turnovers and bad shots aren't "great defense", they're trash offense.

[@SimuLord]

There was a game on April 16, 1996, where the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Atlanta Hawks 80-77. Great defense, right? Wrong. The Cavs posted an Offensive Rating of 112.1 and a Defensive Rating of 107.9. How, you ask? The game was played at a 71.4 pace, AFAIK the slowest game ever played in the shot clock era. The defense wasn't any better than it is today (league average points per 100 possessions in the 2017-18 regular season: 108.6.) For perspective, a game that consisted of nothing but shot clock violations from opening tip to final buzzer would have a pace of 60. SBNation should do an episode of The Worst about it. It was horrific.

[@jimmydurham9318]

Got chills the Spurs vs Lakers OMG dominating 2000s and 2010s

[@WestsideMob]

Legendary moment in basketball history thank you for covering this...

[@cjvaye99]

this and Kobe's game winner against the suns in 06 are some of my favorite memories as a kid. this shot especially because I really thought the game was over but being the fan I was I always watched until the end anyway. I literally jumped off the couch and started running around the house.

[@Babycharlie23]

How can you not believe in fate after watching these rewind videos

[@cockzilla13]

Idk how sportsnation does it but everything they put out is top notch quality. Easily the best content on KZbin if not the entire internet.

[@aregimechangeisimminent5781]

The Lakers-Spurs battles in the late 1990s and early 2000s don't usually get mentioned or don't come up first in conversation, when fans/media bring up sports rivalries.

[@quoaitran1135]

If they met in wcf. That would be beyond nba finals epic

[@khaitranngoc4176]

6 times between 1998-2008 and more often than not (4/6 times), the winner of that game won the ring. The other 2 times, they made the final.

[@alanjfuentes93]

I thought the “H” in “Horry” was silent.

[@user-ej9ub6wl5l]

jay besmoove it is. that's been bothering me too

[@misocriallo4379]

"Annnd, of course, Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher went on to have long and fruitful careers with the Knicks." *slumps*

[@SmoothCriminal12]

You gotta do one on Ray Allen's 3 in 2013

[@Freakfuzions]

Skip Bayless nah LeBron saved LeBron legacy ya forget about the events leading up to that shot and after the shot

[@Euclides287]

Just as *Adam Silver* saved LeBron's legacy again 3 years later by suspending Green before Game 5. LeBron will go down as the luckiest super star of all time.

[@Freakfuzions]

Cletus Spuckler green was there games 6 and 7 they had plenty of chances to win

[@faroutsider24]

him bricking a 3 and bosh rebounding it? yup

[@zuenseow]

Cletus Spuckler So...losing two All Star teammates the previous playoffs and having KD signing onto the Warriors bandwagon is lucky too?

[@jasonfire3434]

Great video! A couple other shockers that would be fun to see: 1988 World Series Gibson HR The Catch (Dwight Clark) Chris Webber timeout The Hand of God (Maradona)

[@Antraxcollector909]

This video was terrible.

[@jasonfire3434]

dst legend antrax I enjoy these rewinds myself, idk what's so bad about it.

[@5Shakalaka]

as a spurs fan, I fell sick wathching this

[@winstonsmith11]

Thibault Good.

[@RandallFlores86]

I knew it was coming and it still hurt

[@juliansteinfeld21]

I am a lakers fan and I feel sick too watching this

[@ultimateunioncreation9306]

He's most likely gonna do one for the ray allen shot too

[@wildreams]

This was a great shot. Not like JR's last 4 seconds, THAT's what makes people sick.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Doc Rivers with the underrated reaction..."OHHHHHHHHHH MY GOODNESS!"

[@krambone]

Watching this in real time I said the .8 Tim .4 Derek game was instant classic. The only time ESPN made a game an “instant classic” before the season completed or whole decade went by

[@PatRClarke]

Man this videos make fee get goosebumbs about moments in sports If never even seen before, excellent work

[@brennanbeyer5645]

Love this new series!

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

Robert Horry is chasing rings when he already have 5 rings lol.

[@CamJames]

AfroNinja that man was chasing a check

[@Nick_SlavaUkraini]

The format of this video was amazing. Been binge watching these and I dont even watch football/basketball but the content is so good and well done that they're still enjoyable. Awesome job SB

[@rajvora2876]

Your channel is beautiful. I can't remember how many times I have watched this clip but every time I watch this video I get goosebumps. I love you guys.

[@HRAHMAN91]

I still remember this game....... I spilled my slurpie after fisher made that crazy shot. #oldmemories

[@nohbuddy1]

Robert Horry has 7 rings Therefore he is better than Jordan, LeBron, and Kobe

[@slimthugga199x5]

AmericanNohbuddy ™ bill Russell has 11 his hof sf has 8

[@bradleybowen7286]

AmericanNohbuddy ™ I know this is a joke but seriously speaking Horry was one of the most clutch players of all time.

[@Dimebag816]

BIG FAX

[@albesayz]

Adam Morrison is the goat

[@rayme4500]

i know that is sarcasm but you are misinterpreting the argument for rings being valuable when comparing players. You have to take into account how good of a player they were. When 2 people are of similar basketball level, rings should have the biggest role when comparing them. Kobe has 5 rings, Lebron has 3 but that does not mean kobe is better. Lebron has less rings, but he is on another level compared to kobe. Mj and Lebron however are on the same level when it comes to basketball ability so rings probably decides it.

[@EricGraham1987]

I love your deep rewinds I learn a lot about basketball this way.

[@DinoWinoSaur]

I seriously love everything about this episode and series. Thanks so much for visiting these awesome times in basketball history.

[@razkable]

what's funny is there are so many he can revisit...the old stuff is more exciting than the new games....every year something insane happens with history..from the fact a role player made that shot on the court with 4 mvps and 4 finals mvps ans 7 hall of fame all stars ..its upsurd ....like the spurs vs lakers rivalry is so good...they met 7 times between 1999-2013...and 6 from 1999-2008 and 5 from 2001-2008 and 4 years in a row from 2001-2004 with thr 3 best players in the nba on one floor 3 of the top 10 ever most likely..insane..3 mvps 2x+ finals mvps and 15+ time all stars

[@andreashley6084]

I’ll never forget watching the game. I was so pissed after Duncan hit that shot, my mom said “baby it’s still time left” I wanted to call my mom an idiot right there in that moment. Not being an idiot myself , I said mom if we can make a shot in .4 seconds I will run right through this wall 😑. Needlessly to say I get up screaming and running throughout the house and my mom goes BOY YOU BET NOT PUT A HOLE IN MY WALL! 🤣

[@MrUnbelievableAbs]

Horry’s name is pronounced “Orry”, the H is silent.

[@iwillnever4getu]

omg that was soo good i remember every second of this game yessssss

[@blowchunkz]

I can't wait for more of these amazing videos, u really do tell a fully fleshed out story.

[@gregoryedwards1703]

Does it bother anyone else that he is pronouncing the H in Horry

[@bmon85ify]

Gregory Edwards yes lol

[@CompleteProducer84]

Yep, reason I'm in the comments

[@WoodT92]

Nah

[@deetee77]

Haha like Stewie

[@LateNiteBreaks]

I go by what Bob says and I had to look it up just to be sure. lol. Rockets fan here.

[@sianspherica]

Solid content. Good one SBNation.

[@aka78681]

Was at that game. Quietest moment that could be possible with that amount of people following the shot. Like "moment of silence" quiet. Was pure shock. Went from ear drum blowing loud after the Duncan shot to dead silence. Will never forget it.

[@jasondouglas152]

As a life long Lakers fan , when I watched this Live in 04 .... I nearly jumped through my ceiling!!

[@williambuckman8359]

Trust me bro these two teams were not trash! They were juggernauts two best teams by far from 2000 till now! Running joke the nba finals were always played between these two before the actual finals! East was super weak then.

[@jacktheteo]

My first NBA heartbreak. God bless 2004 Spurs.

[@razkable]

the spurs won so many close big games and have also given their fans so many heartbreaks its kinda amazing...from 1993-1995 in 2000 2004 2006 2011 2012 2013 2015 ..they have had so many chokes...insane bad luck

[@jeffa3316]

D-Fish!! So Awesome!! These rewind videos are Great!!!

[@nodnarbuho5789]

Amazing breakdown. Love learning about all the context behind that final shot.

[@TheNookOfficial]

why does this entire comment section complain about very small errors that don't affect the point in any way

[@razkable]

this was informative and fun..i knew all of this and have this game on dvd and i hate both these teams..this video still made me smile..not sure why the hate...its a great series and these teams had a great rivalry...to think that you had 9 hall of famers on the court this game and its fisher and devin brown stealing the show proves how great of a game basketball is..a team sport after all..the intensity the circumstances the history

[@20kicks65]

Ameri this video is so well developed and executed there’s too little for people to complain about :P

[@TheNookOfficial]

one of the most important rules of the internet and just life in general--find literally anything to whine about

[@MaxHumphreysMaxHumphreys]

You should do Game 4 of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals next. That certainly deserves a deep rewind.

[@sunburner_ray]

I love this series so much

[@FrederickFatallaTampus]

Wow! Another one Great Epic Rewind! Thanks SB Nation! ^_^

[@TheosAmazingChannel]

2018-2004--14 years, but it could pass for today's ball. 2004-1990---14 years, but it looks like it may as well be 50 years.

[@SimuLord]

Nothing the NBA did between 1998 and 2005 could pass for anything other than rec league playground ball gone horribly, horribly wrong. It was truly the Dark Ages and in many ways the death of a style of ball that defined urban America at the pro level. The US finished 6th at the 2002 World Championships and won a bronze medal in 2004...and plenty of American NBA fans were rooting against the national team in hopes that it would bring about exactly the influx of both fundamentally sound European and South American players and the change in style that defines the game today. But that didn't happen until 2006, when Mike D'Antoni invented fun.

[@MrArgman]

Switch everything and jack up threes! Modern NBA sure is fun

[@SimuLord]

I'll take six or seven extra possessions a game with an offensive rating six points higher over the Celtics beating Detroit 66-64 in a boring snoozer of a playoff game every day and twice on Sunday. Plus, you forget the best part of the switch-and-3 modern game: No 20-point lead is safe, so a game isn't over until much later in the contest than ever before. The NBA sucked in the Dark Ages, and anyone who says differently is either nostalgia goggles blinded or else doesn't like things that are fun.

[@MrArgman]

No 20 point lead is safe means never before have the first 3 quarters of a game been so irrelevant. Everybody that watched and went to NBA games before Dantoni coached Steve Nash secretly hated the NBA and loathed fun.

[@jg2trey]

6:48 , kings and the wolves on top of the western conference 😭

[@kylereid8754]

One of the rare vids with a MEGA REWIND!

[@lisan-al]

THis is an awesome series..pls keep them coming...NBA stuff that is

[@keaundreyclark7538]

Fisher being a lefty makes it possible as well.

[@etefia694]

It was 14 years ago not 24 years ago 2003-1989 = 14

[@willrussell1168]

What

[@durrponba2209]

Your stupid

[@durrponba2209]

Don't listen to him he's a idiot

[@antonchizhov4419]

Will Russell arithmetics, you know, basic mathematics and stuff

[@obe99]

Exactly

[@KJSCalderon]

I've never heard Doc Rivers said "Oh my goodness" that hard.

[@mdrovell1151]

When you need to make it to 10 minutes so you take a .4 second play and stall for 10 minutes

[@jaswandling]

If you want to watch the replay you can search for it, this focuses on the context of the shot, with the history of the teams before the shot

[@Nnubbs]

The content was great. I’m not sure why you were complying

[@Nnubbs]

Complaining

[@MrSuperdelf]

This takes a moment in time and provides the proper context so you understand it's importance. You're dumb.

[@tomboomeronacrv]

Oh wait MOST BASKETBALL TEAMS DO EXACTLY THAT

[@charlesnickerson66]

I know you probably won't do soccer, but Aguero's last second goal to win the Premier League has some incredible backstory

[@leroyrichardson7242]

They did make one and as a man utd fan I haven't watched it because it hurts to much

[@LynxStarAuto]

Fish nailed countless big shots for The Lakers during his tenure there.

[@naturalflirt2424]

Wow subbed half way through the video.. such detailed stories I love it

[@_gdynomite0576]

rip kobe😭

[@clo2715]

I always thought that they started the clock a little slow that the shot shouldn't have counted. Not enough time for a catch and shoot only a tip in.

[@TimCarter]

Absolutely! The clock is supposed to start as soon as the ball touches a player. He caught the ball and started turning towards the basket before the clock started.

[@BLT1967too]

Yes, the clock started about 0.15 seconds after Fisher first contacted the ball. He took about 0.5 seconds to catch and shoot. It's also true that the clock stopped about 0.35 seconds late after Duncan's previous make. Nothing to see here, the balance of the universe wasn't upset or anything.

[@KevinKwok123]

I love every nba video you do! Conversations with you at the bar with a beer must be amazing

[@CoyoteBreathComedy]

love these videos. you guys should seriously consider doing a rewind game 6 of the 2011 world series

[@llamasalpacas1]

Wow. That Knicks joke at the end hit me hard.

[@arid1516]

😢

[@herbertgearing1702]

Tim Duncan sorry you had to see this again

[@nobuenobob8673]

Thanks for this video. I remember this shot live.

[@michaellewis2484]

Laker lore. I ran out of my house when fish made that.

[@roboninja3194]

Ah that miserable time when playoff basketball final scores were 74-73. Think about it for a sec. A team won a playoff game and didn't score 75 points. That is 18-19 points per quarter. Steph Curry just had 23 points himself in the 4th quarter against houston.

[@khaitranngoc4176]

And these ain't no bums, these teams were the Top 2 Teams in the NBA full stop in the 2000s, with each are around 70-90% close to their full power. The Defensive level is crazy.

[@fly335]

Do game 1 of the 2001 NBA Finals. The Step Over.

[@casualwizard5827]

Bro this series is awesome. Keep up the great vids!!!!

[@jcbbb]

This is the greatest channel i've ever found

[@calebh9710]

Dude.....Toronto vs Boston 2020

[@varuntheseagod4963]

It's good but it's not Pretty Good

[@mgmjr331]

You did an unbelievable job...just subscribed

[@brianerickson7066]

These videos are so good

[@americanfresh17]

Players like Derek Fisher,Steve Kerr, John Paxson,Robert Horry should be in the Hall of Fame for the simple fact that they saved G.O.A.T's careers

[@michaelaquino2704]

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