Finals 2002. LA Lakers vs NJ Nets - Game 1 Full Highlights. Shaq 36, Bryant 26 pts HD 1080p

[@jason15212]

My earliest memories go basketball right here. Made me a lakers fan for life. RIP Mamba

[@jumbroni6014]

I remember when Shaq first got drafted. There was NEVER any player like him. He was a rookie and he was LEAN! Not lean like Dwight Howard. Lean like Arnold Schwarzenegger ready for Mr Olympia contest. No joke he gained about 80 lbs over his career. Maybe more. Even in this video has prob 50lbs more than his rookie year. Maybe 75lbs? When he played in Orlando, he was truly Amazing. Imagine Shaq being able to get vertical and jump far. He used to jump from the foul line and catch lob passes for dunks! He was FKN AWESOME! For real go watch some full Orlando games from his rookie season.

[@SlimMckenzie1894]

He’s a true basket God !

[@thespacesbetweenstudio3346]

i think there was an interview where he was saying some of the strong centers were able bump and push him out of position so he added more bulk so he could hold position better.

[@EveryWhere559]

I like fat shaq more, not too fat but this weight between 1999-2003

[@kydafool.3]

Shaq said he was 415 here

[@markhobson5769]

RIP Kobe Bryant (1978-2020).

[@bryanmares5943]

Just a damn kid man..

[@lordfarquaad4174]

What about the woman he sexually assaulted?

[@TheSands83]

Shaq looks like me playing my kids on a 8 ft goal 😂

[@MrEOM41]

Those Nets teams were good enough to get to the Nba finals but just no match against LA or Spurs.

[@TheSands83]

They gave the Spurs a good fight n took them 6 games but yeah the Lakers smacked em

[@ramiltagarao1996]

Shaquille O'Neil prime season

[@FuShengAlex]

Worst Finals ever. The Nets made it because the East stunk until Detroit in 04. Look at the disparity in talent amongst all star rosters between west vs east in the early 00s.....a joke. They didn't even have anyone good enough to average 15ppg in the regular season in 2002.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

@@FuShengAlex The West was a two team conference outside of the 2006 Mavs

[@LALakers4life34]

@@FuShengAlexFor reals east 00’s was a joke an 8th seed west could get a #3 seed in the east

[@norrisb1981]

I forgot how good prime Shaq was. Shaq was in full bloom when the rest of the NBA big men became an endangered species. Then the toe. Shout to the Big Aristotle.

[@g-dub5272]

@Tack Draas but they’re not the same as the dominating presence of Shaq. Plus Duncan was a PF

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

This Finals was a mismatch

[@kenledda8109]

Very true

[@roberttulcin631]

Yea just like the 76ers the year before, no answer for Shaq. The Nets were a smaller team that wanted to run & the Lakers just suffocated them. Jason Kidd had a pretty good series, but couldn’t put together a super human effort like Iverson did in Game 1 in 2001 to steal a game

[@steez5769]

Only because Lakers era shaq was a mismatch for every team lol Those Nets still had a really good team team in Kidd, Kittles, Jefferson & Martin. Imagine if they had a great center at the time like Alonzo Mourning or Kevin Garnett. Todd MacCulloch on Shaq? C’mon now. And even though the Lakers won 4-0, only game 2 was a blow out. Game 1, 3 & 4 were all close.

[@Me-sm9qk]

​@@steez5769this what im taking about kobe guarded by kenyon martin and kidd and the other one but shaq guard by a center whos not in the top on his position before that mutumbo but already 37 years old so shaq dominate literally in the finals because washed or plumber is his opponent. but in the playoffs in the west kobe is the best player.

[@jeebs9]

Every team was a mismatch lol…. Come on now. The blazer were close lol

[@TyreseWomack-yh6ek]

2002 champs baby #LakersNation💛💜💛💜💛

[@LearnkidsSon]

5:13 rest up Kobe

[@g-dub5272]

When I saw Nets made it to the Finals to play the Lakers, instantly thought the series is over before it started

[@TheSands83]

No one in the East had a prayer.. the East was absolutely terrible from 2002-2018 .. the leastern conference

[@culifabrizio1479]

@@TheSands83 pistons, celtics and heat won in all those years dumbfuck!

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

@@TheSands83 The West was the Lakers, Spurs, and not much else from 1999-2010 save for one Maverick blip

[@TheSands83]

@@chrisuncleahmad789 please 😂 the west was loaded.. those r just the teams who won the west., Dallas won the west twice..,but in 2002 the kings were the best team n would have killed the nets also.. blazers in 2000 were loaded… some of those suns teams with nash etc etc.. anyone who actually watched the west knows the west was always loaded

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

@@TheSands83 So loaded the same two teams won year after year after year. Every June felt like a rerun

[@mredwards3687]

RiP to my favorite player 🕊🕊🕊

[@TheSands83]

It means like “that” yeah it means “that”. Wow I’m blown away by her wisdom n ability to brilliantly explain her position while dissecting others arguments 😂

[@ppatocthereturn04]

thank you and I hope to see next matches.

[@ramiltagarao1996]

I remember I was 14 years old at this time

[@jemm.8277]

Same. Born in 1988

[@roshaungoolsby4554]

Same here

[@dionysise5008]

Is it me or the game was more interesting and beautiful with less threes?

[@fernandoagustin452]

Childhood Memories

[@rasheemfoster87]

Throwback 🏀🔥

[@jaytee4374]

Watching this in 2024, and no team has 3-peated since

[@MrKingmel]

Jason kidds makes always rattling in lol

[@InfraaVerdaggens]

Hey, groupies, SACRAMENTO should be playing the Nets in these Finals, remember??!!?!? I know you Kobe-cheerleaders wanna forget about this and erase it from your conscioousness, but Stern and the NBA robbed ONCE AGAIN the sport in order to favor their favorite protectee, Phil Jackson, and the traditionally great LA dynasty!! Webber and his crew meant to clinch it that season, they were the rightful KINGS!!!

[@invincible0463]

Explain what happened

[@RubyMaster_mlbb]

@@invincible0463 basically kings were up 3-2 in 2002 wcf and in game 6 refs screwed kings so bad ima find the video and sent it to you

[@TheSands83]

Yep it was definitely a complete robbery

[@georgestamatakis697]

David Stern when asked about the ideal finals match up he replied Lakers vs Lakers

[@OmarBonner-b3w]

Please

[@seytannavukat9205]

5:13

[@MartelLamar]

Vlade would never…

[@leanoleotwane377]

@@MartelLamar exactly

[@danclarklimarez3744]

The real finals are the matchup in the west

[@CerebralBuckets]

Poor Todd Maccullogh had to guard Shaq in back to back finals😂

[@Theterminato2013]

He only guarded Shaq in garbage time in the 2001 finals. He was a bum especially with the Sixers and was the 3rd string Center behind Dikembe Mutombo and Matt Geiger out of all ppl, LOL 😂🤣.

[@santinopubg794]

More video of this series pleassee

[@shaddyowgame8671]

Stupid

[@diplomatt22]

Nets with too many long twos. Back a step and it would've been a different game.

[@SureFeelsGood]

1080p? wtf?

[@TheJemel1994]

Yo do y'all see Shaq Like wtf Howwww do u guard that What 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤣🤣🤣 Wow

[@harryfeng4199]

1:49

[@Forsaken007-gc7oj]

Should have been Lakers- Celtics.

[@hypn0298]

This ain’t the HD broadcast, clickbait title.

[@ArmandoKozomara]

pretty damn good quality for a yt video from 2002

[@DiorCarhart]

Kobe coooked little entire series 😂😂😂😂😂FACTS !!!

[@ladiversiondelch9968]

2⚫⚫2

[@FrankFernandez-wi4sq]

Imagine a team named the Lakers when there’s no lakes and rivers in town 🤡

[@pandsanthi9072]

The Lakers were founded in Minnesota, where they won the first five championships and after some years they moved to LA where they won another 11+1*. Utah has no big jazz bands and Memphis has no grizzly bears either

[@spooky_stuff842]

Jazz were originally in new orleans

[@shaddyowgame8671]

Boring Finals

[@shaddyowgame8671]

I hate nets