Tracy McGrady Full Highlights 2003 Playoffs R1G1 at Pistons - NASTY 43 Pts, SHOCKS LeBron!!

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[@charlesl3429]

The player most enjoyable to watch ever

[@Chronz]

Agreed, Steph makes scoring look effortless, Bron has the god given athleticism+intelligence, Kobe has the supreme skillset but Tmac had the best combination of them all at his peak IMO. Purely from an aesthetics point of view, when Tmac got going he was FAR more enjoyable. He could drain J's in your eye, undress you with his handles, AND throw down some nasty jams. None of the mentioned above had that, Brons J is suspect at times, Kobes shot selection and passing can be erratic and Steph is clearly not an above the rim player and his D can be underwhelming. What makes this more impressive are those above enjoyed their best days partly as a result of the rule changes, Tmac put up GOAT level production in the most dominant defensive era (before handchecking augments but AFTER zone legalization). Come playoffs, Tmac would lock down 1-4 too. Just hope we get that all-around package in a guy some day. Durant let me down

[@sirwinchester2918]

+Terry Howard that was an ignorant statement at best.

[@Chronz]

Brian Winchester agreed, he was very ignorant

[@icesco415]

agree. tmac is hands down one of the most entertaining performer to watch when he steps on the court. just like what they say. you will never see another tmac performer again way too much talent. and was the most electrifying in the nba. and the most devastating scorer that anyone has ever seen. until injury came along. smh

[@frankfurt2812]

i'm a carmelo anthony diehard fan but T-MAC's jumphot and moves always intimidates me. the only beautiful thing about kobe is when he wear a plain black shoes during a game,,, it makes his fadeaway attractive

[@ropete33]

He damn near won this series BY HIMSELF.

[@andresdelportillo9917]

He choked a 3-1 lead 🤣

[@lukaz3336]

3-1 lead

[@brandonethereal1084]

Word. If they didnt go with the 7 game series format, they face AI and the Sixers.... if only

[@Maxjuliann]

@@andresdelportillo9917you act like he was on the better team . Pistons we’re way better Tmac just went crazy but had to help to close them out

[@andresdelportillo9917]

@@Maxjuliann pistons were down 3-1 🤣 they obviously were not better

[@channel-rc1gd]

1:29 man that dunk was ridiculous haha

[@Mryungc88]

Kobe said the toughest player he ever played against was T-Mac

[@frankcrisostomo8724]

Yeah, Tracy McGrady once had an interview and talks about he was about to go to gym but Kobe Bryant told him not to because it was only an offseason so he was chillin for a moment. Then hours later he went to gym and saw Kobe Bryant working out. Kobe did so dirty to him so he could get less preparation lol

[@JDubbs40]

tbh early 2000s/ orland magic TMac was one of the greatest hoopers ever. perhaps even more gifted than kobe. its too bad the teams he played on were trash and his body wasnt durable.

[@Buttington_Headerson]

Unfortunately Grant Hill being hurt cost him an amazing duo.

[@jameswalker6864]

So was T-Mac in the mid-2000s with Houston. T-Mac was in his prime with Hourston the first year as well, in 2004-2005. That is the season he scored his famous 13 seconds in 35 seconds. It's not like he was in his prime in Orlando and magically stopped his prime as soon as he put himself the Houston t-shirt. T-Mac was only 25 years old, healthy and still ni his prime his first season in Orlando.

[@sheezy3962]

@@Buttington_Headerson he was younger than 25 his first season in Orlando.

[@MelShibson]

At the age of 23. McGrady's a god.

[@tylerriley2587]

FonchCakes all of his moments in Orlando was basically himself in his prime

[@Buttington_Headerson]

It's sad his back kept him from being even greater. It's a meme that mac was overrated these days but those people are sadly mistake. We never saw the best version of him and that's scary.

[@jakegilpin1145]

Eye Conqueror imagine if he didn’t leave Toronto or get traded to Chicago

[@jameswalker6864]

@@tylerriley2587 He was in his prime with Hourston the first year as well, in 2004-2005. That is the season he scored his famous 13 seconds in 35 seconds. It's not like he was in his prime in Orlando and magically stopped his prime as soon as he put himself the Houston t-shirt. T-Mac was only 25 years old, healthy and still ni his prime his first season in Orlando.

[@SmoovyNovaFan]

youngest to average over 30 until Bron and KD came few years later

[@hushus3943]

Fucking McGrady...almost beat the number 1 seed pistons, and the team that beat the Lakers with Kobe and Shaq 4-1 the year after, all by himself. This magic team was a tragic.

[@camblizzy2020]

lebron beat those pistons.

[@hushus3943]

He beat them 4yrs after, When Big Ben was kinda on the slide. McGrady met him in his peak year, when the guy was an absolute monster. Also, Bron's cavs were much better than the scrubs that T-Mac had.

[@Chronz]

Big Ben wasn't even on the team but it should be noted that Tayshaun became a revelation this series and really clamped down on Tmac during the latter half of the series. Still, that is one of the greatest examples of a player being heroic in defeat. Considering the quality of the opponent/defense + the lack quality teammates on his side and it was amazing they went 7. Sad part is, this was the first year the first round went the full 7 games. Maybe he makes the 2nd round this year if the old rules stayed in place.

[@denzelmensah1338]

that was not the year the pistons won championship lol

[@theworstboxingjudge7261]

This 2003 Pistons team did not have Rasheed Wallace so it does not compare to the 2004-2006 teams with the famous starting 5. And no Larry Brown who coached both Finals teams, when he left after 2005 they never made the finals again then Ben left after 2006. rookie Tayshaun Prince didn't get any significant playing time until the last 3 games that Orlando lost. And the 2003 Pistons have the worst record for a 1 seed under the 4-round format at 50-32. East was really poor for the early 2000s.

[@jreel]

My all time favorite. Dude was literally unstoppable during 2002-03 season. Single handedly carried the Magic to a 3-1 lead over Pistons until Tayshaun Prince made him work hard for his baskets.

[@spiidey1]

Mcgrady also had to start guarding Billups more and more throughout the series because Billups was lighting up Armstrong & Vaughn. If he only had to expend energy on offense, the Magic might've won the series.

[@jreel]

spiidey1 Also Rick Carlisle played Rip Hamilton and Chauncey more minutes which lead to more wins.

[@spiidey1]

***** And the Magic did not have the personnel to guard either of them unless Mcgrady was assigned to them. That Magic squad and Grant Hill's injury set T-Mac up to fail in the playoffs.

[@jeffreyanthony7348]

JREEL CONCEPT true

[@tylerriley2587]

Mainly the Magic didn’t have enough help T Mac was the only star on the team

[@deanskingdom8654]

He was so damn good he averaged 32.1 ppg that season

[@jbenz1990]

And he made it look easy. Always nonchalant lol

[@tylerriley2587]

MVP if he beat the pistons

[@andregardiner3071]

And then he choked in the playoffs averaged 26 pts on 35/23 shooting splits the last 3 games

[@jasongordan]

​@@andregardiner3071if he tripled teamed what more u want from him

[@andregardiner3071]

@@jasongordan yup he definitely was triple teamed the entire time

[@chinomelendez7262]

T-MACCCCCCCCCC BOY COLD HE COULD'VE BEEN THE BEST SG IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE INJURIES

[@yexie8091]

So smooth, so long, so easy, so enjoy to watch.

[@Rand25449]

Bron looks like he's 30 years old when they first showed him. Wtf. lol

[@famousxji1852]

ong bro lmao

[@princeprince9227]

Man he was special

[@moistenland]

so great of tracy

[@samuel2pac72]

I love how LeBron, Wade and Russell Westbrook are unapologetically fans of active star in the league even when they're stars themselves. Wade watched Kobe games, even the 2010 finals in person, LBJ obviously here with T-Mac but he's been on the record expressing his admiration and of Kobe Bryant, Westbrook like a true Kobe stan was disgusted at his friendly/surrendering behavor at the end of his career even saying it hurt him lol.

[@miketobeast15]

Samuel Gonzalez obviously bro you got too like basketball to be in the NBA

[@Naqiy0403]

RIP KOBE

[@georgiosgrigoriadis6200]

the most shocking part of the video is seeing Lebron young. You realize how time has passed...

[@jbenz1990]

Made the tough shots look so easy

[@82panther]

Prime T- Mac

[@domagojgreguric6957]

Wow, Tmac reaaaaally had a shitty team during his prime. Makes even LeBron's first Cavs teams look like Monstars in comparison lol.

[@londonjennings9608]

Shid at least tmac can drop 40 points and win😭🤣lebron scores 56 in his second year in the league and the Cavs still lost to fuccin Toronto😭😭😭😭

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@londonjennings9608 nah thats were you are wrong, tmac kept loosing because he could drop 40 and even 50 and they still loose. tmacs last playoff game as a team leader he dropped 40 pts 12 rebs 8 assist on 50% shooting game 6 2008 vs jazz. And he played injured. Lebrons team that went to the finals had a player called drew gooden, he was their 4/5th option on that cavs team. For tmac this series right here drew gooden was a rookie and his 2nd best player.

[@RafsanS15]

​@@londonjennings9608 lebron can score in 2nd round, can't say the same abt mac

[@victorgamez8220]

Simply beautiful

[@user-vi5pw7ik3i]

TMac used to be my favorite, would be interesting to see Tmac vs PG

[@SoOoWaVyYy39]

Your team HAS to be able to pull out just 1 for your star. Real ones handle the rest and T-Mac did that.. Tracy just never had that small window of someone else trying to get a bucket. (Yao had to be fed... a guy like Duncan can go get his however he needs to)

[@theamador24]

beast

[@josepitotorres633]

Mi jugador preferido

[@hiphopmusicallday100]

Lol lebron was like damn

[@jeramyroberts8054]

My fav nba player of all time. I still tell people today, T-Mac was beating teams stacked with players, like the Pistons. If he didn’t beat them, they’d still have to work hard to get that W.

[@tvbeastbeatz87]

1:28 BRON’S SPEECH IS CRAZY😬😬😬

[@ohyeamoe8430]

T-Mac game was so pretty!

[@marksabalo4277]

They was up 3-1 against the 1 seed pistons. Tmac almost conpleted the upset. Until doc rivers curse happened. They blew the series lead lol.

[@hellabreeshhh]

🔥🔥🔥

[@razulryanengreso7464]

He's the nba all time leading scorer now. Feb 8, 2022

[@Chaosflyex98]

"Maaaan, that dunk was REdick-less"

[@jonathanwilliams0824]

AYO, PAUSE!?!?🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@TDMTDMTDM]

Orlando shouldve won but Doc Rivers was there coach....

[@louiekhaykaramihan55]

Couple of years later, Bron also had his moment in detroit

[@tylerriley2587]

1:02 Here comes the Boom

[@zackphilo3690]

Surprise feature from freshman Lebrun so rare

[@danieljohnbuena2447]

Tracy Mcgrady.... 😊😊😊

[@jetpackdd]

tmac is top 20 oat for me even without ever winning a ring

[@Cableguy1999]

A high school Lebron scouting the NBA 😅 bro special

[@samuelhabakuk8265]

Little did young LeBron know, he'd be part of it. And be dangerous himself!

[@jbenz1990]

4:07 watch John berry there is nothing you can do

[@pennymac1931]

Doc Rivers，被逆转的神，本轮系列赛活塞队内MVP

[@Maxjuliann]

Tmac had potential to be top 5 of all time ppl dont know fr

[@nick8881]

Young King James

[@scarykurapika100yago2]

T-Mac was too talented to be in the league.. the Basketball gods decided to nerf him down with injuries.

[@RafsanS15]

or his poor conditioning that led him to be an injury prone.... MWP once said that mac didn't lift as much as Kobe or MJ

[@yellowduck-2024]

He couldn't beat the Pistons, so he joined them later in his career

[@sonic6506]

Tmac to the rack !!!

[@hui891127]

1 vs 5

[@tragicjohnson8961]

But they blew a 3-1 lead tho

[@yizehu5219]

Don't forget! Magic blew a 3-1 lead.

[@boscohoho7]

Samuel The Squirrel because doc river is the master of it

[@jbenz1990]

What sucks is that I think the year before this it was a 5 game series instead of a 7 game series. Had it been a year earlier they would have been the 1st team to knock out a 1 seed

[@ropete33]

Because T-Mac had no help for one thing, and putting Tayshaun Prince on him was a big gamble that paid off.

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@ropete33 gotta remember the pistons went from defence to offensive focus since tmac couldn't be stopped. they had to outscore him, so when they put out better offensive players tmac was forced to guard two of them, whoever was hottest while carrying his team on offense. no player can do that lol

[@markmurillo4330]

How the fuck didn’t he win a title!?

[@mzbagel]

Can James travel flop Harden do those

[@danieljohnbuena3799]

Tmac don't be so mean,!

[@williamcoslosky]

T-Mac > Kobe

[@shad238]

Tracy Mcgrady or Paul George?

[@oneofone_1333]

tmac

[@tsountanis2131]

Tmac of course

[@londonjennings9608]

🤣🤣😐

[@boonebeasley9622]

Talent T Mac career Paul George

[@theclassicmanila-style8435]

Way better than that overrated guy from the lakers