1. Prime Shaq was a BEAST. He barely tapped Antoine Carr and about took his arm off, and Carr was a big strong dude. 2. People forget how good Glenn Rice was. 3. The Lakers had basically the same team that won the championship the next year but they were swept by the Spurs in the next round. Imagine how good they could've been in 99 with any coach other than Kurt Rambis.
Great upload, as usual. These games just remind me how there was levels to team greatness. The Lakers passed the test against the vet Rockets, but even with all that talent the Spurs and Jazz still had the maturity and skill to overcome them. When a team got over the hump back in the day, you appreciated what they had to go through to get there.
Except they are not games these are highlights we need more full game uploads. The NBA is doing all it can to restructure The narrative of its history just like they did in the 80s suppressing everything that happened before then....
This game killed the Rockets. Had they won this game they probably have a better chance to win the series. But after this game the Lakers youth, speed and power was just too much for the old aging Rockets to handle. This game was the killer for Houston.
13:00 What a move AND basket by Kobe against 2 players (Pippen including). He embarrassed them where it mattered most. Lol!!! Only a 20 year old Kobe can pulled it off.
What hurt Barkley was that he was out of shape. You could see it starting around the 1995 playoffs. He was still good even though he gained the weight. Especially during the 1997 playoffs. If he had gotten in shape, he would have won a championship. He was hurt a lot as well when he was out of shape. I believe he had 34 rebounds in games 3 or 4 in this series. That is phenomenal considering being out of shape, playing against prime Shap, and at his age. He was also hitting shots as well. If he would had dropped the weight, nobody could have stopped him.
And LBJ fanboys who claim it was only because of him that Jordan got his 6 rings fail to acknowledge he didn't win any rings either once he no longer had MJ
@@annie20232 I still remember watching that game and couldn't believe how they just folded, and Pippen was unable to rally that team and regain their composure. Jordan wouldn't have let such a commanding lead like that disappear in a flash
He struggled because it takes yr to comeback from back injury. Also, offense was terrible & predictable as a guy who won championship Said. + some horrible calls like charge on Fox notice Ref RiggedBA ref makes appearance
Sadly games were rigged even at this time. 9:07 hakeem smiling at a shaq and kobe alley oop that came off an uncharacteristically bad pass from Scottie and a worse defensive coverage from him as well on the fast break.
