The Process

[phattymatty]

watched sixers lakers 2001 game 1 last night on zoom with some buddies.  was actually really fun.  my god AI carried bunch of scrubs (and dikembe). probably had not seen it in ten years. 

ty lue really clamped AI down for about 10-15 min. prior to the stepover shot. 

shaq made dikembe, the DPOY, look helpless.

matt geiger was their second best offensive player of the game.

[Geowhizzer]

Was that really 19 years ago?

Tempus fugit.

[QB Eagles]

matt geiger was their second best offensive player of the game.

That fits with what I remember. A little depressed that my mind decided that information was worth saving for 19 years.

[phattymatty]

10 points and 6 fouls in 13 minutes.

[hunt]

watched sixers lakers 2001 game 1 last night on zoom with some buddies.  was actually really fun.  my god AI carried bunch of scrubs (and dikembe). probably had not seen it in ten years. 

ty lue really clamped AI down for about 10-15 min. prior to the stepover shot. 

shaq made dikembe, the DPOY, look helpless.

matt geiger was their second best offensive player of the game.

just watched it last night...made me love that team all over again.  peak ai...eric snow hitting clutch shots, raja bell chipping in...lots of heart on that team.

[ice grillin you]

whats crazy is jumaine jones started that game not snow

[phattymatty]

yeah.  also something i did not remember is that even though raja bell was really important during those playoffs, he wasn't signed until the last few games of the season and only played 6 regular season minutes.

[MDS]

whats crazy is jumaine jones started that game not snow

i didnt even believe this until i looked it up

matt geiger had 6 fouls in 13 minutes and as still a +4

[hunt]

whats crazy is jumaine jones started that game not snow

i think snow was playing with a fractured ankle...maybe that was why 

[phattymatty]

yeah pretty sure he was just coming back from injury, as you could tell by his multiple off balance one foot shots. although one of those was clutch near the end.

[ice grillin you]

he played over 35 minutes and wasnt starting games before he got hurt...i only remember it in the finals but i guess it was larry brown just wanting him in with the second unit since their depth was non existent

[phattymatty]

I had a thought this morning that should the NBA somehow finish this season, it will definitely be the biggest asterisk in history next to the champ, therefore I think the sixers will take it this year, then continue to disappoint when things get back to normal.

[Don Ho]

Back to 2001 Finals, I was in LA for games 1 & 2, almost went to game 2.  Had a chance for 3 tickets behind the basket @ $2500 each.  wife basically said "dream on" plus we had our 5 year old son at the time.  Wasn't worth a $2,500 ticket to go to a game he'd barely remember and he'd be more into walking around The Staples Center and checking out all the sights and sounds over sitting in a seat for 3 hours.  Disneyland wins again.

If I recall the Sixers were in game 2.  Down by a point or two at half?  Lakers pulled away in the third and Sixers couldn't get closer in the 4th.  Best part was as the game was winding down AI and Kobe started talking shtein to each other. 

Game 3, farg!  Shaq fouled out late in the game with Sixers down by 2, you could just feel the momentum swing Sixers way but they couldn't shtein.  That was the nail.

So true Matty, that team was a bunch of scrubs.  AI was just, he was just GOD.  To do what he did in the Bucks series and Finals is nothing short of remarkable.  The guy was broken down and playing injured yet he still carried the team on his shoulders.  So glad I was able to witness that.  That whole playoff run was magical.

[phattymatty]

kawhi shot was one year ago today. still gives me nightmares.

[SD]

Sixers/Lakers game 1 is on nba tv right now