I'm so happy I got to witness this. I was around 13 - 15 years old at the time. I had moved to Sacramento from LA and had a friendly rivalry with other basketball fans at my Junior High. I don't think I ever screamed as loud and happily as I did watching Horry make that shot. It was gigantic. The dagger in that rivalry.
Saw it live in a bar full of Serbian basketball fanatics who all rooted for the Kings because of Stojakovic. I was the only one wearing a Lakers t-shirt. When Horry received the ball up top I stood up and raised my arms. I just knew.
I agree with you they had those jerseys since the mid-90s to the early 2000s black and purple and they need to bring those jerseys back I don’t like when they changed their jerseys the very next season in the year 2003
As someone who grew up in Chicago in the 90's and seen all of that. These Lakers/Kings series are top tier, if you love the game you loved this rivalry.
Horry's Buzzer Shot is probably the Best in NBA Playoffs History. Without Horry's shot, the Lakers were down 1-3 with 2 games on the road, and an elimination... Horry's shot was the Shot of the Title.
Kobe said after Horry's clutch shot vs the Blazers "He does this kind of shot, every year. He's consistant". That's why he knew, Horry would scored it.
Haha wow I've never noticed that. This screams expectation. He wouldn't do that with just anyone. It was ROBERT HORRY and he felt confident enough to raise his arms.
I watched this game live back in 2002. With the final shot by Robert Horry we all had our hands straight in the air and went crazy. What a moment. What a game!
They played as a team and not as individuals; the offense wasn't run through one player for the whole game. also, Bobby Jackson, Christie, and Peja were constantly moving around on offense, trying to get open, or Mike Bibby was running Pick and rolls or driving and kicking, and Webber and Vlade were passing out of the high post.
@@joesakic91 Why don't I go to Dubs highlights & drop random comments.."They bit the old Kings' style" or "They beat an injured Cavs team & then got Kevin Durant to form an unprecedented super team to win a few more"...?
Man - I will never forget this game. One the greatest I ever witnessed. LA Lakers vs Sacramento Kings - it was a game I tell ya. I was on the floor crying because I thought Lakers were going to lose. But my dude Horry came through. ✨✨.
Despite the editing of this, the Lakers won and came back in that 2nd half with defense. After getting torched in the first half, they held that great Kings offense to just 34 points in the second half. Needed every single solitary stop too.
@@TheSands83 Lol no were not doing this. Game 6? fine. but game 4 and game 7, the Kings BLEW IT. plain and simple. The refs didn't make the kings blow a 24 point 1st half lead. The refs didn't officiate the Lakers into battling back, hitting timely shots and making timely stops when the game would have gotten away from them if they didn't. Nah the Lakers showed championship HEART and character getting back into THIS game, just like they showed heart and character going down to Sacramento and beating the kings fair and square on THERE home court to advance to the finals.
No matter what was said about the Kobe years of the Lakers ....... nothing will never surplant the Showtime years - priceless and timeless all day Magic Johnson A-1 Laker
Kobe Lakers teams never once played a losing record team in the playoffs, always faced winning teams. Magic started out as my favorite, but Kobe will always be my favorite player and Laker player.
One of the best NBA moments I ever saw live. The other one's are Jordan's last shot in 98, the lakers game 7 4th quarter comeback vs Portland in 2000, and Tracy Mcgrady's 13 points in 35 seconds
9:01 the same play they drew in game 2 of the 2004 Finals, though Kobe went for the 3 instead of driving to the hoop. Both times, Adelman and Larry Brown thought about fouling Shaq when he touched the ball.
With the dominance of the Lakers, people forget how many great teams there were in the Western conference. Lakers had to battle them all every year. It was no cake walk.
@The Throwback Thanks for sharing these games and remastering the videos. You do super job of improving the quality. Could you please share more games remastered? Could you share game 1 of this series? Kobe had many great dunks, that we would love to see in HD?
Unfortunately, Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings would still be overlooked by the other unselfish, team basketball styles around them because those teams won titles.
The 2002 Kings roster was a perfect fit for what Adelman wanted to do offensively. I don't know if there's ever been a more perfectly constructed lineup. Now, if they just could've hit their free throws... there would have been no Lakers three-peat.
Red Auerbach's Boston Celtics, Red Holtzman's New York Knicks in the early and mid-1970s, Showtime L.A. Lakers of the 1980s, Phil Jackson's triangle offenses with MJ's Bulls and Shaq and Kobe's Lakers, and the Splash Brother era Golden State Warriors disagree.
The Kings were legit. They were more of a threat than the 2000 Blazers because THAT Lakers team was just learning how to win. This team came for the throne and damn near got it. No, it wasn't rigged...they just didn't make the plays they needed to in Game 7. But they gave us a run for our money. Horry FTW...literally.
2003 was even a better shot for Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings with a better and deeper team led by Gerald Wallace. Keon Clark, and Jim Jackson, but disaster struck when Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee in the Game 2 of their Round 2 series against the Dallas Mavericks and the Kings downfall began from there.
Whenever I watch basketball from this era I always think, "damn these are some grown ass men out here". Legit every dude looks pissed off and like he's gonna take you out to the woodshed because you broke the front window. The contrast to today's NBA where everyone looks and acts like a teenager is crazy.
Real 2002 champs - The Kings!! Still hurt to this day that they weren't crowned..as well as in 03 where they looked just as good before C-Webb went down.
Bullshit. Keep telling yourself that. U can’t rig blowing a 24 pt lead, not grabbing a rebound, shooting 52% from the FT line in game 7, & Peja’s airball. Queens also got away w/ hacking Shaq all game 5 w/o a whistle, along w/ Webber literally running into fisher to free up Bibby for the game 5 winner, the most blantant missed call on a moving pick ever. The bullshit went both ways, so the real champs came out on top like champs do. Keep crying tho lol
@@TheSands83 WOW you’re a special kind of stupid. He’s CLEARLY moving. CLEARLY. Apparently u don’t have eyes. That’s the video u show as an example of what not to do setting a screen
@@TheSands83 If u think game 5 was rigged for the Kings u should be disqualified from talking basketball ever again. Shaq was hacked numerous times by Vlade w/ no whistle in Gm 5. It was obvious. Shaq complained after & I would listen to the guy who’s actually playing
Same with Chris Webber because once Kobe Bryant's penetration sucked Doug Christie into the paint, C-Webb should've stayed on Robert Horry at the three-point line.
The Kings choked away their chances to win it all in 2002 because they didn't make a few more plays to win either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF against the Lakers.
Lakers fans I hate to break it to you but actually that horry 3 should’ve tied at best the game because La had an extra point on the scoreboard from a 3 from samaki walker that should’ve never counted. That half time “buzzer Beater) that was in his hands still as clock expired. Lakers needed all the help they could get in LA vs Sacramento cuz Sac was on that ass. Every game
20years ago today this happened. never will i forget this moment. my whole neighborhood erupted in cheer. loved it.
This kings vs lakers series was one of the best ever in NBA history.
You aint neva lied....
Arguably the best. It had it all.
Absolutely
Yes when the refs were bought out, cc Game 6
Yes and ruined by the refs game 6
I'm so happy I got to witness this. I was around 13 - 15 years old at the time. I had moved to Sacramento from LA and had a friendly rivalry with other basketball fans at my Junior High.
I don't think I ever screamed as loud and happily as I did watching Horry make that shot. It was gigantic. The dagger in that rivalry.
Robert Horrys 3 point shot game winner was probably the best game winner of all time
Still brings tears to my eyes. "Horry...for the win..."
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One of the greatest playoff games in one of the greatest (and most infamous) playoff series of all-time.
Saw it live in a bar full of Serbian basketball fanatics who all rooted for the Kings because of Stojakovic. I was the only one wearing a Lakers t-shirt. When Horry received the ball up top I stood up and raised my arms. I just knew.
Those kings jerseys were great. It was one of the prettiest of the NBA.
I agree with you they had those jerseys since the mid-90s to the early 2000s black and purple and they need to bring those jerseys back I don’t like when they changed their jerseys the very next season in the year 2003
@@tylerriley2587 facts
OMG MY TEARS STILL COME OUT WHEN WATCHING THE BEST PLAYOFF GAME EVER AND ONE OF THE BEST RIVALRIES IN NBA HISTORY
I watched this game live.. this game was one of the best games I ever watched.
I remember like it was yesterday.
Dang those were some games.
tears down my eyes right now i remember this likee 2 min ago I LOVE BASKETBALLL
It was kind of cool to see Horry start to get this rhythm from behind the line before the iconic shot. Foreshadowing!
As someone who grew up in Chicago in the 90's and seen all of that. These Lakers/Kings series are top tier, if you love the game you loved this rivalry.
Horry's Buzzer Shot is probably the Best in NBA Playoffs History. Without Horry's shot, the Lakers were down 1-3 with 2 games on the road, and an elimination... Horry's shot was the Shot of the Title.
Ray Allen game 6
Mj game 6
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@@lukacalov1988 They are greats shots (like Horry in game 5 vs the Pistons in 2005), but not Buzzer Beaters.
It’s up there
@@lukacalov1988 those aren't buzzer beaters.
"horry for the win!"
I love how Kobe knew it was going in right away. Lol
Hell yeah. Kobe looked liked a kid on Christmas Eve @ 11:59:57pm lmaoooo
Kobe said after Horry's clutch shot vs the Blazers "He does this kind of shot, every year. He's consistant". That's why he knew, Horry would scored it.
Haha wow I've never noticed that. This screams expectation. He wouldn't do that with just anyone. It was ROBERT HORRY and he felt confident enough to raise his arms.
I love that your comment has 24 likes!
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Thank you for the assist Vlade !!!
The Kings knew how to play their cards right on the floor
And still lost
"No Rebounds. No Rings." - Pat Riley
I watched this game live back in 2002. With the final shot by Robert Horry we all had our hands straight in the air and went crazy. What a moment. What a game!
1:20 amazing pass by Christie..those old Kings could wow you at times with their passing
They played as a team and not as individuals; the offense wasn't run through one player for the whole game. also, Bobby Jackson, Christie, and Peja were constantly moving around on offense, trying to get open, or Mike Bibby was running Pick and rolls or driving and kicking, and Webber and Vlade were passing out of the high post.
Just like the Splash Brother era Golden State Warriors.
Difference is, the Dubs won titles to go along with their unselfish, team basketball.
@@joesakic91 here comes joe Sakic again who oddly just drops splash bros are better comments when no one prompted him to…
@@geekUSA101 Unfortunately, it's true of what I said.
@@joesakic91 Why don't I go to Dubs highlights & drop random comments.."They bit the old Kings' style" or "They beat an injured Cavs team & then got Kevin Durant to form an unprecedented super team to win a few more"...?
The Lakers were the goats of this NBA era. That's why they won 3 in a row.
The Lakers are also the last team to complete a three-peat in NBA history.
I remember watching this with my Aunts when this happened.
This one shot was a pushback against the energy of the universe....OMG....it's like seeing it for the first time
Exactly 20 years ago me and my Dad watched that on TV we when crazy the last shot from Horry
Man - I will never forget this game. One the greatest I ever witnessed. LA Lakers vs Sacramento Kings - it was a game I tell ya. I was on the floor crying because I thought Lakers were going to lose. But my dude Horry came through. ✨✨.
This was the King's chance to win 🏆. Up 3-1 Lakers weren't coming back.
And also 2003 with a better and deeper team until Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee against the Dallas Mavericks.
That's just to bad huh?
To this day Kings fans still butt hurt about game 6, but they should be butt hurt for game 4 and game 7, their team choked!! 😅😅😅😅
@@univang1852lakers got screwed in game 5. Kings shot more free throws. Facts are inconvenient for kings fans
Horry knew it too after he shot it. He knew it was gonna go in. What a good player horry was.
Really love this moment
I remember watching this live! This was a good rivalry and they hated each other! This series was awesome!
Nice pass, Vladi.
Loudest arena ever after that 3
Despite the editing of this, the Lakers won and came back in that 2nd half with defense. After getting torched in the first half, they held that great Kings offense to just 34 points in the second half. Needed every single solitary stop too.
Yeah refs cheated
@@jasontate9826 salt ahahaha
@@jasontate9826 Nah, the Kings blew it.
@@jasontate9826 agreed the refs handed this game to lakers many people overlook how bad refs were in this game and game 7
@@TheSands83 Lol no were not doing this. Game 6? fine. but game 4 and game 7, the Kings BLEW IT. plain and simple. The refs didn't make the kings blow a 24 point 1st half lead. The refs didn't officiate the Lakers into battling back, hitting timely shots and making timely stops when the game would have gotten away from them if they didn't. Nah the Lakers showed championship HEART and character getting back into THIS game, just like they showed heart and character going down to Sacramento and beating the kings fair and square on THERE home court to advance to the finals.
GREAT MEMORIES
No matter what was said about the Kobe years of the Lakers ....... nothing will never surplant the Showtime years - priceless and timeless all day Magic Johnson A-1 Laker
I totally agree & Magic will always be my favorite player of all times
Kobe Lakers teams never once played a losing record team in the playoffs, always faced winning teams. Magic started out as my favorite, but Kobe will always be my favorite player and Laker player.
How good was Bibby. Very good
But Mike Bibby can't do it alone. Other players on the Kings were scared of shooting the ball in crunch time.
Rest In Peace Kobe Bryant
One of the best NBA moments I ever saw live. The other one's are Jordan's last shot in 98, the lakers game 7 4th quarter comeback vs Portland in 2000, and Tracy Mcgrady's 13 points in 35 seconds
Mike Bibby is so underrated.
Remember like it was yesterday. What a moment
9:01 the same play they drew in game 2 of the 2004 Finals, though Kobe went for the 3 instead of driving to the hoop. Both times, Adelman and Larry Brown thought about fouling Shaq when he touched the ball.
I used to support the kings but I really miss this 3peat laker-team😢RIP Kobe
Robert came up big to get this important win. He was the man to win games in the closing seconds.
What a game this is how basketball is meant to be played
With the dominance of the Lakers, people forget how many great teams there were in the Western conference. Lakers had to battle them all every year. It was no cake walk.
@The Throwback Thanks for sharing these games and remastering the videos. You do super job of improving the quality. Could you please share more games remastered? Could you share game 1 of this series? Kobe had many great dunks, that we would love to see in HD?
I remember watching this game with my parents and uncles. Whole house was SICK! Lol
A huge basket at that time and it was a good game.
It's a 2 point Sacramento lead, we're down to 7 seconds.. Bryant putting the move on Christie, rebound O'Neal.. HORRY.. FOR THE WIN!!
Shaq at 6:21 just decimates 4 dudes at once
He knocked two of them down.
HEDO was a menace
RIP Kobe Bryant (1978-2020).
Divac will always have one of the greatest assists in lakers history.
that kings team was so fun to watch
Unfortunately, Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings would still be overlooked by the other unselfish, team basketball styles around them because those teams won titles.
Bro Mike Bibby Had Some Swag To Him 🔥
Robert Horry's shot at the end is STILL one of the best shots in the NBA.!
The 2002 Kings roster was a perfect fit for what Adelman wanted to do offensively. I don't know if there's ever been a more perfectly constructed lineup.
Now, if they just could've hit their free throws... there would have been no Lakers three-peat.
Red Auerbach's Boston Celtics, Red Holtzman's New York Knicks in the early and mid-1970s, Showtime L.A. Lakers of the 1980s, Phil Jackson's triangle offenses with MJ's Bulls and Shaq and Kobe's Lakers, and the Splash Brother era Golden State Warriors disagree.
This is the Team i use in NBA2k.
The 2002 Sacramento Kings.
Loudest I have ever heard a Lakers home crowd after Horry hit the game winner.
Loudest since from Kobe to Shaq in Game 7 of the 2000 WCF against the Portland Trail Blazers.
@@joesakic91 yup. Both were loud as hell. I like larry johnsons 4 point play as loudest i heard any play imo.
This might have been louder lol
This soo fuckin' epic!!! Whoooo!!
Princeton vs Triangle. Fun basketball
Lakers and refs vs Kings. Wonderful memories
Sour grapes much?
Refs won that game #facts
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@@byrda420 Nah. The Kings choked.
I see the hate in you
Many of us remember the referees thefts, and that there was also an FBI investigation, but the intention to cover it up is still present today.
And ofcourse the additional half court shot by Samaki Walker that gave a big momentum for the lakers lol😅😂😁
This series stressed me out lol. I almost hit my head on my bedroom ceiling when Horry hit that game winner!
Kings and Spurs were only teams who could really stop Lakers in early 2000s
I think not
Funny you include the Kings when they never eliminated the Lakers in the playoffs like the Spurs have.
Nice rivalry
The Kings were legit. They were more of a threat than the 2000 Blazers because THAT Lakers team was just learning how to win. This team came for the throne and damn near got it. No, it wasn't rigged...they just didn't make the plays they needed to in Game 7. But they gave us a run for our money. Horry FTW...literally.
2003 was even a better shot for Rick Adelman and the Greatest Show on Court era Sacramento Kings with a better and deeper team led by Gerald Wallace. Keon Clark, and Jim Jackson, but disaster struck when Chris Webber tore his lateral meniscus in his knee in the Game 2 of their Round 2 series against the Dallas Mavericks and the Kings downfall began from there.
If that shot didn't fall maybe the kings will be in the nba championship because lakers are down 3-1
nice assist by Divac to Horry
Also the 3 at the end of the 1st half
WTF just happened?...This is like seeing it for the first time...Kings were on a fuckin Roll....lose gm1 at home...nerves
If only Webber got a piece of the ball on the final play :(
C-Webb should've just stayed in the three-point line for Vlade Divac's slap.
Whenever I watch basketball from this era I always think, "damn these are some grown ass men out here". Legit every dude looks pissed off and like he's gonna take you out to the woodshed because you broke the front window. The contrast to today's NBA where everyone looks and acts like a teenager is crazy.
The 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s NBA champions will thrive in today's NBA.
Those teams have to EARN those points.
Wasnt Divac traded for Kobe? To Hornets?
Real 2002 champs - The Kings!! Still hurt to this day that they weren't crowned..as well as in 03 where they looked just as good before C-Webb went down.
Bullshit. Keep telling yourself that. U can’t rig blowing a 24 pt lead, not grabbing a rebound, shooting 52% from the FT line in game 7, & Peja’s airball. Queens also got away w/ hacking Shaq all game 5 w/o a whistle, along w/ Webber literally running into fisher to free up Bibby for the game 5 winner, the most blantant missed call on a moving pick ever. The bullshit went both ways, so the real champs came out on top like champs do. Keep crying tho lol
@@brandon_e24 yes I can this game was rigged as fuck by refs exactly like game 6
@@brandon_e24 Webber was perfectly still n fisher flopped dummy
@@TheSands83 WOW you’re a special kind of stupid. He’s CLEARLY moving. CLEARLY. Apparently u don’t have eyes. That’s the video u show as an example of what not to do setting a screen
@@TheSands83 If u think game 5 was rigged for the Kings u should be disqualified from talking basketball ever again. Shaq was hacked numerous times by Vlade w/ no whistle in Gm 5. It was obvious. Shaq complained after & I would listen to the guy who’s actually playing
Vlade deserves the blame for that shot. He EASILY could have collected that rebound. So stupid and lazy.
Same with Chris Webber because once Kobe Bryant's penetration sucked Doug Christie into the paint, C-Webb should've stayed on Robert Horry at the three-point line.
Vlade Divac did as good a job as anyone could really do against Shaq.
Shaq was bullying Vlade
Big Shot Rob was the hero, but 5:00, 2nd biggest shot of the game was from Samaki Walker with the logo 3 at the end of the first half.
That shot shouldn't have counted.
True but it was 2002 not like today's review ability.@@dcap79
@@dcap79 Shouldn't came down to that for the Sacramento Kings where they had the lead for most of Game 4.
He's a factor every 7 championship he has
Nobody's been dunked on more than Vlade 😂😂😂😂
This is when real men played Basketball ✌🏾
I swear it seems like Bibby didn’t miss 1 mid range shot this whole series, him and Webber lol.
And still lost
People always question why did Divac slap the ball out. Isn’t it obvious? He tried to keep it away from that big ass mf Shaq lol
Chris Webber deserves more blame for not staying with Robert Horry at the three-point line.
The better team lost this series. Shameful, and I'm a Lakers diehard. And Big Shot Bob was ON in this game.
The Kings choked away their chances to win it all in 2002 because they didn't make a few more plays to win either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF against the Lakers.
Sickening
Divac made a big mistake to push the ball away instead of holding it.
Vlade slapped it out to Horry
I think this was a will smith movie and he starred as a Robert horry
Big Shot Bob with the walk-off 3
with all the KIng's made shots, they only did 99 points (looks like they did a thousand points)
What a great game Lakers over came a 22 point deficit to win on a buzzer beater Horry with the dagger 😂
4:59 in today's NBA they wouldn't even shoot that afraid to mess up their FG %.
Robert horry was the best 3shot ever ....
Dejan stajakovic very very Better
@@bekirugur8499 Then, why did Peja throw up an airball in Game 7?
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Lakers fans I hate to break it to you but actually that horry 3 should’ve tied at best the game because La had an extra point on the scoreboard from a 3 from samaki walker that should’ve never counted. That half time “buzzer Beater) that was in his hands still as clock expired. Lakers needed all the help they could get in LA vs Sacramento cuz Sac was on that ass. Every game
Yet, the Kings failed to win the race to 100 points and grab one rebound on the final play.
The Kings blew it.
@@joesakic91 f all that. That 3 shouldn’t have counted. Game was tied.
@@Collin88x Yet, the Kings still choked.
The Kings simply did not make a few more plays to win either Games 4, 6, or 7 of the 2002 WCF.
Too bad.
Kings gave up 22-point lead .. and Horry made sure they paid the price. You can't win a championship with that.
Last seconds no foul if todays nba it was foul, what an ending by horry.
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