Best 1st-Rd Series You've Ever Seen?

[sook]

Suns Vs Rockets 95'

overcame 1-3 deffecit

[BUMP]

that series was ridiculous. sick play after sick play

[NBA Junkie]

Suns Vs Rockets 95'

overcame 1-3 deffecit

That was a second round series.

The 1st round series that year between the Rockets and Jazz was a great one as Houston won a close game 5 in SLC to advance

[Obstructed_View]

Mavs vs. Warriors for the sheer embarrassment it caused, and continues to cause. Maybe 1993 against the Blazers just because it was so rare for the Spurs to win a first round series back then. I was really excited when they advanced.

[Xylus]

I might be biased, but the Suns/Lakers in '06 had it all:

-Comeback from a 1-3 deficit, which is amazing by itself.
-Fighting/arguing in almost every game. Seriously, Kwame vs. Boris, Luke Walton vs. Tim Thomas, Nash vs. Kobe, Raja vs. Kobe... very physical series.
-Raja Bell clothesline, resulting in a suspension
-Kobe Bryant's ridiculous, ridiculous end-of-Game-4 performance
-Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant getting in each other's face
-7 games

[LakeShow]

Let me see, Topic: Best 1st rd series you've ever seen? Got it!

Dallas vs. GS

[balli]

I might be biased, but the Suns/Lakers in '06 had it all:

-Comeback from a 1-3 deficit, which is amazing by itself.
-Fighting/arguing in almost every game. Seriously, Kwame vs. Boris, Luke Walton vs. Tim Thomas, Nash vs. Kobe, Raja vs. Kobe... very physical series.
-Raja Bell clothesline, resulting in a suspension
-Kobe Bryant's ridiculous, ridiculous end-of-Game-4 performance
-Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant getting in each other's face
-7 games

You're not biased. That series was the until Kobe's teammates quit in the first half of game 7 and he quit in the second.

[JoeTait75]

Mavs-Warriors 07, with Suns/Lakers 06 as a distant second.



Games 4 and 5 were incredible. Game 6 was awesome too, the way Davis got injured and kept hitting circus shots on one leg.

Well, you're right about Games 4 & 5 (esp. Game 5.) Game 6 was more a series of brilliant individual performances than a good game. Baron and Stevie Jax were awesome, but the result wasn't in doubt by the end of the third period.

To me, a great series has to go seven (or five, in the case of a best-of-five.)

Nobody else with me on Jazz-Kings '99? That was a fantastic series.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Well, you're right about Games 4 & 5 (esp. Game 5.) Game 6 was more a series of brilliant individual performances than a good game. Baron and Stevie Jax were awesome, but the result wasn't in doubt by the end of the third period.

To me, a great series has to go seven (or five, in the case of a best-of-five.)

Nobody else with me on Jazz-Kings '99? That was a fantastic series.

When I saw the thread le I immediately thought of this series. I thought for sure everyone would overlook it but lo and behold it was the first one mentioned

I can still see Divac missing that hook shot at the end of regulation in Game 5...Jazz won it in OT.

[sook]

That was a second round series.

The 1st round series that year between the Rockets and Jazz was a great one as Houston won a close game 5 in SLC to advance

oops! Thanks for the correction by the way. I only know of that game from what I saw on NBA TV, didn't start watching basketball till 97 or 96'

[SpursDynasty]

Aside from the obvious choice of Mavs/GS in 2007, I remember the Kings/Jazz first round series in 2002 (when first rounds were still best of 5) being fun to watch...that series could have gone 3-1 either way, very close series, but Sacramento took it. I was hoping Utah would pull off the upset. That's the 1st round series that sticks out to me.

[YellowFever]

A cool moment for me was when Mutombo fell to the ground clutching the game ball and a pure ecstacy grin on his face when his Denver 8 seed beat Seattle Supersonic 1 seed way back when.

I think it was the first time an 8 seed beat the 1 seed.

[layupdrill]

easily Nuggets shocking the Supersonics. Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp were supposed to make the Finals that year...then the Nuggets happened.

was never the same.

[NBA Junkie]

Well, you're right about Games 4 & 5 (esp. Game 5.) Game 6 was more a series of brilliant individual performances than a good game. Baron and Stevie Jax were awesome, but the result wasn't in doubt by the end of the third period.

To me, a great series has to go seven (or five, in the case of a best-of-five.)

Nobody else with me on Jazz-Kings '99? That was a fantastic series.

That was a great series. The Kings nearly won game 4 at Arco, until John Stockton beat them with a last second shot.

I was actually shocked the Kings hung so tough in game 5 in SLC.

What the Kings did was expose cracks in the Jazz' armor as Portland took them out in round 2.