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Grizzlies vs Spurs 2011
Mavs vs Warriors 2007
Spurs vs Grizz 2011
Lakers vs Pistons 2004
Rockets vs Magic 1995
Knicks vs Heat 1999
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Grizzlies vs Spurs 2011
warriors over mavs
nuggets over sonics
I know Dallas fan will say Grizz and Spurs, but the Spurs were really not that great that year! They did not play D and were banged up going in. Dallas won 67 games and were on a mission that year after losing the finals the year before, they were the fave to win it all and seemed to be on that route in 07! That is easily the PICK HERE.Great choices there, Sonics up 2-0 I believe and they were a powerhouse that year.
BTW why is the Rockets and Magic up there? Magic were so young at the time and they probably in any normal year do not beat the Bulls on any end of the spectrum! Magic were talented but they were not ready yet! The Spurs and Rockets were a more even matchup that year and the Spurs got beat.
warriors vs Mavs wasnt really an upset
Everybody knew they matched up well with them
- 1994 Sonics vs Nuggets
- In 82, the Celtics got swept by the Bucks 4-0. Dont get me wrong, the Bucks had a good team, but nobody saw thart one coming (and the Celts were the defending champs)
- 2002 Lakers vs Kings
I was saying 1990+(after), and I was going to put the sonic nuggets but i thought the knicks and heat series edged it out a little, maybe im wrong.warriors vs Mavs wasnt really an upset
Everybody knew they matched up well with them
- 1994 Sonics vs Nuggets
- In 82, the Celtics got swept by the Bucks 4-0
- 2002 Lakers vs Kings
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Bitter Mav fans' post bringing up the 2011 Spurs should be ignored henceforth.
This is easily 2004 NBA Finals. Everyone picked the superteam to crush Detroit but Kobe decided to chuck away to try and prove he was the man and the result was an assraping of epic proportions resulting in the dismantling of the Laker team, Shaq being forced out to Miami and Kobe and co. missing the playoffs and being first round fodder until the gifting of Gasol and return of Phil. lol chucking rapist costing the stacked Lakers a le
These were some great days. Even though my Spurs were eliminated by the Lakers because of the .4 Derek Fisher shot, I got a lot of relief seeing the Pistons upset the Lakers. Kobe was the main reason why the Lakers failed. PJ even assigned Kobe with the task of defending Chauncy Billups but Kobe failed miserably. Kobe shot jacking was awesome to witness. BTW, does anyone remember Elden Cambell doing an excellent job defending Shaq? He held his ground. Rasheed Wallace did a pretty decent job as well. Shaq was getting his way whenever Ben Wallace would defend him.
Even Phil couldn't save them until the gift. They lost in the first round in 06 and 07 while Phil was coaching
Because Kobe quitPERIOD
Lakers vs Suns 2006, Lakers are up 3 - 1 and have 3 games (1 at home) to seal the deal, they choked that OT game and Kirby quit in Game 7, I don't think there's been a more dramatic upset in the playoffs. 6, was one choke at the end of a game and TP was injured for both games 6 and 7, but being up 3 games to 1 and not getting it done on your home floor with a prime Kobe Bryant with Phil Jackson at the helm? Lebron and MJ wouldn't have let that happen.
Toss up between 04 and 94, really.
Nobody expected the Nuggets to beat the Sonics, and nobody expected the Pistons to beat the Lakers. The difference is that in retrospect, the Nuggets actually match up well vs. the Sonics (Mutombo and Ellis guards Kemp better than anyone), while the Lakers could still have won the series vs. the Pistons, or at least make it much more compe ive if they played it right.
Dallas vs Dubs, IMO... sure, the Warriors matched up well, but Dallas won a load of games, Dirk was the reigning MVP of the league, they were healthy, and I thought Nellie ed with Avery's head even before the series started.
Not sure why Lakers vs Pistons is listed, tbh... Pistons were clearly the favorites that series.
Disagree. On paper you would seem correct. But a team is more than talent. That team was a dysfunctional mess. Shaq vs. Kobe. Payton vs. Phil, Kobe vs. Colorado.. That team was not a great team at all. In fact it was one of my least favorite Laker teams even over the sorry ones from the early 90's. Other than Fisher's shot (.4) and an early win streak that team was no fun to watch. I dont think that was a huge upset if you actually watched the Pistons after getting Sheed and watched the Lakers play. Detroit was hitting on all cylinders (ha) while the Lakers were hanging on by a thread if you followed the media firestorm around the team.
Biggest upset: Nuggz vs. Sonics, Grizz vs. Spurs and of course Dubs vs. Mavs and 86 Rox over Lakers
Spurs should of beat Lakers that year too ... FIsher helped the Lakers steal that series.
Great comeback but how can that be an upset? Choke, sure. But I think you should look at a a definition of "upset". I think you dont understan the concept.
If you're up 3 - 1 you're supposed to win the series, it was an upset from games 5 - 7. Lakers had it, they were going to beat the Suns as a 7 seed and go up against the Clippers in the 2nd round, it was sealed. Up 3 points and 6 seconds to go, the confetti was ready to go and then Tim Thomas happened. They choked on their home floor. That was the original 6
How quickly we forget... The same scenario as the 2013 Finals, Lakers fail to rebound Nash miss and Thomas gets a wide open 3...
Shaq and Kobe worked earlier. Payton vs. Phil wasn't too big of an issue. Kobe vs. Colorado was self-inflicted.
Nobody expected the Lakers to loose in that series.
And no, the Spurs should not have beaten the Lakers, they were a very flawed team that has huge trouble scoring. They were missing Jackson/05 Manu, and the simple act of packing the paint flummoxed them.
If it wasn't for 0.4, the Lakers would have still won Game 6 and 7.
Pistons/Lakers wasn't an upset, I'd even argue that Warriors/Mavs wasn't that big of an upset either.... the Dubs had the Mavs' number that year and Avery wasn't prepared, I certainly thought the Dubs had a good chance of winning that series....
95' rockets were just the better team than the Magic led by a junior Shaq. 07' Mavs got stung by the warriors, which was insitunated by our record vs. the warriors in the 06-07 regular season, unpredictable but reasonable imho.
mavs and warriors. Everyone thought they were headed for a deep playoff run and meet up with the spurs
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