Worst Basketball Moments

John3:16 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: Worst Basketball Moments

We have the "best" moments thread.

What are your worst?

Mine is easy. 2004 Finals. Healthy Malone and fair officiating, we win. No doubt in my mind.
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JSM · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

Any moment this bafoon stepped onto the floor:

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Magic's HIV announcement.

Having the 84 Finals stolen from us.

Watching Lurch horsecollar Kurt Rambis.

The Boston Massacre.

Magic & Scott going down before the Piston Finals.

2004 Finals - meltdown of a dynasty

Kobe's Colorado incident
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John3:16 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject:

^^^^^^^ Time, you must be about my age if you remember all that.

Old people FTW!
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strikemode14 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject:

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Stern giving over Waded the trophy on a silver platter was pretty disgusting to me.
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DarthRekal · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject:

puffyusaf#2 · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 4937 Location: Temecula

Since its fresh in my head:

That 3 pointer Farmar took in the 4th of the Portland game. Coming in a close second would be the blown 2 on 1 where he didn't dump it back to Kobe.

Not so fresh in my head:

Nearly everything William "Smush-I-should-be-out-of-basketball" Parker related

Karl Malone going down before the finals leaving us with Devean as one of the go-to guys

Tim Thomas fricken rebound and 3 pointer
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sirronstuff · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject:

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It started in the 90's, losing every year to either the Sonics or the Jazz.

Then '03 was the worst, I so badly wanted to win a 4th in a row. After 3 in a row I'd gotten so used to winning every year I'd forgotten what it was like to NOT win. Then when SA beat us and Kobe was crying and all that it was just crushing.

'04 was just as bad, that was the worst Finals I've ever seen, we got blown out in almost every game, it was a joke.
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Alleyhoops · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject:

2003 NBA playoffs versus the Spurs. In the game 5 comeback, where Medvedenko almost single-handedly brought us back in that game hitting shots from all over the floor, rebounding, etc. Horry's shot at the end of the game which would have won it for us -- went in and out. The series came back to Los Angeles with the Spurs leading 3-2, then finished us off in Staples in game 6, denying us a 4th straight title.

Horry and the Lakers weren't the only ones robbed that game...

I had come up with the QUAT-ROW slogan that was being used everywhere, had it trademarked, etc. I also did the logo design for merchandising. I had official approval from the NBA, a licensing company handling the merchandising -- and deal memos from all the licensees signed and waiting for the Lakers to win their 4 in a row.

I won't go into detail here, but we had deals waiting to go into effect that added up into 7 figures. Yep, it's true.

Someday, I'll recount the entire story, start to finish. It was a wild ride. And very painful in the end -- from my early legal batlles with the NBA to being officially sanctioned by them; from having Tim Leiweke and Mark Madsen chanting Quat-row at the Laker's victory parade after their three-peat; having Jim Hill and Kobe talking about going for Quat-row on the post-parade show; having Anschutz Corp. trying to get the trademark; from me being escorted off the premises at Staples after Anschutz was denied ownership of the slogan because I had created it and trademarked it first, etc., etc.,

Oh, the stories I could share. Maybe one day.

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puffyusaf#2 · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 4937 Location: Temecula

^ Damn bro you win that would be the worse. Wish it would have worked out.
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missmyzte · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:

Horry's missed potential game-winner in 2003 against the Spurs. I still can't watch a replay of that game or that play. It was heart-breaking as a Lakers fan, and also the moment that sealed Horry's future as a Laker (that they didn't pick up his option and let him go).
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CrazyLikeCatfish · Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 7809 Location: Southern Cali

This thread is really depressing man6

So many heartbreaks over the years, kind of glad/sad that I wasn't old enough for the Magic/Showtime Era and the Boston battles. Pros and cons to it, but I would much rather have been able to see them but I was a youngin'.
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lakerswiz · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 8583 Location: Santa Maria, CA

Damn Alleyhoops, I didn't know you had done all of that. I remember it being much talked about, but man.

Well hey, I'm not sure how the trademark process goes, but if a team wins four in a row in the future will you get royalties?
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04 Finals - Not healthy and crap officiating (doubt Stern wanted an accused rapist holding up the trophy).

06 Finals - Watching the title being handed to the Miami cHeat.

Alleyhoops · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject:

sirronstuff · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:26 am Post subject:

risk takers will always make it in the end. Props to you for stepping out and trying. Ingenious to be on the front end of that.

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Tim Thomas.

Every time I see the guy.

I had some tears come out that night. I was so crushed.
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blakeruns · Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

Magics announcement

Iceberg Slim · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:10 am Post subject:

"The Phantom Foul". 1994. Bulls vs. Knicks in the ECF. Scottie Pippen was on the verge of solidifying his career even further...until that moment.

Bulls lose to Magic in 95'. Mike gets the ball stripped from him by Nick Anderson. Damn.

The 2004 collapse of Kobe, Shaq, Malone, Payton, and the Lakers to the Detroit Pistons. Not for nothing, you will rarely see a team like that Detroit Pistons squad. No true standout player. Just a great team with the hunger of starving champion.
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