The Lakers’ last chance to avoid disaster in 2010 needs a deep rewind
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Game 5 of the 2010 series between the LA Lakers and Phoenix Suns presented a crossroads. As time expired, the Lakers had one last chance to win, and in doing so, avoid the infamy of a terrible collapse. The Suns, meanwhile, could force overtime, steal a victory, and perhaps make an unexpected run to the Finals.
Let’s visit that moment. Kobe Bryant has the ball. Everyone’s mad at (the man formerly known as) Ron Artest. Steve Nash and Jason Richardson just made miracles for the Suns. What’s on everyone’s mind? What happens next? Before we find out, let’s rewind.
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30 Comments
4:36 they did WHAT to the rest of the western conference?!??!?!!!!
Kobe better have gotten that marked as a pass for his triple double! 😂
Kobe & Ron celebrating like that will forever bring a tear to my eye
one of the best so far
Audibly gasped at the last shot
RIP Kobe, you are awesome
Oh great, a chance to relive one of the worst sport moments of my life. Love you too, Seth.
please make a video on Lebron James' career vs the Celtics, he tormented them with the Heat and as Cavalier
and then he buried a 3 to ice game 7 in the finals against the Celtics… Ron is forever loved in LA! Had the pleasure of meeting him, very cool guy!
Yeah, that happened.
Watched this game a few weeks ago
To this day i don't know how he did that, mans touched the 3point line and then didnt even jump
Ron Artest really bailing Kobe out multiple times.
I didn’t hesitate subscribing on Patreon for a sec. It’s really cool that you maintain the quality while also producing exclusive content.
Wish Phil Jackson could come back for one more season.
God this game gave me anxiety. We blew a big lead to Phoenix and they tied it. This was finally our chance our demons in the WCG and we were blowing it. Artest put up an ill advised 3 which backfired which pissed everyone off. Kobe was perfectly defended. Then Artest muscled for the rebound and got the last second put back and the rest was history.
The next series against Boston was even more stressful but that was peak of being a young Laker fan for me.
Chuck Person being a hero made me sad, as someone who followed his career straight into the NCAA cheating scandal
And that’s why you box out folks
I think I missed one of those game winning shots that year and couldn't believe my eyes on that put back by Artest. One of my favorite Lakers seasons in my lifetime.
Ill never get how yall do it. You make a 15 minute video about 3 seconds of a basketball game, and I'm fully hooked the entire time.
Ah yes, 2010. Yet another year of the seemingly neverending Lakers or Spurs duopoly.
Thankfully this was the end of that tiresome run (11 times in 12 years). By this time, everyone was getting tired of the same two West teams every June save for 2006.
I think I was so shocked about that final sequence that I didn't even remember that Artest bungled things up so badly in the previous possession. Breaks the hearts of Suns' fans but it makes for a hell of a story
I remember watching the ending live. As a Steve Nash fan, I was shocked with the ending of this game
As a Suns fan, I still hate JRich to this day for not boxing out
i remember watching this on tv over on the other side of the world, was so happy for Artest
ROB WITH THE WORLD PEACE TREATMENT
Meta world peace
Worst video ever. And no it's not because I'm a biased Suns fan who had his heart ripped out on this play while having to listen to some Laker friends celebrate in my face. I'm completely unbiased on this.
Queensbridge!
Over on the other side of the country, this season was the most brutal experience for Magic fans.