THE Ring-saving performances - 2000's Year-By-Year

[Magic 32]

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2000 - Kobe Game 7 vs Blazers
2001 - Shaq Game 2 vs 76'ers
2002 - Shaq Game 6 vs Kings
2005 - Horry Game 5 vs Pistons
2006 - Wade Game 3 vs Mavs
2008 - Pierce - Game 7 vs Cavs
2009 - Kobe - Game 3 vs Nuggets
2010 - Artest - Game 7 vs Celtics
2011 - Dirk Game 2 vs Heat
2012 - Lebron Game 6 vs Celtics
2013 - Wade Game 4 vs Spurs

2003 - ???
2004 - ???
2007 - ???
2014 - ???
2015 - ???

[SouBeachTalents]

For 2011 Dirk's Game 2 of the Finals would probably have the best argument

[JohnFreeman]

Didn't LeBron have a better game then Wade in game 4 2013?

[sportjames23]

2013 - Allen/Bosh Game 6 vs Spurs

[Mr Feeny]

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2000 - Kobe Game 7 vs Blazers
2001 - Shaq Game 2 vs 76'ers
2002 - Shaq Game 6 vs Kings
2003 - ???
2004 - ???
2005 - Horry Game 5 vs Pistons
2006 - Wade Game 3 vs Mavs
2007 - ???
2008 - Pierce - Game 7 vs Cavs
2009 - Kobe - Game 3 vs Nuggets
2010 - Artest - game 7 vs Celtics
2011 - ???
2012 - Lebron Game 6 vs Celtics
2013 - Wade Game 4 vs Spurs
2014 - Ginobili Game 7 vs Mavs
2015 - Curry Game 5 vs Cavs

...

Tbf Kobe is garbage and doesn't belong in this thread.

[Magic 32]

Didn't LeBron have a better game then Wade in game 4 2013?

Only if you value 9 statpadding point when the game was decided.

[PJR]

Didn't LeBron have a better game then Wade in game 4 2013?

Are you stupid?

[Mr Feeny]

Didn't LeBron have a better game then Wade in game 4 2013?

Game SEVEN. 37 points and 12 rebound and absolutely killed the spurs in the biggest game of the season. The ring saving performance.
On the otherhand Kobe shoots 25% in finals game 7's :(

[JohnFreeman]

Game SEVEN. 37 points and 12 rebound and absolutely killed the spurs in the biggest game of the season. The ring saving performance.
On the otherhand Kobe shoots 25% in game 7's :(
This is an agenda thread, let's not bog it down with facts.

[Mr Feeny]

This is an agenda thread, let's not bog it down with facts.

:lol

[Magic 32]

Game SEVEN. 37 points and 12 rebound and absolutely killed the spurs in the biggest game of the season. The ring saving performance.


Home court and with all the momentum.

Wade was better.

[keep-itreal]

http://gamedayr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jesus-shuttlesworth-ray-allen-three-pointer-570x423.jpg

[Magic 32]

For 2011 Dirk's Game 2 of the Finals would probably have the best argument

It's probably the best yes.

[JohnFreeman]

2004 - Kobe playing like shit which lead to the Pistons winning the championship

[Magic 32]

This is an agenda thread, let's not bog it down with facts.

You would know I'm sure.

[JohnFreeman]

You would know I'm sure.
Feel free to link one of my agenda threads at any time, thanks.

[Magic 32]

I'm looking a Pistons performance from the Nets series.

[Mr Feeny]

Home court and with all the momentum.

Wade was better.Tbf Steve Blake was better than Kobe in 2009. Kobe empty stats. Stave Blake inspired.

[Mr Feeny]

Man this thread has gone down a barrell:roll:

[Dr Hawk]

2004 - Kobe playing like shit which lead to the Pistons winning the championship

The Lakers won the 2nd game thanks to Kobe.

also, one of the best defensive teams of all times focused solely on Kobe, they let Shaq get his, they knew the key was to stop Kobe. 5v1 basically

[Magic 32]

Tim Duncan 2003

Game 2 or 3 against the Mavs?

[Dr Hawk]

Allen vs Spurs

[JohnFreeman]

Shaq did everything he could, too bad his team let him down.

[Magic 32]

The Curry game is interesting.

You could argue for game 4 against the Grizz.

Or maybe AI in game 4 against the Cavs.

[JohnMax]

James catches, puts up a three, won't go! Rebound Bosh, back out to Allen, his three-pointer, bang! Tie game with five seconds remaining!

[Magic 32]

James catches, puts up a three, won't go! Rebound Bosh, back out to Allen, his three-pointer, bang! Tie game with five seconds remaining!

Ring-saving play for sure.

[Mr Feeny]

Shaq did everything he could, too bad his team let him down.

:lol

[aj1987]

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2000 - Kobe Game 7 vs Blazers
2001 - Shaq Game 2 vs 76'ers
2002 - Shaq Game 6 vs Kings
2003 - ???
2004 - ???
2005 - Horry Game 5 vs Pistons
2006 - Wade Game 3 vs Mavs
2007 - ???
2008 - Pierce - Game 7 vs Cavs
2009 - Kobe - Game 3 vs Nuggets
2010 - Artest - Game 7 vs Celtics
2011 - Dirk Game 2 vs Heat
2012 - Lebron Game 6 vs Celtics
2013 - Wade Game 4 vs Spurs
2014 - ???
2015 - ???

...
Game 6 and 7 in '13?

Also, :roll: @ G3 being ring saving in '09.

[Magic 32]

Game 6 and 7 in '13?


Wade secured home court back to the Heat. Without Wade the Heat never returns to Miami.



Also, :roll: @ G3 being ring saving in '09.

Name a better one that year.

Nuggets was the best team the Lakers faced, and they were about to go up 2-1 with one more game in Denver.

[Mr Feeny]

Wade secured home court back to the Heat. With Wade the Heat never returns to Miami.



Name a better one.

The 37 point game 7 performance. A fan of Mr 25% in finals game sevens can't grasp this ofcourse :lol
Nuggets was the best team the Lakers faced, and they were about to go up 2-1 with one more game in Denver.


We told you. Steve Blake. Any game > Kobe.

[Magic 32]

We told you. Steve Blake. Any game > Kobe.

Trolling really is a lost art.

Bore someone else.

[sportjames23]

We told you. Steve Blake. Any game > Kobe.


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[feyki]

2000 - Kobe wcf gm 7

2001 - illegal D

2002 - refs

2003 - Duncan f.kked every team

2004 - Ben Wallace defence

2005 - Gino

2006 - Refs

2007 - that was easy no saving

2008 - Garnett defence and Pierce offensive force

2009 - Kobe

2010 - Artest

2011 - Dirk

2012 - Battier

2013 - Ray Allen

2014 - that was easy no saving again

2015 - That was easy no saving x2 again

[L.A. Jazz]

2004
Prince blocking Reggie Miller

[ArbitraryWater]

this, while obviously lacking heavy context (2000 e.g), is actually pretty accurate.. it doesnt have to say much, its just a cool interesting thing to do.

For 2003, pick any of Duncan's big games in a tight spot againt the Lakers or Mavs, or Kerr's game 6 preventing a WCF G7.

2004 I'd just take whatever Piston stepped up the most in the tiebreaker or elimination game against the Nets.

Probably Billups since they won the game he hit the halfcourt shot in.

Who stepped up most for the Spurs in G5 at Phoenix? Stole that whole year anyway so meh.

2013 G4:

Wade: 32/6/4/6 on 14-25 56%
Bron: 33/11/4/2/2 on 15-25 60% (stat-padded 5 points in the final minute)
Bron (no stat-padding): 28/11/4/2/2 on 13-23 56%

Seems unfair to give a single shotout to Wade here... especially since they were in an equally large dillema in game 6, and Bron stepped up with a 30+ pts triple double.

2014: Parker G7 vs Mavericks? Or anyone from G6 vs Thunder or G3 vs Heat, IMO.
Can't say for sure for 2015 either. Wouldnt include 2015, probably not 2014, didnt have one of those historic performances, neither did 2007, and 2004 probably also not, although a historic shot (Billups).

[Magic 32]

2013 G4:

Wade: 32/6/4/6 on 14-25 56%
Bron: 33/11/4/2/2 on 15-25 60% (stat-padded 5 points in the final minute)
Bron (no stat-padding): 28/11/4/2/2 on 13-23 56%

Seems unfair to give a single shotout to Wade here... especially since they were in an equally large dillema in game 6, and Bron stepped up with a 30+ pts triple double.


Well Lebron both saved and was saved in game 6.

And he actually statpadded his way to 9 points at the end of game 4. He had 24 points when the game was over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5qgBL_kDFc&t=3m2s

And there can be more than one ring-saving performance every year. This is just about the best.

I think Wade was the best.

[aj1987]

Wade secured home court back to the Heat. Without Wade the Heat never returns to Miami.
That's again pure speculation. LeBron was pretty good that game as well, although Wade was on another level. LeBron's 16 points in the 4th in G6, when literally no one else showed up (inb4 Ray Allen comments). Then in G7, Wade had another terrific performance, but LeBron was just lights out. Dude basically stole the series from the Spurs.


Name a better one that year.

Nuggets was the best team the Lakers faced, and they were about to go up 2-1 with one more game in Denver.
I don't think you know what "ring-saving performance" actually means.

[Magic 32]

I don't think you know what "ring-saving performance" actually means.

Enlighten me.

Remember that you apparently don't have issues with the other early series games on my list...

2001 - Shaq Game 2 vs 76'ers
2006 - Wade Game 3 vs Mavs
2011 - Dirk Game 2 vs Heat

[ArbitraryWater]

Well Lebron both saved and was saved in game 6.

And he actually statpadded his way to 9 points at the end of game 4. He had 24 points when the game was over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5qgBL_kDFc&t=3m2s

And there can be more than one ring-saving performance every year. This is just about the best.

I think Wade was the best.

true, it was actually 7 points, come on, you're not gonna count a shot from a 13 point game with 4.30 minutes remaining? You dont sit your starters at that point just yet.


That's again pure speculation. LeBron was pretty good that game as well, although Wade was on another level. LeBron's 16 points in the 4th in G6, when literally no one else showed up (inb4 Ray Allen comments). Then in G7, Wade had another terrific performance, but LeBron was just lights out. Dude basically stole the series from the Spurs.


I don't think you know what "ring-saving performance" actually means.

Well, Magic32 is going away from the formal and literal "elimination game or game 7 = ring saving!" strict talk, but using more context, which I like...

so this can't be quantified with any filter, its merely the game in which title hopes seemed to slip away the most, the most daring and toughest ones of the season. And I actually agree with most of his selection.

This 'stat' is bound to any particular playoff round or a type of game... I'd probably pick Kobe's game 3 against Denver as well.

Since this is the performance as a whole, I'd go with LeBron in the 2013 game 6, but the single play/shot of Allen was of undeniable impact as well, obviously they wouldn't reach that position without LeBron (and game 4 Wade) in the first place, though.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Game 7 vs. Mavs in 2014? That game was a blowout.

:wtf:

Duncan vs. OKC Game 6 is much better pick. Game went to OT and Oldman River started going apeshit, hitting consecutive shots to clinch the series over multiple defenders. Clutch as fck. Ibaka was back, we could very well lose Game 7 if we lose that game (momentum). We had also just lost the last two games on the road in blowouts (we were backdoor swept by them in 2012).

[aj1987]

Enlighten me.

Remember that you apparently don't have issues with the other early series games on my list...

2001 - Shaq Game 2 vs 76'ers
2006 - Wade Game 3 vs Mavs
2011 - Dirk Game 2 vs Heat
I just glossed over your OP and missed. '01 and '11 weren't ring saving performances as well. '06 definitely was. The Heat would've been down 3-0 if they lost that game. No team has overcome that kind of deficit in the Finals.

[AintNoSunshine]

Game SEVEN. 37 points and 12 rebound and absolutely killed the spurs in the biggest game of the season. The ring saving performance.
On the otherhand Kobe shoots 25% in finals game 7's :(

Bron's game 7 was more Ring-getting because the series was tied at 3 apieces.

His 4th quarter in game 6 was ring-saving along with Ray's shot and Bosh's blocks.

[kennethgriffin]

if kobe doesnt save game 4 of the 2000 nba finals the pacers ( due to winning game 5 ) would have been up 3-2...


so add that to the list

[ShaqTwizzle]

if kobe doesnt save game 4 of the 2000 nba finals the pacers ( due to winning game 5 ) would have been up 3-1...


Uhh... no.
Kobe sucked in that game.

20 points on 43%TS pre-OT.

He played very well in the OT but his horrid play during regulation was the only reason why Indy was even in that game.
Shaq with his 36 & 21 was the MVP of that game... by far.

The revisionist history for Kobe never stops...

[WayOfWade]

Didn't LeBron have a better game then Wade in game 4 2013?
NOOOOOOOOO!!!

http://gif.co/ojyq.gif

[dubeta]

Artest Game 7 2010

[Magic 32]

'01 and '11 weren't ring saving performances as well.

They were as close to ring saving as any those years.

Going down 0-2 with two games in Philly?

0-2 against the Heat?


These are the games that would end any championsip hopes.

What Lakers games from 2009 would you put over it?

The Rockets never had a chance at Staples.

[aj1987]

They were as close to ring saving as any those years.

Going down 0-2 with two games in Philly?

0-2 against the Heat?


These are the games that would end any championsip hopes.

What Lakers games from 2009 would you put over it?

The Rockets never had a chance at Staples.
:facepalm :facepalm

You really don't watch basketball, do you?

[SouBeachTalents]

if kobe doesnt save game 4 of the 2000 nba finals the pacers ( due to winning game 5 ) would have been up 3-1...


so add that to the list

Wtf did I just read? How the hell would the Pacers be up 3-1 if the Lakers were up 2-1 going into Game 4?

[kennethgriffin]

Wtf did I just read? How the hell would the Pacers be up 3-1 if the Lakers were up 2-1 going into Game 4?


my bad. i meant the pacers would be up 3-2

game 4 was the swing game. whoever won that i think wins the series

[ShawkFactory]

my bad. i meant the pacers would be up 3-2

game 4 was the swing game. whoever won that i think wins the series
So game 5 would have turned out exactly the same way had game 4 turned out differently? Interesting.

[ArbitraryWater]

I just glossed over your OP and missed. '01 and '11 weren't ring saving performances as well.

.. going down 0-3 is "definitely" ring saving, but the chance of going down 0-2 in the finals is not?

.. the impact the final minutes of the 2011 game 2 was very much season saving, so was Shaq's performance cmon

Edit: nicerrr

[Mr Feeny]

Several Steve Blake games from 2009. True leader and warrior.

[Dr Hawk]

Gasol's clutch offensive rebound and layup vs OKC in '10 to seal the deal

[ShawkFactory]

I would say Horry's game 4 against the Kings is one as well.

18 and 14 with the game winner that would have prevented them from being down 3-1 and losing the series.

[kennethgriffin]

So game 5 would have turned out exactly the same way had game 4 turned out differently? Interesting.


well then wipe every other one from any other list that isnt an elimination game you **** head retard bitch ******

:lol

[kennethgriffin]

I would say Horry's game 4 against the Kings is one as well.

18 and 14 with the game winner that would have prevented them from being down 3-1 and losing the series.


nope.. by your own rules it doesnt count r*tard


whos to say games 5,6,7 go that way if horry doesnt hit that shot



DEEEEEERP!

:roll:


god damn youre ****ing dumb

[DMV2]

Didn't LeBron have a better game then Wade in game 4 2013?
Lebron didn't really showup in that series until the final 3 minutes of Game 6.

You can argue his Game 7 being the best performance of that series though.

[ArbitraryWater]

Lebron didn't really showup in that series until the final 3 minutes of Game 6.

You can argue his Game 7 being the best performance of that series though.

I guess some see 26/11/4/2/2 on 12-22 55% as showing up.. might just be ones who don't hate the guy though :oldlol:

[ShawkFactory]

nope.. by your own rules it doesnt count r*tard


whos to say games 5,6,7 go that way if horry doesnt hit that shot



DEEEEEERP!

:roll:


god damn youre ****ing dumb
DAMN you're mad :lol

There have been 8 teams in the history of the league that have won/lost being up/down 3-1 (Kobe was a part of one of them).

It's essentially a guarantee. ESPECIALLY considering the Lakers in 2000 were so superior to the Pacers (you know, the real finals was in the west according to you).

Being up 3-1 is different than being tied 2-2. Do you think Kobe the Clutch God scores 8 points and shoots 4-20 from the field in an important game 5, instead of when the series is already in the bag?

Same thing in 2002. Horry misses that shot and the Lakers are down 3-1, essentially a guarantee for the Kings. ESPECIALLY since the Kings were probably the better team.

It's not that hard to understand, cowboy.

[DMV2]

I guess some see 26/11/4/2/2 on 12-22 55% as showing up.. might just be ones who don't hate the guy though :oldlol:
Of course, all you got is stats cuz you didn't actually watched the series.

Just read this live reaction thread. OP of the thread is a certified Bran stan.
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8715424#post8715424

[ArbitraryWater]

Of course, all you got is stats cuz you didn't actually watched the series.

Just read this live reaction thread. OP of the thread is a certified Bran stan.
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8715424#post8715424

Why wouldnt I have watched the series? Thats weird..

anyway, you think I wasnt pissed with him? I dont see what that thread (which I knew before, lurked at the time), has to do with his game 4? Anyone who saw that game agreed at the time (still now among logiCal people) that Wade and Bron led the Heat to a win that night.. not sute whats so hard with admitting that.

[DMV2]

I think the thread is about players who saved a playoff series in a particular game. Fact of Miami was down 3-2, going into Game 6, should have made that game more important than Game 4. But not for THE RING standards I guess, not sure what they're going by anyway.

If you wanna give LeBron the title for saving the series because of his final 2 minutes of Game 6 then I don't have any issues with that actually. It was the "Headband Game" after all and he went beastmode after losing his headband.

But to say he was great through out the series is untrue. Two of the games were actually 3-point shooting blowouts from what I remember- one from the Spurs bench and the other from the Heat bench.

THE RING should have given LeBron it since that final minutes of Game 6 did actually saved the series. But I don't know what they went by...

[ArbitraryWater]

I think the thread is about players who saved a playoff series in a particular game. Fact of Miami was down 3-2, going into Game 6, should have made that game more important than Game 4. But not for THE RING standards I guess, not sure what they're going by anyway.

If you wanna give LeBron the title for saving the series because of his final 2 minutes of Game 6 then I don't have any issues with that actually. It was the "Headband Game" after all and he went beastmode after losing his headband.

But to say he was great through out the series is untrue. Two of the games were actually 3-point shooting blowouts from what I remember- one from the Spurs bench and the other from the Heat bench.

THE RING should have given LeBron it since that final minutes of Game 6 did actually saved the series. But I don't know what they went by...

Seriosuly, I have zero idea what you're talking about.. I don't think you are either.

'THE RING' isn't a magazine or anything, its a personal idea brought to ISH by Magic32...

Nobody said LeBron had a great series throughout, baffled why this is discussed by you... he simply, like Wade, had their best game of the series (until game 6 for Bron) in game 4. Thats it.

2013 is a case where you could have both game 4 and game 6 as ring saving performance, game 4 easily deserves recignition, wanna know the amount of teams to come back from a 1-3 deficit in the finals? Zero, NBA history.. nada.

[DMV2]

I actually thought THE RING (http://ringtv.craveonline.com/) made a list or something. Why would a boxing magazine do a list on the NBA?...IDK....it was the way OP typed it. So yeah, OP was shady with that title...

And how the fck do you not follow?

This is what I posted "Lebron didn't really showup in that series until the final 3 minutes of Game 6.

You can argue his Game 7 being the best performance of that series though."

You came in posting stats as if he was amazing in the series.

I replied saying you didn't watch the series since all you can do is show stats, I posted a live reaction thread made by a Bran stan to show how he actually didn't have that great of a series as his stats stated.

So that's all. I stated Bran wasn't as great as his stat indicated until the final 2 minutes of Game 6 and Game 7. If you ain't following then even reply to my original post? But he just had to reply but you're Mr. I-Gotta-Save-Bran-By-Showing-His-Stats.

[ArbitraryWater]

I showed the stats of his game 4, since thats the game being discussed... and, in the most dangerous situation of that Heat season, he had a great game... do you really not follow or can you stop being purposely dense?! :wtf:

Bron wasn't great until the final 2 minutes of that game 6? Either your memory is failing you or you're lying.

His headband went off at the start of the 4th, which you just pointed out before yourself... from that point on he was involved in every Heat basket but one, if I remember correctly.

edit: im out for now

[ArbitraryWater]

"omgz stats of game 4, you didnt watch stat guy, here, a reaction thread by an insidehoops poster.." Cmon now :oldlol:

[DMV2]

"omgz stats of game 4, you didnt watch stat guy, here, a reaction thread by an insidehoops poster.." Cmon now :oldlol:
Not by any ISH poster...it was made by one a bonifide Bran stan. The guy got clowned by everybody on board!!!! The same way the fans got clowned on when they left the arena before Game 6 even ended.

Hell...if I can find the Game Thread version, Bran was getting shit on in there too. Not just by haters like myself but even his stans...who were about to turn on him.

He wasn't as the almighty great as you're trying to state through "his stats." Live reaction/game thread are a better indication of how the game was going than the stat sheet anyway.

[HOoopCityJones]

Several Steve Blake games from 2009. True leader and warrior.

Blake wasn't even on The Lakers in 2009 bro...:lol

[aj1987]

.. going down 0-3 is "definitely" ring saving, but the chance of going down 0-2 in the finals is not?

.. the impact the final minutes of the 2011 game 2 was very much season saving, so was Shaq's performance cmon

Edit: nicerrr
Nope. Literally no team has comeback from a 0-3 deficit in the Finals.

Even if the Sixers won G2, the Lakers would've curb stomped them after. Their G1 win was a fluke as well. Shaq was a ****ing beast in that game though. A 35pt near quad-double? :eek:

[sd3035]

Lebron 2011

Refs 2012

Ray Allen 2013

[riseagainst]

Several Steve Blake games from 2009. True leader and warrior.

Portland lost in the first round vs Houston. What did he do?