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The 2004 Boston Red Sox, seen here at the White House, were the first MLB team to win a game seven after being down 3–0 in a series.. Three major North American professional sports leagues have playoff series that can reach a seventh game: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL).
This brought the series to New Jersey with the Lakers up 2–0. Game 3 was a close matchup with Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin, O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant all scoring 26 or more points. Bryant and O'Neal's combined 71 points was too much for the Nets to handle though, and the Lakers took a 3–0 series lead.
Youngest/Oldest player to score a 3-pointer in a playoff game; Youngest: Kobe Bryant is the youngest player to hit a 3-pointer in a playoff game, he had a total of 2 3-pointers in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Portland Trail Blazers at the age of 18 years, 250 days on April 30, 1997.
Bryant was the runner-up for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year Award, [68] and through fan voting, he also became the youngest NBA All-Star starter in NBA history. [69] Bryant was joined by teammates O'Neal, Van Exel, and Jones, making it the first time since 1983 that four players on the same team were selected to play in the same All-Star Game.
In Game 4, Kobe Bryant hit both a lay-up with 0.7 seconds left to force OT, and the game-winning jump shot at the buzzer in overtime. In Game 6, Tim Thomas hit a 3-pointer with 6.3 seconds left to force OT. The Suns became the 8th team in NBA history to overcome a 3–1 series deficit. [8]
In Game 4, Kobe Bryant hit both a lay–up with 0.7 seconds left to force OT, and the game–winning jump shot at the buzzer in overtime. Suns become the 8th team in NBA history to overcome a 3–1 series deficit. First playoff series a Phil Jackson coached team has lost after taking a series lead, going 44–0 beforehand.
With the win, the Lakers also avoided the dubious distinction of becoming the seventh team in NBA History to lose a playoff series despite leading 3–1. The Lakers' NBA Finals win over the Indiana Pacers was the first title for both Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, and the first Lakers championship since the 1988 NBA Finals.
Bryant was the leading scorer of the game with 29 points; Garnett's 25 points bested all other Celtics players for Game 3. Derek Fisher scored 11 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Compared to his record eight three-point field goals in Game 2, Ray Allen went a near-record 0–13 in field goals for this game.