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What were the Best 5 Playoff Series since the Lockout in 1999?

on the top of my head

2002 kings lakers
2006 lakers suns
2001 raps sixers
2005 spurs pistons
2007 mavs warriors

GSW-Dallas from 2007
Portland-LAL from 2000
Portland-Dallas from 2003 (P-town came back from three behind to lose the series 4-3)
LAL-Sacramento from 2002
Cleveland-Boston from 2008

Blazers/Lakers WCF 2000
Kings/Lakers WCF 2002

Those were probably the most intense playoff series I've seen since I started watching basketball. Kings/Lakers WCF was the best rivalry and best playoff series IMHO....although it's now been tainted.

I guess the next 3 would be

Suns/Lakers 1st round 2006 (Suns come back from 1-3 deficit and an epic game winner by Kobe in game 4)
Spurs/Pistons Finals 2005 (Manu in his prime and Big Shot Bob)
Spurs/Suns 2007 (Back and forth, even series until Amare and Diaw were suspended)

got to agree with portlnd/LAL even tho game 7 makes me cry still
and the kings lakers in 02

There are none.....

THEY WERE ALL FIXED!

The only ones I liked involved the Kings vs Lakers and they are all fixed! So this thread is going nowhere.

these are my favorites. entertainment-wise..

2000- Lakers vs. Blazers..everybody knows the story here..

2000- Knicks vs. Heat..I loved this series..I love the grind it out basketball, every game was tough and close..the scores were low, but the drama was everywhere..the last year of the playoff rivalry..Ewing at the buzzer to force OT..Anthony Carter shooting from behind the backboard to win it..Charlie Ward..18-point comeback by the Knicks in game 6..

2001- 6ers vs. Raptors..arguably the greatest playoff duel in NBA history..Iverson vs. Carter was epic..the drama was huge in game 7, with Vince going to his graduation and missing the shot to win it at the buzzer..50-point games by both AI and Vince..amazing..

2002- Lakers vs. Kings..epic, but tainted due to fixing..

2002- Jazz vs. Kings..I loved this series, and I remember being mad as **** when Scott Padgett goaltended Stockton's shot..people were talking about it for days..

2002- Pacers vs. Nets..a classic series, capped off by an amazing game 5..Reggie with one of the clutchest performances in NBA history, with arguably the best clutch shot ever IMO(not talking about significance, but difficulty)..

2002- Pistons vs. Raptors..a great series, in which the Raptors found a way to send the series to 5 without Carter..the worst part of all, was that Chris Childs cost TO the game on the final possessions, which could have seen them to the 2nd round..

2003- Spurs vs. Lakers..my favorite series of all-time..finally beating the Lakers in a series for the 1st time since '99..Kobe crying on the bench in game 6..Kevin Willis throwing down a monstrous putback dunk to put the ! on the series..

2003- Wolves vs. Lakers..one of the worst officiated series I've ever seen, obviously in favor of LA..game 3 was the 2nd worst officiated game I've ever seen, but Minnesota found a way to win it, with KG fouling out in the 1st minute of OT(on a bad call)..one of the best games I've ever seen..

2003- Mavs vs. Blazers..

2004- Pistons vs. Lakers..one of the biggest upsets of all-time..the breakup of one of the most dominant duos of all-time began here..Kobe with arguably the worst performance in finals history..the "bad" guy is the key for the title(Rasheed and the deadline deal)..Darko wins a title..

2005- Pistons vs. Spurs..the most underrated series of all-time..game 5 was one of the greatest games in NBA history, and featured the greatest clutch performance of all-time IMO..

2006- Heat vs. Mavs..one of the biggest chokejobs in NBA history vs. arguably the greatest finals performance in NBA history..

2006- Mavs vs. Spurs..great series..game 7 was one of the best games of this era IMO..

2006- Suns vs. Lakers..a lot of drama..Kobe's buzzer beater..3-1 comeback from the Suns..

2007- Spurs vs. Suns..great battle..could have been a classic if Amare had a brain..

2007- Warriors vs. Mavs..one of the biggest chokejobs in NBA history vs. one of the biggest upsets in NBA history..

2008- Suns vs. Spurs..for game 1, and for beating the Suns...again...