This game was played on our wedding day. At one point almost all of the 250 guests were in the downstairs bar watching the game. The banquet hall was empty. My wife and I joined everyone to see the epic comeback victory. The wedding was great in its own right, but this topped it off. People still comment, I remember your wedding, it was the Celtics comeback win. Too bad they didn’t win this series.

@st4r444

11 ай бұрын

Have you guys taken bbc since then?

Mike Breen covering NBC and TNT in 2002 playoffs :)

This game turned me into a Celtics and a Paul Pierce fan. i was 12 back then . Good ol memories

@MyAssStings

7 жыл бұрын

JuaquiTheBestHD so you are a bandwagoner

@JuaquiTheBest

7 жыл бұрын

MyAssStings Then your definition of a wagoner is wrong buddy.

@MyAssStings

7 жыл бұрын

JuaquiTheBestHD really cause u literally just said you only started following them because they were winning in the conference finals

@JuaquiTheBest

7 жыл бұрын

The Lakers with Shaq and Kobe was great and popular that year but I didn't hopped on that team. The Celtics is my first and only team ever since .

@queenofyeay

7 жыл бұрын

When I was 12 the Celtics had just won the last Championship of the Russell era... But I would never call you a bandwagoner. I was a fan of all Boston sports teams growing up, but mostly the Patriots either sucked or failed in the playoffs and in 1993 I decided to become a Green Bay Packers fan... it was Brett Farve's first season and he kinda sucked that year. I'm still a Packer fan, though I do enjoy when the Pats win, but the Packers are my team (I even own stock) I wasn't a bandwagon fan though and neither are you.

Pierce always been clutch

@jamariostevens9312

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Piece is a choker. He average 23 points on 36% in that series

@justinalley3399

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamariostevens9312 hes the reason they made it that far that year without him we woulndt of made the playoffs we would of been lucky to win 15 games that year

@mr_w_9647

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamariostevens9312 pierce is

I remember watching this game with my Grandpa who never watched sports, ever. It was a great thing seeing him smile and cheer considering he was a grumpy old man most of the time! One of my favorite memories for sure!

This Celtics team was 1 big man away from being a championship contender

@DrSanto91

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too, but i was so MAD, that they traded joe johnson to just get rodney rodgers and tony delk. They went away from the youth movement. They had walker, pierce and rookie joe johnson, they would have been contenders and yes a center would have been made them a championship contender

@seaproductions_

4 жыл бұрын

If only they won the 1997 lottery. Celtics would've had Duncan, Pierce and Walker.

@yourmom-qq4tq

3 жыл бұрын

Lakers would have celtics in 3

@KHayes666

3 жыл бұрын

Earlier that season they traded Joe Johnson for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers. The Suns originally wanted Kedrick Brown but incompetent Celtics GM Chris Wallace counter offered Johnson. Imagine Joe Johnson on this team.

@tmclaughlin11

2 жыл бұрын

@@seaproductions_ That was a huge slap in the face to Celtics fans. After bottoming out at 15-67, worst season in Celtics history, we *still* couldn’t land the #1 pick. Things certainly would’ve played out differently and SA probably would not have had any kind of success like they would go on to have after that.

Mike Breen was superb

this is why I love Celtics, even with a shitty team they give their all to win and never give up..

@razkable

5 жыл бұрын

I mean pierce and walker both were top 3 leading scorers for nba title teams in 06 and 08 and walker led a title team in college in scoring too..so the bench may have been shit on offense but the starting 5 was solid enough for back then having 2 legit 20+ ppg all stars meant you had a chance in the east for a half decade ...

@dreamsoda897

3 жыл бұрын

Totally, you reminded me of the time when we had Bass, Olynyk, etc. Still fighting despite the lack of talent

@jodyvance1554

Жыл бұрын

That wasn't a 'shitty team' you poseur a-hole!

@injusticeanywherethreatens265

Жыл бұрын

Ya and then LBJ Wade and Bosh just came and demolished fhe East for a decade. Raptors came.outta nowhere and won one in 19 too

i remember this game. thought it was over. Pierce has always been a gamer.

Maybe it was because I was in high school, but this will always be the best Celtics team since the Boston Garden for me...couldn't believe we didn't take the momentum to the next games and make it to the Finals. This was still a fantastic team to watch all year long though. They never played with the expectations or entitlement that the 2008 Celtics did. This team just came out of nowhere and they were good from preseason on. If my memory is right, Antoine Walker had 4 game winning shots that season.

@marcotelese9643

8 жыл бұрын

I agree. The genious and the truth. What a duo!!!

@jamesvincent4472

5 жыл бұрын

Negative

@justinmspringer

2 жыл бұрын

those games against iverson/philly were classic too

12 years old first game I ever watched. Been a Celtics fan since. Pierce walker and Anderson what a trio.

@jamezason

Ай бұрын

You mean trio? 😂

this was really 13 years ago?.. fuck im getting old, I feel like this was last season

@ChristopherMartel

3 ай бұрын

How old you feeling now

I wish this Celtics squad was in 2k

I remember my father watched this game before and felt so ecstatic in the end coz he thought his favorite team had already lost the fight yet the Cs still found a way to beat the Nets. I miss this celtics team and i miss my father so much.

how i wish they would go to nba finals and meet lakers at that time. still remember how good pierce in his prime

Paul Pierce is a god

Oh hell yeah I remember this game. My boss and I shared season tickets and it was his turn to go . Watching at home was just the worst so I went to bed I couldn't take anymore. Suddenly the phone rings and all I hear is mad screaming it was the garden going off! I fell trying to get to the TV and I cut my forehead open. I have a celtics 2002 come back scar.

Man I wish the NBA was still like this

Too bad they lost. We could have had celtics vs lakers 3 times last decade..

@AntiMTVMovement

5 жыл бұрын

I think the NBA tried to make this happen in 2002 but failed

@KingoftheJungle214

4 жыл бұрын

Lakers would’ve swept them like they did nets

@scgamer

3 жыл бұрын

It should be kings vs nets

@jonathanfrimerman8855

3 жыл бұрын

@@AntiMTVMovement Mybe true but i think if the Celtics won their series It wouldve been Kings vs Celtics Kings win

@tmclaughlin11

2 жыл бұрын

@@KingoftheJungle214 You’re probably right. The C’s weren’t ready and had little depth in ‘02 to run up against the two-time defending Lakers that year. Still, many like me were surprised how well they finished, taking the Nets to six in the ECF.

This Celtic team had more heart than the current squad at this moment, the way the current one played last night was nothing short of disgraceful.

I was in middle school when this happened. Was always a celtics fan...but man...this game carved a special place in my heart for them. Unbelievable

I recall the broadcasters said majority of the teams came back from 20+ deficit would actually lose the next game, which was true in Celtics’ case.

@st4r444

11 ай бұрын

Didn't know Mike Breen was with NBC commentating this lol that guy has been with nba for a while

I swear Richard Jefferson can't guard a soul lol

@andreialexandruparfeni7129

7 жыл бұрын

koleon06 He still can't guard anybody, and he is shooting very poorly this season for the Cavs.

Pierce the truth . that's my idol

Paul was a warrior !!!!

this was amazing. thanks for posting

Amazing. Jus amazing. Sad to see wat the nba looks like now. Miss the game of the 90's-00's SG's & SF's. They were the best ever . There will never be another time like this.

@AnimefreakHQ

9 жыл бұрын

Forget about the SG/SF, where's the PF/C players?

I was outside the garden with my mom waiting to pick my dad up from work (he works at the garden) and we were watching at home and then on the radio and it was incredible a little group gathered around our parked car listening on the radio going nuts .. one of my favorite memories as a Boston sports fan

@zackspiker_

12 күн бұрын

That’s freakin rad! That’s what’s sports fandom is about.

Soph in HS. Went to my friends house with my other buddy. His older brother bought us a 30 of Coors Light and watched the game. Still one of the fondest memories I ever had. We walked through his street after the game singing and acting wild. This is in the suburbs so it was no issue

Still to this day one of my favorite NBA games ever and being a Celtics fan, remember thinking man this Nets team has so many great players I also liked on the team a comeback seems impossible. This game taught me to never give up. This day was special. Also this was on May 25th 2002.

This was a good game.

Paul Pierce absolutely torched them lol

I was in the office lunch time when I watched this game on our pantry area. Man this Celtics had a special place in my heart.

I really think this Celtics team would have been waay more challenging than the Nets in the NBA Finals. Of course LA still wins though.

@razkable

5 жыл бұрын

duh..pierce and walker could actually score with kobe and shaq..at least until the final few minutes where they would get owned im sure...kidd and k mart just weren't scorers like that..they were more hustle players...

Yes I do remember this game, this game brought back the Celtic pride from my child hood years with larry bird and the Celtics doing what they do.

15 years ago today

Pierce is criminally underrated

Walker and Pierce

People clown Paul Pierce because of his bad takes, and they think he wasn't as good a player. This game is one of his brightest, and shows he's much of a superstar as others were.

all time greates! J kidd and Pierce !

I'll never, ever forget it. Sure, the ones that mean the most are the championships. But how often are those? But any true fan loves, cherises, lives for the wins like this when you don't have that title team. You have a team that plays to the fullest of their skills, abilities, and heart, to win in the end in the playoffs. The Truth, 'Toine, Chips, Rodgers, Delk, Battie, Williams and co. put it ALL on the line that night and brought home the win for the all-time fans. Love for all you guys!!!

Towne telling Pierce how they were getting embarrassed before the start of the 4th should be enough played at every home game.

Dell Anderson and posey were nasty..Celtics should Of went to finals that year

2:21 that Paul pierce and1

39 points in 3 quarter this was when defence was ELITE back than

Celtics still recovering from the disastrous Pitino era. They could have made the NBA finals in the early 2000s if not from Rick Pitino's ill trade and free agent signing.

@jodyvance1554

Жыл бұрын

All the signs were that the Celtics would get Duncan. Not his fault the pino pong ball went randomly the other way. It was his coaching that was the real problem.

Anyone here after nets 28 point comeback 😊

Crazy I don't recall a single three pointer made from Boston during their run.

@jamesvincent4472

5 жыл бұрын

They showed one

Paul Pierce was a KILLER

imagine if Boston met the Lakers in the 2002 finals.

@GodWarsX

6 жыл бұрын

Josh Felicilda they would have had a better shot against LAL than The Nets. Celtics matched up better against them

People forget how good Paul Pierce was especially in his younger years with Celtics.. shaq nicknamed him the truth for a reason 💯💯

@jodyvance1554

Жыл бұрын

Younger years? Pierce was The Truth for a long time.

This Celtics team should have made the finals. They would have lost, but it would have been a much more entertaining series than Lakers/Nets. Celts would have taken the Lakers to 6 games at least.

@diddyisadick3275

5 жыл бұрын

P Dizzle I know while I love the 08 team that won a championship this celtics team of 02 was much more humble and hungry to win it. The 08 celtics champions have a real stick up their ass for a team that one only one championship

pierce = beast

@GodWarsX

8 жыл бұрын

+Cameron Johnson and 3rd all time three pointers made

I was a little young for at this point (I actually became more of an avid fan shortly afterwards). How did they get good enough to be in the ECF? Were Pierce and Walker just that good?

@tennsmoothie

10 жыл бұрын

Celts had some talent and were a good team, but not quite enough talent to win a title. more important, they didn't have the toughness to win it all. Pierce was still young and immature and Walker was full of talent but couldn't lead a whore into bed, much less a team to a championship. That is why Kevin Garnett is a more important Celtic than Pierce. Garnett brought the mentality and discipline needed to hang the next banner. Just shoulda been 2 flags - Danny blew it by trading Kendrick Perkins in 2011.

@Adgeatic

9 жыл бұрын

tennsmoothie I agree, though I will add that even though Pierce is a great player and arguably one of Top 10 Celtics, he wasn't necessarily a leader. So whenever he had someone taking the lead and providing that motivation, he did great. Hence why when Walker gave him the emotional pep talk during a timeout (very famous one caught on camera which was not shown on here but rather mentioned by the announcers), he did well in this game. In 2008, it was Garnett leading the team through his energy which helped them win a championship. This Celtics team was in shape (due to Coach Pitino's previous Celtics' stint that made them play college-style full-court pressure), and thrived well with charisma, but didn't necessarily have the 'team discipline' required to glue them together in order to function as a championship team. Great moment and great team nonetheless.

@justinmspringer

2 жыл бұрын

Jim Obrien

Im 26 now my uncle was going nuts when this shit happen

Had to come watch this after checking some dumb child who said Pierce isn't a legend

Paul pierce at his playstation mode

remember this game in high school had me rockin a headband on the court, pierce said fuck it i aint shooting no more ranged shots except free throws i'm going to the basket. I felt even tho they wouldnt have beat the lakers they would have gave them a better matchup, the nets halfcourt offense really sucked.

@alexiscando5709

8 жыл бұрын

darn if the C's win that series, it would've been Celtics Vs Lakers in that finals, and a young Paul Pierce against Kobe and Shaq

@Sephiroth766

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexis Cando they would have gotten demolished in the Finals

@thomasmartin5503

7 жыл бұрын

They had split with the Lakers that year. It wouldn't have been a massacre.

@pdizzle5302

6 жыл бұрын

I agree C's would have lost, but would have put up a better fight. Walker and Pierce's ability to create plus their tough physical defense matched up well against the Lakers. Nets got demolished in the finals.

the truth that paul pierce, is the truth ...

A perfect storm in Paul's favor it sounded like...

55 in the 4th ☘️

2:18... Damn that was nice AF

The thing that hurts the Lakers-Kings series rigging controversy is the fact that the Celtics didn't win this series. A Lakers-Celtics final in 2002 would've been a ratings bonanza.

@jodyvance1554

Жыл бұрын

NO it wouldn't. Not then. The Celtics had nothing more than old time fans. The young NBA crowd didn';t give a crap about the Celtics.

@AntiMTVMovement

Жыл бұрын

@@jodyvance1554 The Celtics did have star power with Paul Pierce. As much star power as the Nets possessed in 2002.

the most my team ever got beat was probably by 25 but we still came back to win

@KHayes666

7 жыл бұрын

LakersNation 47 game 4 2008 finals

@skylinev1-76

7 жыл бұрын

2010 NBA Championship..

@KHayes666

7 жыл бұрын

LakersNation 47 congrats, still blew a 20 point lead in Game 4 in 08

@skylinev1-76

7 жыл бұрын

KHayes666 Lol the Celts. had a big 3 and only won one championship..

@jamesvincent4472

5 жыл бұрын

What on 2k?

With the slower pace and weaker shooting back then, a 26 point deficit is like 30-32 points today

These days a 30 point comeback is nothing new. No defense from either team + nonstop 3 pt jacks. My how the game has fallen.

Classic

How was that the last game they won that year?

My favorite celtics game

@jodyvance1554

Жыл бұрын

lame, poseur

Life came at Richard Jefferson fast

02 Finals Celtics VS Lakers

Just to get swept the rest of the way lmao. Shout out NJ Nets !

I would’ve went clubbing until the sun rose

The play-by-play announcer tho... sounds like Mike Breen of ESPN 🤔

@GodWarsX

6 жыл бұрын

It is him man !

@suiken3149

6 жыл бұрын

NBA was still on NBC back then.

@brandedmcgowan7688

6 жыл бұрын

NBCs final year of the NBA 😥😢😟😞😖🏀

@danyiipastoril2066

6 жыл бұрын

It's him! Mike Breen's a legend.

@mjcgatus

5 жыл бұрын

Damn it's been a year since I commented on this 😂 Never thought Mike's voice would stay the same, doesn't matter if it's 2002 or 2018 😮

FIBA ON ESPN

The video so blurry this game I can't see shot

Miami Heat 2012 and 2013 Title Clinchers ?

I wonder if the NBA rigged this series (to favor the Celtics) just so the Lakers and Celtics could meet in 2002.

@jodyvance1554

Жыл бұрын

I wonder how much a moron you are

something really look-alike happened yesterday (28/12/17)...weird huh?

I still love my NETS!! NJ Nets forever NJ>BK

@jodyvance1554

Жыл бұрын

screw the lame ass hapless nets

it wasn’t may 2nd…. it was May 25th

Mike breen isnt popular that time

@jamezason

Ай бұрын

BANGGGGGGGG

2002 finals really should have been the kings vs Celtics.

@Bhullarsaab92

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@Slipknot5301

4 жыл бұрын

why? celtics got beat fair and square

Finals shouldve been Celtics vs Kings

9:07 get him a wheelchair asap!!!!

Can MMA who beat football!

Where's Vince Carter

@eddierountreejr3932

8 жыл бұрын

he got traded there 2 years later

@jettbosnak3179

8 жыл бұрын

toronto

SPG TL

still lost the series in 6

@arizonaFIREent

6 жыл бұрын

rattlehead54321 Celtics 17 rings > Nets 0

SPG TL OR S

SPG TL NBA

I really would've liked to have seen this celtics in the finals so they could have been crushed and swept by shaq and kobe

zeze

Celtics acting like the one the championship

Yeah big come back but after than they lost the series

Lakers would have beaten celtics in 3

The 4th quarter comeback was 21 points NOT 26., Celtics fans these days BANDWAGON

@Adgeatic

9 жыл бұрын

It was 24 from the half. Usually any team that has a guarantee to win gets fans, however the C's have been around long enough to have plenty of die-hard fans. It is Boston, by the way.

@dwest25

8 жыл бұрын

You're a moron

@Snowgod7771

8 жыл бұрын

+Jade Smith What does the score say at the 0:26 mark you fucking idiot. I know the math is hard but figure it out.

@notsaying7025

8 жыл бұрын

+Jade Smith Celtics fans these days remember nothing before 08. What do you expect. lol

@Adgeatic

8 жыл бұрын

Not Saying generalizations, shall we? Most people in Boston know how terrible the teams were, but also can tell you their roster. I know I can, since the ML Carr days. *sigh*

Shit was rigged

still lost the series in 6