1-15-2001. This was a controversial game at the time. I've never seen a game end exactly that way either before or since this example that I remember anyway. Losing team filed a protest and all that jazz. Both Kobe and Shaq were hot in the home stretch, the norm was usually one or the other if either one was pullin off clutchwork. The still-Vancouver Grizz had not yet beaten the Lakers at Staples Center as of this game. Would they??? Chick mentioned that the first time the Grizz beat the Lakers was in 99 and Del Harris got fired because of it. That's true. They had just lost all 3 of a road trip finishing w/ the Grizz and another bad loss to a bad Nuggz team. Started 6-6 that season and Del was gone only 12 gms after Nick was already dealt.