The 2000 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1999–2000 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
 The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2.
 Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series, his first of three consecutive honors.
 The series was played under a best-of-seven format, with the Lakers holding home court advantage.
 Until 2008, this was the most recent NBA Finals where both number one seeds from both conferences faced off in the final.
The 2004–05 NBA season was the Lakers' 57th season in the National Basketball Association, and 45th in the city of Los Angeles.
 The Los Angeles Lakers finished fifth in the Pacific Division.
 The season is best remembered as a tough one for the Lakers, starting with a crushing defeat to the Detroit Pistons in last year's NBA Finals in five games despite being the heavily favored team to win the Finals, winning only 34 games, missing the playoffs for the first time in 11 years.
The 2012–13 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 35th season in Southern California, and their 29th season in Los Angeles.
 During the offseason, the Clippers signed seven-time all-star Grant Hill and re-acquired Lamar Odom from the Dallas Mavericks.
 They improved on their 40–26 record from the previous season to finish 56–26, and they won their first Pacific Division title in franchise history.
 The title was clinched after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on April 7, which also completed a season sweep of their crosstown rivals, 4–0.
 The franchise had not swept the Lakers since 1974–75, when the Clippers were the Buffalo Braves.
 It was also the first time in 20 years since 1992–93 that the Clippers won the season series against the Lakers.
 Although this was enough to net them home-court advantage in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history, they lost their first-round series to the Memphis Grizzlies in six games.
 Following the season, Hill and Odom both retired and Chauncey Billups re-signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons.
The Lakers–Pistons rivalry is an American professional basketball rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons.
 This rivalry, which was showcased 3 times in the NBA Finals (1988, 1989, 2004), pitted the high-flying, All-Star filled Lakers teams against the blue collar, team-first oriented Pistons squads.
 Despite playing the role of underdog in all 3 of their final round meetings with Los Angeles, Detroit enjoyed significant success against the Lakers, claiming the NBA title against them twice.
The 1987 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1986–87 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
 The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference and defending NBA champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2.
 The key moment of the series was Magic Johnson's junior sky hook in Game 4.
 This was the tenth time that the Celtics and Lakers met in the NBA Finals (more than any other Finals matchup).
 It would be the Celtics' last Finals appearance until the two teams met in 2008.
The 1988 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1987–88 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.
 The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons 4 games to 3.
The 1989 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1988–89 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals.
 Joe Dumars was named NBA Finals MVP.
The 1988 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1987–88 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
 James Worthy was named NBA Finals MVP.
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 A star at the University of Colorado, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.
 A five-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA selection, Billups played for the Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Clippers during his NBA career.
 He won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 after helping the Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals, and was given the nickname "Mr. Big Shot" for making late-game shots with Detroit.
 The Pistons retired his number #1 jersey in 2016.
Three-peat is a term used primarily in American sports to refer to winning three consecutive championships.
 The term, a portmanteau of the words "three" and "repeat", originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, during their unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive championship during the 1988–89 season, having won the previous 2 NBA Finals in 1987 and 1988 against the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons, but were swept by the Pistons in the 1989 NBA Finals.
 The term is a registered trademark owned by Pat Riley, the Lakers' head coach from 1981–1990, although it was coined by L.A. player Byron Scott immediately after their victorious championship defense against the Detroit Pistons in the 1988 NBA Finals.

Question: Who coined the phrase three-peat after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Detroit Pistons in 1988, 4 games to 3?
Answer: Byron Scott