Hooped Up

The game that every Knicks fan remembers like a bad dream that seemed to unreal to happen.  In the dying minutes of a playoff game against the Knicks in the Garden. Reggie Miller capped a 31-point game by scoring eight points over an 8.9-second span. Stealing a game from the Knicks in game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals.

This was ridiculous!

One of the greatest centers to ever play the game and just as silent as the new leader of the Spurs Tim Duncan.  When I saw his stat line on SportsCenter, I really thought it was a mistake.  How the hell does somebody score 71 points. Then I realized it was against the Clippers.

71 points sealed the deal to beat Shaq on the final regular season night  for the 1993 - 1994 scoring title.

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I watched this game and I was amazed, that nobody body checked Kobe Bryant at about 50 points.  This was Kobe Bryant at his deadliest and I don’t know if we’ll see another performance like this from a guard for another 10 years.  

Kobe was definitely out to prove a point that night and Phil Jackson was all green lights.  I just want to know, what the heck was Sam Mitchell telling his players to stop the “Black Mamba”.  

I would have advised a strong hip-check.