On March 2, 1962 against the New York Knicks, Wilt Chamberlain made history. He became the first and only NBA player to score 100 points in a single game while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors. The game was played at the Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey Pennsylvania. That was a magical season for the all-time...
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This has to go down as a top 50 NBA moment. Scenario - a must win against a crosstown rival and largely rooted against San Antonio team that was favorite to win the West before winning the title in 2005. Houston, 2004, down 10 with 56 seconds to go. The game is seemingly over, or so fans thought. After a missed...
The Philadelphia 76ers retired Allen Iverson's No. 3 jersey during his ceremony in front of a packed house of 20,856 fans including Sixer greats, Julius Erving and Moses Malone. Iverson was one of the most elite point/ shooting guards of the modern era, and many would agree that Iverson changed the culture of the NBA during his...
A discussion about the disappearance of the screwball from baseball's pitching repertoire also led us to ponder about another lost art on the hardwood. Whatever happened to the hook shot, and why is it no longer taught as a standard weapon for post play? There was a physical factor to turning away form the screwball, but the hook...
Reggie Miller is one of the greatest pure shooters in the history of the NBA. He's the NBA's second all-time leader in 3-point field goals made and he is on the list of the top 50 greatest players in the NBA.
During the 1995 NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, Reggie Miller vetted his anger and disgust of the New York Knicks by...
Kobe Bryant's 81 point barrage against the Toronto Raptors in 2006 was one of those particular moments in sports where, as a fan you couldn't believe your eyes as to what was actually happening. The Toronto fans had no idea they would be witnesses to the second greatest NBA scoring performance from a single player since...
Before King James took his talents to South Beach to join forces with Wade and Bosh he was still the hometown darling of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In game five of the Eastern Conference Finals James took the team and city on his back. He was not going to lose that game and while he made a point to keep teammates involved the final...
Check out MJ and Dominique battle it out in one of the most memorable dunk contest match-ups in NBA history. This is how the contest should be conducted, no big commercial advertisers like Sprite ruining the flow of the game and most importantly no Nick Cannon or Kenny Smith; just a player, the ball, and the...
Back when Shaquille O’Neal played in the NBA, he was one of the most feared players in the league because of his sheer power and size. There’s one NBA legend that was not having any of it - “Sir” Charles Barkley. During a game in November of 1999, the Los Angeles Lakers vs the Houston Rockets, Barkley was hammered by Shaq on an...