“Kareem Abdul-Jabbar absorbed his share of the blame for L.A.’s crushing 148-114 Game 1 loss to Boston in the Memorial Day Massacre. Then the proud 38-year-old responded with a performance that made him the oldest Finals MVP in NBA history. Cap scored 29 points in L.A.’s series-clinching 111-100 road win in Game 6, the Lakers’ first Finals win over Boston after eight series defeats, and the Celtics’ only taste of Finals elimination on the floor of the Boston Garden.” NBA.com
“Down 98-96 with 14.1 seconds left, the Bulls needed a basket to avoid a Game 7 on the road at Phoenix’s America West Arena. Chicago worked the ball from Michael Jordan to Scottie Pippen to Horace Grant, who pitched it out into the reliable hands of John Paxson behind the three-point line. Paxson calmly drilled the three that clinched a Chicago three-peat. I’ve shot like that in my driveway hundreds of thousands of times. It was just reaction, he later said.” NBA.com