Water Screen
Osaka Train Station
Kareem & The Lakers End Boston Garden Curse
Game 6, 1985 NBA Finals – no. 31
“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
John Paxson’s Game-Winner vs. The Phoenix Suns
Game 6, 1993 NBA Finals – no. 32
“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
Blazermania
Game 6, 1977 NBA Finals – no. 33
“Portland erupted in a wild celebration of Blazermania after Bill Walton (20 points, 23 rebounds, 8 blocks, 7 assists) and the Blazers held off the heavily favored Sixers to secure a 109-107 win and complete one of the greatest upsets in Finals history. Philadelphia jumped out to a 2-0 series lead before the Blazers rallied to win four in a row. Not bad for an expansion team that joined in the 1970-71 season.” NBA.com
