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31 Years Ago Today, The Rockets Sunk The Suns With Mario Elie’s ‘Kiss Of Death’
31 years ago today, during Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns, Houston’s Mario Elie sank a three-pointer from the corner with 7.1 …
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Young Kevin Garnett Cussed Out Pat Riley After Being Doubted In Pre-Draft Workout
Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, who celebrates his birthday today, revealed an interesting and hilarious story about the time Pat Riley attended his pre-draft workout. Back then, KG was the first high …
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Stephen A. Smith Fires Back At Jaylen Brown As Celtics Drama Turns Into A Media War
Stephen A. Smith heard Jaylen Brown’s challenge and answered with a warning. After Brown ripped the ESPN star on Twitch, calling him “the face of clickbait media” and telling him …
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31 Years Ago Jason Kidd And Grant Hill Became The NBA’s Last Co-Rookie Of The Year Winners
The 1994-95 NBA season introduced two electrifying young stars—Jason Kidd and Grant Hill. Their immediate impact on the league was undeniable, leading to a rare occurrence: for the first time …
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Rich Paul did not swing back. He did not feed the feud, pick a side in public, or turn a friendship fracture into another piece of entertainment. Instead, when asked …
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46 Years Ago Today, Rookie Guard Magic Johnson Had To Play Center In The NBA Finals And Became A Legend
On May 16, 1980, Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Magic Johnson filled in at center for the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals. Magic was …
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The Cleveland Cavaliers had a ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals in their hands. One home win, one clean closeout, one mature performance, and the series would be over. Instead, …
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Before the triple-doubles, before the MVP, before the fashion tunnel became a runway and before Russell Westbrook’s NBA career turned into one of the fiercest individual storms of his generation, …
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For most of the night, Little Caesars Arena sounded like a city trying to drag its team across the finish line by force. Detroit had the building, the emotion, the …
