subota, 23.06.2007.
RARE CLIPS: Here come the Spurs...15 years ago!!
1992 BULLS @ SPURS - FIRST HALF 1.28.92.
In the intro piece you see a fight from the first game. David Robinson has a spectacular first half with 7 credited blocks, a steal and dunk off a MJ pass, and all around domination of the lane.
MJ with his usual athletic moves, smooth jumpers, and dunks, gets blocked by DR 2 or 3 times though.
Pippen with a huge dunk (think Vince Carter over the French guy), driving floater in the lane, and general mastery of the game.
Sean Elliot doing his best Pippen impersonation with some great scores and moves.
Terry Cummings with some solid jumpers and finished as the Spur leading scorer with 30, TC was one of the best PFs in NBA History, IMO.
Antoine Carr with a thunder dunk and a special play in the second quarter
Other players showing game include BJ Armstrong, Stacy King and Vinnie Johnson - Baylor !
There is some video of Spur coach Bob Bass who was coaching just his 4th game with the help of his disciple, Greg Popovich.
SA was up by as much as 18 in the first half. End of first quarter score 31-23 SA. Halftime score 55-46 Spurs .
1992 BULLS @ SPURS SECOND HALF
The 3rd quarter saw DRob pick up 4 fouls in just this quarter, but he did have a spectacular dunk off the roll. MJ kept his aggressive push to the bucket and was helped by Paxson in keeping the bulls in the game. MJ and T.Cummings kept trading buckets for a while in the 3rd quarter with Elliot showing a freak jam off the rim.
During the play, the future SA coach is discussed with names such as Tom Penders mentioned. You can imagine the Spurs today coached by TPenders, eh?
The game is tight all the way thru the end and an MJ bucket makes it 101-98. MJ dished to Horace Grant to make it 101-100. Strickland hits an easy midrange J for a 103-100 lead which is followed by an MJ drive to make it 103-102. Willie Anderson steps up big and hits a MJ-Byron Russel shot over MJ ! 105-102.
The Bulls fight hard and Pip has a putback to make it 105-104. Then comes the most important play of the game as Robinson gets a layup in transition to make it 107-104. Man, the transition defenses in those days were lousy, even with 2 great defensive teams.
Down 3, MJ makes a poor choice and passes it up w the teammate unable to convert. Elliot is fouled and makes both, 109-104.
Gov. Richards spotted in the audience as MJ takes a long 3 , hoping to get 5 pts out of it, but bricks it and SA takes a very exciting game.
MJ finishes with 39pts, 9 rebs, 7 assts and 4 steals. Pippen has 21 pts, 10 boards and 5 assts.
Terry Cummings with 30pts and 11 boards, a great game for one of the best PFs in NBA history.DRobinson with 21, 13 rebounds, 8 blocks and 3 steals. Elliot with a solid game at 18pts
Notice that the Spurs only took 8 3ptrs and made only 1; Bulls only tried 6 the whole game and made 2. Each team with over 90 FG Attempts. 23 total blocks in the game!
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