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May 29, 20201 min read
05/29/09: Kobe and crew knock off Carmelo’s best team
On this day 11 years ago, the Lakers beat the Nuggets in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, 119-92, to clinch the series and knock...
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May 29, 20202 min read
The All-New York native team
New York City and basketball go together like pandemics and $1,200 checks. It is the unquestioned mecca -- especially for point guards....
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May 13, 20201 min read
The Double-A Southern League of the mid-’90s dug the long ball, especially when hit by the greatest
Sunday’s episodes of “The Last Dance” covered Michael Jordan’s foray into baseball after his first retirement. Decades later, this...
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May 13, 20202 min read
New York’s last basketball title
Three years after the Knicks won their second title, in 1973, New York basketball won another title, when the ABA’s New York Nets beat...
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May 8, 20201 min read
Toni Kucoč’s 1994 buzzer-beater over the Knicks
GIF’d above is the game-winner Toni Kucoč hit in Game 3 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Knicks, in the first...
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Apr 13, 20201 min read
04/13/2016: Kobe’s final 60
On this day four year ago, Kobe Bryant destroyed the concept of underindulgence, reason and, for one night, age, by scoring 60 points in...
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Apr 10, 20202 min read
H O R S E is the gimmick we finally need
The NBA is going to televise a H O R S E competition this Sunday at 7 p.m. There will be four matchups, with the winners moving on to the...
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Apr 10, 20201 min read
04/09/1978: The greatest scoring day in NBA history
Yesterday marked the 42-year anniversary of one of the best single-day things to ever happen in the NBA. On the final day of the regular...
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Apr 8, 20201 min read
4/8/1987: Moses Malone gets 50
On this day 33 years ago, Moses Malone had his last 50-point game of his career against the Nets while playing for the Washington...
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Apr 2, 20201 min read
4/1/2009: Kevin Martin decides to light it up
On this day 11 years ago, Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Martin went off for 50 points in a 143-141 loss to the Golden State Warriors. He...
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Apr 2, 20202 min read
Remembering the exceptionally unexceptional 2000 NBA Draft
The Ringer is rolling out a series of podcasts on every draft from 1996 on. Here’s the ‘96 one, the ‘97 one and the ‘98 one. The idea has...
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Mar 31, 20201 min read
Is this the most disrespectful dunk in NBA history, or the most respectful dunk in NBA history?
The dunk above, one of the iconic slams of Shawn Kemp’s career and of all-basketball-time, happened during the 1992 NBA playoffs. The...
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Mar 28, 20201 min read
3/27/1971: A 6-foot-6 power forward grabs 36 boards
On this day 49 years ago, Atlanta Hawks forward Bill Bridges pulled down 36 boards in a 113-104 playoff victory over Walt Frazier’s New...
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Mar 26, 20201 min read
03/25/2006: Andrei Kirilenko’s 15-14-3-3-10 night
On this day 14 years ago, Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko recorded a triple-double the extremely hard way against the Kings, finishing with this...
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Feb 29, 20201 min read
The all-leap-year-day team
Every four years, for some reason that maybe five people in the entire world could actually explain, we all get an extra day at the end...
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
2/24/1978: Kevin Porter’s 29 dimes
On this day 42 years ago, New Jersey Nets guard Kevin Porter set a then-record with 29 assists in one game in a 126-112 win over the...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read
2/19/1971: Walt Wesley, of footnote fame, drops 50
On this day 49 years ago, Cleveland center Walt Wesley put up 50 points and 12 rebounds in a 125-109 victory over the Cincinnati Royals,...
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Feb 19, 20202 min read
Jerome ‘Big Snacks’ James: The Knicks’ piece-de-resistance
On this day 11 years ago, the Knicks traded Jerome ‘Big Snacks’ James to the Chicago Bulls for Larry Hughes, ending one of the most...
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Feb 15, 20201 min read
2/14/2012: Lin ... puts it up ... bang!
On this day eight years ago, Jeremy Lin scored 27 points and nailed a game-winning 3-pointer on Valentine's Day to give the Knicks their...
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Feb 13, 20202 min read
The first dunk contest
Yes, we know the Getty Images watermark is there but it’s still an incredible photo. From left to right: Julius Erving, Larry Kenon,...
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