Reggie Miller game winner vs. the 1998 Chicago Bulls

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydaaB-YOX20&fbclid=IwAR3jEut4FIDemjyTV840RIFBQr_hFQC4WnZyjWkxG i-DJ--kqdt7tnn9v4c

They were the Bulls toughest opponent in the 1998 nba playoffs

[SATAN]

Excellent work getting Mike off balance and creating space for the shot. :applause:

[Spurs m8]

Man you make shit threads

Can you try make a good one, just once?

[Spurs m8]

Excellent work getting Mike off balance and creating space for the shot. :applause:

Who won the series?

And the title that year?

[SATAN]

Who won the series?

And the title that year?

I didn't even say anything bad about Mike and this dude logs in to eagerly defend him anyway. :oldlol:

:facepalm

This thread is about the shot. Not the series or finals. It was a nice play. Let's give Reggie some credit.

[Soundwave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydaaB-YOX20&fbclid=IwAR3jEut4FIDemjyTV840RIFBQr_hFQC4WnZyjWkxG i-DJ--kqdt7tnn9v4c

They were the Bulls toughest opponent in the 1998 nba playoffs

Pacers were a very good team, deep and tough as nails.

But that is a crazy ass push-off by Reggie, that should've been an offensive foul.

Jordan also almost won the game on the other end with almost no time left.

Fun series.

[Axe]

That dancing spin @0:12 is hilarious af. Almost as if he was on epilepsy or something.

[sdot_thadon]

Man I was pissed, reminds me of how much I hated Reggie during his playing career. In my eyes he was the villian everytime i watched him play lol. He didn't just do that to Mj, that dude was a killer.

[Baller789]

I thought the competition sucked?

[Kblaze8855]

I thought the competition sucked?

This famous shot was only his second made basket of the game. He was 2-13 and 1-7 from 3 for 8 points that game. And the two games before that he had 14 and 15 points. The competition was fine but Reggie isn’t the reason. He just did what he’s most famous for. Created a really dramatic and impressive moment while not actually doing that much and then losing the series.

[sdot_thadon]

I thought the competition sucked?

Pretty much what Kblaze said, and his comp wasn't the greatest because he didn't have any real threats at his position and honestly if you watched back then it never seemed like the Bulls would lose. There just wasn't that threat on the other team that you feared. Olajuwon never faced him and a guy like Reggie was never a threat to Mj, just a nuisance.

[8Ball]

This famous shot was only his second made basket of the game. He was 2-13 and 1-7 from 3 for 8 points that game. And the two games before that he had 14 and 15 points. The competition was fine but Reggie isn’t the reason. He just did what he’s most famous for. Created a really dramatic and impressive moment while not actually doing that much and then losing the series.

Dear god you are correct sir.

https://i.ibb.co/c2pFcNz/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-2-17-36-PM.png

What baffles me the most is Reggie Miller averaging 1.6 rebounds and 2 assists that series. Like.... what did he do all series long?

[Kblaze8855]

Not much else but he couldn’t do much all around. And regardless of what people think 20 years later he often wasn’t the go to guy even late. They played through Smits fans just don’t remember it that way because his stats don’t suggest it when he played like 25-28 minutes a game with them having 4 good bigs. In fact in game 7 they lost force feeding Smits late while Reggie did nothing. Ron Harper stole an entry pass to Smits, Jordan and Pippen took key rebounds, and Reggie actually got lost on D allowing Pippen to drive for a hook and-1 fouling out one of the Davis brothers late. Jordan and Pippen could win games when their shots were off. Jordan honestly had like 3-4 big rebounds one of those late games and Reggie directly gave up key offensive rebounds. One to Pippen I remember but once Jordan snuck in and rebounded a missed FT too.

They were complete players. Reggie relied on his team to do all that dirty work.

[3ba11]

The only reason Miller had a chance to make that shot was because Pippen bricked 2 FT's immediately prior

Anytime a series was close or lost, it was Pippen's poor play that caused it - see the 98' ECF, 92' ECSF, 90' ECF and many more like the 96-98' Finals

[theballerFKA Ace]

The Pride of Riverside :pimp:

[Reggie43]

They had their best team in 1998 so they relied less of Reggie because of their depth. It doesnt mean that he wasnt averaging 24-25 points per game in his prime in the playoffs outside 98.

He also suffered a significant ankle injury mid series that severely limited his effectiveness, visibly limping around the court in a few games.

How many times has Jordan been killed in the clutch? Reggie Miller did that in two straight games (games 3-4) despite the injury.


https://youtu.be/CIYl2PnvknQ

In the whole series Miller was Jordan's primary defender despite the injury and in game 7 he held him to 36% from the field shooting just 9/25 while scoring 22 points on 54fg% himself but it was obviously not enough.

Bulls won because they had more naturally athletic players that were faster to every looseball with key roleplayers hitting their shots. Pacers were able to match that intensity and desire thus extending it to game 7 but Jordan and Pippen was just a step ahead of everybody else.

[StrongLurk]

Insanely blatant offensive foul by Reggie. Also amazing how close MJ got to still making the gamewinner.