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How close the 97 Finals was

prodigy

prodigy

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sorry to bring back painful memories but..

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forgot about pippen hanging on the rim moment, just another ref mess up
 
The most sickening statistic from that series was other than Chicago's wire-to-wire Game 2 victory, in the Jazz's other 3 defeats (Game 1, Game 5 and Game 6) they held the lead for 129 of the 144 total minutes. To lead 3 games for all but 15 minutes and lose them all is heartbreaking - and demonstrates the competitive greatness (Woodenism: doing your best when your best is needed) of Michael Jordan and those Bulls teams.

prodigy said:
forgot about pippen hanging on the rim moment, just another ref mess up
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Unbelievable - the entire basket was shaking...they make that call and at worst Kerr's jumper sends the game into OT.
 
vslice02 said:
The most sickening statistic from that series was other than Chicago's wire-to-wire Game 2 victory, in the Jazz's other 3 defeats (Game 1, Game 5 and Game 6) they held the lead for 129 of the 144 total minutes. To lead 3 games for all but 15 minutes and lose them all is heartbreaking - and demonstrates the competitive greatness (Woodenism: doing your best when your best is needed) of Michael Jordan and those Bulls teams.


Unbelievable - the entire basket was shaking...they make that call and at worst Kerr's jumper sends the game into OT.
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Malone misses 7 FTs. Jazz lose by 2.
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
Yes that's exactly what I am saying........ O_o


Karl just happened to have his worst FT shooting game of the entire season and it cost them.
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He shoots his season percentage we win 2 of the games.

It is heartbreaking yes. But at least we went toe to toe with one of the greatest basketball teams (if not the greatest) of all time and nearly won them. That 97-98 bulls team was one of the best ever put together. The Jazz were just 1 role player away from a title. If Rony Seikly <SP?> came to Utah that year we probably would have won.
 
Frickin' Shandon Anderson. I remember that I had told some co-workers that I would shave my head if the Jazz went to a game 7 and was starting to think it was going to happen and then Anderson missed the layups. I don't care that Pippen hung on the rim because Anderson still should have made that layup, and the previous one. He was Matt Harpring before Matt Harpring when it came to MLA's.
 
Clicking on this thread was like seeing a picture of your ex you thought was "the one" making out with another dude.

The Jazz could win 5 titles in a row and it would still hurt to watch any footage from either of those Finals series.
 
YB85 said:
Frickin' Shandon Anderson. I remember that I had told some co-workers that I would shave my head if the Jazz went to a game 7 and was starting to think it was going to happen and then Anderson missed the layups. I don't care that Pippen hung on the rim because Anderson still should have made that layup, and the previous one. He was Matt Harpring before Matt Harpring when it came to MLA's.
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Before Shandon there was Benoit...
 
talk about rubbing salt in a wound.

Hopefully, Favors and Kanter end up being the next Robinson/Duncan (or something sorta close to it) so we can win this thing...
 
On the contrary, watching this stuff, it seems hopeless that the Jazz will ever feature such insane cohesiveness, top-heavy talent, and subsequent high-level and intense play.

As always, I hope I'm wrong. But the 90's were an awesome era in basketball and the Jazz were a huge part of that.
 
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