J Reggie Miller scored 25 points in the 4th quarter vs Knicks At MSG in Game of 1993 WCF on 8 of 8 shooting from the field. That was best I've ever seen.
I was thinking more like the mid 90s Pacers. Not that I ever watched them lol but going off documentaries and highlights. The Finals Pacer team was OLD. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/IND/2000.html
He was doing the shush all night to Nic. Not for sure if he thought it was getting under Nic's skin. Agreed that it was a bit silly.
It was pretty crazy. Reminded me of Lebron hitting like 4 threes down the stretch against us somewhere around Aldridge's 2nd or 3rd season. Best shooting performance of all time? I dunno. That Bird 60 point game was pretty outrageous. He was hitting some crazy horse shots. Hard to top that.
Great game by George, but no one remembers the losers. LA is playing like he has been for years, and now that he's on a winning team, with real help, people are ready to jump on the "LA is the greatest PF in the NBA" bandwagon. So, kudos to Indy for a very competitive game, and to George for a really great performance (high lighted by launching 3 to close the gap), but LA was the MVP and the Blazer are the best team in the NBA tonight.
George ended up 7-15 from 3, and his team lost. The Eastern Conference just sucks, and Indy and Miami will both win over 60 games, and one of those teams will get HCA for the Finals. For all of the talk about how great Vogel is, their offense was basically just give the ball to George and watch him launch 3s.
16 for 30. It was impressive, 15 of those points came in the final bit of the 4th from behind the arc. That's just A LOT of shots. Some of them were tough, and some people might call them prayers. But he made them and good for him. I just wasn't blown away, more disappointed that Blazers kinda took a deep breath and dropped their focus a bit, looking a bit frantic there at the end.
I remember the year he was drafted, I was really hoping that the Blazers might have a shot at George, but never in my wildest dreams did I think he'd end up this good. Fun to watch a young player ascending to the tier of "superstar" even if he's not on your team.
Okay, I'm going to be the jerk. Yes, George got hot from three. But Martell Webster did that for us one time. And I can't help but think George shooting a lot was something the Blazers gameplanned. He took THIRTY shots. He did hit 16 but that just barely above 50%, which, jerk that I am, I don't count as "a performance for the ages." Meanwhile Lance Stephenson got THREE shots. George just doesn't come across to me as a superstar. All-Star, yes. But would I trade Aldridge for him straight up? No.
Did you watch the game? George hit a ton of big shots in the fourth quarter -- one after another, from ridiculous angles, with a hand in his face, and some just the turn-around-and-shoot variety. Who cares if he shot just over 50% from the field? He hit one huge shot after another when Indy was making its comeback. You had to be there to see how amazing it was.
