I'm not necessarily going with "great" but "memorable." Some of these are rather painful.
John Stockton records 11 assists and a steal in the fourth quarter to account for all 24 points against San Antonio in a tie game in the 1994 playoffs.
Bobby Jones block of Mark Landsberger's shot in the 1980 finals (Erving's up-and-under game).
Tayshaun Prince's block of Reggie Miller.
Hakeem Olajuwon chasing down and blocking Rod Strickland.
Kevin Johnson dunks on Olajuwon.
Magic Johnson's celebration of his first career win on a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hook.
Magic Johnson and Jamaal Wilkes have big games in game 6, 1980 Finals.
Rookie Derek Harper runs out the clock in a tie game in the playoffs, allowing the Lakers back into the game.
Dallas drafts Detlef Schrempf, Uwe Blab, and Bill Wennington. (Turned out to be Schrempf and 14 feet of bum.) I was excited because I wanted Wennington in Dallas.
M.L. Carr waving the towel on the Boston bench.
Tim Duncan hits a critical big shot to give San An a lead - only to be outdone by Derek Fisher with .4 seconds on the clock.
Run-TMC - Hardaway, Richmond, and Mullin.
The Beef Brothers - McFilthy and McNasty - Jeff Ruland and Rick Mahorn in Washington.
Moses Malone's "Fo', Fo', Fo'" prediction.
Darrell Armstrong and the Orlando Magic that won 41 games and just missed the playoffs on the last day of the season - after the owner apologized to the fans prior to the season. George Karl's statement about the team: "They deserved to be in...but not in front of us (Milwaukee Bucks)."
Utah beats the Lakers in the playoffs - after Shaq gives all the Lakers a heart, and puts one on his shoe - "either you use yours, or I use mine." Jeff Hornacek's comments on the series - "They complain about our illegal screens and we complain about their carrying the ball."
Philly and Boston get the number one and number two picks in the draft. Philly trades theirs for Roy Hinson and Boston uses theirs on Len Bias - who promptly dies of a cocaine overdose.
College teammates (from North Carolina) Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter are traded for each other.
Charlotte trades Kendall Gill...prompting me to scream immediately how stupid it was...for Hersey Hawkins...prompting me to jump for joy at what a great deal it was. Two years later, and no longer relevant to me, Charlotte trades Hersey Hawkins for Kendall Gill.
After a strong run to the 1986 Finals, the Houston backcourt is decimated by cocaine-related suspensions, taking out Lewis Lloyd, Mitchell Wiggins, and John Lucas.
Years and an Olympic Gold Medal after being drafted, Arvydas Sabonis joins the Portland TrailBlazers, and is voted the runner-up for Rookie Of The Year to Damon Stoudamire.
Lots of great memories.
