The Extra Point 5.24.25
– OKC Is The Truth
– The Knicks Might Be Cooked
– Caleb Williams’ Dad Was Right
Tag: nba playoffs
The Extra Point 6.12.22
A Long, Frustrating Summer of Baseball Baseball in Chicago this summer is going to be very frustrating if today’s games are any indication. The Cubs were blown out 18-4 by the Yankees to fall 13 games under .500. The Cubs are going through the painful process of rebuilding after GM Jed Hoyer decided to close…
You Had To Be There: The Flu Game
The date – June 11, 1997. The site – The Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT. The event – Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals. The Chicago Bulls, attempting to capture their 5th championship in 7 years, were locked in a 2-2 series with the Utah Jazz. With control of the series at…
The Extra Point 5.30.22
Celtics Outlast Heat On January 11th, the Celtics were 20-21, in 10th place & struggling to stay over .500. Fans were calling for head coach Ime Udoka to be run out of town and this didn’t look like the team that was two wins away from the NBA Finals in 2020. The Celtics finished the…
You Had To Be There: Pippen over Ewing
The date – May 20, 1994. The place – Chicago Stadium. The event – Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals between the NY Knicks & the Chicago Bulls. With the Bulls facing elimination they looked to force a Game 7 and would do so in emphatic fashion. That game gave the sports world…
The Extra Point 4.23.22
Bucks Maul Hapless Bulls Entering last night’s Game 3 between the Bulls & Bucks you could understand why Bulls Nation had reason for real optimism following the Bulls 114-110 Game 2 win. That optimism was buoyed by the news of Khris Middleton’s injury that would keep him out for the rest of this series. One…
You Had To Be There
The date – June 2, 1993. The place – Madison Square Garden. It’s the pivotal Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Chicago Bulls & NY Knicks. The series was tied at 2-2 heading into this game and the Knicks had won 27 consecutive games at home. They were the favorites to dethrone…