I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

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  • Muzyk23
    MVP
    • Feb 2003
    • 4192

    #31
    Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

    awww..I meant this series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ptQkIuk7jo in my original post
    NBA

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    • DC
      Hall Of Fame
      • Oct 2002
      • 17996

      #32
      Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

      Man Jordan pushed Russell. I don't care if JEsus said he didn't. I know what EYE saw
      Concrete evidence/videos please

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      • 23
        yellow
        • Sep 2002
        • 66469

        #33
        Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

        lol sure he did man, he pushed him so hard Russell didnt fall until he decided to come back towards MJ

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        • PrettyT11
          MVP
          • Jul 2008
          • 3220

          #34
          Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

          Originally posted by rockchisler
          That wasn't a pushoff Like Reggie didn't push off on Jordan in game 6 of ECF to hit the game winner.
          Those are clearly two different plays and anybody who has seen them can tell that. Reggie pushed him in the chest with two hands. Jordan did not push Russell at all. I mean hell if the man who was actually INVOLVED in the play (not watching on TV) said he wasn't pushed then it speaks for itself. I don't see how you could possibly say those two plays are the same.

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          • dopeboy206
            Banned
            • Oct 2007
            • 1471

            #35
            Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

            I neverl iked the Jazz. I felt that they were a dirty team and had some annoying players.

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            • ehh
              Hall Of Fame
              • Mar 2003
              • 28962

              #36
              Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

              ^^

              As much as I despised Stockton this man took the cake for the Jazz...

              "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

              "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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              • DC
                Hall Of Fame
                • Oct 2002
                • 17996

                #37
                Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                Just because Russell said he DIDN'T push him doesn't mean that he DIDN'T push him. I would say the same thing to, I wouldn't dare "hate" on the best that ever did it when I am in a position that BR was. He BETTER say that MJ didn't push off.

                I don't see how Jordan's hand on Russell's thigh can be ignored. It is called displacement. Jordan used his hand as an offensive assist. It is clear as day. I am not saying he SHOVED the dude, but he did in fact get away with a little pushoff. But that is basketball.

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                Concrete evidence/videos please

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                • ex carrabba fan
                  I'll thank him for you
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 32744

                  #38
                  Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                  The question is DC, was it enough of a "nudge" to be considered an offensive foul?

                  I say he did brush him off but I wouldn't call that a foul. SO whatever you want to consider it, is irrelevant :]

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                  • DC
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 17996

                    #39
                    Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                    I mean it depends on who the refs are. If I was a ref, I don't know if I would make that call AGAINST MIKE in the last seconds of a finals game.

                    But back to Russell saying, "Mike didn't push off." What does a "bum" look like saying the best ever needed to use an illegal move to get past him? Again, Russell BETTER say Mike didn't push off
                    Concrete evidence/videos please

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                    • ex carrabba fan
                      I'll thank him for you
                      • Oct 2004
                      • 32744

                      #40
                      Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                      Originally posted by DCAllAmerican
                      I mean it depends on who the refs are. If I was a ref, I don't know if I would make that call AGAINST MIKE in the last seconds of a finals game.

                      But back to Russell saying, "Mike didn't push off." What does a "bum" look like saying the best ever needed to use an illegal move to get past him? Again, Russell BETTER say Mike didn't push off
                      I agree

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                      • PrettyT11
                        MVP
                        • Jul 2008
                        • 3220

                        #41
                        Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                        Originally posted by DCAllAmerican
                        I don't see how Jordan's hand on Russell's thigh can be ignored. It is called displacement. Jordan used his hand as an offensive assist. It is clear as day. I am not saying he SHOVED the dude, but he did in fact get away with a little pushoff. But that is basketball.
                        See DC I can get with this and can completely understand where you coming from with logic. The ones I can't stand and was going after is the ones making it out like MJ threw his *** on the ground, or the game fixed and they give MJ everything, or the other crap like that.

                        I don't think he pushed the dude at all but yes you can see that his hand did touch the man. I don't think there was enough contact at all to call an offensive foul and the contact didn't cause Russell to stumble to the ground. Like you said that is a part of basketball.

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                        • Court_vision
                          Banned
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 8290

                          #42
                          Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                          Originally posted by DCAllAmerican
                          Just because Russell said he DIDN'T push him doesn't mean that he DIDN'T push him. I would say the same thing to, I wouldn't dare "hate" on the best that ever did it when I am in a position that BR was. He BETTER say that MJ didn't push off.

                          I don't see how Jordan's hand on Russell's thigh can be ignored. It is called displacement. Jordan used his hand as an offensive assist. It is clear as day. I am not saying he SHOVED the dude, but he did in fact get away with a little pushoff. But that is basketball.

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                          100000% clear offensive foul. No bucket every time.

                          However...Utah beat Houston the season before with one of THE clearest illegal screens ever when they manhandled Clyde Drexler off ball...clear as day illegal screen...and that play won them the western conference.

                          The Jazz did tonnes of illegal stuff...so karma caught up with them

                          They were a great team though...I loved watching them play the pick and roll and their team cohesion was superb. One of the best teams ever to not win a championship.

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                          • youvalss
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                            • Feb 2007
                            • 16601

                            #43
                            Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                            I remember visiting the US in 1998, right after the finals. One of the places I went to was Salt Lake City, and I remember going to a mall there, and there were NBA jerseys hung in some store. I punched Stockton's jersey and told people there that Jordan was the best and the Bulls are the champs. People there got angry with me...LOL...it wasn't a nice thing to do, but back then I couldn't stand the Jazz. I'm probably the only guy here who likes their game now, looking back. I really like Stockton's passes and Hornaceck's J's.
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                            • DoubleDeuce
                              Pro
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 590

                              #44
                              Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                              I hated the Bulls as much as anyone and became a Knicks fan to that end, but even I couldn't really pull for the Jazz very hard in that series. I wanted them to win but after that 59 point game they should have just forfeited the rest of the series. Terrible uniforms too.

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                              • ex carrabba fan
                                I'll thank him for you
                                • Oct 2004
                                • 32744

                                #45
                                Re: I've never rooted as hard for a team as I did for Utah in '98

                                BTW, Russell thinks MJ pushed off, at least today. Maybe in the past he did say that it was not a push off. I personally don't see it one way or the other. It was a push off but I wouldn't have called a foul.

                                "To me, that's the greatest play in basketball history," Russell said. "It will stay that way because he will always be the greatest player to play the game. I didn't mind. But the referees didn't make the call on the push off.

                                "It's long done and gone. It was a call that wasn't made on a play that was great."


                                Russell is throwing out a little challenge to MJ LOL.

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