Penny Hardaway v. Heat 1997 Playoffs Game 3
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- People who follow the NBA today forget how good Penny Hardaway was before all his injuries. For all of his great performances, this, to me, was the defining moment of his career.
Shaquille O'Neal had moved on to the Lakers, and the Magic had suffered through a tumultuous 45-37 season that included the firing of Brian Hill and several injuries to key players. Hardaway himself missed 23 games due to injury, and many felt he was responsible for the player mutiny against Hill. Waiting for the Magic were the powerful Miami Heat, coached by Pat Riley and anchored by Alonzo Mourning. The Heat had finished 61-21 and would go on to the Eastern Conference Finals after rallying to defeat the Knicks in the next round.
In the first two games of the series, the Heat dominated, obliterating the Magic in every facet of the game. The same thing was happening in Game 3, as the Heat took a 20-point lead in the second quarter. The Magic, who had been swept out of the playoffs in each of the last three years, probably had that same result on their minds.
But then, Hardaway took over, carrying his battered team to victory. Starting power forward Horace Grant was out for the series, starting center Rony Seikaly broke his foot in the second quarter, and starting swingmen Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott were severely limited throughout the game. At one point, the Magic were forced to use Danny Schayes at center, but it didn't matter. Hardaway put the team on his back, scoring 26 first-half points to lead a rally and inspiring others like Darrell Armstrong and Gerald Wilkins to big performances. He ultimately finished with 42 points, and though the Magic eventually lost the series in five games, it was a classic example of a guy taking over a game like few can in any era of the NBA.
Announcers: Verne Lundquist and Doc Rivers.
Thank youuuuuu!
Waiting for this one for yearsssssssss!
God bless youuuuu
One of my favorire games ever...except when nick anderson hit the three against the lakers....but what an awesome game...thans for putting it up.
They just showed Game 5 on SunSports. Classic.
Thanks for posting this, awesome game. Remember watching it.
One of the best single performance I had ever seen 🐐 😇
1 of the best all around performances of all time.When Penny went on his streaks he was unstoppable.I remember in 2001 when he and Vince Carter kept going back and fourth at one another throughout the whole quarter neither of them could miss that was fun to watch.Penny ate Pat Riley's Miami Heat for a midnight snack,Then decided to break Tim Hardaway's ankles just for shits n giggles,Nobody cant touch Penny in his prime!
Penny was a point guard, yes. A great PG before he got hurt. But putting Armstrong in at PG and moving Penny to the 2 guard was absolutely the best move in this series. It's 100% obvious if you remember this series. They got crushed worse than any team has ever gotten crushed in the first 2 and 1/4 games of the series before that move was made. Then after the move they damn near won the series.
I WILL NEVER EVER 4GET HOW GREAT PENNY WAS. HE WAS MAGIC AND MJ ROLLED INTO 1. NUMBER 1 ALWAYS
Damn, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Tracy Mcgrady, and Brandon Roy. Imagined what these player couldve if it wasn't for the injuries smh.
One of the greatest Penny Hardaway
real talk one 1 on 1 there was no one who could guard him i just imagine what he would have been able to do if not for injuries but injuries or not hes one of the greatest ever
Penny is my GOAT without injuries.
penny was magnificient my favorite player back then youngens probably don't know of him as a magic he did what lebron and bigger guards do today at a very lean and slim 195 frame i don't care what anybody thinks penny was the man MAN he shouldn't of rushed his injury comeback but oh well he definitely was a great great entertaining player hope he gets hof
Penny was a GREAT player. His career ended way to short. he would have been included in the greatest players of all time discussion.
Love the video man. My all time favorite player. Still pissed about the heat cutting him this year. Easily one of the best players ever in my book, who knows how far he wouldve gone without the injuries. This vid is a reminder of how dominant he could be without shaq, to any haters that try to say otherwise.
this is why penny hardaway is my favorite player of all-time. right in front of mj.
I was just explaining this to someone the other day: That Jordan is the greatest player ever, but Penny is my favorite player ever
I paused it right there too, after hearing that dumb comment. Penny was a point gaurd, and the reason he didn't look the same more besides his injuries was because they wanted him to play shooting gaurd, but his natural position was always the point gaurd, and one of the best ever. For the short time did he played in Orlando before the injuries
My favorite player of all time next to mm and ai
Actually, Scott Skiles was the point guard when Hardaway joined Orlando in 1993.
Doc Rivers' point on the telecast was that Hardaway wasn't a true point guard. Instead, he was more of a big "combo guard" who never averaged more than 7.2 assists in a season but could really score. He could pass, too, but he was almost more in the Jordan mold, only not as strong and consistently brilliant.
@bskingkong And yet his Orlando jersey is still being sold and looked for around the globe...
@mikelmok
Actually, both teams combined to shoot 49 threes that game. The three-point shot has always been a huge part of the game since it was incorporated.
both Hardaway's were great players...unfortunately, injuries took their toll on both of them..
thats why he broke tim hardaway's ankles at 3:06 bahaha "snap"
Back then, a lot of basketball pundits would make the argument that Penny would never reach his full potential until he moved over to the SG/SF postion. The truth is however, Penny was never really comfortable being a scorer. Although he could score almost at will, he knew his best asset was being a playmaker. Besides, scorers come a dime a dozen but gift playmakers only come along ever so often.
Shaq & Penny Era
1993 Orlando Magic 41-41, 9th seed in the East.... 1993 first round #1 New York vs #8 Indiana [Knicks win 3-1] #2 Chicago vs #7 Atlanta [Bulls win 3-0]
1994 Orlando Magic 50-32, 4th seed in the East.... 1994 first round
#4 Orlando vs #5 Indiana [Pacers win 3-0] Indiana wins next round 4-2 over #1 Atlanta
1995 Orlando Magic 57-25, 1st seed in the East.... 1995 first round
#1 Orlando vs #8 Boston [Magic win 3-1] Orlando 1-1 @ home, 2-0 @ Boston Garden, Game 1 Orlando defeats Boston 124-77 greatest ass whooping ever given to a Celtics team , at least up until 1995. The Magic win the last two games played in Boston Garden history. 1995 ECSF SHAQ vs AIR #1 Orlando vs #5 Chicago [Magic win 4-2] Orlando 1-1 @ home in first two, Nick Andersen is hero and strips Air Jordan out of the no.45 then splits 1-1 in Chicago's United Center. Magic win games 5 and 6 and Horace Grant walks away champion in Chicago @ Jordan and Pippens expense. 1995 ECF SHAQ vs REGGIE #1 Orlando vs #2 Indiana [Magic win 4-3] Orlando goes 4-0 @ home and 0-3 on the road vs Indiana. Orlando gets revenge on '94 Pacers. Magic are 1995 Eastern Conference Champions. 1995 NBA Finals SHAQ vs HAKEEM the DREAM #1 Orlando vs #6 Houston [Rockets win 4-0] Orlando jumps out to 20 point lead in first half vs Houston. Then Houston chips away to 11 point deficit @ halftime. Then game is see saw and high scoring and tight until 4th qtr and overtime. Nick Andersen plays goat before G.O.A.T meant "greatest of all time." Anderson misses 4 straight free throws, Kenny Smith hits a three in Penny's eye, Drexler makes last second drive in Overtime , he misses, Hakeem tips in buzzer beater, Houston steals Game 1 and shocks and overwhelms Orlando to win 4 straight and back to back titles. Orlando goes 0-2 @ home and 0-2 in Houston.
1996 Orlando Magic 60-22, 2nd seed in the East.... 1996 first round SHAQ & PENNY vs G. HILL
#2 Orlando vs #7 Detroit [Magic win 3-0] first series sweep for Orlando. 1996 ECSF SHAQ & PENNY vs Laettner/S. Smith/Mookie #2 Orlando vs #6 Atlanta [Magic win 4-1]
Orlando is up 3-0 before splitting game 4 and 5. 3-0 @ home' 1-1 on the road in Atlanta.
1996 ECF ☆ SHAQ & PENNY ☆ vs ☆ AIR JORDAN & AIR PIPPEN & RODMAN'S WORM ☆ #2 Orlando vs #1 Chicago [Bulls sweep 4-0] Jordan and the 72-10 Bulls take back their 1993 EC crown and keep it until 1998. Chicago finishes 87-13 to win their 4th NBA crown in 6 years. Orlando loses SHAQ to Los Angeles in free agency and their own front office stupidity as they insult SHAQ , one of the three to five best players of the mid to late 90's. 1997 Orlando is Penny Hardaway's team and their are down 0-2 in the 1997 EC first round and on the cusp of being swept out of the playoffs for the fourth straight postseason. #7 Orlando vs #2 Miami. PENNY vs ZO MOURNING.
Magic 88 - Heat 75
Penny 42 pts, 8 rebs, 2 ast, 16/30 shooting, 1/4 from three, 9/10 FT's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and also Shaq having Phil Jackson also helped him, before Phil Jackson showed up I remember Shaq always getting destroyed in the playoffs.
I didint know shaq had to take winning shots to win the game i didint know shaq ran the offense making plays ofcourse it was penny hes the point guard the floor leader penny made shaq look like he lead the magic but it was penny's passing,shooting and IQ that made shaq looked good
@flossbee volume scorers, especially now come dime a dozen. Anyone can score with a hot hand, many touches and shooting attempts. But Penny was hella efficient due to his acumen and expanded skill set, more so than the players who play like him nowadays. Being able to score, make the most of your touches while playing good defense and getting the team involved are much harder to find.
6:23
Tell me that doesn't look like T-Mac. Magic had a series of great #1's.
Well...except for Christie. Ugh.
Yeah Doc Rivers was a idiot for that statement...Penny could handle the ball better than most smaller point guards and he had the size to play the 2 and the 3...This guy was extremely talented and I hate the injuries got the best of him!!! It takes me to watch these old games to remember how good this dude actually was...
U SEEM THEM FOAMPOSITE PENNY GOT ON
this video it´s all about Dan Schayes.
i´m kidding,i love Penny Hardaway.
Penny wit the Foamposites on.
And Penny averaged less points than Shaq when they were together because he didn't wanna steal his spotlight. Unlike a certain someone that plays for the LA Lakers, Penny wasn't a selfish player and he allowed Shaq to be the "man" of the team since Shaq joined the team before he did. The truth is the Magic really became an elite teams because of players like Penny and Horace Grant. Shaq would've been like KG in Minnesota if Penny/Grant weren't on the team, Shaq had it easy compared to Garnett.
damn he was sick he is a smaller lebron they way he attacked the paint he isnt forgotten about every player in the league now compares there game to his ..when players rush back from injuries bad things happen smh
Another 90's tragedy.
Can anyone say, "Foamposites" greatest sneaker of all time
ATTENTION!!!!if somebody have this game on dvd i pay ..... tanks
tim hardaways ankle got it bad by penny lol @3:36
Where did I say that Hardaway wasn't a terrific scorer?
@7:56
Hardaway #1 vs Hardaway #10
SO WHAT if Miami lost Alonzo played well I'm basically satisfied so had 17 pts and 17 rebs
Gary Thompson magic is the best
Alright then, so the point is without great teammates and a coach that knows to how to adjust Shaq's stats wouldn't have meant shit. Just like how Garnett's and Allen's careers were wasted before he went to the Celtics. I honestly could careless how many points Shaq scored, I'm not obsessed with stats like you are.
Punk.
kang sh!t 👑
@Domini478 i only you would tell me everything in my face
Penny should have been able to eat MJ's lunch. But he lacked the drive and shear competitiveness.
hahahahh alright toby.
yee-haw
Yeah, that's like saying that Magic or Big O were 2 guards trying to play the PG position simply because they are bigger than the prototypical PG....another reason of why Doc is so stupid and lucked into the title last year. If they don't repeat, it will be because of Doc.
@AssHat1985 lmao yeah and Ryan Leaf had potential, too. Look how that turned out? They both SUCKED...hahaha
Why you removed your comment brah?!? LOL Shaq did not make the playoffs his 1st year! He made the playoffs his 2nd year because he had a good PG in Penny and they made the Finals the next year because of Horace Grant's playoff experience. Take Horace Grant off the team in '95 and the Magic would've gotten a 2nd round exit, hell probably would've gotten another 1st round exit.
So keep talkin shit son!
@AarHart1985 hahahah how many championships did he have? How many years did he play at least 80% of the year? LMAO and he didn't break anyones ankles...Tim never guarded him.
Hardaway sucked...Tim Hardaway was the man.