Comments on: Rewatching…The Push Off

By: Lexgluger01

Lexgluger01 — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:29:23 +0000

Thank you sooooo much for this. I even appreciated your commentary. Very humorous. Reggie Miller’s greatness was recognized much too late for my taste. In a business such as the NBA, where there so quick to push the next 20 p/pg scorer…I thought Reggie Miller deserved so much more credit than even the league was willing to shine upon him. No one handled themselves better than Reggie for being in that predicament and being the 2nd greatest Shooting guard for that era. I love him. He was an assasin….I just wished he had the opportunity to go see Chicago and MJ in the playoffs the way the Knicks did. Heck of a basketball player. I think even the great MJ said that he’s(Reggie – yet he had a minimal set of offensive skills) the hardest player to guard..there’s a youtube clip of Kobe saying the same thing. Awesome…god I miss Miller Time!!!

By: Hardwood Paroxysm » Blog Archive » Lion Face/Lemon Face – 12.05.09

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:17:13 +0000

[...] an afterthought in the cannon of Reggie late-game heroics. It goes (1) 8 points in 9 seconds, (2) the push-off on MJ, (3) the 25-point 4th quarter, and (4) the Nets prayer. (Thanks for humoring me while I [...]

By: MJ, the Bulls and the Hall of Fame » By The Horns

MJ, the Bulls and the Hall of Fame » By The Horns — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:39:47 +0000

[...] The TrueHoop Network: Michael Jordan Doesn’t Need Your Favors Where Were You When Michael Jordan Became God? Off the Iron: The Endurance of MJ’s Perfection Best There Ever Was, Best There Ever Will Be Celebrating Michael Jordan vs. The Nets Rewatching…The Push Off [...]

By: jyoung4

jyoung4 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:06:57 +0000

Very nostalgic post.

0:00.7 – Most people forget that this happened, but MJ catches the inbounds pass, elevates for three, double-clutches and shoots. The ball hits glass and then rattles around the rim for what, at the time, felt like ten minutes. It misses.

Seemed like hours that shot…never is in the highlights though…..

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By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:49:27 +0000

Many people will tell you this is the most famous push-off in professional basketball history, but there was another one in later 1980 with a gentlemen name Marcus Childerson. Nobody has ever heard about this but it’s quite famous. Go to Marcus’s website to read about it.

By: Hoosiers

Hoosiers — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:25:31 +0000

THX to Jared Wade for posting this!!
The Best Winning Shot Ever in INDIANA history!!
98 Miller Time!
I always THX to you, Jared Wade!
What a site for Pacers Fans.

By: Dooj

Dooj — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:09:31 +0000

I remember watching this. In fact this was the first game I ever remember watching. I always wanted the Bulls to lose, not from any particular dislike but rather because I love the underdog.

Larry Bird is amazing.

By: BadDave

BadDave — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:34:23 +0000

Umm, I have to agree. MJ was the king of the uncalled push-off. Part of the reason that I loathe the man. One of the reasons I love this play, besides being an unrepetant bastard of a Pacers fan, is that Jordan got some of his own damn medicine.
Truehoop noted that Reggie celebrated alone, contributing it to some sort of nasty team politics. I argue otherwise – most of the Pacers weren’t celebrating because they couldn’t believe that the refs didn’t call that one.

By: Purple&Gold

Purple&Gold — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:50:55 +0000

You all this the push off? Maybe you missed it but there is a slight more famous push…with MJ on the other end.

By: Jared Wade

Jared Wade — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:44:08 +0000

Sorry, Elijah. Wrote that past midnight and forgot about the Knicks. And I meant during his title streak, though, not the according-to-Hoyle 90s, so the Pistons one wasn’t intended to apply. Apologies for the imprecision there and thanks for pointing out the error regarding 1992.

As for leukemia, the original joke (“One of my favorite players and co-St. John’s University grad Chris Mullin drills a straight-away three, and looks like he has leukemia while doing so”) referenced the disease specifically and unnecessarily when I was only intending to say that Mully with a bald head looked like he had recently had chemotherapy. The punchline was him being hairless, not looking like he had leukemia. Thus, I changed it.