Total Basketball

Total Basketball — page 3 — Michael Jordan celebrates after hitting the game-winning shot to clinch a playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1989 Basketball has been around 125 years And it’s true practically anything is possible in the game The sport has seen many iconic moments Players such as Michael Jordan have provided them The former Chicago Bulls guard is one of the best players ever He made a game-winning shot in the national championship game as a freshman in college at North Carolina He did the same thing 6

Total Basketball — page 4 — 16 years later in the 1998 NBA Finals As a pro Jordan scored 32,292 points He also earned six NBA titles and five Most Valuable Player MVP honors And he played in 14 NBA All-Star Games The National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA has had its share of impossible moments too In 2006 tiny George Mason University made it to the Final Four Along the way the Patriots beat Connecticut and North Carolina two of the top three teams in the nation Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain once scored 100 points in an NBA game On March 2 1962 the Philadelphia Warriors center made 36 of 63 LAKER LEGEND Earvin Johnson earned his nickname Magic He did amazing things on the court Johnson played 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers The point guard won five championships and three NBA MVP Awards But his most impressive feat might have come at the end of his rookie year Johnson started a game at center because Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was injured But it wasn’t just any game It was Game 6 of the NBA Finals Johnson scored 42 points as the Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers to clinch the title 7

Total Basketball — page 5 — field-goal attempts He also made 28 of 32 free-throw attempts in a 169 147 victory over the New York Knicks Today LeBron James is one of the NBA’s greatest players He’s won the NBA MVP Award four times He also won two championships with the Miami Heat Then in 2016 he won a title with his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team won 11 NCAA titles between 1995 and 2016 Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has become a star too Curry’s dad Dell played in the NBA Stephen was considered too small to become an elite player But he turned himself into a two-time NBA MVP and won the league title in 2016 Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world As Garnett said in this game anything is possible Superstar LeBron James right won the NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 8

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