Although I was at every home game when the Rockets won their NBA titles, my most memorable event is still the MNF game when the Oilers played the Dolphins in 1978. Maybe because I was just 12 but what a night that was. I can still see Earl Campbell running up the sidelines for his 4th TD of the game.
around 1977,1978,1979,1980 - Kansas City at Bears. Cold Sunday afternoon. Bears down 5 with less than 20 seconds left. Had the ball on their own 25 yardline. I was a 10 - 15 year old kid and crowd is piling out of stadium. I was following my dad out of Soldiers Field, but my head was turned and I witness Bob Avellini heave the ball downfield to a wide open Greg Latta. Latta is waiting for ball all alone catches it at the 25 yardline and sprints into the endzone for a winning TD. I was like Dad look whats happening. What a game. Payton rushed for 176 yards.
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Super Bowl 36 vs. the Rams.
Super Bowl 36 vs. the Rams.
Dozens each of Celtic, Bruin and Red Sox game but specifically Game one of the 1972 NHL Finals at the old Boston Garden between the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins. The famous (to oldtime Bruins fans at least) Ace Bailey game.
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Stanley Cup Finals Game one Boston Garden 1972.
<HR style="COLOR: #fdde82" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->I was at Stanley Cup Final game one between the New York Rangers and The Boston Bruins in the old Boston Garden in 1972 when Garnet "Ace" Bailey scored the game winning goal with a rink long rush up the left boards and around the back of the net to tuck the puck into the far side against veteran Ranger goalie Ed Giacomin with about a minute to go after The Rangers had tied the game late in the third at 5-5 coming back from down 4 goals (5-1).
Sadly Garnett Bailey and Mark Bavis, two scouts employed by the Los Angeles Kings (and thousands of others), were killed the morning of September 11th. 2001 when their jet United Airlines Flt 175 was intentionally crashed into The World Trade Center Tower #2.
Ace was the 4th line center for The Bruins and an ulikely hero he had long blond hair at the time when players did not play with helmets, although he didn't play much Ace was a big fan favorite for his flashy style.
"Ace" Bailey during his heday at Boston garden, this might be the actual moment just before he tucked the puck in the net to beat the Rangers that day.
The goal remains one of the most famous in Bruins history, led by the great Bobby Orr they won the cup in six games that year (their last Stanley Cup win since).
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<HR style="COLOR: #fdde82" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->I was at Stanley Cup Final game one between the New York Rangers and The Boston Bruins in the old Boston Garden in 1972 when Garnet "Ace" Bailey scored the game winning goal with a rink long rush up the left boards and around the back of the net to tuck the puck into the far side against veteran Ranger goalie Ed Giacomin with about a minute to go after The Rangers had tied the game late in the third at 5-5 coming back from down 4 goals (5-1).
Sadly Garnett Bailey and Mark Bavis, two scouts employed by the Los Angeles Kings (and thousands of others), were killed the morning of September 11th. 2001 when their jet United Airlines Flt 175 was intentionally crashed into The World Trade Center Tower #2.
Ace was the 4th line center for The Bruins and an ulikely hero he had long blond hair at the time when players did not play with helmets, although he didn't play much Ace was a big fan favorite for his flashy style.
"Ace" Bailey during his heday at Boston garden, this might be the actual moment just before he tucked the puck in the net to beat the Rangers that day.
The goal remains one of the most famous in Bruins history, led by the great Bobby Orr they won the cup in six games that year (their last Stanley Cup win since).
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Game 6 1974 NBA Finals Milwaukee Bucks vs Boston Celtics was another memorable event.
Natrually again at the old Boston Garden I watched one of the most clutch game winning skyhooks Kareem ever launched. After tying a great playoff game in regulation and at the end of the first overtime, John Havlicek hit a rainbow over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to give Boston a 101-100 lead with seven seconds left in the second OT. Then Oscar Robertson (at the end of his great career) inbounded the ball to Kareem. Kareem dribbled down the right side and hit a great skyhook from deep in the corner to give Milwaukee a 102-101 double OT win and send the series to a seventh game in Milwaukee, which typical of the Celtics was won by them easily by double figures.
Celtic center Dave Cowens did his best to defend on the shot but had no chance to get to it. The wild Garden crowd groaned in unison when the ball swished thru the net and the buzzer blew.
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Natrually again at the old Boston Garden I watched one of the most clutch game winning skyhooks Kareem ever launched. After tying a great playoff game in regulation and at the end of the first overtime, John Havlicek hit a rainbow over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to give Boston a 101-100 lead with seven seconds left in the second OT. Then Oscar Robertson (at the end of his great career) inbounded the ball to Kareem. Kareem dribbled down the right side and hit a great skyhook from deep in the corner to give Milwaukee a 102-101 double OT win and send the series to a seventh game in Milwaukee, which typical of the Celtics was won by them easily by double figures.
Celtic center Dave Cowens did his best to defend on the shot but had no chance to get to it. The wild Garden crowd groaned in unison when the ball swished thru the net and the buzzer blew.
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I saw Jordan drop the Double Nickel in the Garden against the Knicks ....
Excerpt from NBA.com
Although he was not quite the same player who had left the NBA in 1993, five games into his comeback Jordan shook off the rust and showed he truly was back. Traveling to New York to face the rival Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Jordan was unstoppable as he erupted for 55 points on March 29, 1995. And he capped off his brilliant performance by setting up Bill Wennington for a dunk that gave Chicago a last-second victory.
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Although he was not quite the same player who had left the NBA in 1993, five games into his comeback Jordan shook off the rust and showed he truly was back. Traveling to New York to face the rival Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Jordan was unstoppable as he erupted for 55 points on March 29, 1995. And he capped off his brilliant performance by setting up Bill Wennington for a dunk that gave Chicago a last-second victory.
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