We Reminisce: Larry Johnson’s 4-point Play
On their way to the 1999 Finals, the Knicks benefited from what some people still call one of the worst ref calls in basketball history. In the closing seconds of Game 3 of the conference finals, Larry Johnson knocked down a game-tying triple over Antonio Davis, who was whistled for a foul that was questionable to say the least. LJ stuck the ensuing free throw to give NY the win, and they’d go on to win the series in six. Johnson scored 26 that night and, bad call aside, his three-pointer and free throw were two amazingly clutch shots.
(While we’re on the topic of bad calls, have you ever actually seen the call that led to Rumeal Robinson’s NCAA championship-winning free throws for Michigan over Seton Hall in ‘89? For my money, that’s the worst call ever on a big stage.)
July 20th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Kobe says:
first larrys
July 20th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
John Starks says:
Whatever happened to Larry Johnson?
July 20th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
MoxWestCoastRep says:
riddled with back problems. He could have been amongst the all-time great PFs not for the injuries
July 20th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Brandon Hoffman says:
@ Austin – This is a cool series Austin. Is ‘We Reminisce’ going to become a daily feature at Dime? It’s a lot like the ‘Ballin’ feature at my site.
July 20th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Kobe says:
this post is useless still
July 20th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
TJ says:
It looks like AD grabbed/came down a little on LJ when he was dribbling right before the shot. Was that where they called the foul?
July 20th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Garcia Vega says:
Good post. this was the highlight of Larry Johnson’s career, sad to say.
July 20th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
barons beard says:
lj was nasty before the injuries
looks to me like he was fouled before the shot as he was dribbling, rather than on the shot itself. still clutch, controversial or not
July 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
doc says:
Bullshit call.But I fuck with LJ so reminice Knicks fans because thats all yall got for the time being.
July 20th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
king joe says:
reminds me of the brent barry/derek fisher play during the 2008 playoffs
July 21st, 2008 at 12:54 am
imngloloupaw says:
where’s the foul?????????????????????????
July 21st, 2008 at 1:25 am
Bruce says:
LJ Career Highlights
UNLV — Undefeated but lost the championship game to Duke
Drafted by the Hornets. Signed for $84 Million. Grandmama, Converse React sneakers (You moved one way, reaction system moved the other), teasing Kendall Gill, and hurted his back.
Not sure how he got on the Knicks roster. The fight with Zo, this article, the LJ symbol, and pocketing $30 Million before retiring.
When he was a Knicks, dude took nights off. Why because they had H2O and Ewing. He got his went he wanted it.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:59 am
karan says:
love it… thats the season i became a knick fan… too bad my team hasn’t even had a sniff of real excitement ever since
July 21st, 2008 at 3:25 am
sans says:
LJ was nice, especially at his size. I could see a hold before the shot. The ref probably got his arm up thinking that the hold mucked johnson’s shot, but didn’t, and had to stick with his gut, in the moment, call.
By the way…former players should start officiating. They make the best officials. Hit me up is interested.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:25 am
sans says:
if interested
July 21st, 2008 at 8:58 am
Justice says:
ah better days