Video / Aug 13, 2009 / 3:25 pm
We Reminisce: Penny Hardaway drops 41 in the playoffs
He was never better than this. Game 4 of the ’97 playoffs’ first round, Penny Hardaway dropped 41 points, seven boards, four dimes and four steals on Miami, staving off elimination back when the first round was best-of-five. (Which I think the NBA should go back to, but never would with the money at stake.) When was the last time you heard an announcer compelled to yell “Pick up your clothes!” and it wasn’t an AND 1 game?
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August 13th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
PWEEZY says:
that eddie jones commercial is freakin gay SWING MAN with swinging LOL jokes
August 13th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
thenatural says:
it must’ve been the shoes… air foamposites. first time he unveiled them
August 13th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Guitar Hero says:
amazing player
August 13th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Big V says:
Eddie Jones FTW!
August 13th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
2Cleva says:
Penny highlights with some Eddie Jones to boot?
I shed a tear.
August 13th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Ben York says:
For the 3 games he was healthy with the Suns, he was brilliant. Like KJ, injuries overshadowed a great career.
August 13th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
KWAME says:
tear…he wouldve been a hall of famer
August 13th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Yoooo says:
LOL, Yo that Eddie Jones commercial would be TOTALLY unacceptable today… LOL “I’m a Swing Man!” “Gimme That!”, LMAO
August 13th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
chee4three says:
Penny Hardaway was sick.
Only complaint is he whine and cry when he got schooled by Iverson..Penny cry saying he can’t play offense AND cover AI…
August 13th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
karizmatic says:
Really too bad his career was cut short by injuries.
August 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
goonther says:
when youre feeling it … youre feeling it
may as well have been a 5 foot wide basket for him – remember watching this game as a youth and rooting hard-core for the magic since the cavs didnt make it in that year…
August 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
K Dizzle says:
If your first five seasons got you into the hall o fame, Penny and G Hill woulda been locks…
August 13th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
this is lame says:
What is so amazing about this guy? He scored 40 points … Lebron and Kobe do that every other game …. I dont understand why this deserves a we reminisce….
August 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
BRUCE says:
Eddie Jones — Complete Player. Wow. Shaq pointed out E-Jones would disappear in the clutch. So true, Shaq, so true.
August 13th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Cuaeric says:
This is lame is a d-bag… Penny is one of the greatest talents of all-time. Ask Lebron who he wanted to play like and he mentions Penny.
August 13th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
BiG ShoT BoB says:
Yeah definitely my favorite player growing up. He would have gave Shaq his first championship had it not been for the last second Dream tip in.
August 13th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
shonuf says:
Ah, my man Eddie Jones. In regard to him, why do people still think Shaq would have won those 3-peat titles with an average shooting guard?
August 13th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
BRUCE says:
Please — Magic were swept by Dream led Rockets. Houston won back to back caused some guy by the name of Michael Jordan took a break.
August 13th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
freshouttatime says:
ups to you dime folks for putting this up. yall should put more highlights up from the early to mid 90s, everything from 98 chicago-utah is too overplayed…
August 13th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
KB24 says:
My man Penny. My first favorite player..along with Eddie Jones…Until Kobe came along. Remember Penny’s commercials? Classics…
August 13th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
sh!tfaced says:
Penny, Grant Hill, Bernard King, C-Webb and now maybe Yao Ming. Great players who could have had great careers if it weren’t for injuries…
August 13th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
ponky_alolor says:
best penny highlight for me was that caught the ball in mid-air then over-the-shoulder, no-look pass to horace grant. that was sweet.
@13, penny was the next great perimeter player / tall point guard before all those injuries hit him. if you’re too young to know, do your research before you comment. this game was his best among a lot of others, he took charge during an elimination game.
August 14th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Darkness says:
Penny definitely came into the league not only as a great talent, but as an evolution of the point guard position. Nowadays, they woulda made him a 2, but at the time, he was supposed to be a point, at a time when there probably wasn’t anyone even close to his size/speed combo at that same position.
August 14th, 2009 at 8:00 am
nastynas says:
1.45 sick shot
August 14th, 2009 at 8:31 am
weng santos says:
Absolutely robbed by injuries.
Penny was THE MAN back in the day. We were wondering if he could narrow superstar gap on Jordan, that’s how amazing he was. There was nothing on the court that he could not do. He could be a Magic-type tall PG, a Jordan-type midrange shooter, a deceptively quick slasher. Had great defensive instincts and eyes in the back of his head. Made his team better, but took over when he had to.
Then his knees gave up and that was it.
But before he got hurt, he was smooth, had all the moves.
August 14th, 2009 at 8:50 am
rick773 says:
Yeah Penny had it all he was the next Magic
August 15th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Maynard says:
I’ll add some props. Had a couple Penny jerseys, remember this like it was yesterday. Nice to look back.