Hornets @ Lakers Game 5: Lakers Win 106:90; Lakers Lead 3-2:
Kobe Bryant NASTY One-Handed Dunk on Emeka Okafor:
Dunk of the Night: Kobe Bryant Left-Handed Dunk on Carl Landry:
Pacers @ Bulls Game 5: Bulls Win 116:89, Bulls Win Series 4-1:
Derrick Rose (6ft.3) MONSTER Block on Roy Hibbert (7ft.2):
Hawks @ Magic Game 5: Magic Win 101:76; Hawks Lead 3-2:
Dwight Howard HUGE One-Handed Dunk on Zaza Pachulia:
Quentin Richardson Two-Handed Baseline Dunk:
“To this day, I don’t think anyone appreciates how seriously ill Michael (Jordan) was in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against Utah. In those days, Michael never really left his room. So we’d all be in there close by, to pass the time. We all ordered room service, and Michael didn’t order anything. Then at the last minute, he ordered a pizza from a local joint. If I’m not mistaken it was a pepperoni pizza. Nobody ate the pizza except Michael.
At two or three o’clock in the morning, Michael wakes up with an upset stomach. So he calls Chip Schaeffer, the trainer, who gives Michael something to settle his stomach. After the antacids, they gave him sleeping pills. Nothing works. He felt like throwing up, but he couldn’t throw up. And he’s getting hot and cold flashes.
All of this could have been attributed to the flu, or whatever. Now it’s early in the morning, time to go to practice. So now they give him a laxative. He’s too weak to go to practice, so he skips the shoot-around.
Michael tries to sleep, but he can’t sleep. We get on the bus to go to the game at 3 P.M. and he’s just a rag doll. He has no energy. He still hadn’t thrown up. And he still hasn’t slept. Now he’s got antacids, sleeping pills and laxatives in his system.
At 5 o’clock, an hour before the game, he can’t stay awake. So he pumps himself full of coffee. He goes out and plays, and we all know what happened. He plays 44 minutes, scores 38 points, brings Chicago back from 16 points down, hits a key three-pointer to put them ahead, and the Bulls win.
But at halftime, he’s just drained. If you had seen him, you would have thought there was no way this guy could walk back to the court, much less play.
Michael always drank Gatorade to fill himself back up with fluids. So one of the locker room kids went to get some Gatorade. Two cans come back, but it’s not Gatorade. It’s Gatorload, the stuff you are supposed to drink after you are done playing. Michael didn’t even realize what he was drinking.
He hasn’t slept in more than 36 hours, he’s got pepperoni pizza, all the medicines, sleeping pills, who knows how many cups of coffee, Gatorload in his body – anybody else would have been in the hospital. And Michael should have been in a hospital. Nobody else would have been out there playing, much less been able to make a pressure shot and walk off the court.
Michael was so dehydrated after the game that he could hardly move. He looked like he was dead. He was barely conscious. I had seen the whole show to that point, and I am still amazed by what he did with what he had to deal with. That’s just who he is, and it’s hard for people to understand the depth of his will.” – George Koehler, Chicago Bulls staff member (Source: Michael Jordan, Driven from Within, 2005)
Nuggets vs. Thunder Game 4 Recap (Nuggets Win 104:101; Thunder Lead 3-1):
James Harden One-Handed Dunk against the Nuggets:
Mavs vs. Trail Blazers Game 5 Recap (Mavs Win 93:82; Mavs Lead 3-2):
Grizzlies vs. Spurs Game 4 Recap (Grizzlies Win 104:86; Grizzlies Lead 3-1):
Dunk of the Night: OJ Mayo SICK One-Handed Reverse Dunk against the Spurs:
Darrell Arthur Blocks Tony Parker and Finishes the Break with a Two-Handed Alley-Oop Dunk:
Darrell Arthur One-Handed Putback Dunk against the Spurs (April 25, 2011):
Knicks vs. Celtics Game 4 Highlights (Celtics Win 101:89; Celtics Win Series 4-0):
Hornets vs. Lakers Game 4 Highlights (Hornets Win 93:88; Series Tied 2-2):
Hawks vs. Magic Game 4 Highlights (Hawks Win 88:85; Hawks Lead 3-1):
Dunk of the Night: Gilbert Arenas Alley-Oop to Dwight Howard for the Two-Handed Dunk:
76ers vs. Heat Game 4 Highlights (76ers Win 86:82; Heat Lead 3-1):
Dwyane Wade Alley-Oop to LeBron James for the One-Handed Dunk:
LeBron James One-Handed Fastbreak Dunk:
Dwyane Wade MONSTER Block on Spencer Hawes (7ft.1):
Pacers vs. Bulls Game 4 Highlights (Pacers Win 89:84; Bulls Lead 3-1):
Dunk of the Night: Derrick Rose SICK Two-Handed Tomahawk Dunk:
Tyler Hansbrough Two-Handed Dunk against the Bulls:
Nuggets vs. Thunder Game 3 Highlights (Thunder Win 97:94; Thunder Lead 3-0):
Trail Blazers vs. Mavs Game 4 Highlights (Blazers Win 84:82; Series Tied 2-2):
Grizzlies vs. Spurs Game 3 Highlights (Grizzlies Win 91:88; Grizzlies Lead 2-1):
Hornets vs. Lakers Game 3 Highlights (Lakers Win 100:86; Lakers Lead 2-1):
Dunk of the Night: Kobe Bryant HUGE One-Handed Dunk on Aaron Gray:
Shannon Brown VICIOUS One-Handed Baseline Dunk against the Hornets:
Carl Landry Two-Handed POWER Dunk against the Lakers:
Hawks vs. Magic Game 3 Highlights (Hawks Win 88:84; Hawks Lead 2-1):
Knicks vs. Celtics (Celtics Win 113:96; Celtics Lead 3-0):
76ers vs. Heat Game 3 Highlights (Heat Win 100:94; Lead 3:0):
Dunk of the Night: Dwyane Wade NASTY One-Handed Putback Dunk:
Andre Iguodala Left-Handed Putback Dunk:
Pacers vs. Bulls Game 3 Highlights (Bulls Win 88:84; Lead 3:0):
Trail Blazers vs. Mavs Game 3 Highlights (Blazers Win 97:92; Mavs Lead 2:1):
Lakers vs. Hornets Game 2 Highlights (Lakers Win 87:78):
Thunder v.s Nuggets Game 2 Highlights (Thunder Win 106:89):
Spurs vs. Grizzlies Game 2 Highlights (Spurs Win 93:87):
Celtics vs. Knicks Game 2 Highlights (Celtics Win 96:93):
Carmelo Anthony (42 PTS, 17 REB, 6 AST) Game 2 Highlights:
Magic vs. Hawks Game 2 Highlights (Magic Win 88:82):
Dwight Howard (33 PTS, 19 REB) Game 2 Highlights:
Mavs vs. Trail Blazers Game 2 Highlights (Mavs Win 101:89):
Bulls vs. Pacers Game 2 Recap (Bulls Win 96:90):
Heat vs. 76ers Game 2 Recap (Heat Win 94:73):
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NBA Playoffs 2011 