i watched vernon maxwell score 51 points @the summit with my dad and two other friends, we were 12 at the time. i remember getting in trouble cause i went crazy when he went up for the backwards dunk, unreal game and experience, he scored 30 pts in the 4th quarter.http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9u1QTfm_ZhM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today's sports celebrity birthdays include Mickey Lolich (76), Ricky Rudd (60), Vernon Maxwell (51) and Yao Ming (36).</p>— Mike Pearson (@B1GLLL) <a href="https://twitter.com/B1GLLL/status/775378934796025856">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Hoy cumple años Vernon Maxwell<a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets">@HoustonRockets</a> <a href="https://t.co/2Yy7zhFWfS">pic.twitter.com/2Yy7zhFWfS</a></p>— Jesús M. Morales (@Jesus8233) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jesus8233/status/775345562103255044">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RT to wish Rockets champion Vernon Maxwell a Happy Birthday! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MadMax?src=hash">#MadMax</a> <a href="https://t.co/lNbqL5HDTW">pic.twitter.com/lNbqL5HDTW</a></p>— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/775411423581265921">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you for my birthday wishes. I'm trying to stay young so I am now on Instagram. <a href="https://t.co/Vd1bYYwY0M">https://t.co/Vd1bYYwY0M</a></p>— Yao Ming (@YaoMing) <a href="https://twitter.com/YaoMing/status/775480073013104640">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Nobody is comparing the two - they were both great. Mad Max had a healthy team going into the Finals.