After being at this game and witnessing it i can only say that this has to rank as the biggest single handed comback and domination since Reggie Miller destroyed the Knicks with like 13 seconds to go. Do you believe that this performance by T-Mac is the single handed most dominating performance by a player to bring his team back in any sport? I honestly am thinking it is. I have never seen it before ever. I mean it would be one thing if he hit those threes after they missed free throws or somethin but he never gave up and brought us back by himself and then to actually get the steal and score again to win it.... Amazing.... And i am glad i was at the game and a part of it.
yeah i agree. Miller's performance was on a much bigger stage. But this right there behind that performance. GO T-MAC.
Winning games in December is quite diff than the playoffs. Until he wins a playoff series or goes far in the playoffs, that tag will remain, and rightfully so.
As Tmac said he had never been part of anything like that. Reggie does that with regularity. Most, if not all, teams would simply give up if down by 7pts with 8.9secs left. Hope Tmac will become real clutch from this on.
I'd say Tmac is already "real clutch" He hit the two free throws to clinch overtime against the clippers, he hit the shot to beat the 76ers, and now this performance. The only non-clutch thing he's done was miss the free throw against dallas.
I agree with the higher stage argument but not with the 8 pts in 9 sec is a higher ratio. This is a statistic question. It is not as simple as how many pts you score per second. Otherwise, Larry Bird got the nod, because he scored 5 pts in about the last 2 seconds of a final (or ECF) game. Or any buzzer beater is harder than Miller's feat because per second, a buzzer beater is 2 or 3 pt, more than Miller's.
Come on. Reggie doesn't do it with regularity. He did it one time. And 99.999999999% of teams would lose if they were down by 7 pts with 8.9 secs left. Both of these performances were incredible, once in a lifetime type games. The Miller ranks higher because it was on a bigger stage and in less time, but that doesn't take away from how special T-mac's performance was.
Don't be silly, you know it's much harder to score 8 points in 8 seconds than it is to score 3 points in one second. Plus Reggie actually stole the ball and got the rebound in between possessions.
Let's just say nobody came back to win from down 6 with 8 seconds to go except Miller, just as nobody came back to win from down 10 with 57 seconds left like Rockets/T-Mac.
I didn't mean only that game. Miller is proven one of the best clutch players in history, if not the best. TMac is not there yet (biggest knock against him vs Kobe is he isn't as clutch), although this performance will certainly go down in history.
As far as the two individual instances are compared, TMac's achievements blows Reggie's achievement out of the water. I just love how people mention how Reggie scored 8 points in 8 seconds without detailing the situation. Steal? What steal? He pushed a player down (a flagarant foul) and by extension, shouldn't even have had a chance to score the final 3 points if NBA refs aren't so pathetic.
When I heard about McGrady's achievement, I thought about the Miller game. But, after watching the clip, it makes me think of Mad Max's 30 point quarter. Reggie's achievement was like a sneak attack. The Spurs could see McGrady coming and could do nothing about it. His second to last shot he had Bowen all over him, he didn't even look at the basket until he was at the zenith of his jump, and he still knocked it down. Reggie's game was great, but most of his shots in that run were open shots because he took advantage of the chaos. McGrady ran right into the maw of the Spurs defense and scored anyway. That's why it reminds me of Maxwell's scoring outbursts, compressed into under a minute.
You are comparing apples to oranges....... Its a CHRISTMAS MIRCALE!!!! Just sit back and enjoy the ride... You may never see another performance like this again. This is why we watch sports!!!
Exactly. Miller's 8 points in 8 seconds was more from a chaotic situation than his talent. On the other hand, the best defending team the Spurs and one of the best perimeter defender Bowen just simply could not stop T-Mac! T-Mac got all 3 of his four shots on set defense, and the last shot on a fast break with 3 guys in front of him. Totally different.
