What former rocket lost to Dominique Wilkens in the finals of the 1990 Slam Dunk Contest. Don't cheat and look it up either.
CLYDE DREXLER. I remember it was the year Michael Quitter sat out and they said it was to leave it to "The Glyde". What do I get?
Drexler lost to Kenny "Sky" Walker. Remember that guy? Here's a hint. JVG might try to put him on the roster. Does anyone remember when Kenny Smith had a Nike Air Flight commercial with Super Dave?
Oh, yeah... I answered the 1988-1989 season... I was there. I shook his hand. Can't believe they let me and a couple friends go through the tunnel to shake hands with the players... AWESOME.
that's the year he was bouncing the ball between his legs, off the backboard. pimp'n the baby blue Kings uni... the was robbed
Next trivia: In 1995, Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler both scored 40 pts in the same playoff game. Prior to that, it had only been accomplished once in NBA playoff history. Name the duo .........(HINT: both were Rockets) BONUS: Name the year and playoff opponent
Hakeem Olajuwon and Sleepy Floyd against the Dallas Mavericks the First Round of the 1988 NBA Playoffs. Floyd had 41 and Hakeem had 40
i was thinking that was vs. the sonics. but i do remember floyd going off in the playoffs a couple of times.
I forgot that Kenny actually had some hops. I was watching a dunking special on NBA TV yesterday and i saw Kenny do this amazing dunk and I was like "that couldn't have been 'The Jet'." The special also reminded me how awesome 80's basketball was. I saw Chucky run full court weaving between 3 or 4 defender and go up for a monster jam. It was rediculous. It was more amazing that anything I saw Kobe do last year. It was just sick. Also, seeing Spud Webb dunking on like 2 defenders was nasty too.
I remember Drexler's 1 on 4 (or was it 5?) dunk against the Magic in the Finals... that one was nice too... so demoralizing... hahaha...
The next year he came back against Dominique again but that's when they were team mates...the one more time he came as a Rocket. That was his signature dunk the through the legs. He coudln't palm the ball much like Francis so all his dunks were lobs pretty much.
Floyd has had some monster playoff games. When he was with GS, I think he went off for something like 50 pts against the Lakers, with 30 coming in one quarter.
