"Once the ball gets thrown up, it becomes basketball again," forward Matt Harpring said. "You know, these guys have played in a lot of games, and we've played in a lot of tough games. So I just don't think that's going to be that big of an issue."That first game against Orlando, Iverson scored 30 points with 5 rebounds and 7 assists.
He should know.
In Harpring's first playoff game as a rookie for Orlando, he was assigned to guard Philadelphia's Allen Iverson. That worked out so well the Sixers later traded for Harpring, helping cement his reputation as a tough player perfectly built for the crucible of the playoffs.
But will the Jazz have anybody shine the same way?
In fact, AI in the Magic/Sixers series:
FG%: 44.4
PPG: 28.25
RPG: 3.75
APG: 6
SPG: 4 (including 10 in Game Three)
AI in the 1998/1999 season:
FG%: 41.2
PPG: 22.0
RPG: 4.9
APG: 4.6
SPG: 2.3
So AI scored 6.25 more points per game on substantially better shooting while also passing and stealing the ball at a higher rate. To be fair, Harpring cut back on his rebounding.
It's rather sad when SLMedia is actually rewriting history to make their favorite players look better. Judging from the stats, I would think Orlando traded Harp to Philly to try and get someone that could guard.
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Interesting, I forgot how players cannot get better over time. Stupidest thing you have ever written.
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I'm puzzled. Isn't the claim in the post that the SL Media has written something that fundamentally isn't true?
Even better than having hate-mail, having irrational hate-mail.
Gee willikers, who done presented this piece, eh? Is there a patent on the sentence or two, I reckon? Give a dog a bone, he gone fight for it. Give a dog a stew, he gone pile up and regress, eh?
Hell, Harpring has legs as thick as the tree truck out back my trailer park, I reckon. The muscles within must be intricate, eh? Who done thought that tree trunk legs would average a triple double in a New York minute?
Gret! good article written, rather, but it could, use improement. like where you put harprrring deerr... like where you put harpring is a derrrr... like...derrrr...derrrrrrrrr...
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