Odd NBA Trivia time. Long time LA Laker player/GM Mitch Kupchak - TopicsExpress



          

Odd NBA Trivia time. Long time LA Laker player/GM Mitch Kupchak knee injury video from 1981. I saw this game as a kid. Kupchaks 26th game as a Laker, he blows his ACL and crashes into San Diego Clippers player Joe Jellybean Bryant, Kobe Bryants father. Kobe, at 1 year old, was in attendance at this game with his mother. Would not return to playing until 1984. Helped Lakers beat Celtics in 1985 Finals. Last game as Laker was Game 5 of 1986 WC Finals vs. Houston Rockets where he and Akeem Olajuwon are ejected for fighting (It is rumored that Olajuwon influenced Dwight Howard to dislike Kupchak and leave the Lakers for Houston). Later in that game Ralph Sampson hit turn around catch and shoot shot which beat the Lakers and puts them in the Finals against the Boston Celtics. Prior to that shot, future PBA imports Mitchell Wiggins and Lewis Lloyd grab important rebounds for Houston.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:57:37 +0000

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