and then the rest of the series happened.
Invariably, the NBA playoffs yield some memorable moments.
The image from this week’s #FanTeaser is from the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls in New York’s famed Madison Square Garden.
In the closing minute of Game 1, Knicks’ guard John Starks drove baseline and threw down a massive left-handed dunk over Bullls’ forward Horace Grant and guard Michael Jordan and put the host Knicks up by five points. New York went on to win the game, 98-90, in part behind Starks’ 25 points.
New York added a win in Game 2, 96-91, before losing four straight to the Bulls who then defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games to complete its threepeat.
The image – which became poster material almost immediately – was captured by our guest from this week’s episode of Conversations with Sports Fans, Nathaniel S. Butler. The photo is also featured in Butler’s book, Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography.
Butler was kind enough to donate a signed copy of Courtside to The Sports Fan Project which we’ll give away through a random drawing of subscribers as of May 18. To subscribe please complete the information requested at this link and keep an eye out for further communication.
Just to review, The Fan Teaser was the creation of former Ann Arbor News Sports Editor Geoff Larcom. Longtime friend and fellow Ann Arbor News alum, Pat Schutte, took it to heights previously unknown. We aim to keep it alive here at The Sports Fan Project. The cropped photo and the accompanying clue give you an idea as to who or what the image is of. We invite you to use the Comment option to take a crack at solving the Teaser and, if you’re so inclined, participate in some good-spirited banter with your fellow sports fans. The Fan Teaser will appear each Friday morning with the reveal coming to you Sunday.