Friday, January 30, 2009
zachlinder: Olerud, Alfonzo, Ordonez, Ventura.  The Best. Embarrassingly, I used to have this SI cover thumbtacked on my bedroom wall. It was part of a Wall of Awkward Adolescent Tomboyness that also included a giant NYT Sports cover story titled (and sadly, I remember this from memory) “Over the Rainbow: Starks Seals Victory at Buzzer”. (Which: I just Googled, and honestly? I think I wrote sports recaps in grade school that were less fragmented than this: It was the kind of shot that kids dream about when they are growing up. Your team is down by 2 points. The ball is in your hands for a 3-pointer. The buzzer sounds. And the ball swishes through the net for victory.That was exactly how it happened for John Starks last night. His thrilling game-winning 3-point jumper at the buzzer lifted New York to an emotional 95-94 victory over the Phoenix Suns at Madison Square Garden. It was fitting that Starks made the game-winner because he kept the Knicks alive late, scoring 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, another big performance in a terrific season for Starks. Yeah, I went back to the Starks well. Eat your heart out, Waksays!)

zachlinder:

Olerud, Alfonzo, Ordonez, Ventura.  The Best.

Embarrassingly, I used to have this SI cover thumbtacked on my bedroom wall.

It was part of a Wall of Awkward Adolescent Tomboyness that also included a giant NYT Sports cover story titled (and sadly, I remember this from memory) “Over the Rainbow: Starks Seals Victory at Buzzer”.

(Which: I just Googled, and honestly? I think I wrote sports recaps in grade school that were less fragmented than this:

It was the kind of shot that kids dream about when they are growing up. Your team is down by 2 points. The ball is in your hands for a 3-pointer. The buzzer sounds. And the ball swishes through the net for victory.

That was exactly how it happened for John Starks last night. His thrilling game-winning 3-point jumper at the buzzer lifted New York to an emotional 95-94 victory over the Phoenix Suns at Madison Square Garden. It was fitting that Starks made the game-winner because he kept the Knicks alive late, scoring 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, another big performance in a terrific season for Starks.

Yeah, I went back to the Starks well. Eat your heart out, Waksays!)

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