Bulls: Was Scottie Pippen underrated?

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Blazers Up 8 with 3 minutes remaining in the 3rd Quarter




Blazers up 15 with 10 minutes remaining in 4th Quarter




Blazers up 15 with 6 minutes remaining in 4th Quarter

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The conclusion

[ambchang]

With all due respect, I don't care what you say. I watched that game just like you did. Questionable officiating is a part of the game. The fact is that they came unraveled, period. Even with all they had to overcome, that team was stacked enough to still score more than 4 points in 10 minutes with a berth to the NBA Finals on the line.

Which makes you wonder why they would only be scoring 4 points in 10 minutes, no?

[Caltex2]

34 year old, post back surgery Pippen is supposed to turn black the clock and act like he's 27 years old? His body was already breaking down by '96 from the playoff/Olympic mileage. By 2000 he was clearly wasn't the same player.

Not necessarily the same player he was but he had been through all those playoff wars and was the leader of a very talented team in a crucial moment.