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Great player, great memories!
With the recent high point output of a one time arch-nemesis, I began thinking about Dave's high point game. I was wondering where one can find the box score for that game?
While in my minimal quest I came across an nba.com vid tribute page for David.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/david_...on_videos.html
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Great player, great memories!
Thanks for the post Max!
Never seen that much footage of David's 71 points before!
Appreciate it very much.
Here's a link to the boxscore:
Spurs 112, Clippers 97, 4/24/94
The one thought I had while looking at the page was ...if anyone new every word/image/sound on that page it would be alamo50.
Thanks for the link FWD
Tibbits.
Dave still had 5 assists.
No one else on the Spurs had double figures.
Terry mings took too many shots.
Dave shot 71% from the free throw line(18 of 25)..edit..listening to radio and it was mentioned kobe shot 21or22 of 25 from the line
Negele Knight was wearing #32.
He played 44 minutes in the last game of the season before Playoffs.
Can you imagine if he had gotten injured with 5 minutes left in the game?
I remember hearing that game on the radio clippers fans cheered louder and louder with every point
He was only playing to score points. David needed the points to hold off Shaq and win the scoring le and Lucas just kept feeding him and feeding him -- and taunting George Gervin who was then an assistant and held the Spurs franchise record until that day.
Shawn Michaels and his gang would have loved John Lucas.
It's a real shame that game wasn't on TV. The Clippers have never been a premier franchise or or one of those games you circle on the calendar but they had just come off a couple of good years with Larry Brown at the helm. You think something could have been done considering the cir stances (chase for the scoring le versus Shaq who punked out of the challenge) but I don't think even David thought he'd go off for 71.
We all know a world where virtually every game is televised. Back in 1994, not even all playoff games were nationally broadcast -- you couldn't just go home and plop down to watch every game every night because many first and second round games were broadcast only to local markets. I can't say it for a fact, but I think the first time that all NBA playoff games were made available on national TV was 1999 (it may have been 1998), but when it happened, it was announced as a big deal. I know it hadn't happened in 1996, because I was living in Lubbock and couldn't see Game 2 (I think) of the Spurs/Jazz series that year.
Given that playoff games weren't broadcast nationally, it's not surprising that many Spurs regular season games weren't available except by pay-per-view. And, as we've seen with the 71 point game, there were some that weren't even available by that means. (I wonder sometimes, too, about video of David's quadruple-double -- I'd actually be more interested in seeing that game than the 71 -- I remember living in SA when that happened, but having to listen to that game on the radio and feeling frustrated that I couldn't see that performance). I vividly recall having to find a place to watch a game in the 94-95 season between the Spurs and Magic (Rodman/Robinson vs. O'Neal/Hardaway) because there was no local or national television broadcast other than PPV. Once that schedule was set, there was no turning back, I think.
damn..dave was an atheletic monster!
Wow, this brought a tear to my eye! I still think he is the best center ever! He's the best! Thanks for the post!
Great videos. Glad I got to see them.
David truely defined how good a center could be if he was fast, agressive and atheltic.
I would pay a great deal for a video of that game. It was recorded on tape but I have no idea if that tape was ever broadcast other than the short clips. HEAR ME SPURSTALK NATION!!!! FIND A COPY OF THIS VIDEO!!!!
That and the quadruple-double, please.
Check Ebay.
Kori works with WOAI, so they might have a copy of the game.
Man I really miss DROB. I wish he could have just played a couple more years. Can't beat the way he went out though. Going out with the le was the best ending to an NBA career ever! Memories...
I remember there was a controversy over David's quadruple-double. Apparently David had nine assists until the Spurs statistician "found" an uncredited assist and bumped him to ten. All I can say about that is "SCREW THEM!!!" David was the man and without him, we may have lost the Spurs to another city.
Interesting that only four quadruple doubles have been recording in NBA history (they didn't count rebounds and blocks as stats for a while) and two of them by Spurs (Alvin Robertson, if you're not in jail again, please step up to accept your congratulations).
He was too tired to win a championship. Is that close enough?
Didn't Gervin get a quadruple double aswell?
Never seen it up for auction and trust me if I haven't seen it, it realy isn't there.
No.
Ditto. I've checked online and ebay...nothing.
David ever leading a team like this into the playoffs with a high seeding is the truest testament to his utter greatness.mings,Terry F 22 2-10 1- 2 0- 0 6-12 2 0 0 1 0 5
Rodman,Dennis F 36 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0 3-17 3 1 1 2 1 8
Robinson,David C 44 26-41 18-25 1- 2 4-14 5 0 2 8 2 71
Del Negro,Vinny G 26 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2 6 4 0 2 2 2
Daniels,Lloyd G 25 2- 7 0- 0 0- 2 0- 2 1 2 1 3 2 4
Knight,Negele 24 3- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 5 0 1 0 2 6
Floyd,Sleepy 23 1- 5 1- 4 1- 2 1- 5 6 0 0 4 3 4
Carr,Antoine 24 2- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Reid,J.R. 12 2- 6 2- 2 0- 0 3- 4 0 0 0 1 2 6
Haley,Jack 4 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
TOTALS 240 44-87 22-33 2- 6 17-58 28 8 5 21 17 112
Gervin wasn't really the type of guy to concern himself too with assists, blocks and steals. For his career, he averaged less than three assists, less than a block and a little over one steal a game.
Neither the Spurs nor the Clippers taped this game which is why it was never broadcast. If you pay attention to the clips, they are all shot from the same seat, either on the first couple of rows or from someone sitting with the press cameramen. If the fan/media guy managed to get the entire game taped, you could probably match it with the radio call to get a crude broadcastable tape but if you pay even more attention to the tape, all of the clips are from the second half. Technically these are the most usable shots since the cameraman is on this part of the court, but it may also be that someone from the local media decided to get some extra footage instead of simple postgame interviews because of what was happening.
A fan might capture most of the game assuming his camera battery/batteries allowed him to. Media most likely would begin to capture highlights as something started to develop and extra footage if something special started to develop. I can't say for certain but it is unlikely a full tape of the game exists.
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