Thursday Throwback Posterization: Pippen Over The Mailman

Apologies for missing last week's Throwback Posterization, but I'm back with another classic throwdown. This week's jam is from none other than Scottie Pippen, or as my dad liked to call him, Pottie Scippen. This dunk is from game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, which the Bulls would go onto win 90-88 to take a 3-2 lead in the series. The Bulls closed the series out in the next game in Chicago, winning their fifth title in seven years.

Pippen blows by Utah's Chris Morris, who apparently had been giving Scottie trouble on defense up until that point. No one comes to help after Pippen gets into the lane, which forces Malone to leave his man and contest the dunk. The Mailman's help defense was too little too late, as Pippen absorbs the contact and finishes strong at the rim. I love how Pippen is all business after the dunk, but I guess you have to be all business when you're trailing 14-25 on the road in a crucial game 5 of the Finals.

Mr. Big Shot

Chauncey Billups is a dog, man. He hit 9 of 13 three pointers on his way to 39 points as the Nuggets trumped the Lakers 126-113 last night. I think Chauncey is one guy who Phil Jackson does not want to see again in the playoffs. Chauncey learned from the best, Larry Brown. The 2004 NBA Champion Pistons beat arguably the most stacked Lakers team, with Shaq, Kobe, Gary Payton, and Karl Malone. No one gave the Pistons a chance, yet Larry Brown got the best out of Chauncey and Rasheed Wallace. That series was where he earned his nickname, Mr. Big Shot, as he won the Finals MVP. I'd love to see another Lakers-Nuggets Western Conference finals. It would be an old rematch of sorts for Kenyon Martin too; he was on the Nets team that lost to the Lakers in 2002. I'm interested to see if George Karl could get them to the finals. I mean he couldn't do it last year, but I think Chauncey is figuring out how to lead this team better. A lot of people have been saying that the Nuggets are the team with the best chance to beat the Lakers. I'm not so sure about that though because of the beast in the east, Lebron James--You got to know I'm a say that.