This is inspired by Detlef's report of an epic Tecmo Super Bowl playoff game here:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34...niping-520780/
I always love telling people my amazing NBA game recaps whether they want to hear them or not. I'm assuming I'm the only one who will ever post ITT, so perhaps this should be expanded to all sports.
I've played seasons of NBA Live '95-'98 using the Knicks, 48-minute games, 82 game seasons. I began the epic quest in the cold winter of 1996 and do plan on continuing the dynasty eventually. I have also played a handful of shorter non-canonical seasons in several different games.
This post will focus on just one game though, probably the greatest regular season game in the history of the [fake] NBA. I dare anybody to top it.
It was the 1996-7 season and my Knicks probably had the best record in the league, but not close to undefeated. It was IRL the summer of 1999 after my senior year of HS. I had one of those stretches where there were a bunch of close games which fell both for and against me. In one particularly memorable one, up by 1 on the Pacers, Reggie Miller hit a (well guarded) 15 footer at the buzzer to beat me. This pissed me off enough to shelve the game for a month or two.
So now I'm up at college and it's late September. It was a lazy afternoon after classes, and I finally decided to continue my season. Game was at Charlotte (which incidentally had the prettiest court). My memory has not failed me; I checked the real 1997 NBA schedule today and these games took place on 1/23 and 1/24:
http://www.databasebasketball.com/te...K&yr=1996&lg=N
So the game is in its last 30 seconds or so and I'm down by 6, once again frustrated with my suckiness. I forget the exact action at this point, probably something like a lay-up by me and then a foul with them making both.
I'm still down 6 with under 0:10 to play. Allan Houston hits a 3 at the arc, but I'm still obviously screwed down 3. There must have been only around 0:05 left at this point. I go for the foul, but Houston manages to
steal the ball on the inbound pass. At this point I nearly panic and shoot the wide open lay-up, but I regain my composure and realize that I really don't even have time to rush behind the arc and fire up a 3. My teammates are of course on the other end of the court.
All of a sudden, from out of nowhere and like a bat out of hell, PATRICK EWING comes barreling down the court, headed for the left baseline. Literally now at the last possible milliseconds, I throw the pass before Ewing even gets there, Ewing gets both feet behind the line, turns, jumps, catches, and shoots all in one motion at...the...buzzer...
BANG!!!!
Unbelievable...replays confirm that the ball was STILL on Ewing's fingertips at 0.01, so this literally could not have been timed more perfectly.
In OT I win comfortably, and this blows my whole season wide open and begins a long winning streak of something like 27 straight.
My only regret is that my suitemates were not there to see it.
Also please don't report games where computer assistance was on, or if so, specify.
Last edited by Baltimore Jones; 07-03-2009 at 10:46 PM.