Saturday, September 08, 2018

That Time Grant Hill Played Great Defense on Kobe Bryant

In the 90’s, Grant Hill was special.  But injuries prevented him to develop into the revolutionary superstar that his potential showed.  He could have been the LeBron James before there was a LeBron James.

Nevertheless, he still managed to have an 18-year career in the NBA, and in 2010, he was an important role player for a Phoenix Suns team that found themselves in a Western Conference Finals matchup with the Kobe Bryant-led defending champions Los Angeles Lakers.

Kobe was a monster in that series, and in Game 6, he was killing the Suns, who were fighting off elimination.  But with the game at its closest seconds, rising to the occasion was 37-year-old Grant Hill, who played phenomenal, suffocating one-on-one defense on Kobe…
Didn’t matter.  Kobe still made the shot.  The Lakers would then go on to win the title over the Boston Celtics.

Great defense though.

Anyway, Grant Hill has just been enshrined to the basketball Hall of Fame.  Congrats to him.

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