Zach Harper

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The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this day in 1991, Michael Jordan had another one of his iconic moments. While coming down the lane against the Lakers, Jordan went up with the right hand, switched hands in midair to the left and finished the layup - absolutely legendary. Finals TimeWho will be crowned the new NBA champions? It's finally here.

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Zach Harper

As the Oklahoma City Thunder attempt to complete their journey for their first NBA championship, the core of their record-breaking, 68-win roster can be traced all the way back to the franchise's Seattle Supersonics days. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the MVP of the league, is actually a result of a succession of deals that go all the way back to when Rashard Lewis was stretching the floor as a 6-foot-10 forward.

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Zach Harper

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this date in 1987, Michael Cooper set a finals record with six made 3-pointers. At the time, single games averaged 2.8 made 3-pointers per game, so that's the equivalent of someone hitting roughly 58 3-pointers in a finals game in today's NBA. Feels like Steph Curry could do it. Also, nobody check that math. New Voice NeededWill Knicks replace Tom Thibodeau with clone?

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Zach Harper

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this date in 1992, Michael Jordan lit up the Blazers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Bulls won 122-89 behind 39 points from Jordan. He scored 35 of them in the first half, thanks to six 3-pointers. He made only five 3s in the 16 playoff games leading up to that night. He hit six more 3-pointers the rest of the finals. We all remember the iconic shrug.

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Zach Harper

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. It feels apropos to just watch 30 minutes of hilarious moments from "Inside the NBA."Title Round SetPacers-Thunder finals worthy of your attention The Pacers did to the Knicks what most teams do when leading 3-1 in a playoff series: end it before it gets to a Game 7. The Pacers started the Knicks' summer Saturday night with a 125-108 victory in Game 6 in Indianapolis.