Usually, the Chicago Bulls loved Scottie Pippen for his selflessness. This time, though, the Bulls became disappointed in Pippen’s selfishness.
In Game 3 of the 1994 Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bulls and New York Knicks were tied with 1.8 seconds left. Though the Bulls had often relied on Pippen’s scoring, passing and defense following Michael Jordan’s retirement, they also relied on Toni Kukoc to make varying game-winning shots. So coachPippen refused to enter the game, and suggested nearly 26 years later that he would have done the same thing.
"It's one of those incidents that I wish had never happened," Pippen said in Episode 7 of"The Last Dance" documentary Sunday."But if I had a chance to do it all over again, I probably wouldn’t change it.""I felt like it was an insult coming from Phil," Pippen said."I was the most dangerous guy on our team.
When the Bulls took the floor following the timeout, Pippen stayed on the bench. Assistant coach Jim Cleamons informed Jackson that Pippen refused to enter the game. Jackson approached Pippen and recalled asking him,"Are you in or are you out?"Jackson subbed in Pete Myers to inbound the ball. Myers found Kukoc at the top of the key, and Kukoc drained the shot to win the game and cut the Knicks’ series lead to 2-1.
"I was obviously happy for making the shot. But there was the whole situation," Kukoc said."Everyone was going to the locker and everyone was pissed that things are not right."
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