Over 25 years, Bill Wennington has used some variation of the same line. But given the magnitude of the occasion, it still hasn’t grown old.
Do you remember the time Michael Jordan and I combined for 57 points?
Still, with Saturday marking the actual 25-year anniversary of Jordan’s famous 55-point outburst against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden in his fifth game back from a 17-month retirement, it was nice of Wennington to offer up something new.
“My line at the time was, ‘What was Patrick Ewing doing leaving me at the basket? It’s not like Michael had 55.