The first image from NBC’s broadcast just before tip off in the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals Game Four was of Jon Koncak. It was brief but said everything about the chances the Magic had to avoid the surprising sweep.
There is nothing wrong with Koncak. He was a serviceable backup center, stepping in strong for Shaquille O’Neal in the season’s first two months after O’Neal broke his hand. A starter though he was not. And with Horace Grant on the sideline, Koncak had the call.
So too did Anthony Bowie and Dennis Scott to defend the Chicago Bulls’ all-time great wing players.