When listing off the NBA’s greatest 1-2 punches, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen are among the first to merit mention.
Through six NBA championships, a combined 21 All-Star appearances between the two, and a 514 regular season wins among them, few combinations were as potent.
The drawback of that successful partnership is that they essentially never played against one another. But on this date, 19 years ago, Pippen and the Portland Trail Blazers battled Jordan and the Washington Wizards, the first and only meeting between the two legends.
Pippen, then a 37-year-old, turned back the clock according to most accounts.