Steubenhoosier Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 Passed today at the age of 80. One of my greatest NBA memories was him returning from injury to play in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. True warrior and leader and the Knicks have not won another championship since he left them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Steubenhoosier said: Passed today at the age of 80. One of my greatest NBA memories was him returning from injury to play in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. True warrior and leader and the Knicks have not won another championship since he left them. He limped out of the locker room late...the Knick fans went nuts...and he started the game, I believe, then early in the first quarter made a jump shot off one leg and the fans went crazy. That's my bad memory of basically what happened. Of course, the Knicks won and Willis became a legend. That was an amazing team...truly. RIP, big man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, jv1972iu said: He limped out of the locker room late...the Knick fans went nuts...and he started the game, I believe, then early in the first quarter made a jump shot off one leg and the fans went crazy. That's my bad memory of basically what happened. Of course, the Knicks won and Willis became a legend. That was an amazing team...truly. RIP, big man. He made 2 jumpers, then Red Holtzman took him out... That's all the Knicks needed... RIP Willis... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawatchHoosier Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, jv1972iu said: He limped out of the locker room late...the Knick fans went nuts...and he started the game, I believe, then early in the first quarter made a jump shot off one leg and the fans went crazy. That's my bad memory of basically what happened. Of course, the Knicks won and Willis became a legend. That was an amazing team...truly. RIP, big man. I had never heard this story until you told me about it. Thanks for sharing. Here's a short documentary about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSHoosier Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Steubenhoosier said: Passed today at the age of 80. One of my greatest NBA memories was him returning from injury to play in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. True warrior and leader and the Knicks have not won another championship since he left them. Said to my wife that I still remember watching that game 7 when I was 13 years old. Really stoked my love for basketball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 I said it somewhere else but I was hoping the return of X would have a similar result! Oh well? RIP Willis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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