This year's mediocre ratings are nothing new for an NBA final featuring Kobe Bryant as the main attraction.
We scored each city on the number of times one of its teams has lost in the postseason, adjusting the misery points to give the most weight to losing in the final round (World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Final, Stanley Cup Final) and doling out progressively fewer points for losing earlier playoff rounds.
Jordan has hung up his NBA boots for the final time, but he leaves a sporting legacy many believe will remain permanently unmatched.
Heat F Juwan Howard was in uniform, his first time on an active roster since Game 5 of last season's NBA Finals, and played the final three-plus minutes for the debut appearance of his 19th season.
To use a sports metaphor, an NBA player tossing a ball in the final seconds of a period has nothing to lose.
For the Final Four, the former NBA player is joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as celebrity hosts for the NCAA official VIP pregame hospitality event hosted by PrimeSport.
They can influence it through choice of rules regarding eligibility, scoring, and fouls (to some extent), but the final combination on display on NBA courts mixes these choices with the unintended consequences of them along with team methods and with the long run evolution of player skills.
On their longest winning streak since winning 15 in a row from March 1 to April 2, 1994, the Knicks can tie the franchise record of 18 in a row, set early in their first NBA championship season of 1969-70, by winning their final five games.
Jordan has been a head coach in the NBA with Sacramento, Washington and Philadelphia, and helped lead Rutgers to the 1976 Final Four.
Kidd also illustrated an uncanny ability during the regular season to make clutch shots in key moments. (Not so much in the postseason, granted.) He was a team-best 50% (11-for-22) from the floor in the final five minutes of games that were separated by five points or less, according to NBA.com.
College basketball has grown younger as more star players leave after one season, the NBA-mandated minimum to enter the draft, but no team since the Fab Five has reached the NCAA final with an all-freshmen starting five.
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