Memories of DJ

Okay, time to reminisce on the late Dennis Johnson...

1. The DJ poke....that move where he's squared up against someone, pokes their dribble behind them, and runs around the guy and makes the steal. This STILL works against the average clown in a pick-up game.

2. Game 4, 1985 finals....Celtics too injured to really compete with the Lakers, but DJ nails a 20 footer to win it at the buzzer in LA and tie the series. One of my high school friends lost power with a minute left in the game, he had to scurry to a car radio in his driveway to hear it.

3. 1986 finals, the post game show on the radio....he did a pretty funny Johnny Most impression while being interviewed. Not as good as Gerald Henderson's 1984 "Henderson stole the ball!" but still very funny.

4. Those passes to Bird just underneath the hoop, where even on TV you can't believe it goes by the heads of two defenders turned the wrong way, and Bird gets a lay-up.

Too bad his Hall of Fame vote next year will have to be a sympathy vote.