Penny was smoking in this series - last three games he was scoring 40ish ppg and this last game had 36 if i recall. I wished he was this aggressive during the regular season.
Orlando would've won this series had the STARTERS not been out injured. Horace Grant and Rony Seikaly both on the bench wearing suits. They came back and almost beat a strong Heat team except for inexperienced Orlando coach putting Armstrong on Tim Hardaway on a clutch situation at the end. That basically gave the Heat the win.
This Miami Heat team didn't deserve to be in the conference finals that year. Without the suspensions the Knicks would had kicked their ass in the second round.
I'd be upset too if I was Armstrong. After Orlando got owned in the first 2 and a half games with Shaw starting, he finally gets playing time and and was kicking ass. Penny gets all the praise for bringing them back from the dead in this series, and rightfully so, but Armstrong really was the catalyst.
Armstrong will be crying every first round playoffs. When it was not with Penny it will be with Tmac. I wonder if Armstrong ever made it to the second round?
D a m n ! Look at this Tomfoolery excuse of an O rganization. Lose an whole entire ShaQuille O ‘ Neal and what was their retort? “Hey! Y’all know Dominique Wilkins is? Go get his brother. And some bubblegum. That’s the trick to great coaching.”
