JOHN STOCKTON UTAH JAZZ VS. ROCKETS 1997

Before the Jazz ran into Jordan’s Bulls in the 1997 NBA Finals, they had to get through the Rockets. Visiting Houston in the sixth game of the series, John Stockton was dynamite, dishing out 13 assists and pouring in 25 points on 8-of-15 shooting. Stockton’s biggest shot of the game came in the final moments with score knotted at 100, when he cleanly lofted a three-pointer from deep as time expired. The shot flew through the net, Stockton’s teammates mobbed him at midcourt and Utah headed to the NBA Finals. Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich looked like he knew his team’s season was over when the shot left Stockton’s hand. The point guard posted 15 points in the fourth quarter of the series-clinching win.