a 95' Magic Tale * - ORL (6-0) - SHAQPOWERED

[Alejandrov011]

Just Classic

Team: Orlando Magic
Game: NBA Action 95 - Sega Genesis (Run on PC)
Quarter: 6 minutes
Difficulty: All Star



Why: Because I always loved this game... And I can run it in my house! yeah!

[Alejandrov011]

ORLANDO MAGIC PRESEASON ROSTER




The Coach, Brian Hill, believed that this was they year. They had a beast in Shaquille O'Neal, a mature Penny Hardaway, the duo of shooters in Nick Anderson and Scott, and the all-terrain Horace Grant..

We just need one more piece.. a solid bench

They began the search of a solid 4 who can give some rest to Shaq and Grant, because Tree Rollins was old and just the only other center..
So the decided to pull the trigger. They sent F Donald Royal to Utah in exchange of FC Tom Chambers

• Chambers has a 14 year experience in the league, but he still can score of the bench. He can be a solid piece in Playoffs.
(+): Experience. He can play the PF and C. Can shoot the three
(-): Not a great defender as Tree Rollins

Tom Chambers Info


Now Coach Hill wanted shooters of the bench, only Brian Shaw was a reliable 3 point shooter.. So they signed Free Agents GF Eric Piatkowski and F Marcus Liberty

• Liberty will be the one of the three men rotation of the bench (along with Shaw and Chambers). He will be one of the scoring threats of the bench
(+): Can shoot the three
(-): Shaq shoot better free throws

Marcus Liberty Info


• Piatkowski was signed to play some minutes when both Anderson and Scott are in the bench
(+): He's a rookie, doesn't need ton of minutes. Can shoot the 3
(-): Awful defender

Eric Piatkowski Info


G Brooks Thompson and F Jeff Turner were waived

THE OFFICIAL AND FINAL ROSTER



Team Captain: Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway

PLAYERS COMPETITION

Inside the team, some players decided to compete each other in some categories. Here is the list

POINTS: Hardaway vs Shaq
REBOUNDS: Shaq vs Grant
3PT %: Scott vs Anderson vs Hardaway
FG %: Shaq vs Grant vs Rollins (yeah, the Tree!)
POINTS OF THE BENCH: Chambers vs Liberty
3PT % OF THE BENCH: Chambers vs Liberty vs Shaw vs Piatkowski

[Radioman]

Now this is something special

Looking forward to it, great to see my all favourite team the 1995 Orlando Magic.

[Alejandrov011]

ORLANDO STARTS STRONG. DODGE THE BULLETS


In a very offensive game The Magic beat the Bullets 124 - 111. Shaquille O'Neal led the game with 38 points, 8 rebounds and 9 blocks, imposing his defensive presence

The Magic, poised to be an All Attack Team, had trouble to expand the lead, when they reached a 10 point lead, the Bullets rallied to put the game even. But in the 4th, with 2 consecutive threes from Scott and 1 from Anderson, they escaped with a 17 point lead and never relinquish.

Penny had 29 points, 15 assists and Scott had 26 on 6-10 from deep.

For the Bullets, Kevin Duckworth had 24 and Chris Webber 22

MVP OF THE GAME

Shaq defense prevailed, that was the difference maker in an offensive game

PHOTO OF THE GAME

Shaq shooting a free throw. And yes, he missed

Orlando starts at 1-0

[kibaxx7]

This is actually interesting and pretty creative

[Alejandrov011]

Now this is something special

Looking forward to it, great to see my all favourite team the 1995 Orlando Magic.

Thanks! I'm a huge fan of Penny! He and Shaq could have been a terrific duo! But well... Shaq started a new duo with a new kid... Kobe Something...

This is actually interesting and pretty creative

Thanks viejo! I like NBA Action '95... My friends say that I'm crazy, in my apartment I can play NBA 2K12.... but I love this old games. I will try to keep it Creative and a funny one

[Radioman]

Shaq was already a beast when he entered the league. I think they could have had a chance to win the title, but as you said Shaq choose another location. Sad that Penny went down some years later with all those injuries.

However Hardaway was great in his first few years in the league and i am still watching some highlights of him when he was in his prime, just amazing.

[White Chocolate]

As I remember, you can edit Shaq's name in rosters: "Roster Center" to "Shaquille O'Neal" and his jersey number to 32. And also: "Roster Forward" to "Charles Barkley".

Interesting idea of the old school dynasty. It was my fav basketball game in 90's too.

[Alejandrov011]

As I remember, you can edit Shaq's name in rosters: "Roster Center" to "Shaquille O'Neal" and his jersey number to 32. And also: "Roster Forward" to "Charles Barkley".

Interesting idea of the old school dynasty. It was my fav basketball game in 90's too.

I was looking how to change it but i couldn't

Thanks for the comment!

[Alejandrov011]

70 IS BIGGER THAN 76
PENNY'S CAREER HIGH DISMANTLE PHILADELPHIA



When Shaquille O'Neal fouled out with 4 minutes left in the 3rd Quarter for an elbow to the head of Clarence Weatherspoon while shooting, the Magic chances to win the game were slim. Down by 8 and without the starting center, Anfernee Hardaway decided to put the team in his shoulders...

Penny had 27 points at that time and scored 15 more in the 3rd and 28 in the 4th to finish the game with a Career High 70 points, along with 7 assists, 7 rebounds, 7 steals and 3 blocks.. An all around game for Penny.

Shaq finished the game with 10 points, 6 rebound, 6 blocks and 6 fouls. Coach Hill was asked why he decided to not pull Shaq from the game when he commited his 5th foul

"He was defending pretty well, but also was trying to block everything. I told him to stay two more minutes and to not block anymore... And he commited the sixth on the offensive end...."

Shaq's replacement, Tree Rollins scored 11 points of the bench, and Chambers had 8. Dennis Scott scored 16.

For Philadelphia, Weatherspoon had 21 and Sharone Wright 17

MVP OF THE GAME

Just... Crazy

PHOTO OF THE GAME

The record FG, with 31 seconds left

• Orlando's Record is now 2-0
• Hardaway's 70 points is tied for the 9th most scored points in game in NBA History, Congratulations Penny!

[cavs4872]

Nice Try for the quadruple-double next time.

[White Chocolate]

Wow! 70-pt game! Penny is awesome. I think you can rewrite the NBA history with him. No doubt, this is not last Hardaway's milestone in your dynasty.

[Alejandrov011]

Nice Try for the quadruple-double next time.

triple-double first! jajaja, we will see.. Just 2 games played, there's still 80 games to play, so Penny can play some magic!

Wow! 70-pt game! Penny is awesome. I think you can rewrite the NBA history with him. No doubt, this is not last Hardaway's milestone in your dynasty.

I always was a great fan of Penny Hardaway. Once in NBA Shootout 2002 I scored 92 points with him while he was in Phoenix. If you give 30 minutes I turn on the PSone and I take a photo with my cellphone. I still have the season saved in my memory card.

this is not last Hardaway's milestone in your dynasty.

That's sure!

[Alejandrov011]

OFFTOPIC!


As promised... The pictures with Penny's records in my NBA Shootout 2002 in PSone

PHOTO 1


Seem's that in a future.. Penny will break his own record three times....

PHOTO 2

Marbury was the stealing machine.. But Penny had the Record

PHOTO 3

This time the NBA Record belongs to Starbury with 33 dimes (sorry for the bad image)

AND AS A BONUS TRACK - PHOTO 4

The CD is almost destroyed, that's why I asked for 30 minutes... It takes time to make the game run

[Alejandrov011]

TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE
PENNY'S TRIPLE-DOUBLE ENOUGH TO BEAT CHARLOTTE



3 days after the record setting night, Anfernee Hardaway is still hot. His late free throws were crucial to stop the late rally by Hershey Hawkins three pointers. The game finished 112-108. This time he scored "just" 44 points, along with 13 dimes and 10 rebounds to lead the Magic.
This time he had the help of Shaquille O'Neal who had 34 points, 8 rebounds and 9 blocks, he also did a great job controlling his fouls, he had just 2

For Charlotte Muggsy Bogues led the team with 20 points and 11 rebounds (yeah, the little Muggsy). Robert Parish had 15 from the bench.

MVP OF THE GAME

Penny's 1st triple-double of the year... And surely not the last

PHOTO OF THE GAME

Penny's FT dediced the game. He was 17-17 from the stripe

• Penny also had 4 steals in the game
• The Magic bench scored just 7 points (Liberty 3, Chambers and Shaw 2 apiece)
• Nick Anderson had 5 steals
• How the hell can Muggsy Bogues grab 11 rebounds between Alonzo Mourning, Shaq and Horace Grant?
• Hardaway is averaging 48 points a game.

• Orlando's Record is now 3-0

[cavs4872]

There you go. Now it's time for the quad

Can you differentiate between the players in this game beside the obvious things like Grant's glasses lol?

[Alejandrov011]

There you go. Now it's time for the quad

Can you differentiate between the players in this game beside the obvious things like Grant's glasses lol?

Shaq is the giant, Horace the glassed one, Scott has a moustache. The problem is between Penny and Anderson because they're identical. and both look fot the ball for PG duties. Shaw is also identical to them, but only plays when Penny is out. Liberty is also identical to them but he plays the 3, so he's always in the corner.
Same happens with Chambers and Piatkowski, I recognise them for where they're on the floor.
Anyway, everybody can shoot the three, so if they're alone they shoot, regardless who they are (except Shaq, Tree and Grant)

[White Chocolate]

Interesting off-topic stuff.

Penny is a beast in your team! What else he can do? Quadruple-double? I think you go for 82-0 in the season.

Some advice: you can add some photos of those times. It will add some atmosphere in your thread.

[Radioman]

I loved this Hornets team.

Great Games by Penny.

[Alejandrov011]

CENTERS BATTLE
ORLANDO SWEATS TO BEAT EWINGLESS KNICKS


There's a mistake in the Highlights, Shaq had 11 rebounds, that 20 number belongs to Penny's assists

Two days before the game Patrick Ewing twisted his right knee and he is out 7-10 days, so the Magic believed it would be an easy game, but Center filler Herb Williams showed that he was prepared to fight O'Neal, but his 34 points weren't enough as the Magic beat the Knicks 120 - 107.

The game was close until the fourth when Hardaway steal two consecutive balls that lead to 9 points, all from three pointers (Chambers, Scott and Anderson), and after that the game was sealed.

Shaq was the MVP of the game with a triple-double: 38 points, 11 rebounds and season best 13 blocks to dominate the game. Whe can also recognise that Hardaway had a beast game also, just flirting with another triple double: 28 points, 20 assists and 9 huge steals.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Shaq flirted with a triple double earlier in the season. He finally got it

PHOTO OF THE GAME

Shaq showing some dancing skills

• Chambers, Liberty and Shaw combined for 21 points off the bench
• Nick Anderson isn't shooting, he scored just 7 points (Average: 8.3 points)
• Scott had 16 with 4-8 from three
• Besides Williams, no other Knick scored more than 14 points
• Orlando's Record is 4-0

OFF: RETRO PHOTO

By the way.. This is Herb Williams!

[Radioman]

Shaq with 13 blocks is impressive. Knicks were no matchup without Ewing.

[Alejandrov011]

Shaq with 13 blocks is impressive. Knicks were no matchup without Ewing.

Shaq blocked a lot because Starks easily beat Anderson and went to the basket where Shaq was waiting, and also because of Herb Williams' shooting. He was the centerpiece of the attack and shooted a lot, he was blocked so many times but also scored!

By the way, PF and C are the most shooters, that's why the high blocking numbers

Thanks for following!

[Alejandrov011]

.
A HUGE TREE
ROLLINS SCORES THE LAST 6 POINTS OF THE GAME TO FINISH THE MAGIC RALLY AGAINST 76ERS



The last time this two teams played, Shaq fouled out in the third quarter and Penny exploded for 70 points... Ironically Shaq fouled out early again... but this time Penny wasn't the hero. Down by 4 with 45 seconds left, Wayne "Tree" Rollins scored is only 6 points of the game to make a 6-0 run to finish the game and lifting the Magic over the 76ers.

The Magic had difficulties the entire game, Anderson, Scott and Penny had all 4 fouls and Shaq 5 entering the 4th quarter.. And they were struggling from deep (just 23% for the game), and the Sixers bench was unstoppable, making a 15 points differential entering the last quarter.
Coach Hill decided to start the 4th with O'Neal and the deficit was reduced to 7 when Shaq fouled out.

"When we rallied within 5 I thought we could win the game, but when Shaq fouled out, I was almost sure that the game was lost"
- A very positive Erik Piatkoswki

The game hanged on that difference until the final minute, Penny was missing easy shots, Scott was in the bench in favor of Chambers... And here comes the unexpected hero, who didn't take a shot before those 3 huge baskets.

Penny finished with 31 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. Shaq had another triple double with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 12 blocks but he was overshadowed by Rollins, who finished with 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal.

For Philadelphia, Wille Burton had 21 points and Sharone Wright and Scott Williams had 18 apiece.

MVP OF THE GAME

Come on Penny! This space should be awarded to Rollins!

PHOTO OF THE GAME

I wanted to put a pic of Tree shooting.. But Penny deserves some consideration, he played like a C on the 4th with Shaq out

• Nick Anderson is in a scoring slump, he had only 2 points
• Philly's bench outscored the Magic one, 47 to 27
• Chambers scored 10, including a buzzer beater 3 at the end of the third
• Orlando's record is now 5-0


Expect a Tree Rollins night the next game

[Radioman]

Really nice start, i love to see all those names again. Makes me feel to play some retro basketball games.

Tree Rollins

I remember in my retro Live 06 Dynasty. It was the 1992 season when The Rockets faced the Nets in the finals. Olajuwon was injured and Tree Rollins stepped up.
The Rockets won the Championship with Thorpe as the MVP.

[Alejandrov011]

Really nice start, i love to see all those names again. Makes me feel to play some retro basketball games.

Tree Rollins

I remember in my retro Live 06 Dynasty. It was the 1992 season when The Rockets faced the Nets in the finals. Olajuwon was injured and Tree Rollins stepped up.
The Rockets won the Championship with Thorpe as the MVP.

Yeah, it's nice to remember those old names that we heard when we were a child.. like Rollins, Hornacek, Horace Grant, Sabonis, Divac, Ceballos...