The Last Dance

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They overthrew the NBA's balance of power, and they were loaded with memorable players. Everybody loved the Microwave. They had Adrian Dantley and then Mark Aguirre who could torch you. If you weren't a Lakers or Celtics fan, they had underdog appeal. In wrestling terms, they were kind of like a cool heel team. I suspect they'd be remembered fondly if they hadn't become the model for how the whole league was going to play. Now they're the historical end of the thrilling basketball of the Magic-Bird era instead of a cast characters who succeeded with a weird brand of prison yard ball for a brief moment in time.

I am now and grew up a Pacers fan, but I rooted for the Twin Towers Rockets as a good team that wasn’t the Lakers, Celtics or Sixers.