Michael Wilbon - For One Night, Three Times Better

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The Wizards’ Inspiration
Published 4/25/2008 by Andrew Katz at NBA Rumors - Trades - Free Agents - Basketball Olympics - Dime Magazine
Right now it’s a toss-up between Gene Hackman’s speech in Hoosiers and a screaming fit from my high school basketball coach for the top honor of the greatest game-time speech I’ve ever heard. But I’m praying that Eddie Jordan was mic’d up after the Wiz were embarassed in game two against the Cavs. If so, that one’s going to win it all. From Michael Wilbon’s Washington Post column … Eddie Jordan has to be credited for taking a chance. He didn’t just make the usual playoff adjustments coaches make. He ripped his players apart. “Tore them down and built them back up, which ...

First Cup: Friday
Published 4/25/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post: "The Wizards were so much the better team in Game 3 that even LeBron had to laugh when Verizon Center fans began chanting 'Overrated! Overrated!' when he stood at the foul line late in the third quarter. Eddie Jordan has to be credited for taking a chance. He didn't just make the usual playoff adjustments coaches make. He ripped his players apart. 'Tore them down and built them back up, which is sort of risky this time of year,' Jordan admitted afterward. 'I read them the riot act. Showed all the things they did ...

The Internets are alive: Cavs at Wizards, Game 3
Published 4/25/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post: "Eddie Jordan has to be credited for taking a chance. He didn't just make the usual playoff adjustments coaches make. He ripped his players apart. "Tore them down and built them back up, which is sort of risky this time of year," Jordan admitted afterward. "I read them the riot act. Showed all the things they did wrong. And the next two days we told them how great they were." ...