![]() “A lot of people refer to that as the golden era of basketball. “You just think about the players that played in those games,” he said. Jesse Alvarez, Nike’s product director of men’s basketball, called them an “iconic” design. This season’s Nike City Edition Spurs uniform is an homage to those fiesta All-Star Game jerseys. It pops like a dance party at Lumon Industries. The 1996 jersey, with its turquoise canvas and fuchsia chili pepper stretched across the torsos of Michael Jordan and Penny Hardaway, is an all-timer for its distinctive ode to San Antonio, that year’s host city. “When I held it up, I thought it was a Phoenix Suns uniform. “I thought it was a nice uniform,” future Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen told the Chicago Tribune back in ’95. They engender love on social media with every mention, and for some, as a wistful juxtaposition of how bland modern All-Star Game jerseys have become. The 19 jerseys - colorful, brash and idiosyncratic - are fan favorites. Not only for their aesthetic but also as avatars of that era. Among the dozens of NBA All-Star Game uniforms, which have ranged from humdrum to aggressively boring to the 2014 jerseys, the ones over a two-year stretch in the mid-1990s remain adored. More than a quarter of a century later, Barros has no shortage of love for that jersey. The purple colors and the orange color scheme … I just thought it was dope to look at.” The cactus represented where you were at. It wasn’t the same old just East-West color combo. “I thought it was something different and something unique. Game 3, April 22: Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m.“It was dope,” Barros said. Game 2, April 19: Miami at Milwaukee, 9 p.m., ET, NBA TV Game 1, Sunday: Miami at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Game 7, April 30: New York at Cleveland, time and TV TBD Game 6, April 28: Cleveland at New York, time and TV TBD Game 5, April 26: New York at Cleveland, time and TV TBD Game 4, April 23: Cleveland at New York, 1 p.m. Game 3, April 21: Cleveland at New York, 8:30 p.m. Game 2, Tuesday: New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Game 1, Saturday: New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Game 7, April 29: Atlanta at Boston, time TBD, TNT Game 6, April 27: Boston at Atlanta, time and TV TBD Game 5, April 25: Atlanta at Boston, time and TV TBD Game 4, April 23: Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Game 3, April 21: Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Game 2, Tuesday: Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m. Game 1, Saturday: Atlanta at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Game 7, April 29: Brooklyn at Philadelphia, time TBD, TNT Game 6, April 27: Philadelphia at Brooklyn, time and TV TBD Game 5, April 24: Brooklyn at Philadelphia, time and TV TBD Game 4, April 22: Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 1 p.m. Game 3, April 20: Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m., TNT Game 2, Monday: Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m., TNT Game 1, Saturday: Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Let's take a closer look at the Eastern Conference bracket and standings as well as the schedule for all eight teams as the NBA playoffs kick off in earnest this weekend. 8 seed in the East, the Heat will take on the Bucks in Game 1 on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. 5 New York Knicks.Īfter clinching their spot as the No. The Saturday night Eastern Conference game will see the No. ET on ESPN.įollowing that East matchup will be the No. ![]() The first round of the NBA playoffs begins on Saturday for the Eastern Conference, the first teams to face off will be the No. ESPN Stats & Info Butler and Max Strus are the 3rd Heat duo with 30 points apiece in a playoff or play-in game:- LeBron James and Dwyane Wade (3 times)- Dwyane Wade and Damon Jones (2005 vs Nets) /8XCD4BqoNd
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