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Reggie Miller

Miller in 2010.
No. 31
Position:	Shooting Guard
League:	NBA
Personal information
Full name:	Reginald Wayne Miller
Born:	August 24, 1965 (1965-08-24) (age 60)Riverside, California
Nationality:	American
Physical stats
Listed height:	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight:	195 lbs (88 kg)
Career information
High school:	Riverside Polytechnic High School(Riverside, California)
College:	UCLA (1983–1987)
NBA Draft:	1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th
Selected by the Indiana Pacers
Playing career:	1987-2005 (18 years)
Career history
1987-2005	Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
5× NBA All-Star (1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000) 3× All-NBA Third Team (1995, 1996, 1998) 50–40–90 club (1994) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2004) NBA 75th Anniversary Team No. 31 retired by the Indiana Pacers Third-team All-American – UPI (1986) 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1986, 1987) No. 31 retired by the UCLA Bruins USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2002)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta
FIBA World Championship
Gold	1994 Canada

Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers. Miller was known for his precision three-point shooting, especially in clutch situations and most notably against the New York Knicks including a game where he scored 8 points in 9 seconds, for which he earned the nickname "Knick Killer". When he retired, he held the record for most career 3-point field goals made. He is currently third on the list behind Ray Allen and Stephen Curry. A five-time All-Star selection, Miller led the league in free throw accuracy five times and won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Miller is widely considered the Pacers' greatest player of all time. His No. 31 was retired by the team in 2006. Currently, he works as an NBA commentator for TNT. On September 7, 2012, Miller was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 College
• 3 NBA career
• 4 External links

Early life[]

Miller was born in Riverside, California. He was born with hip deformities, which caused an inability to walk correctly. After a few years of continuously wearing braces on both legs, his leg strength grew enough to compensate. One of five siblings, he comes from an athletic family. His brother Darrell is a former Major League Baseball player (catcher for the California Angels); his sister Tammy played volleyball at California State University, Fullerton; and his older sister Cheryl is a Hall of Fame women's basketball player. Cheryl was a member of the 1984 U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic basketball team and is currently an analyst for Turner Sports. One of the family anecdotes Reggie liked to recall was when Cheryl used to beat him in games of 1-on-1 prior to his professional career. According to Reggie, they quit playing when he was finally able to block Cheryl's shot. Miller claims that his unorthodox shooting style was developed to arc his shot over his sister's constant shot blocking.

College[]

Miller attended Riverside Polytechnic High School and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he received a degree in history. In the 1984–1985 NCAA season, he helped the UCLA Bruins to an NIT championship. In his senior season, 1986–1987, he led the Bruins to a Pacific-10 regular season championship and the first Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship. The Three-point field goal was instituted for the 1986–1987 season; 69 of his 247 field goals were from three point range that year. One of his most memorable performances was in the January 24, 1987 game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where he hit a clutch 24-foot (7.3 m) shot to put the Bruins ahead 61–59 with 10 seconds left. Another notable game was a win against defending national champion Louisville and Pervis Ellison on February 28, 1987. Miller scored 33 points in the second half, which is still the school record.

His final game was a loss in the second round of the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament to Wyoming. He finished second in all-time scoring at UCLA behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. As of 2009, he still holds the UCLA single-season records for most league points, highest league scoring average, and most free throws. He also holds several individual game records.

NBA career[]

The Indiana Pacers selected 11th overall in the 1987 NBA Draft. Notably when he was selected, he was booed by Pacers fans due to him being selected before Indiana native Steve Alford. He started off coming off the bench behind John Long, before ultimately becoming the primary scoring option after Chuck Pearson was traded. Under Miller's leadership, the Pacers became a perennial championship contender in the Eastern Conference, notably reaching the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the Knicks. His performance against them in Game 1, where he scored 25 points in the 4th quarter caused him to become antagonised by the Knicks fanbase, although the Pacers ultimately lost the series.

In the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, Miller would score 8 points in 9 seconds in Game 1, solidifying a victory. The Pacers would win the series, leading Miller to become known as the "Knick killer". They were however eliminated by the Orlando Magic in the Conference Finals.

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