Reggie Miller

[1][2][3][4][5] A five-time All-Star selection, Miller was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.

He is currently sixth on the list behind Stephen Curry, James Harden, Ray Allen, Damian Lillard and Klay Thompson.

Miller led the league in free throw percentage five times and won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

One of his most memorable performances was in the January 24, 1987, game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where he hit a 24-foot (7.3 m) shot to put the Bruins ahead 62–59 with 10 seconds left.

[17] Another notable game was a win against defending national champion Louisville and Pervis Ellison on February 28, 1987, where Miller scored 33 points in the second half, which is still the school record.

[18] Miller's final game was a loss in the second round of the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament to Wyoming.

[21] Miller wore jersey number 31 while playing for the Pacers, backing up shooting guard John Long before he became a starter.

Miller gained a respectable reputation early in his career as he led the Indiana Pacers to become a perennial playoff team.

[23] The 57 points he scored was the second-highest total in the NBA during the 1992–93 season (only Michael Jordan's 64 against Orlando on January 16 was higher), and still stands today as the Pacers' NBA franchise team record, although George McGinnis holds the Pacers all-time franchise record with 58 points in an ABA game.

[24] Miller became a household name during the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the Knicks, due to a phenomenal shooting performance in Game 5 on June 1, 1994, in which he scored 39 points (25 in the fourth quarter alone) in the Pacers' 93–86 victory at Madison Square Garden.

Miller made several long 3-pointers during the quarter and engaged in an animated discussion of his ongoing performance with noted Knicks fan Spike Lee, who was, as always, seated courtside.

[25] On May 7, 1995, Miller scored eight unanswered points in 8.9 seconds in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Knicks, leading the Pacers to a 107–105 victory.

Starks missed both free throws, and although Patrick Ewing managed to get the offensive rebound, his shot was just a bit long and hit the back rim.

Trailing by 2, New York had one last chance to win the game but failed to get a shot off, giving the Pacers a shocking 1–0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

[27] Near the end of the 1996 season, Miller fell to the floor and suffered an eye injury, leaving him unable to play in the playoffs until Game 5 of the first round against the Atlanta Hawks, where he wore goggles until the Pacers were eliminated.

They defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers[30] and Knicks[31] en route to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they faced Michael Jordan and the defending champion Bulls.

Miller got free from Jordan, caught the inbound pass from Derrick McKey, turned and made a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds to go.

[37] Game 6 at Madison Square Garden on June 2, 2000, was sealed by Miller's 34 points, with 17 coming in the fourth quarter to help Indiana clinch the series with a 93–80 victory over the Knicks.

[38] The Pacers advanced to the NBA Finals for the first and only time in franchise history, facing the Los Angeles Lakers led by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.

[40] In 2002, Miller almost single-handedly eliminated the top seed and eventual Eastern Conference Champion New Jersey Nets in the fifth and final game of the first round of the playoffs.

[42] In 2005, following the lengthy suspensions of star teammates O'Neal, Stephen Jackson, and Ron Artest for a brawl with fans in Detroit, Miller averaged nearly 20 points per game for stretches of the season.

[44][45] On April 11, in a game against the Toronto Raptors, Miller passed Jerry West to move into 12th on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

[46][47] Miller's last game was on May 19, 2005, at Conseco Fieldhouse, when the Pacers lost 88–79 to the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, ending the series 4–2.

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis opened the day with the prayer "Keep these drivers safe and God bless Reggie!"

"[59] A documentary titled Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks[60] premiered to the public on March 14, 2010, on ESPN.

During his career, he performed a voice role in the Disney-animated TV series Hercules; after retirement, he appeared in a comedy role in Uncle Drew in 2018 and appeared in the seventeenth season of the American reality competition television series Hell's Kitchen as one of the guest celebrity athletes assigned to contestants to serve as culinary students.

Miller with the ball against Washington State University, 1985
Miller's public feud with film director Spike Lee generated controversy for several years in the NBA playoffs.
Miller (right) taking a shot during Game 5 of the 2000 NBA Finals.
Miller warms up before a game in 2003
Miller, before waving the green flag at the 2005 Indianapolis 500 , days after his final game with the Pacers
Miller with Ray Allen and Steph Curry , recognized as the three greatest shooters in NBA history