Run TMC

Run TMC was the high-scoring trio of Hall of Fame basketball teammates consisting of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin.

Coached by Don Nelson, who was also inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Warriors played a fast-paced, run-and-gun style, and Run TMC was the league's highest-scoring trio in the 1990–91 season.

Mullin finishing eighth in scoring (25.7), Richmond 10th (23.9), and Hardaway 11th (22.9), averaging 72.5 points as the league's highest-scoring trio.

[2][7] Their combined scoring average was the second highest in NBA history for a 20-point trio,[a][9] surpassed only by the 76.7 by Denver's Alex English (28.4), Kiki Vandeweghe (26.7), and Dan Issel (21.6) in 1982–83.

[b] The Warriors advanced to the playoffs, upsetting David Robinson and the San Antonio Spurs before losing to the Los Angeles Lakers.

[5] In the trio's two seasons together, the Warriors had a cumulative record of 81–83, never finished higher than fourth place in the Pacific Division, and won one of two playoff series.

The newspaper pared it down to the 50 best before presenting them to the players, who selected "Run TMC" over the other two finalists, "The Marks Brothers" and "Three-Mendous".

[12][13] Six entrants had entered "Run TMC", with musician Peter Elman declared the contest's winner in a drawing.

"Run DMC was one of the first rap groups that most people really took notice of ... We definitely liked that nickname," remembered Richmond.

In 1996, Hardaway was traded to the Miami Heat,[15] and the Warriors dealt Mullin the following year to the Indiana Pacers.

Mullin and Hardaway came close to winning an NBA championship, while Richmond won one with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2002, albeit with limited playing time.