![]() “After I let it fly, I just walked off the court behind our bench to the locker room. “There was only like four seconds on the clock, so with two, I just let it fly, right by our bench. “As I was going off the court, I noticed all the Georgia defenders were coming at me and leaving all my teammates open,” Maravich recalled. He told the story to Roy Firestone on an episode of Up Close in 1987. The ball went in, and he suddenly found himself in the arms of Georgia’s cheerleaders and fans. Just before the final buzzer sounded, he lofted a hook shot from 35 feet out and started to walk off the court. Maravich had the ball and was dribbling out the clock. In a game at Georgia, LSU held an eight-point lead in overtime in the waning seconds. Pete Maravich Played Just 26 Games With the Boston Celtics but Had a Heated Moment With Teammate Larry Bird Maravich hit a 35-foot hook shot and was carried off by the opposing team In 1988, Maravich died while playing in a pick-up basketball game. He was a five-time All-Star and averaged 24.2 points for his career. He played 10 seasons in the NBA, six with the New Orleans/Utah Jazz. The Atlanta Hawks made Maravich the third overall pick in 1970. “I think now we look at guys if they score 30, it becomes a story, right? ‘Hey, so-and-so got 30 last night.’ Well, that’s only 14 short of Maravich’s average,” Womack said. In his final year, he put up 44.5 points and 6.2 assists. Maravich played three years at LSU, averaging better than 43 points in each season. The rest of his teammates just watched him. He knew he was better than everybody else, and he just took over the game. “A group of us coaches went to see him play (back in the ’60s),” said former Auburn coach Sonny Smith. It was one of those things - if he’s coming to your town, you better go see him play.” “He was certainly responsible for bringing a lot of attention to SEC basketball. “The way basketball was in the 1960s in the SEC, it was full houses when he played, and half full when he wasn’t there,” said Mark Womack, Executive Associate Commissioner/CFO of the SEC back in 2019, per The Daily Advertiser. Maravich always seemed to steal the show. When Maravich was on the court, you couldn’t help but pull for him. It didn’t matter what team you were rooting for. | Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images. Pete Maravich was the ultimate crowd pleaser Pete Maravich of the LSU Tigers drives to the basket against the Kentucky Wildcats on February 21, 1970, at the John Parker Memorial Coliseum in Baton Rouge, LA. The ball swished through the net, and suddenly Maravich was carried around the court by Georgia cheerleaders and fans. As the clock wound down, Maravich launched a 35-foot hook shot and walked off the court. ![]() In one game against Georgia, Maravich finished with 58 points in LSU’s 90-80 overtime victory. The man they called “Pistol Pete” was one of the most exciting players in college history. At LSU, he scored a career-high 69 points in a 106-104 loss to Alabama. Pete Maravich had some big games and wild moments during his illustrious college basketball career. ![]()
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