Duke Basketball Report · Dec 28, 2020
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Photo by Rich Clarkson/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images Duke University player Christian Laettner cutting down net after winning NCAA championshipsKentucky’s disdain for Christian Laettner is widely known and enduring. He’s most famous of course for hitting The Shot that beat the Unforgettables, Kentucky’s brilliant team of average players that greatly exceeded any reasonable expectation fans had of them.
This was when Kentucky was rebuilding under Rick Pitino and was excpected to be, at best, average.
So it’s understandable that Laettner broke hearts across the Commonwealth. His so-called stomp on Aminu Timberlake was part of it too.