Official Site of the Tar Heels · May 10, 2020
Lucas: Rock The Cradle
In the instant that it happened, even Raycom commentators Mike Patrick and Jeff Mullins (a former Duke player) knew they had seen something extraordinary.
As soon as Michael Jordan threw down the now-legendary rock the cradle dunk at Maryland's Cole Field House, Patrick uttered his now-famous, "Look at that!" In the re-aired game on ESPN Sunday afternoon, though, we got the rest of the conversation.
Mullins: "You think we might've seen a highlight film move there? That will be in someone's highlight film coming up real soon."
It has, of course, been a staple of highlight films ever since. But there was one outlet where you never saw the replay: Dean Smith's television show that weekend.