Other than Vlade Divac, no big man on the Sacramento Kings spent more time guarding Shaquille O'Neal during those hotly contested Playoff series than Scot Pollard.
Pollard admitted to trying everything in the book to slow down the all-time great, telling the LA Times prior to Game 3 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals, "You have to use your fouls wisely," he said. "You have to throw different looks at him. You have to be active. You have to try to make him confused, so he's worried about the defense instead of just catching the ball and dunking on your head.