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Miami Arena, March 29, 1996. The Miami Heat are facing the Washington Bullets.

All night long, Alonzo Morning of the Heat has been guarded by a giant of a man named George Morasson.

At 7'7, Morasson is one of the fiercest players in the league, the tallest player in NBA history, an impenetrable

wall with a non-stop motor.

But Alonso Morning is one of the greatest ever to step on the court.

When the final buzzer goes, the heat have won 112 to 93, and Morning has scored an incredible

50 points. That game was a career high for Morning. He would go on to be a seven-time

All-Star and a gold medalist in the 2000 Olympics. But little did he know, his toughest

opponent was yet to come.

After returning from the Olympics in Sydney,

morning started into his usual off-season training,

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