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After Kobe Bryant suffered a gruesome ankle injury in Game 2 of the 2000 NBA Finals, doubt started to creep in. Los Angeles Lakers fans knew how critical Kobe was to the team's success. He wasn't just Shaquille O'Neal 's sidekick. The Mamba was a superstar in his own right.
The New York Knicks showed last season that they have what it takes to make it deep into the playoffs. They made it all the way to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000.
With a deficit of about 2,200 season tickets, Nancy Leonard, assistant general manager and wife of then-coach Bobby “Slick” Leonard, came up with an idea to host a telethon to raise the money. The “Save The Pacers” telethon surpassed its goal on July 4, 1977, and the rest is history.