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Message: [QUOTE="yungdowork, post: 4386184, member: 10371"] Not a stat-stuffing game by any means, but my vote is probably 2nd half Okafor vs 1-seed Duke in 2004. That Duke team was loaded, all 5 starters for them ended up in the NBA with Deng and Shelden Williams both going top 10 and JJ Redick going 11th. Okafor went out with foul trouble and back spasms in the first half and Duke went on a massive run putting them up 10 or so after we had jumped out to an early lead. Emeka didn't get his first bucket until mid 2nd half, but from that point on he controlled the game. He scared Duke right out of the paint and forced Shelden Williams to foul out, but Redick and company hit several big 3s to put Duke ahead. Rashad Anderson responded with a couple 3s and then Emeka iced the game with one unstoppable post-up and one offensive board and putback. Duke meanwhile continued to hoist threes because they knew they couldn't drive against him. Okafor ended up with 18 points and 7 boards in 22 minutes, but the way he dominated when he came back has stuck with me since I watched the game as a kid. [/QUOTE]