{"id":1557787,"date":"2023-04-15T15:08:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T19:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1557787"},"modified":"2023-04-15T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T19:22:15","slug":"dennis-rodman-perfect-dig-anthony-mason-choked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dennis-rodman-perfect-dig-anthony-mason-choked\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Rodman Had the Perfect Dig for Anthony Mason After Getting Choked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the NBA playoffs throughout the 1990s \u2014 especially in the Eastern Conference \u2014 teams took physicality to the next level. And two of the biggest culprits of the playoffs dark arts were <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/chicago-bulls\/\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/dennis-rodman\/\">Dennis Rodman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/charlotte-hornets\/\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a> forward Anthony Mason. When the two got together in 1998, things got so heated that Mason choked Rodman. \u201cThe Worm\u201d didn\u2019t respond physically, though. He only came back with a killer one-liner after the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dennis-rodman-zinged-anthony-mason-after-the-hornets-forward-chocked-him\"><strong>Dennis Rodman zinged Anthony Mason after the Hornets forward chocked him<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman | Interview Post-Game <br><br>NBA Eastern Semifinals | Game 4 <br><br>May 10, 1998<br><br>\ud83d\udccdCharlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BullsNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BullsNation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p4tIqyfWcO\">pic.twitter.com\/p4tIqyfWcO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Jordan Rules (@Rules23Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rules23Jordan\/status\/1647234196958773252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/michael-jordan-reveals-still-surprised-the-last-dance\/\">\u201cLast Dance\u201d Bulls season<\/a> of 1997-98, Chicago took on the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (Round 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That Hornets team featured a tough, veteran squad of Glen Rice, Anthony Mason, Vlade Divac, David Wesley, former Bulls guard B.J. Armstrong, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-good-was-dell-curry-the-father-of-golden-state-warriors-star-stephen-curry\/\">Stephen Curry\u2019s dad, Dell<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bulls won Game 1, lost Game 2, and won Game 3. That made Game 4 in Charlotte crucial. If the Hornets won, the series could go six or seven. If the Bulls won, that was probably it for the Hornets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte came out firing and took a two-point lead after the first quarter. They lost the lead at halftime but were only down by four. Then, the Bulls came out in the third quarter and blitzed the Hornets 28-19 in the quarter, effectively ending the game and, ultimately, the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This game is most famous, though, for Anthony Mason and the infamous Dennis Rodman mixing it up with less than five minutes to go in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodman set a screen on Mason, and the former New York Knicks star grabbed Rodman by the throat and threw him backward. Amazingly, the referees called a double foul on the play, which led to announcer Bob Costas sarcastically suggesting, \u201cI guess Rodman fouled him with his face or neck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the game, Rodman got the last laugh, and not just because of the big win. In his postgame interview, Ahmad Rashad asked, \u201cWhat was going on with you and Anthony Mason?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were just having a good time,\u201d Rodman quipped. \u201cI asked him if he wanted to tango, but he didn\u2019t know the steps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a perfect response to the move by a frustrated Mason, who should have been frustrated as Rodman always seemed just a little better than his rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Anthony Mason vs. Dennis Rodman<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1230\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dennis-Rodman-Anthony-Mason.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=585&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Dennis Rodman, Anthony Mason, Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls\" class=\"wp-image-1557790\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman tangles with Charlotte Hornets forward Anthony Mason | TIM ZIELENBACH\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis Rodman and Anthony Mason were two of the toughest, most intimidating NBA players from the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mason played 13 NBA seasons with 10 playoff appearances and made an All-Star game. Rodman played 14 seasons with 11 playoff appearances and two All-Star nods. The biggest difference is that Rodman won five NBA championships, while Mason won none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mason was <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dennis-rodman-great-pride-not-scoring-points-according-former-bulls-teammate-steve-kerr\/\">the better offensive player<\/a>, averaging 10.9 points and 3.4 assists in his career. However, he couldn\u2019t match up with Rodman\u2019s defense and rebounding. \u201cThe Worm\u201d was a seven-time rebound champ and a two-time Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Mason left the Knicks for the Hornets in 1996, he helped turn the franchise around. The Hornets won 60.32% of the games Mason played in, making him the franchise\u2019s winningest player. From 1995-98, though, when Rodman played with the Bulls, the organization won a stunning 81.71% of the games he played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Dennis Rodman usually getting the best of Anthony Mason, their matchup was always one of the most physical and fun to watch. It would be great to hear the two reminisce about those duals today, but <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/the-tragic-death-of-former-new-york-knicks-enforcer-anthony-mason\/\">Mason tragically died<\/a> of a heart attack at age 45 in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hornets forward Anthony Mason once choked Bulls star Dennis Rodman in a playoff game and &#8216;The Worm' had the best comeback. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1557790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4884,4815,19614],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dennis Rodman Had the Perfect Dig for Anthony Mason After Getting Choked - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hornets forward Anthony Mason once choked Bulls star Dennis Rodman in a playoff game and &#039;The Worm&#039; had the best comeback.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dennis-rodman-perfect-dig-anthony-mason-choked\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dennis Rodman Had the Perfect Dig for Anthony Mason After Getting Choked\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hornets forward Anthony Mason once choked Bulls star Dennis Rodman in a playoff game and &#039;The Worm&#039; had the best comeback.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dennis-rodman-perfect-dig-anthony-mason-choked\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-15T19:08:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-15T19:22:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dennis-Rodman-Anthony-Mason.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1230\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Crean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@twcrean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Crean\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dennis-rodman-perfect-dig-anthony-mason-choked\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dennis-rodman-perfect-dig-anthony-mason-choked\/\",\"name\":\"Dennis Rodman Had the Perfect Dig for Anthony Mason After Getting Choked - 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