34 Facts About Robert Horry

1.

Robert Keith Horry is an American former professional basketball player and current sports commentator.

2.

Robert Horry played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association, winning seven championships, the most of any player not to have played for the Boston Celtics of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Robert Horry is one of only four players to have won NBA championships with three teams; he won two with the Houston Rockets, three with the Los Angeles Lakers and two with the San Antonio Spurs with no defeats in NBA Finals.

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Robert Horry earned the nickname "Big Shot Rob", because of his clutch shooting in important games; he is widely considered to be one of the greatest clutch performers and winners in NBA history.

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Robert Horry holds the NBA record for most three-point shots made in an NBA playoff game without a miss as well as the record for most steals in an NBA Finals game.

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Robert Horry was born in Harford County, Maryland; soon afterwards his father, Staff Sergeant Robert Horry Sr.

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Robert Horry started 108 of the 133 games he played and helped the Tide win three SEC tournament titles and twice reached the NCAA's Sweet 16 round.

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8.

Robert Horry set a school record for career blocked shots.

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Robert Horry was selected to the All-Southeastern Conference, the SEC All-Defensive and the SEC All-Academic teams.

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Years later Robert Horry returned to the university to finish his degree and graduated in spring 2021.

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Robert Horry was selected 11th overall in the 1992 NBA draft in the first round by the Houston Rockets as a small forward.

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Robert Horry spent his first four seasons with the Rockets, helping them win the NBA Championship in 1994 and 1995.

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Robert Horry said that the trade falling through probably saved his career.

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Robert Horry said that out of his seven championship victories, this was the one he was the most proud of because the Rockets were the sixth seed in the Western Conference.

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Robert Horry had been criticized in Houston for not taking enough shots and felt that was what prompted the Rockets to trade him.

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Robert Horry finished with 17 points in 37 minutes, his high for the Finals, and won his third championship as the Lakers defeated the Pacers four games to two.

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Robert Horry averaged 7.6 points and 5.4 rebounds in 27 minutes per game throughout the 2000 playoffs.

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Robert Horry played in 16 Lakers 2001 playoffs games, averaging 5.9 points per game.

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Robert Horry has stated this victory to be the second-proudest of his career, following the 1995 NBA Finals.

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Robert Horry played a significant part in the team's success, going 38 of 85 behind the three-point line in the 2005 playoffs.

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Robert Horry was ejected from the game and suspended for Games 5 and 6.

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Robert Horry collected his seventh championship as a member of the Spurs in 2007.

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Robert Horry is one of only nine players to have won seven or more NBA championships, and the only one who did not play on the 1960s Celtics.

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Robert Horry was one of only four players to have won back-to-back NBA championships with two teams as of 2007.

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At the time of his retirement, Robert Horry was the all-time leader in playoff games played with 244 games through the 2008 playoffs, having surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

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26.

When he retired, Robert Horry held the record for three-pointers all-time in the NBA Finals with 56, having eclipsed Michael Jordan's previous record of 42, but prior to the 2023 NBA finals he had been passed by 5 players.

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Robert Horry set, and still holds, the NBA playoffs record for most three-point field goals made in a game without a miss against the Utah Jazz in Game 2 of the 1997 Western Conference Semifinals.

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Robert Horry still holds the NBA record for most steals in an NBA finals game.

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Robert Horry has regular-season career averages of 7.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.9 block per game.

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Robert Horry's teams were victorious in the NBA Finals in 1994,1995,2000,2001,2002,2005 and 2007, while Kerr's teams were winners in the NBA Finals in 1996,1997,1998,1999 and 2003.

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In 2009, Robert Horry was one of the "NBA Legends" to play in the 2009 NBA Asia Challenge against the Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars at Araneta Coliseum in Manila.

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Robert Horry was the first player ever to accumulate 100 steals, 100 blocked shots and 100 threes in one season.

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Robert Horry has played in three game sevens which went to an overtime period; the 1993 Western Conference Semifinals as a member of the Houston Rockets, the 2002 Western Conference Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals with the San Antonio Spurs.

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Robert Horry died on June 14,2011, at the age of 17.