Penny Hardaway has an incredible Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 by scoring 38 points (15/21 FG) on Scottie Pippen with acrobatic layups, dunks and even a halfcourt buzzer beater. Too bad that all of his team-mates (except Shaq) didn't show up and Magic still got blown out by 38. Of course, MJ and Scottie wouldn't let this happen again as Penny struggled the rest of the series by scoring only 18 (6/15 FG), 18 again (8/24 FG) the next two games, only to come back with 28 (9/21 FG) during the last game of the sweep. May 19, 1996.