Fans were initially upset that the Pacers chose Miller over New Castle, Indiana native Steve Alford fans watching the 1987 NBA draft booed Pacers President Donnie Walsh for the selection. Miller was selected by the Pacers with the 11th pick in the first round of the 1987 NBA draft. 31 jersey in 2013, and he was inducted into the Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor in 2010. He also holds several individual game records. He finished second in all-time scoring at UCLA behind only Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).Īs of 2009, Miller still holds the UCLA single-season records for most league points, highest league scoring average, and most free throws. Miller's final game was a loss in the second round of the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament to Wyoming. Another notable game was a win against defending national champion Louisville and Pervis Ellison on February 28, 1987, where Miller scored 33 points in the second half, which is still the school record. One of his most memorable performances was in the Janugame against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where he hit a 24-foot (7.3 m) shot to put the Bruins ahead 62–59 with 10 seconds left. ![]() The three-point field goal was added for the 1986–87 season 69 of Miller's 247 field goals that year were three-pointers. In Miller's senior season, 1986–87, he was an All-Pac-10 selection for the second straight year, and led the Bruins to a Pacific-10 regular-season championship and the first Pac-10 tournament championship. ![]() In the 1984–85 NCAA season he helped the UCLA Bruins to an NIT championship. Miller attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he received a degree in history. His brother, Saul, Jr., became a musician and followed in his father's footsteps in military service. Miller says his unorthodox shooting style was developed to arc his shot over his sister's constant shot blocking. According to Reggie, they quit playing when he could finally block Cheryl's shots. One of the family anecdotes Reggie likes to recall was when Cheryl used to beat him in games of 1-on-1 prior to his professional career. gold-medal-winning Olympic basketball team and is an analyst for Turner Sports. His brother Darrell is a former Major League Baseball player ( catcher for the California Angels) his sister Tammy played volleyball at Cal State Fullerton and his older sister Cheryl is also a Hall of Fame basketball player. One of five siblings, he comes from an athletic family. Miller was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. Currently, he works as an NBA commentator for TNT and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports. Miller is widely regarded as the Pacers' greatest player of all time. A five-time All-Star selection, Miller led the league in free throw percentage five times and won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. ![]() He is currently fourth on the list behind Stephen Curry, Ray Allen, and James Harden. ![]() Miller was known for his precision three-point shooting, especially in pressure situations and most notably against the New York Knicks, for which he earned the nickname " Knick Killer." When he retired, he held the record for most career 3-point field goals made. Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers.
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