Craig Ehlo
Small forward, Basketball Player
1961 –
Who is Craig Ehlo?
Joel Craig Ehlo is a retired American National Basketball Association player.
A 6 ft 6 in guard/forward from Odessa Junior College and Washington State University, Ehlo was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets, and went with the Rockets to the 1986 NBA Finals in a losing cause to the Boston Celtics. He played 14 NBA seasons with a total of four teams, amassing respectable career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.
He spent the prime of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, with whom he tallied 5,130 points, 1,803 assists, and 2,267 rebounds in seven seasons. Ehlo is perhaps best remembered for being the victim of one of Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan's greatest performances. On May 7, 1989, Ehlo, then a Cavalier, was defending Jordan when he made "The Shot", the series-clinching jumper in the first round of the NBA Playoffs in front of a Cleveland home crowd, then considered an upset as Cleveland was the 3rd seed in the east and Chicago was the 6th.
Ehlo spent the second half of his career with the Atlanta Hawks as Steve Smith's backup. Before the 1996–97 season, he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics, and was used sparingly.
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- Born
- Aug 11, 1961
Lubbock - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Washington State University
- Odessa College
- Lived in
- Lubbock
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on July 23, 2013
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