It’s time again to travel back through the decade and discuss our Most Memorable Moments. This time, we’re taking a gander at the things we’ll remember most about the NBA when we reminisce over the glorious 2000s…

Bavetta vs. Barkley. Charles Barkley, whether he was half-joking or not, insulted an elderly man. You just don’t do that without expecting to get your ear pulled. Dick Bavetta, the then 68-year-old referee was ripped on, on air by Sir Charles for being older than dirt. Bavetta caught wind, and challenged Barkley to a foot race for charity. Haven’t seen this clip before? Place your bets now…

Robert Horry is Mr. Clutch. Twice. With time winding down and the Sacramento Kings leading by two points in Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference finals, Vlade Divac slapped a missed bucket by Shaq toward midcourt… directly to Robert Horry, who immediately took his shot and of course, nailed it. The Lakers won 100-99 to tie the series at 2-2 before they went on to three-peat. During the 2005 Finals as a San Antonio Spur at the Palace with the Pistons up by two and trying to go back-to-back, Horry got his hands on the ball at the three-point line once again. And once again gave his team a one-point win along with a 3-2 lead in the series heading back to San Antonio, where they won it in seven. I can’t wait to see Will Smith play him in the made-for-tv movie: The Robert Horry Story.

We’re talking about practice. In one of the most memorable press conference rants of all time, Allen Iverson said the word practice like a billion times (okay, 13 times) in 2002 after his Sixers were eliminated from the playoffs. He used it as a noun, an adjective, a verb, in a sentence, in a question, in a house, with a mouse, on a plane, but not in a game. We’re talking about practice. You know, if you say a word a bunch of times in a row, it starts to sound weird. “Practice” sounds that way to me now. Thanks for that, A.I.

Holy crap, Kobe is good at basketball. In 2006, the Lakers were trailing by 18 points early in the third period to the Toronto Raptors. Apparently, Bryant was fed up. The Raptors led 71-53, but before you knew it, Kobe had scored 51 points. His total of 81 in what turned out to be a 122-104 Lakers victory was second only to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point show back in 1962. Epic performance or epic ball-hogging? You make the call.

So Long, Michael. The 2002-03 final game for the not-so-great Washington Wizards vs. the mediocre Philadelphia 76ers was not the final comeback we wished for. After Eric Snow fouled Michael Jordan on purpose in the backcourt, he sunk both free throws and walked off the court forever, to a standing ovation. Jordan scored 15 points with four rebounds and four assists in just 28 minutes of his team’s 107-87 loss; the Air Jordan era was over without a bang. This year, the world found out how pretentious he really was during his Hall of Fame induction speech.

Kobe Bryant [allegedly] does the unthinkable. In 2003, the LA Lakers superstar guard turned himself in to authorities in Colorado after an arrest warrant had been issued for a sexual assault that allegedly occurred at a resort where Bryant was rehabbing from knee surgery. While the criminal charges were eventually dismissed, this situation no doubt led to the breakup of the Kobe-Shaq-Phil era. Somehow, Kobe has managed to get back into the good graces of the public… maybe Tiger Woods can take a page from his book.