Craig Ehlo

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Joel Craig Ehlo (born August 11, 1961 in Lubbock, Texas) is a former NBA basketball player.

A 6' 7" guard/forward from Washington State University, Ehlo was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. He went on to play 12 NBA seasons with four teams, amassing respectable career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds. He spent the prime of his career as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, with whom he tallied 5,130 points, 1,803 assists, and 2,267 rebounds in seven seasons (1986–1993). Unfortunately, Ehlo is perhaps best remembered for being the victim of two of Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan's greatest performances. On May 7, 1989, Ehlo was on the receiving end of "The Shot", Jordan’s legendary series-clinching jumper against the Cavaliers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs in front of a Cleveland home crowd. Later, on March 28, 1990, also in Cleveland, Jordan scored a career-high 69 points, primarily with Ehlo guarding him, in a 117-113 Bulls overtime victory over the Cavs.

During the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons he assisted play-by-play announcer Kevin Calabro as the color commentator for the Seattle SuperSonics.

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