One of the great ones bowed out tonight. Reggie Miller played his last regular season game for the Indiana Pacers after 18 stellar Hall of Fame seasons. Reggie was one of the greatest clutch shooter the games ever saw and probably the biggest underdog overachiever in the history of the game.

I love Reggie. Reggie played for UCLA when I was in High School, back in the days when I used to go to Pauley Pavilion every chance I could to see my Bruins. He was barely given a scholarship when he came out of Riverside, a 6'7" stick figure playing second fiddle to his older sister Cheryl who was winning championships across town at USC.

Those years were not great for the Bruins, but Reggie did led the team to the NIT Championship in his sophomore season. I can remember looking up at the banner, which seemed rather pathetic alongside so many NCAA championship banners, but it was something. Reggie averaged over 15 points a game that year, but he really turned it as a junior pumping in almost 26 a contest. He finished his career as the second leading scorer in school history behind only Kareem, and he would have scored much more if the NCAA instituted the 3 point line before his senior season.

Reggie was more than just points. He was about enthusiasm. He played defense like a possessed demon. He rarely missed free throws. He could shoot from anywhere in the building and would pour in rainbow jumpers that would bring down the house. Those were exciting, fun times for a young basketball fan.

When Reggie was drafted in the 1st round by the Indiana Pacers, I was crushed. I knew I wouldn't be seeing much of him, and I haven't except in the playoffs. Reggie played his whole career with the same team, such a rarity in today's game where free agency lures players from one team to the next. He never did lead the Pacers the promised land, but they were in the playoffs almost every year. And almost every year they would meet the Knicks.

In the Garden, Reggie would almost single handedly take on the Knicks and the crazies in the crowd. Who could ever forget Miller's most memorable moment, when he scored eight points in the final 8.9 seconds in Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference semifinals and led the Pacers to an amazing come-from-behind 107-105 victory against New York at Madison Square Garden. Suck on that Spike Lee.

He's one of the most accurate free-throw shooters in league history at roughly 88.8 percent. He has played the sixth-most games in league history, with close to 1,400. He's 14th on the all-time scoring list with more than 25,000 points. He's drained the more 3's than anyone to play the game, ever.

He's nothing but ears and pencil legs and heart. He's an all around class act and he will be really, really missed. So Long, 31.