Cynthia Cooper

It takes a special level of poise to raise the roof in a conference championship-clinching matchup. Cynthia Cooper just happens to have poise in spades. The Houston Comets legend patiently walks her defender off a teammate’s screen then pulls up from beyond the arc in a win over the Los Angeles Sparks on August 30, 1999. Cooper finished the game with 23 points, 12 dimes and, yes, her iconic late-90s celebration.

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