Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who will be coaching the NBA Generations team against the PBA All-Stars at the Araneta Coliseum on Friday, Sept. 11, in the last leg of the NBA Asia Challenge that began in South Korea six days earlier, won six NBA championships during his illustrious 20-year NBA stint from 1969-70 through 1988-89.

On the Generations unit is one player who, statistically speaking, was not really a legendary figure yet somehow collected more NBA titles than Abdul-Jabbar during his career.

His name: Robert Keith Horry.

Monickered “Big Shot Bob” for his uncanny ability to hit the three-point shot under pressure situations, the 6-10 Horry owns seven championships in 16 NBA seasons (1992-2008).

The Maryland native gained titles with three different franchises – one of only two men in NBA history to accomplish the feat (the other being journeyman John Salley).

Along with Ron Harper and Dennis Rodman, Horry also is one of only three NBA players ever to capture back-to-back championships with two different teams.

Horry, who turned 39 last August 25, suited up for four clubs during his pro career and secured at least a pair of titles with three of them.

He won back-to-back crowns with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995, three straight championships with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2000 to 2002, and two titles with the San Antonio Spurs in 2005 and 2007.

The Phoenix Suns were the only team that Horry was unable to help secure the Larry O’Brien championship trophy. That is understandable, though. The University of Alabama product stayed in the Desert City for only about five months (August 1996-January 1997) before his trade to the Lakers.

Like the legendary Michael Jordan, who went 6-for-6 in the NBA Finals with the Chicago Bulls, Horry never lost in a title series during his pro career. In fact, Horry did one better than His Airness – he was a perfect 7-for-7 in the Finals.

Since the NBA was established in 1946-47 (under the name of Basketball Association of America – it became the NBA only beginning 1949-50), there have been only eight 4-0 sweeps in a best-of-seven Finals. Horry was involved in three of them – 1995 (Houston vs. Orlando), 2002 (LA Lakers vs. New Jersey) and 2007 (San Antonio vs. Cleveland).

Until now, Horry still owns the NBA Finals single-game record for most steals – seven (June 9, 1995, at Orlando) – and the single-game playoff records for most three-point field goals, none missed – seven (May 6, 1997, vs. Utah).