Jeff Van Gundy shares unbelievable story of why O.J. Simpson’s white Bronco chase was so slow

During Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Jeff Van Gundy decided to share one of the better random stories you’ll ever hear during a sports broadcast. Van Gundy has been sitting on a story of why the famous white Bronco car chase involving O.J. Simpson was such a slow-speed chase.

Simpson wanted to listen to the end of Game 5 of the 1994 NBA Finals on the radio.

Here is the full discussion:

“I’m always reminded when I was an assistant with the Knicks in ‘94. The O.J. chase took place in Game 5. ... We ended up losing to the Rockets. That summer -- Pat Riley always went back out to L.A., he had a house there -- and he ran into the driver of the car A.C. Cowlings at a car wash, they both were getting their cars detailed. And A.C. Cowlings knew coach Riley peripherally, waved him over, and proceeded to tell him the story of why they were driving so slow was O.J. wanted to hear the end of the game on the radio before he pulled in. And when coach Riley told us that story, I was mesmerized by what really goes on. I could just see him having the gun to his head saying ‘turn up the radio, A.C. so I can hear the last few minutes.’”

ESPN is getting ready to air their series on O.J. Simpson, which prompted play-by-play man Mike Breen to read a promo for the show. That was apparently the opening Van Gundy needed to finally share the story he’s had tucked away for more than 20 years.

Is the story true? Who knows, but it is spectacular.