Man the Knicks had the best rivalries in the NBA during the 90's first the Bulls, then the pacers. Then it was the Heat. Great times better basketball.
Bulls still whopped that ass every single year. Even in 94 the Knicks had to be an MJ less Bulls on one of the worst calls in NBA history in Game 5. today's Bulls are the Knicks of the 90's. Always the 2nd best in the East, always losing to the best player in the world. Lebron owns us as MJ owned the Knicks (and every other team from 91 to 98).
+Cyrus the Virus but like I said, those was still great series between them. I didn't say who won or lost. it was the best rivalry in the NBA at the time. when it was the Pacers and the Knicks, then the next and the heat. not once did I mention who won the damn thing.
+Cyrus the Virus I love how you Bulls fans still complain about the Hue Hollins call in Game 5 twenty years later...the ONE questionable call that went the Knicks way during that rivalry....When you know darn well the Bulls and especially Jordan, were getting all the calls against the Knicks back then Remember the 'Jordan Rules'?...Well I call them the 'Knicks rules'....Because the Knicks were tying up Jordan and the Jordanettes so heavily, the league had to actually change the rules to help accommodate their Calendar Boy and smooth his path to the title First they banned hand checking, because the Knicks D with it was too good....Then when the Knicks started applying forearm checking to great effect, the league banned forearm checking also
@@cyrusthevirus4038 I'll never forget of the 2015 second round when Bron hit the gamewinner in game 4. Bullshit game, Bulls got absolutely robbed and Bulls Cavs fully healthy were the two best teams in the NBA that year, the Warriors weren't experienced enough yet, just got there against a Cavs team with no Kyrie and Love. Also the call was Blatt called time with no timeout's left, that's a tech first of all, than the refs were discussing some bullshit which pretty much gave time for Blatt to draw the fucking play anyway. Ridiculous.
@@rrogers2370nah he sure should have won if not for mj. And then that game 6 in NY they gave to houston following g7 which the whole team had an off night. Against the spurs he was injured and it was bad he was done by then
+hueynewt1 Sprewell was huge this game...He showed his entire arsenal in this deciding game, when they needed him the most The Knicks went down in the second quarter, Spree goes on a scoring 'spree' and single handedly keeps the Knicks in the game...Sprewell could do everything on the offensive end, he could shoot and he could slash At one point they show his stats, he also had 5 rebounds and 5 assists....And it was his speedy rebound at the end of the game 13:40 (difficult rebound, staying inbounds) that sealed the game, set and match
dont forget..since beating the heat in 00 in round 2, the knicks have won 1 total playoff series and never won a chip in that 97-00 span so even after beating miami 3 years in a row, all it did was curse them to lose to the rival pacers and then lose a finals to the spurs.....@@wuliwei6939
Even more priceless as a Heat fan is seeing the Heat's ascension to a revered nba franchise after 3 rings while James Dolan has driven the Knicks into the ground. Love to see it.
I don't even know what the hell he was doing on the court in the first place but if you're the Heat you cant miss 10 free throws in a Game Seven on your home court. That's a huge reason why they lost.
he was their 6th best player that series actually their 6th man and who else was gonna be there...pj brown? bruce bowen?..anthony carter?...otis thorpe?....@@allengreene9954
We couldn't beat MJ, and we damn sure wouldn't be able to beat prime Bron either, who was far more dominant physically and athletically than Mike ever was.
Kurt Thomas, Marcus Camby and Patrick Ewing are the reason we won this series. It was all about rebounds. Look at the second shot opportunitys for the Knicks. Miami played Zo 38 minutes a game so they didn't think they needed help for him. But that's what got them. It was Zo vs those 3 all series and he had to get 30 on offense a night. Point is. He still took it to the final seconds of game 7 to beat him. Imma Knicks fan. But Zo was a true beast.
How the knicks were lucky?? Miami was lucky in Game 7 In 97 when they suspended the key platers for the knicks. .knicks should of won 4 straight series against Miami
The look on Riley's face at the buzzer said it all.....four straight years in the playoffs, each series went the distance - couldn't ask for better playoff intensity. Ewing and Zo, total warriors carrying their teams on their back
When u talk about dominate big men, baffles me that Zo is never mentioned........ monster in the paint, and went hard all the time...never seen him throw his hands up begging for calls....
+dee jaay You sure about the begging for calls part? I'm a Heat fan and Zo tried to convince us that he never committed a foul in his entire career. Everything else is absolutely on point, though. Guy was a perennial 20-10, who even finished 2nd in MVP voting, and a defensive monster, but rarely gets brought up with the league's best dominant big men.
+dee jaay There were so many great big men back then....Shaq, Ewing, Olajuwon...I always thought Zo was a tier below those guys One reason Zo was not considered a truly great center, is because Ewing absolutely owned him one-on-one his entire career....They both went to Georgetown, and I think for Ewing it was a "big brother little brother" thing
i used to see Sprewell and his brother at his auto repair/tire shop in Milwaukee all the time...he is/was really cool, down to earth, humble people... NOTHING at all like his NBA persona...
"Damn the crowd is so alive!!!!!!!!!!!!" Re-watch 1999 Nba finals game 5, or even the 1986 Game 5 Lakers/Houston ... everyone shouting at the top of their lungs IN THE FIRST QUARTER!!
3:39 for Alonzo's Offense and 7:06 for his Defense. He was defensive player of this year. If he had alittle help getting rebounds. They would have multiple chips. And imma Knicks fan.
I started watching the Knicks in 1990 . I was 9yrs old. I came of age with some the awesome 90s Knicks team's led by big Pat. Man basketball was different back then . Had to fight for every hoop. A war every night .
Tough competition. Spree was a beast so was mourning. Also after watching again and seeing the one sided match up between Ewing and Mourning, but seeing Patrick dunk it at the end in a pivotal moment directly contributing to the success of the team and come out with the win. Spree closed the game like a real pro
I gotta say as a die hard heat fan since the start of the franchise. This lost STILL is the most painful lost in franchise history. For the fuckin knicks to beat us AGAIN, ON OUR FLOOR AGAIN, this was the last shot for the hardaway/zo teams to reach the finals. The knicks closed the door on our title hopes and an era. Reliy, zo and hardaway started heat culture
@Super Vegito looking back as a Heat fan, yes, those years were absolutely heartbreaking. Jordan and the Bulls were finally out of our way, but the Knicks always had our number.
A few things I've noticed... -Most of the buckets in the paint would DEFINITELY be and-1s in today's game. -This was the first year of the Heat's new V-neck style jerseys. -The boxscore, shot clock, game clock were never up during this era on the TV broadcast. Interesting that it's always up today. -Also, that Miami Heat logo at midcourt was sweet. GO Heat!
Ewing was so banged up at this point in his career. could barely move as you can plainly see. in his prime wouldve have utterly destroyed Zo (no disrespect to ZO - he was great) if the knicks hadve gotten Spre for starks way back Ewing would be counting his rings.
after Ewing broke his shooting wrist in 1997 in Milwaukee, his career started to decline..also the Knicks trading Mark Jackson a couple years before that, hurt Ewing's career at the offensive end, as well
9:06 to all you youngens. This is a weak side isolation but Pat played it perfectly. He's not only defending the other teams best player. But he's rim protecting against they whole team. This is great defense and awareness of knowing it's a designed ISO play and dudes stupid and he won't pass to Go when Pat crashes.
This is the era when the eastern conference was tough ! Teams did not live from the 3 point line. Gotta love those one on one match ups. Spreewell was a killer !
The Knicks really used to OWN the Miami Heat back in the late 90s/early 2000s. 3 straight years of getting bounced by the same team in the final deciding game of the series. NY was like the Golden State Warriors to the Miami Heat lol
i used to love this game. The scores were low but the execution and defenses were spectacular. Just before D.Stern wanted to make the NBA about stars and highlights...too bad
I love how these dudes used to compete!! You have average players out there against superstars but still playing with confidence!! Today they just let the stars score. Even the commentators, refs and fans were better. Take me back!
Old Man Pat..... you can see he was aging hurt. Still gave Zo 20+ while Zo was caked up on Steroids... Sprewell 5 years to late to the Knicks.. Would've been the perfect second scoring Punch Pat never had. Everybody Pat went to war with had a 1-2 punch he defended Night in and Night out.
I rooted for the Knicks in this series, because of Indiana. If the Heat won, Reggie's gonna go uninspired, and the Heat with Zo leading the way will easily overpower the Pacers... When the Knicks won, I knew that the Pacers got the Eastern Conference Finals in their favor. Reggie is all-out for revenge against the team that beat them in 1994 and 1999. True enough: 6-game series, Reggie finished off the Knicks at MSG for his and the Pacers' first and so far only NBA Finals appearance.
The good old days when we owned Miami's souls. Now its the other way around. *sigh* And wtf happened to Miami's crowd?? Back then they were rabid as fuck! Now its like they don't even know they have a team that's won two straight titles.
I'm a HeaT fan that hates the Knicks, since 99 especially! But that's a rivalry and even though roles are now reversed I still hate the Knicks. But this is about respect, I understand the comment about the fans, they shock me now N days. But this was good old Eastern Rivalry!
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Man the Knicks had the best rivalries in the NBA during the 90's first the Bulls, then the pacers. Then it was the Heat. Great times better basketball.
Bulls still whopped that ass every single year. Even in 94 the Knicks had to be an MJ less Bulls on one of the worst calls in NBA history in Game 5.
today's Bulls are the Knicks of the 90's. Always the 2nd best in the East, always losing to the best player in the world. Lebron owns us as MJ owned the Knicks (and every other team from 91 to 98).
+Cyrus the Virus but like I said, those was still great series between them. I didn't say who won or lost. it was the best rivalry in the NBA at the time. when it was the Pacers and the Knicks, then the next and the heat. not once did I mention who won the damn thing.
+Cyrus the Virus I love how you Bulls fans still complain about the Hue Hollins call in Game 5 twenty years later...the ONE questionable call that went the Knicks way during that rivalry....When you know darn well the Bulls and especially Jordan, were getting all the calls against the Knicks back then
Remember the 'Jordan Rules'?...Well I call them the 'Knicks rules'....Because the Knicks were tying up Jordan and the Jordanettes so heavily, the league had to actually change the rules to help accommodate their Calendar Boy and smooth his path to the title
First they banned hand checking, because the Knicks D with it was too good....Then when the Knicks started applying forearm checking to great effect, the league banned forearm checking also
Bulls-Knicks was one-sided, it wasn’t a rivalry. The Knicks should have lost in 1994, just like the Heat should have lost
@@cyrusthevirus4038 I'll never forget of the 2015 second round when Bron hit the gamewinner in game 4. Bullshit game, Bulls got absolutely robbed and Bulls Cavs fully healthy were the two best teams in the NBA that year, the Warriors weren't experienced enough yet, just got there against a Cavs team with no Kyrie and Love. Also the call was Blatt called time with no timeout's left, that's a tech first of all, than the refs were discussing some bullshit which pretty much gave time for Blatt to draw the fucking play anyway. Ridiculous.
Will never see playoff basketball like this anymore...
+dee jaay That is the sad truth..
True.
Maybe players/coaches are understanding the game better to score! Rules needs to be changed maybe?
True. These were real playoff battles!
It was something else INDEED
This was the basketball I grow up watching. Rough, tough games but I loved it.
God I miss this type of ball.. the flopping crying 3 jacking traveling whistle fest now is hard to watch
@@TheSands83 100% agree, the NBA game is becoming almost unwatchable now
You ain't lying player!! Shit man, those where definitely the best days, not like now✌🏽
Facts!
Ewing gave it all he had .. sad how the Knicks never won at least one during his tenure... Still my favorite player of all time
94 should've been their year and blew it!🤦♂️
he choked when he was young and choked when he was old. Ewing could never have been a champion. always coming up short. That's his NBA story.
@@rrogers2370 wow , you sound like a real NBA historian. Sorry I meant you sound like a fucking idiot😂
@@rrogers2370nah he sure should have won if not for mj. And then that game 6 in NY they gave to houston following g7 which the whole team had an off night. Against the spurs he was injured and it was bad he was done by then
@@nassiglutt6587 He had his chances.. blew a layup to lose the series to the Pacers in 95
Latrell is probably among the most underrated players of all time. There wasn't anything he couldn't do out there and he was a lock down defender.
hueynewt1 I'd take him over Melo, and I aint kidding
I would rather have him than Carmelo also, mostly because Sprewell seemed to care about playing defense just as much as he cared about scoring.
+hueynewt1 Sprewell was huge this game...He showed his entire arsenal in this deciding game, when they needed him the most
The Knicks went down in the second quarter, Spree goes on a scoring 'spree' and single handedly keeps the Knicks in the game...Sprewell could do everything on the offensive end, he could shoot and he could slash
At one point they show his stats, he also had 5 rebounds and 5 assists....And it was his speedy rebound at the end of the game 13:40 (difficult rebound, staying inbounds) that sealed the game, set and match
YEah And he wanted to win. More then I can say about Melo. Melo cares more about image, ironically.
In today's game he would be even more unstoppable.
i liked these knicks jerseys, bring em back!
I want them back too. Heat and Knicks jerseys back in 2000 were very nice.
@@atlaslion5128 the heat jersey is still the same
Sprewell is one of the most underrated players of all time.
Greg James he was beast
Then the Knicks traded him smh
I agree.. mark price Dominique wilkins Kevin Johnson glen rice are players that are criminally underrated
@@TheSands83 I remember Kevin Johnson's dunk on Hakeem ... extremely impressive.
Greg James I got his jersey from the knocks
14:26: Sprewell holding up that towel was classic even though I'm a Heat fan😥😥
As a Knicks fan after beating the Heat 3 years in a row in series deciding games, even today that look on Riley's face at the end is priceless.
SnowyOwl gotta love it. F the heat
97 still hurts though, and the Heat won 3 titles afterward
dont forget..since beating the heat in 00 in round 2, the knicks have won 1 total playoff series and never won a chip in that 97-00 span so even after beating miami 3 years in a row, all it did was curse them to lose to the rival pacers and then lose a finals to the spurs.....@@wuliwei6939
To them, this was the NBA Finals
Even more priceless as a Heat fan is seeing the Heat's ascension to a revered nba franchise after 3 rings while James Dolan has driven the Knicks into the ground. Love to see it.
Boy Did I enjoyed this rivalry? xD And I was a Bulls fan.
I loved watching this Knicks with Spree and Houston.
How in the WORLD does Clarence Weatherspoon take a LAST-SECOND with a team with Tim Hardaway, Alonzo Mourning, Jamal Mashburn and Dan Majerle???
I don't even know what the hell he was doing on the court in the first place but if you're the Heat you cant miss 10 free throws in a Game Seven on your home court. That's a huge reason why they lost.
good D.
Yeah and bad Offense by Miami.
Weatherspoon was also pure trash. At least in this series.
he was their 6th best player that series actually their 6th man and who else was gonna be there...pj brown? bruce bowen?..anthony carter?...otis thorpe?....@@allengreene9954
NBA playoffs will never be like this again these two were the best Rivalry
Spree was the real deal back then !
A young Ewing, Sprewell & Houston would've won a championship at least.
Knicks drafted Hubert Davis just ahead of sprewell. Spree on the 93-96 teams would’ve made a huge difference, maybe winning in 94.
maaaan it was so fun so watch NBA playoffs,, especially on that era, 80's 90's ... they where so great.......
Almost forgot how good Alonzo Mourning was.. Definitely one of my favorite players of the 90's....
He wasn’t good at all. Couldn’t even beat old man Ewing. You need a clue
@@TL2354 What are you on about????
Spree was the shit...He was huge this game
He looks like Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
Goood old days! The intensity.
Alonzo is one of the most underrated centers of all time!
Those were the days. Lebron would be scared to death 💀 playing against my Knicks
We couldn't beat MJ, and we damn sure wouldn't be able to beat prime Bron either, who was far more dominant physically and athletically than Mike ever was.
@@patrickoakley7890 nope LeFlop doesn't have the killer mentality that Jordan possessed. He melts under pressure time and time again.
@@jordansoviet23 jimmy butler is scared to death to face the Knicks
@@patrickoakley7890Yeah far more athletic and dominant but can't jump from the free throw line and flops on every lil contact, LMAO 😂🤣.
Kurt Thomas, Marcus Camby and Patrick Ewing are the reason we won this series. It was all about rebounds. Look at the second shot opportunitys for the Knicks. Miami played Zo 38 minutes a game so they didn't think they needed help for him. But that's what got them. It was Zo vs those 3 all series and he had to get 30 on offense a night. Point is. He still took it to the final seconds of game 7 to beat him. Imma Knicks fan. But Zo was a true beast.
But was enough to beat the pacers
I’m still mad about that playoffs when the nba suspended our entire team and Heat beat us🤬
that year i believe was the knicks best shot at the bulls!
The last two games were decided by 3 points in total. That's how intense these two teams were defensively
Damn I miss watching Sprewell, Those introduction bumps he give his teammates on warmups always got me hyped
I forgot how stacked both theses teams were in this era
I remember watching this back in 2000 and I was feeling the pain in my knees for Patrick Ewing.
How the knicks were lucky?? Miami was lucky in Game 7 In 97 when they suspended the key platers for the knicks. .knicks should of won 4 straight series against Miami
The look on Riley's face at the buzzer said it all.....four straight years in the playoffs, each series went the distance - couldn't ask for better playoff intensity. Ewing and Zo, total warriors carrying their teams on their back
14:06 is when Riles realized he needed Wade/Lebron/Bosh
@Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA and 12 other players lol
The Heat actually won a chip with Shaq as Dwade’s costar in 2006.
The Detroit Bad Boys and the Knicks with the addition of Anthony Mason are my fav teams of all time... never a Lakers fan.
+Mr. Akki Papi what does not being a Lakers fan have to do with the Pistons and the Knicks??
Warden Freeman ...absolutely nothing, i just don't like the Lakers.
Mr. Akki Papi no one cares....
Warden Freeman ...doesn't matter who cares, same as i dont give a shit about your statement, samething.
Mr. Akki Papi same as everyone doesn't give a shit about yours
igl spree is my fav player in the knicks i like his hustle 💯
Remember that game like yesterday! Awesome game 💯
When u talk about dominate big men, baffles me that Zo is never mentioned........ monster in the paint, and went hard all the time...never seen him throw his hands up begging for calls....
+dee jaay You sure about the begging for calls part? I'm a Heat fan and Zo tried to convince us that he never committed a foul in his entire career.
Everything else is absolutely on point, though. Guy was a perennial 20-10, who even finished 2nd in MVP voting, and a defensive monster, but rarely gets brought up with the league's best dominant big men.
John Friel m sure he denied his fouls as much as Patrick Ewing travels, Lol.
***** true!!
+dee jaay There were so many great big men back then....Shaq, Ewing, Olajuwon...I always thought Zo was a tier below those guys
One reason Zo was not considered a truly great center, is because Ewing absolutely owned him one-on-one his entire career....They both went to Georgetown, and I think for Ewing it was a "big brother little brother" thing
koko40800 out of that rival. Who got a ring?
never gets old!
i used to see Sprewell and his brother at his auto repair/tire shop in Milwaukee all the time...he is/was really cool, down to earth, humble people... NOTHING at all like his NBA persona...
Latrell Sprewell really was a walking bucket back in the day! The original Lou Williams, but as a starter. A get-buckets specialist 🔥
Damn the crowd is so alive!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol nice name
721Lebronjames Bro the crowds for these games back in the day. They were so good.
Ikr
721MiamiHeatGang this was before people were on their phones half the time like they are now
"Damn the crowd is so alive!!!!!!!!!!!!" Re-watch 1999 Nba finals game 5, or even the 1986 Game 5 Lakers/Houston ... everyone shouting at the top of their lungs IN THE FIRST QUARTER!!
Man the NBA doesnt have rivalries like this no more
I remember this game like yesterday. This is when the Knicks had a team, now It's like an expansion team .
It still an expansion team despite making the playoffs
imagine Ewing (C), Johnson (PF), 'Melo (SF), Sprewell (SG), Nate/Harper (PG)...What a Knicks team that would be.
Old sports diva here back to Wilt
When my Knicks were about it
Johnny Oak Mase last time back in this era we were IT
Zoe pure monster
Mourning was anything but a monster
3:39 for Alonzo's Offense and 7:06 for his Defense. He was defensive player of this year. If he had alittle help getting rebounds. They would have multiple chips. And imma Knicks fan.
Back then it was the brand new American Airlines Arena.
I started watching the Knicks in 1990 . I was 9yrs old. I came of age with some the awesome 90s Knicks team's led by big Pat. Man basketball was different back then . Had to fight for every hoop. A war every night .
Tough competition. Spree was a beast so was mourning. Also after watching again and seeing the one sided match up between Ewing and Mourning, but seeing Patrick dunk it at the end in a pivotal moment directly contributing to the success of the team and come out with the win. Spree closed the game like a real pro
I love old school NBA
lol @ bill walton "throw it down! get back!"
Ewing still good in 2000.
No not like the pre injury 97 and before Ewing.
No he wasn't, past his prime with injuries on bad legs but he was still effective at certain times
He was on borrowed time
Unfortunately Sprewell came to the team to late and Ewing was past his prime..
When the NBA was great
These times is when i loved basketball.
Damn must have been frustrating for the Heat. They had such a good team.
I gotta say as a die hard heat fan since the start of the franchise. This lost STILL is the most painful lost in franchise history. For the fuckin knicks to beat us AGAIN, ON OUR FLOOR AGAIN, this was the last shot for the hardaway/zo teams to reach the finals. The knicks closed the door on our title hopes and an era. Reliy, zo and hardaway started heat culture
I know Zo had to be mad he gambled on that steal against Ewing.
2 years in a row getting beaten by one point at home had to be the worst feeling
@Super Vegito looking back as a Heat fan, yes, those years were absolutely heartbreaking. Jordan and the Bulls were finally out of our way, but the Knicks always had our number.
Mourning was a fugazi player
As a Heat fan; I always ask. 🗣️ Why is Clarence Weatherspoon taking the final 🏀? WHY😯
If only Ewing is still in his prime...
They can be champs with this team...
That heat-Knicks rivalry was so intense. Either team will end their season in those 4 memorable playoff series
Sprewell was so good the short time he was here, such a great Knick.
People forget how dominant Zo was not only shot blocking but offensively he was a beast back then.
Sprewell would never "choke" in crunchtime.only in practice☺
A few things I've noticed...
-Most of the buckets in the paint would DEFINITELY be and-1s in today's game.
-This was the first year of the Heat's new V-neck style jerseys.
-The boxscore, shot clock, game clock were never up during this era on the TV broadcast. Interesting that it's always up today.
-Also, that Miami Heat logo at midcourt was sweet.
GO Heat!
To be honest I was kind of glad that The Boxscore and shot clock and game clock wasn't up. So that people could just watch the game.
Ewing was so banged up at this point in his career. could barely move as you can plainly see. in his prime wouldve have utterly destroyed Zo (no disrespect to ZO - he was great) if the knicks hadve gotten Spre for starks way back Ewing would be counting his rings.
+FazDaoc And Even if they had ewing in 1999 versus the spurs, they were not going to stand a chance.
Yeah the knicks would have lost in six instead if they had ewing.
yeh cant argue with that. i think after 96, Ewing was past his best, on top of that, his body really let him down.
Prime Mourning is a challenge for any center of that era.
after Ewing broke his shooting wrist in 1997 in Milwaukee, his career started to decline..also the Knicks trading Mark Jackson a couple years before that, hurt Ewing's career at the offensive end, as well
9:06 to all you youngens. This is a weak side isolation but Pat played it perfectly. He's not only defending the other teams best player. But he's rim protecting against they whole team. This is great defense and awareness of knowing it's a designed ISO play and dudes stupid and he won't pass to Go when Pat crashes.
We owned the heat in the playoffs
NBA rivals:1997-heat,1998-knicks,1999-knicks,2000-knicks and 2012-heat
Og pat bad knees and all spree good dayz miss them watching to game with my pops rip forever knicks
the best rivalry from the mid 90s
This is the era when the eastern conference was tough ! Teams did not live from the 3 point line. Gotta love those one on one match ups. Spreewell was a killer !
Every year i rooted for mia vs ny. Every year they lost. One of the most underachieving teams in nba history.
Sprewell you were made a legend in New York. It was an honor watching you compete every night.
This was the real basketball game. Missed the old days.
2 of the most exciting teams of the late 90s.
Pat with the game winning dunk. Nice job Pat
I'm back on this channel again. Lol. Let's go Knicks. Let's get this rivalry going again.
Great game! Thank you! :)
Good old days and Latrell is what a beast
Oh Clarence.....Majerle was wide open!!!!
Mourning was a beast
Mashburn was scared to take that shot! I'll never forget that.
14:04 "insert crying Jordan face here"
The Knicks really used to OWN the Miami Heat back in the late 90s/early 2000s. 3 straight years of getting bounced by the same team in the final deciding game of the series. NY was like the Golden State Warriors to the Miami Heat lol
Pat gave up the last of his body to win that game hes a legend truly one of the most skilled big men to ever play the game.
Ewing, Sprewell and Johnson, awesome big 3
i used to love this game. The scores were low but the execution and defenses were spectacular. Just before D.Stern wanted to make the NBA about stars and highlights...too bad
I love how these dudes used to compete!! You have average players out there against superstars but still playing with confidence!! Today they just let the stars score. Even the commentators, refs and fans were better. Take me back!
Intro NBA on NBC theme song was better too!
So much fun watching back then
and how could I forget my man Mark Jackson
20 points in this era equals 30+ points today. The great Patrick’s Ewing last great playoff run. What a legend!
Old Man Pat..... you can see he was aging hurt. Still gave Zo 20+ while Zo was caked up on Steroids... Sprewell 5 years to late to the Knicks.. Would've been the perfect second scoring Punch Pat never had. Everybody Pat went to war with had a 1-2 punch he defended Night in and Night out.
The Knicks had the squad back in the day!
Mourning was tough, but Patrick had the last laugh...
Mourning wasn’t tough, he was one of the biggest pussies that ever played
@@TL2354 lol
dam nothing like this no more
Knicks - Heat during this period is one of the most underrated sports rivalries.
so youre telling me Miami had a basketball team before 2010?
-heat fans
Knicks fans were so happy to best the coach who gave up on them.
Notice Jeff Van Gundy did not shake Pat Riley's hand at the end of the game ending the series
I rooted for the Knicks in this series, because of Indiana. If the Heat won, Reggie's gonna go uninspired, and the Heat with Zo leading the way will easily overpower the Pacers... When the Knicks won, I knew that the Pacers got the Eastern Conference Finals in their favor. Reggie is all-out for revenge against the team that beat them in 1994 and 1999. True enough: 6-game series, Reggie finished off the Knicks at MSG for his and the Pacers' first and so far only NBA Finals appearance.
Go Spree !!!
The Prodigy - Diesel Power. The music during the Heat starting line-up announcement.
What the heck was Clarence Weatherspoon doing on that last Heat possession?
The good old days when we owned Miami's souls. Now its the other way around. *sigh*
And wtf happened to Miami's crowd?? Back then they were rabid as fuck! Now its like they don't even know they have a team that's won two straight titles.
I'm a HeaT fan that hates the Knicks, since 99 especially! But that's a rivalry and even though roles are now reversed I still hate the Knicks. But this is about respect, I understand the comment about the fans, they shock me now N days. But this was good old Eastern Rivalry!
We know what we have.....Trust me. Just look at my Profile Pic.
Harry Ballswell....YOU know. The rest of your brethren are casual fuckboy fans.