Sunday’s Sport 7 in opposition to the Pacers will mark the Knicks’ first since 2000. The Submit’s Zach Braziller takes a have a look at a few of their most memorable Sport 7s:
2000 Japanese Convention semifinals: Knicks 83, Warmth 82
For the fourth straight yr, the Knicks and Warmth meet within the postseason and the sequence goes the gap.
This time, the Knicks prevail for the third consecutive yr, profitable in Miami by a degree.
Latrell Sprewell’s 24 factors lead the Knicks, but it surely’s Patrick Ewing’s dunk with simply over a minute left that provides them the lead for good in a slugfest between the 2 bodily, defensive-minded groups.
The unsung hero is Chris Childs, who notches 15 factors off the bench and helps to carry Tim Hardaway to a nightmarish 6-for-20 capturing efficiency.
1997 Japanese Convention semifinals: Warmth 101, Knicks 90
The Knicks win 57 video games throughout the common season and appear headed for an additional showdown with Michael Jordan and the Bulls earlier than blowing a 3-1 sequence result in the Warmth, lowlighted by a Sport 5 brawl in Miami.
In Sport 7, the Knicks are with out Larry Johnson and John Starks, who left the bench throughout that fracas, and are overwhelmed by Hardaway (38 factors).
Ewing does all he can, going for 37 factors, 17 rebounds and 4 assists in defeat.
1995 Japanese Convention semifinals: Pacers 97, Knicks 95
The Knicks’ most up-to-date Sport 7 on the Backyard ends in crushing style, with a missed Ewing finger roll on the buzzer that may’ve pressured additional time.
Reggie Miller is the hero for the Pacers, scoring 29 factors, after his eight factors in 9 seconds allowed Indiana to steal Sport 1.
Ewing has a monster recreation as properly — 29 factors, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks — however his miss on the horn is what’s remembered from this epic showdown.
1994 NBA Finals: Rockets 90, Knicks 84
The John Starks Sport.
The Knicks guard shoots 2-for-18 from the sphere and 0-for-11 from 3-point vary in a six-point loss to the Rockets.
Hakeem Olajuwon will get the higher of Ewing, notching 25 factors, 10 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks in 46 dominant minutes.
1994 Japanese Convention finals: Knicks 94, Pacers 90
One of many video games that made Ewing’s Corridor of Fame legacy.
In 44 memorable minutes, he sends the Knicks again to the NBA Finals for the primary time since 1973, producing 24 factors, 22 rebounds, seven assists and 5 blocks.
His put-back dunk on a Starks miss with 26.9 seconds is the game-winner.
Miller misses on the opposite finish then commits a aromatic foul making an attempt to cease the clock within the closing seconds.
1973 Japanese Convention finals: Knicks 94, Celtics 78
For the primary time, the Celtics lose a Sport 7 at residence at Boston Backyard, as Walt Frazier leads the eventual NBA champion Knicks to a dominant 16-point street victory with 25 factors and 10 rebounds.
Boston had received eight straight Sport 7s on the parquet flooring earlier than this beautiful end result.
1970 NBA Finals: Knicks 113, Lakers 99
Captain and league MVP Willis Reed, affected by a torn muscle in his proper thigh, is a shock starter, limping onto the ground and hitting two early jumpers to encourage his teammates.
Frazier takes it the remainder of the way in which, producing a superb 36-point, 19-assist, seven-rebound effort to guide the Knicks to their first NBA title.
Afterward, Reed says, “I didn’t want to have to look at myself in the mirror 20 years later and say I wished I had tried to play.”
1951 NBA Finals: Royals 79, Knicks 75
The Knicks stay one in all simply 4 groups in NBA historical past to path 3-0 in a sequence and drive a Sport 7. They’ll’t full the comeback, although, as Rochester’s Arnie Risen overwhelms them with 24 factors and 13 rebounds.
