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.
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
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
"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!!
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...
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.
@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.
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 .
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.
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
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
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!
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 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
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.
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 !
13:27 no way in hell should Witherspoon be taking that shot with Alonzo on the floor next to Tim hardaway and Jamal mashburn. No fucking way in a game 7 should that happen in the final quarter let alone the final minute down by 1. But imma Knicks fan so it worked for me. Thanks for the upload. I was born in 87. I was 13 when my Knickerbockers got trashed by the spurs in the finals against the twin towers, while the twin towers were still standing.
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!
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
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
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!
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.
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.
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😥😥
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.
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
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
Spree was the shit...He was huge this game
He looks like Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
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
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????
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!
Alonzo is one of the most underrated centers of all time!
maaaan it was so fun so watch NBA playoffs,, especially on that era, 80's 90's ... they where so great.......
Goood old days! The intensity.
The last two games were decided by 3 points in total. That's how intense these two teams were defensively
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
Damn I miss watching Sprewell, Those introduction bumps he give his teammates on warmups always got me hyped
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.
I forgot how stacked both theses teams were in this era
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?
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
imagine Ewing (C), Johnson (PF), 'Melo (SF), Sprewell (SG), Nate/Harper (PG)...What a Knicks team that would be.
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
I remember watching this back in 2000 and I was feeling the pain in my knees for Patrick Ewing.
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!!
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..
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...
igl spree is my fav player in the knicks i like his hustle 💯
Remember that game like yesterday! Awesome game 💯
Man the NBA doesnt have rivalries like this no more
never gets old!
When the NBA was great
Latrell Sprewell really was a walking bucket back in the day! The original Lou Williams, but as a starter. A get-buckets specialist 🔥
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
I love old school NBA
Sprewell was so good the short time he was here, such a great Knick.
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.
lol @ bill walton "throw it down! get back!"
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
We owned the heat in the playoffs
Sprewell would never "choke" in crunchtime.only in practice☺
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 .
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.
Damn must have been frustrating for the Heat. They had such a good team.
People forget how dominant Zo was not only shot blocking but offensively he was a beast back then.
If only Ewing is still in his prime...
They can be champs with this team...
These times is when i loved basketball.
Mourning was a beast
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
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
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.
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
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
That heat-Knicks rivalry was so intense. Either team will end their season in those 4 memorable playoff series
Oh Clarence.....Majerle was wide open!!!!
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
Good old days and Latrell is what a beast
the best rivalry from the mid 90s
Og pat bad knees and all spree good dayz miss them watching to game with my pops rip forever knicks
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!
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.
Great game! Thank you! :)
Ewing, Sprewell and Johnson, awesome big 3
Go Spree !!!
14:04 "insert crying Jordan face here"
Pat with the game winning dunk. Nice job Pat
13:27 no way in hell should Witherspoon be taking that shot with Alonzo on the floor next to Tim hardaway and Jamal mashburn. No fucking way in a game 7 should that happen in the final quarter let alone the final minute down by 1. But imma Knicks fan so it worked for me. Thanks for the upload. I was born in 87. I was 13 when my Knickerbockers got trashed by the spurs in the finals against the twin towers, while the twin towers were still standing.
and how could I forget my man Mark Jackson
2 of the most exciting teams of the late 90s.
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
Mashburn was scared to take that shot! I'll never forget that.
so youre telling me Miami had a basketball team before 2010?
-heat fans
dam nothing like this no more
NBA on NBC intros were so cinematic, made the games feel more important. Unlike ESPN which just treats the games like filler in between commercials
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.
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
Back then it was the brand new American Airlines Arena.
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.
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!
Knicks fans were so happy to best the coach who gave up on them.
So much fun watching back then
Sick series!
I'm back on this channel again. Lol. Let's go Knicks. Let's get this rivalry going again.
I love this game.
NBA rivals:1997-heat,1998-knicks,1999-knicks,2000-knicks and 2012-heat
Spree always come off in big time
20 points in this era equals 30+ points today. The great Patrick’s Ewing last great playoff run. What a legend!
Glad I was alive for thus era
Knicks - Heat during this period is one of the most underrated sports rivalries.