1999 New York Knicks

Prior to the lockout-shortened 1998--99 season, the Knicks traded Starks in a package to the Golden State Warriors for 1994's 1st team all league shooting guard Latrell Sprewell (whose contract was voided by the Warriors after choking Warriors' head coach P. J. Carlesimo during the previous season), while also trading Charles Oakley for Marcus Camby. After barely getting into the playoffs with a 27--23 record, the Knicks started an improbable postseason run. It started with the Knicks eliminating the #1 seeded Heat in the first round after Allan Houston bounced in a running one-hander off the front of the rim, high off the backboard, and in with 0.8 seconds left in the deciding 5th game. This remarkable upset marked only the second time in NBA history that an 8-seed had defeated the 1-seed in the NBA playoffs. After defeating the Atlanta Hawks in the second round four games to none, they faced the Pacers yet again in the Eastern Conference Finals. Despite losing Ewing to injury for the rest of the playoffs prior to Game 3, the Knicks won the series (aided in part to a four-point play by Larry Johnson in the final seconds of Game 3) to become the first eighth-seeded playoff team to make it to the NBA Finals. However, in the Finals, the San Antonio Spurs, with superstars David Robinson and Tim Duncan, proved too much for the injury-laden Knicks, who lost in five games. The remarkable fifth game of this Finals is remembered for its 2nd half scoring duel between the Spurs' Tim Duncan and the Knicks' Latrell Sprewell, and was decided by a long jumper by Avery Johnson with less than 10 seconds left to clinch the title for the Spurs.

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• patrick
• ewing
• latrell
• sprewell
• allan
• houston

[ElTuco84]

I became a NYK fan since 1999, that team had more heart than any team right now in the NBA.

[rxp1019]

Ewing doesnt get hurt Knicks win the whole thing damn shame. I miss this team

[blumatic]

@Maverick2005m Very similar. But they were a proven bunch. Knicks today individually have good resumes but nothing as a team.

[Menhim21]

@Maverick2005m lmao, get ur head outta the clouds buddy, ur knicks SUCK! The 1999 team would crush today's team

[Maverick2005m]

is it just me, or is this team eerily similar to the one we have now

[90sandearly00srule3]

@rxp1019 i highly doubt the Knicks would have won even with Ewing at full strength. the Spurs had a really great chemistry, had 2 dominant big men in Robinson and Duncan, and had a lot of experienced, and battle tested veterans, not to mention they went on to win 3 more titles, so it was no fluke, plus the Spurs pretty much dismantled teams to get to the Finals. the Knicks had a great run, but in the end, the Spurs had a better team anyway you put it, Ewing or not.

[29larron]

Miss my squad like this!Niggas played wit mad heart yo!btw jersey n ny is a bridge apart y the hate!?thats y da dirty winn now and they love to let us know about it!smh

[nicbeatslego]

Latrell Sprewell is such a pimp

[ThatLegend1996]

This is why i'm a KNICKS Fan for life

[AwwwDarn]

I miss this so much.

[1robnyc]

as much as i loved the 94 knicks, i was more aware of the 99 knicks cause i was a little older. these were my knicks i miss them!

[42gameover]

LOL!!!!! "They lost to the league's worst team, the Chicago Bulls" Just a year before they were World Champs!!!!!! Hilarious