1970 New York Knicks

During the Knicks' slide into futility, there were signs of better things to come. In 1964, the Knicks drafted Willis Reed, who went on to become 1965's NBA Rookie of the Year. In 1965, the Knicks were given an extra first-round draft pick by the NBA (as were the San Francisco Warriors, who owned the worst record in the league's Western Division in 1964-65) and took advantage by drafting Bill Bradley and Dave Stallworth.

In 1967, right after the Knicks made it to the playoffs for the first time since 1959, the Knicks hired Red Holzman as their head coach. With Holzman at the helm, and young players such as Bill Bradley and Walt "Clyde" Frazier, the Knicks were a playoff team again in 1968. The next season, the team acquired Dave DeBusschere from the Detroit Pistons, and the team went 55-27. In the ensuing playoffs, the team made it past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 1953, sweeping the Baltimore Bullets in three games, before falling to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Division finals.

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[eclecticdoc]

The greatest TEAM of all time. Not the best players, but the players who played the best together.

[BobReidy]

Debusschere and Fraizer won game 7.Clyde had 36 points,19 assists and 7 boards.Debusschere had 18 points and 15 boards.

[BobReidy]

Oh my bad and yes that is true.

[Pearlfan15]

@BobReidy ; Debusschere actually had 17 boards, don't forget Barnett aand Riordan's great defense on Jerry West.

[azbaldy5]

They played as a TEAM that's why they won.