Creative Sports: A History of Hoops: The Story of the New York Knicks
TON RANGERS DETROIT VED RANGERS THURS MANHATTAN NYU FORDHAN PRI AOYING TEORILI 1-7FCH CHICAGO ST PETERS NEW YORK 30 KNICK 6 30 FIXERS
19 9 33 12 2 CONTENTS Houston We Don't Have a Problem Reed to the Rescue The Ewing Era Begins A Run of Success A Long Dry Spell Index LEGENDS OF THE HARDWOOD Making History A Dominant Defender Clothes Make the Man The Height of Ingratitude A Long Shot Scores a Bullseye Linsanity BOWMAN 17 13 17 21 26 32 BARNETT 10 15 16 20 24 27 BUCK 14 BUCK 50
Allan Houston 30 20 NEW YORK KNICKS
PARTEA HOUSTON WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM Hardly anyone gave the New York Knicks a chance against the Miami Heat in the first round of the 1999 National Basketball Association NBA Eastern Conference playoffs The Heat had the top seed The Knicks barely squeezed in as the eighth and final seed Only one 8 seed had ever defeated the top seed in the first round The Knicks astounded the league with two blowout wins in the first and third games Miami easily won games 2 and 4 The decisive Game 5 was a defensive struggle With 4.5 seconds remaining and Miami ahead 77-76 Knicks shooting guard Allan Houston took an inbounds pass at the top of the key He dribbled once to muscle his way between two defenders then launched an off balance 10 foot one handed shot The clock showed 0.8 seconds The ball hit the front rim caromed high off the backboard then fell through the net Nearly 15,000 Heat fans were shocked into silence Houston raced around the court before being mobbed by his teammates We've lost a lot of games on last second shots said Knicks dominant center Patrick Ewing It was finally sweet to be reversed where we would finally win one The Knicks were just getting started They swept the Atlanta Hawks in the second round Next up was the conference finals against the second seeded NEW YORK KNICKS
