Greatest Rivalry of the 1990s - Knicks vs Pacers - Epic Rivalries Ep 1

[@Dee-bg5qy]

This took me to my teen years growing up in NYC though I was a Pacers fan 😂! This rivalry was like no other and is still my most memorable and impactful sports moments for me. Reggie Miller was absolutely magnificent. To watch this rivalry then watch the Knicks stink for 20+ years was tough for me as a Pacers fan to take because my memory of them are as the John Starks/Patrick Ewing led Knicks. It was bad even for me to see such a fall, which in turn let me know how much respect even I gained for the Knicks throughout the 90's rivalry. This video is a treasure and the 90's/early 2000's was the best version of NBA ball IMO of all time. Great video

[@HardwoodFilms99]

This comment made my day bud...thanks! :) And for sure, every time they played, this rivalry gave us something to remember. Amazing games from an absolutely amazing era of basketball

[@Dee-bg5qy]

​@HardwoodFilms99 You're welcome brother. You earned a subscriber as well. I can't wait to see the other episodes when released!

[@brianwilliams6167]

I grew up in nyc also(still live there). Mentioning that your a pacers fan was NOT a good idea.....better off wearing a yellow shirt or something

[@Dee-bg5qy]

@@brianwilliams6167 Yet that was the situation. I grew up in the Bronx an Indiana Pacers fan, and it's Reggie Miller's fault. 😆

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

Just watched the bulls vs pistons video and now this I just subbed wishing more success man

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it :)

[@donaldmcgee6334]

Everybody know that when you played the Knicks in the 90's, you played against 16 people. The Knicks and Spike Lee

[@HardwoodFilms99]

absolutely and I think the visiting teams thought so too lol

[@brianwilliams6167]

Kinda like jack Nicholson when going up against LA

[@donaldmcgee6334]

@@brianwilliams6167 facts

[@donaldmcgee6334]

@@brianwilliams6167 the only difference is Jack Nicholson doesn't harrass you!!!!

[@therealshino4607]

@@brianwilliams6167 There was also Detroit's Barber.

[@NWJonathan]

Reggie Miller was one my favorites as kid. This rivalry was the best of The East Coast teams in the 90’s !!!

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Absolutely! Loved these games, seemed like there was something memorable each and every year. Reggie in the playoffs was special!

[@ThePhenomm]

The 90’s were some intense rivalry with the Pacers. I think it was the best in the 90’s but the Knicks/Heat were near images of each other as all 4 years going the distance. Awesome video!

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks! Yeah the Knicks-Heat games were super intense as well for sure - will always remember Van Gundy clinging on to Zo's leg lol

[@xXxGlitterGirlxXx]

Great video. You brought back a lot of memories. Truly one of the greatest rivalries of the 90s.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[@karlwarner7401]

Rik Smits was a very very good player. defensively he was lackluster but his size and toughness give him some leeways and offensively he could shoot consistantly from 17 and had a great post game. respect and love him

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Agreed and the game just got that much easier for Indy when Smits had it going. If those foot injuries didn't slow him down early (and if kept out of foul trouble lol) , he'd probably get a lot more respect from the average fan. But yeah Smits happens!

[@joemccandless1278]

Great video. I remember the atmosphere in Market Square Arena being a whole different level of intensity whenever the Knicks came into town. I imagine it was the same in New York. And I'm talking regular season games. I can't imagine what the playoffs must have felt like. Right on too for giving the Davis duo their due. They've never got the accolades that they deserve but were crucial in any success the Pacers had.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Absolutely, the Davis boys were key! The one guy it pained me to leave out was Derrick Mckey - the perfect utility man

[@MrSevere51]

It is a pleasure to experience playoff basketball of high intensity-playing the game to WIN at all costs with no ❤ lost. That's when NBA games are FAN-TASTIC!🏀🏀🏀🏀!

[@HardwoodFilms99]

100% - you felt the intensity in each game man

[@vernonleewarren280]

This series is great but it needs to be at least 1 hour. I absolutely love and miss this era of basketball.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

haha I was actually concerned I'm making these videos too long, but thanks again! :)

[@WobblinGoblin1]

Again, well done.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks again! :)

[@sjw4life546]

A phenomenal rivalry that I saw in real time!!

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Absolutely! Great games with a little bit of everything and some unreal moments

[@philneliusharris4189]

It’s the one thing that the game is missing today. The rivalries were awesome back in those days. They played like their manhoods were on the line. It’s not the same game today. Seems like all the teams of this era were rivals. Miss those days

[@HardwoodFilms99]

100% - growing up watching those games was special. Not sure if we'll ever see that kind of intensity again.

[@philneliusharris4189]

@@HardwoodFilms99 they brought the gridiron to the hardwood in those days. I don’t think so either, the league has become way too soft. Players actually had to earn it back then, nothing was given.

[@edwardbinns1935]

The Best rivalry Bulls vs Knicks Bulls vs Bad Boys Pistons Knicks vs miami heat Lakers vs Celtics Lakers vs Kings

[@HardwoodFilms99]

@@edwardbinns1935 Bulls-Pistons and half of Lakers-Kings is already up on the channel. I will be working on the others soon too :)

[@younglove3362]

There's still rivalries. Y'all just like to ignore them because you hate new and love Nostalgia.

[@driftineditzz]

Very nicely edited video, good job 👍

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks! Appreciate it. :)

[@brianwilliams6167]

​@@HardwoodFilms99Who wins the '99 series if that BS call didnt happen?????? Because remember the knicks still rightfully won games 1,5,6. And if the foul wasnt called gane 3 was going into OT......i mean that was a good shot by LJ. So who wins in '99 ????? Pacers in 7? At home....

[@MrBlockice22]

Not neither team fan, but I loved it to see it in 2024. Good to see!!

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks :)

[@AnarkeeSoundVibes]

The Knicks vs Pacers rivalry was one of the greatest rivalries of the 90's. Every game was like Tyson vs Holyfield, it was that intense.

[@AnarkeeSoundVibes]

I was never and will never be a NY Knicks fan (even though Queens, NY is my home) but that game 7 in 1995 was one of the greatest all time blunders I've ever seen in a basketball game. After all the effort they put in, and Ewing blew it like that.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Seriously! I really didn't intend for the video to be 38 minutes but that's just how many great moments there were between these two teams

[@Classicbasketballdvds]

good video...one of the best rivalries in the 90s. Please do 90s Bulls-Knicks & Knicks-Heat. Those were intense rivalries as well

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks! I have both of them in mind too. Those two rivalries don't get talked about enough :)

[@Classicbasketballdvds]

@@HardwoodFilms99 factz...those were the 3 best in the east in the 90s. the western conference had some good ones too, like Sonics-Rockets, Suns-Rockets, Jazz-Spurs, Rockets-Jazz, Sonics-Suns, Jazz-Sonics etc

[@ronalddechosa3048]

The choke'btween Reggie&spike is an epic🙂✌️

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Yep, that entire 4th quarter was EPIC!

[@malikshabazz2065]

great video! :-)

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks! Appreciate it. :)

[@jaychild78]

I was thankful to have witnessed this bloody rivalry in real-time. But Bulls-Knicks was better 😅

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Yep, that was really good as well. Bulls-Knicks probably doesnt get talked about as much as it should to be honest

[@jaychild78]

@@HardwoodFilms99 I wholeheartedly agree!

[@Cashpunk]

It's great seeing Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton revive this rivalry, but Shoutout to Carmelo Anthony and Paul George aswell in 2013

[@BRICKCITYRICHIE]

And BTW I met Anthony Mason in east Orange NJ in 1994 along with Nautey by Nature the same day in at a summer game that day 💯👈

[@jmcook96]

Knicks/Bulls is a fun rivalry or Heat/Knicks is a good one too

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Will be working on those soon :) A lot of ppl forget how intense that Heat-Knicks one was and ppl also forget just how much trouble the Knicks gave MJ and the Bulls

[@jonnykilroy9762]

Reggie is maybe the main one who has his legacy hindered by playing in the Jordan era since they play the same position. Aside from championships, he missed out on a lot all-stars and all-nba's. No one was ever beating MJ out for those. Him, Drexler, Steve, Smith, Dumars etc are fighting for 1 or maybe 2 spots every year

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Yeah and I think people tend to forget how he upped his game in the playoffs every single year

[@RobertMartinez-b4y]

Ewing is a knicks legend…..wish he won a ‘chip

[@HardwoodFilms99]

One of the greatest big men ever - deserved a ring for sure!

[@chukwunonyeanyakoha8573]

Charles Smith legacy in the Knivks is summarized by that disastrous possession.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

haha I almost felt bad for including that bit in there lol

[@PakRT48]

Do Knicks vs Heat 1997-2000

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Its on my list but I'm getting a lot of messages for that one so will definitely have to bump it up the order now :)

[@Brbos06]

I'm sure you already know a lot of these, but some other great rivalries include Chicago vs New York, New York vs Miami, Boston vs Philadelphia and Chicago vs Detroit.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks...have those in mind already :)

[@edwardbinns1935]

​@@HardwoodFilms99Do a video chicago vs knicks rivalry

[@charismatic9904]

Knicks vs pacers. Knicks vs Heat. Knicks vs Bulls. Bulls vs pacers. Bulls vs heat. Suns vs rockets. And so on.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

I have those in mind as well :)

[@arenasviscatanius]

Now its all about money, making guy/guy kissing mouth pointing punching thumbnails, and 2k ratings.

[@drewlavay]

Can we get knicks vs bulls???

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Its definitely on the list, but working on one from the west at the moment

[@kurtgreaser988]

Dale Davis was the catalyst of the Pacers.

[@BRICKCITYRICHIE]

So I hated the BULLS,PACERS,N HEAT ...tru KNICKS FAN ,

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Yeah, 90s Knicks fans had a lot teams to hate lol

[@rayanmalik6957]

what year were the Knicks the best?

[@mika009]

I guess in 1994 they were the best in the East since they went to the finals. I don't think they had the best record, but they did make it.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Well they had their championship teams in the 70s which you might say were the best, but of course that was before my time so I haven't seen them. But yeah the 94 Knicks were one Starks' 3 away from winning it all so I'd go with them.

[@James-ki5ix]

1994 and 1993 they were pretty damn good in 1992 they took Jordan and bull 💩 to seven games with madman Xavier McDaniels

[@jaredwright8085]

​@@mika009just 93 94 we got screwed and in 99

[@jamesalcantara4217]

New channel?

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Yep, just started so long road ahead. I hope you enjoyed the vid :)

[@jamesalcantara4217]

@HardwoodFilms99 yeah keep it up things like this. just discovered your channel and subscribed. keep growing.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks! Appreciate it :)

[@Brock_1025]

Jordan's retirement spawned this rivalry

[@elmascavidal1797]

As a Knicks fan I truly hated the pacers, bulls , heat,

[@HardwoodFilms99]

I loved watching the 90s Knicks even though some fans dont give them much credit. John Starks was just pure entertainment - at his best and at his worst lol

[@brianwilliams6167]

hey it's not like LA destroyed Indiana tho. If killer hits that 3 in game four. It's DEF going 7

[@HardwoodFilms99]

You said it man. Everyone forgets those little moments in a series. If that Reggie 3 went in, it could have been a different story. But you know what really annoys me about that game - Travis Best took the last shot in regulation to try and win it instead of Reg. I mean the play wasnt even set up for Reggie - that will never make sense to me. But oh well, that's how it was.

[@brianwilliams6167]

​@@HardwoodFilms99best was feeling his Oates (if that's how u say that)..... because he hit the series winner vs bucks

[@brianwilliams6167]

​​@@HardwoodFilms99if u are to do one again it HAS to be Knicks heat.....I mean 4 straight meetings ...that was unheard of....Knicks and bulls met 4 straight too.....bulls and pistons 88-91 But Knicks heat has to be the next one should u do another one

[@James-ki5ix]

Mark Jackson was the slowest damn point guard pacers ever had but if you ask me as a former die hard pacers fan in the 90'$and early 00'$. Not only Reggie Miller jersey got retired but Rik smits,both Davis boys as well as vern Fleming and Chuck person jerseys should have been retired as well they all played at least from 12 to 8 years in a pacers uniform,but I guess that organization didn't think so, I think at least Rik smits dale Davis and Vern Fleming all played over 10 years,smits 12 Fleming 12 Davis 11, Derrick Mckey too,but Knicks and pacers were always fun to watch

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Yeah those guys deserve it...one guy it pained me to leave out of the video was Derrick Mckey - the man did a little bit of everything but did it in stealth mode so you'd hardly notice him lol

[@brianwilliams6167]

Yeah but Mark Jackson was still nice ......awesome vision and play making......student of the game compensated his lack of speed

[@James-ki5ix]

@@brianwilliams6167 yeah fair enough 👍

[@cookiedot]

111 subs? Mate count me in

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Thanks a lot! Appreciate it!

[@rayanmalik6957]

Is Reggie Miller the best NBA player to never win an NBA title?

[@HardwoodFilms99]

He's up there but not the best I'd say. Still, the man's playoff resume has everything other than a ring

[@rayanmalik6957]

so who wld be a better player than Reggie Miller to have never actually won a ring?

[@enricopalazzo2941]

Annnnnddd neither team or any players won a championship due to the Greatness of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Good Night.

[@HardwoodFilms99]

True - like so many of the greats in the 90s

[@brianwilliams6167]

Who wins the '99 series if that BS call didnt happen?????? Because remember the knicks still rightfully won games 1,5,6. And if the foul wasnt called gane 3 was going into OT......i mean that was a good shot by LJ. So who wins in '99 ????? Pacers in 7? At home....

[@HardwoodFilms99]

Hey, I'll tell you what its an interesting one. I wasnt happy with how the Pacers played that series. Probably the only postseason run where Reggie wasnt at his best. I might say the Knicks in 7 given how their playoff run was going. In any case, it was possibly the worst call I've ever seen. I personally found that flagrant foul on Reggie in '94 to be just as atrocious. Rockets-Pacers in 94 or Spurs-Pacers in 99 - which hypothetical finals do you think Indy stood a better chance of winning?

[@brianwilliams6167]

Beating Houston.....what other position other than center did the rockets have advantage? Now this was before Mark Jackson but they had Byron Scott who was nice and had championship experience

[@brianwilliams6167]

I'll tell u a call that went Indiana's way ... When Miller scored 8 points in 9 sec I think he pushed to get the steal from Anthony Mason

[@brianwilliams6167]

Because the truth is Knicks shoulda beat Houston.....they were up 3-2 AND 3 players for NY scored over 100 points in the series vs just 1 for rockets Ewing was the series leading blocker and rebounder Harper was the series leading assist man and steals........and starks was on fire in the fourth quarter of game 6 so we all know that last 3 was going in.....and even with starks having a horrible game seven they lost by measley 6 points . I mean imagine if starks just hits a few J's

[@brianwilliams6167]

Although also in '95 Ewing traveled like fuck to hit the GW in game 5

[@kurtgreaser988]

Smith No!

[@P715R]

Reggie Miller showed how over rated he was by choking in the closing games and getting clamped by an undrafted guard. 😂

[@James-ki5ix]

Pacers unfortunately choked in 99 and the only chance to possibly win a championship, Spurs probably wouldn't have won though

[@HardwoodFilms99]

I really wanted them to advance in '98 - would have been fun to watch Reggie against Stockton and Malone

[@James-ki5ix]

@@HardwoodFilms99 yeah they probably had the best chance to win it all that year,I didn't see them beating Spurs and we know what happened In 2000

[@marcusgilmore5211]

@@James-ki5ix i’m confident we could have beaten the Spurs that team was very solid. Lucky shot by Larry Johnson bad foul call on Davis….

[@James-ki5ix]

@@marcusgilmore5211 maybe, maybe not but they didn't even polish off an 8 seeded Knicks team that they easily handled in the second round of 98. I was a pacers fan from the early 90's till after the Danny Granger Paul George era but I don't even watch NBA anymore but all I can say is that they had their best chances in 98 if they beat Bulls or in 99 if they beat that Knicks team 2000 we all know what happened there.

[@marcusgilmore5211]

@@James-ki5ix you’re right even Phil Jackson said that the best team didn’t win meaning he thought that we were better than the 98 Bulls. I still feel like when Jackson Pitt Scottie Pippen on March Jackson, there should’ve been more calls filed on Scottie. I was a kid back then so Rita didn’t know the game as well. Why don’t you follow the Pacers anymore?….