Larry Johnson's 4-Point Play | New York Knicks Greatest Moments

The 1999 Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and the Pacers was a constant battle. The Knicks ultimately won in 6 games, but the iconic moment of that series or even the entire season may have been Larry Johnson's 4-point play in Game 3 at The Garden.
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[@Kamran.R]

Only if you are a true diehard Knicks fan, you would understand just how much this play meant. Great memory. ❤

[@TraderKiselev]

I was there. Still have a ticket stub. Unforgettable!

[@GatCat]

Oleg Kiselev seriously?!? Thats when the garden was alive!

[@TraderKiselev]

K C Section 313. I paid $200 for $65 ticket. Best $200 ever spent. We have not had a Team ever since...

[@deelewis8061]

Liar

[@theculture2020]

Wow that must’ve been a hell of an experience

[@TraderKiselev]

@@theculture2020 23 years and still fresh in my memory. Garden went bonkers. Houston, Spree, LJ. I loved that team.

[@playa4thee]

I remember watching this game with my brother Frank. The emotional roller coaster was unforgettable. Rest in peace brother Frank. Hope you are watching this replay in Heaven.

[@broncobilly4029]

LJ reinvented himself after his back injury to become a 3P shooter. That's impressive. He was a great player.

[@JohnnyJay81]

Me and my friends watched this live at my house, and words cannot properly express how we lost our minds.

[@djjustone2542]

I saw this live on TV, the best moment

[@jeremystark3350]

Same here. Was betting a huge stack of valuable sports cards on this game & of course I had the Pacers. That shot literally ruined me for the day..😁

[@developer101]

Same here, my girlfriend and I were jumping up and down in our apartment...

[@joegevorkyan7308]

Watched it live with dad. Feeling goosebumps

[@rayr3404]

Man I miss this time of knick basketball!

[@jmoorenyc7382]

Me too bro, they were great times indeed.

[@mjacksonjones]

Knick basketball hasn't been the same....

[@developer101]

So do I. I really love the Knicks. They're Truly New Yorks's team...

[@user-uv8gq7gz7b]

Where back baby ! ❤🎉

[@DJ_A.K_GOLD]

Those beautiful times , will come back one day . Don't worry.

[@jcreationz6235]

That time has come my friend. That time has come.

[@DJ_A.K_GOLD]

@@jcreationz6235 .....True , True.

[@christophermoltisanti9629]

We are back

[@jcreationz6235]

@@christophermoltisanti9629 damn right

[@michaelcomisse9478]

They're fucking back baby!!!

[@johnckoo]

One of the greatest moments in sports history.

[@coopDVille45]

I still get goosebumps watching this moment! It's our year again so long awaited

[@jaylong4705]

I never heard the garden get that loud. Amazing.

[@yeahbooooooooooi5234]

I’m in no way a Knick fan but I’ve never in my life seen a crowd react like that. It gave me goosebumps too.

[@alvalankerofficial]

I loved my 90s Knicks.

[@ryanguercio7061]

I had just gotten home from the hospital recently as I broke my neck in 3 places in a car accident while away at college. I remember being in horrible pain but wanting to watch every minute of every knicks game. My buddy Vinny came by and watched the games with me as he was a fan as well. Made the worst of times the best of times.

[@bsumardi1980]

this is when i starting to watch this team, until now

[@NegasxRepsxSD]

I found myself here comparing this to the DiVo 3 from game 2 against the sixers. I was at game 2 and my god, the building was shaking. Even after, when Rebecca interviewed Divo the noise the chants. Top Knick moment and I was blessed to be there

[@raidermenace9638]

I was 16 and assembling my desk and like wtf 😳 wow the knicks were fun team to watch from 97 to 2002

[@martindonato8024]

One of my favorite Knick moment. LJ really stepped up when Patrick Ewing missed the entire postseason in 1999.

[@atongdamuho2058]

Ewing played in the '99 postseason until he got injured in game 2 of ECF against the Pacers

[@puppethound]

those Pacer-Knicks match ups of the 90s were some of the best in NBA history. Hicks vs Knicks!

[@mikescorpio1108]

Tears of joy.

[@davidke588]

the emotion doesn't fade away after 20+ years

[@letsgomets07]

Miss those Knicks teams, even though they didn’t win, those are everyone’s favorite Knick teams

[@prettysure3085]

No foul period

[@juanreyesjr580]

Still a four point play!

[@SGWAPO]

he literally grabbed his arm as he gathered to shoot

[@csharp57]

Davis knew Larry blew by him he was pushing on him, the foul was called. Was it in the act of shooting? Debatable. But the foul is as clear as day. Reggie Miller had the perfect chance to win the game. Had he made his shot this 4 point play would have been forgotten. Indiana had their chance

[@natalieps2387]

The top view of the garden is one of the greatest images I've ever seen. This 4 pt play was thrilling. My freinds & I were screaming & hugging like lunatics. The pacers never recovered they were handled easily in 6. They were the 1 seed we the 8th.

[@gatti77]

Probably my favorite Knicks moment ever! I still get goosebumps every time I watch this again.

[@troyf.9050]

😢As a Knick fan, I remember this play! It was so awesome seeing the crowd erupt! And knowing it was Grand Ma Ma that hit that shot was even better! Oh! Respect to Davis -also a future Knick(he did right by going into to stands & defending his wife!!)

[@bryantnonya8704]

I'm not a Knicks fan and this place still gives me goosebumps! But I was rooting for the Knicks in 99 against the pacers and against the heat only because Jordan retired and I felt the Knicks were the best representatives for the east in the NBA finals...

[@mjacksonjones]

DA KNICKS!!! I remember this game and that moment. My buddy and I was watching it and says, you guys are going to need a miracle. And after LJ hit that 3 and got fouled, I was like.... WE JUST GOT THAT MIRACLE!!!

[@mjacksonjones]

Mike, I STILL get goosebump!!

[@joachimbucherer5030]

Pacers - Knicks used to be a rivalry!

[@gyelamagneechavez]

No matter what happens I will be a knicks fan.

[@imadethischanneltocomment3229]

jumped so high in the air like never before

[@martinbrankov8504]

All the Knicks have are memories!

[@beatease5992]

Damn that's cold

[@martinbrankov8504]

@@beatease5992 sad truth.

[@rthompson9652]

Dude gtfoh

[@JRAHIT]

Exactly, I’m a fan, and that’s why I’m here now Lol

[@mikecolin3983]

Knicks in the playoffs, I came back to watch this again. I watched the game when it happened, was damn near in tears.

[@davidellis5141]

The Knicks were so close in the 90's

[@mets23232]

We Knicks fan miss the Mecca's cameras shaking the way they did in the 90's... it's a shame, because there's nothing like playoff NY Knicks basketball, nothing like it. LJ's shot, the last great memory for Knicks fans.

[@frankmoscarelljr4624]

Still get goosebumps even though I know it’s coming!!! I freaked out when the shot went in, picture Daffy Duck bouncing around going cuckoo 😂

[@brooklynstudent73]

A Knicks fan since 1981, this is the one game turned off 7 minutes in the 4th quarter and to be suprised at the result at the end. I was disgusted by the team's performance all night in Game 3 of the 1999 ECF. I still remember my friends calling me asking me if I saw the game, and I responded: "Nah, but I know we lost." They were like: "Lost?? Man, the Knicks won!! LJ did a 4-point play!!" I was happy and dejected at the same time, lol. It's never over til its over.

[@alonzotanner1226]

Man LJ was a beast. However, I think he was even better on the Hornets. I still remember seeing that replay the next day on the news. Damn, Reggie mustve been sooooo pissed at Mark Jackson for taking that shot when he was basically double teamed and he was wide open.

[@TL2354]

What? Reggie loved it. He had some good moments vs the Knicks but some chokes too

[@italianauthority4243]

Reggie wasn’t open, Houston had him tight

[@joshuabetancourt2000]

To be sure, LJ was more explosive on the Hornets but was an all-around better player on the Knicks. When we picked him up in free agency in the summer of 96’, I was sooooo excited because I thought we are getting Grandma-ma! But, a different LJ arrived to the Big Apple (mainly due to back injuries), and I was not expecting it. Needless to say, I was disappointed for a long time to have missed out on that version of Larry. I came to see his value and diversity as a player in that 99’ run to the Finals, especially In Ewing’s absence. No way the LJ of Charlotte could have carried the Knicks through that enchanted post season. At best, he would have had great explosive highlights slashing, dashing, and dunking - but from the first round alone. No way a Knicks team with an athletic Larry Johnson would have taken down a deep, seasoned Miami Hear team in the first round.

[@rickjamesjr6651]

Larry Johnson made me believe u can persevere even when not at 100 percent

[@lizfinkelstein1323]

I watched A LOT of Knick basketball during the 1990's; I don't think the Garden ever exploded like that before, or since.

[@joeblack7326]

Zion before Zion

[@josephlenongalang1759]

Ive been a solid knicks fan since that cinderella team

[@frankwhite1895]

I loved LJ

[@joe6796]

My idol

[@jimmylongmyonlinevideos6711]

Grandma ma came up big.

[@ontop2324]

this is such a high quality video

[@michaelcestaro8620]

I was there... sitting next to two pacer fans and the whole game it was even but the dunking Dutchman was killing us and Larry was hitting shot after shot and hit a buzzer beater before the half or the 1st quarter... and we were only looking for a 3 and he hit a 3 and was fouled and the crowd erupted and those two pacer fans sat right down and just knew it was over... wish we didn’t run into Duncan and Robinson because we should of had a championship that year... epic run as the #8 seed... bring back the old knick feels

[@ChargingBison]

I would have told them to go back to their racist Mike Pence-run hell hole right then on the spot!

[@adamverdejo8696]

New York will ALWAYS BE KNICK'S WORLD......ALWAYS

[@luisluciano.908]

Knick fans have waited long enough. Let’s go!!!

[@elcomplextv]

Greatness

[@marcus.6487]

damn...4git dis sh!t was on my birfday -- lotta blunts on dis night, right on shid ✌🏿😄

[@00superstar]

Those days are back!!

[@tymon3y]

BODEGA HIVE WHERE YOU AT 🍔... that’s a chop cheese

[@CJ-zp7qj]

Close as the Knicks will ever get to another title

[@VeN0m88]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

[@wisdomlandkraficsjahmexico9599]

Who's here because the Knicks are gonna play the PACERS in rd2 of the 2024 NBA playoffs???? In 10hrs!!!!!!!! Go Ny go Ny go!!!!!!❤❤❤💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙5💙🧡

[@ericsigersmith6067]

Classic

[@yungmanong7567]

Yeah Larry Johnson! Still got a full head of hair!

[@z853c7]

4:49 The camera shaking on the wide shot

[@davideramazzina4245]

❤

[@thekongstocks]

No HD Tube TV?

[@dwightlove3704]

Jalen Rose tipped that ball

[@michaelsonsarmiento5943]

music title?

[@terrymanning2285]

Knicks had no size.

[@youtuber3328]

the 99 knicks didn't face legends like west bird johnson jordan jabbar robertson chamberlain + russell

[@mrmacross]

Yeah, the East was wide open. But they ran into a streaking Spurs team led by Duncan and Robibson and who were on fire after a slow start and all the way through the playoffs.

[@youtuber3328]

@@mrmacross robinson was no longer elite in the 99 playoffs

[@Dave-bf8vs]

Rigged to avoid a Spurs vs Pacers Finals.

[@loucontino4804]

Donnie Walsh...please man stop you're bellyachin'. What about Miller scoring 8 points in 9 seconds on the Knicks in the 95 Finals? You had your moment then, Donnie Walsh.

[@GatCat]

I didn’t see the foul. Seemed like a no call.

[@plainsimple244]

I wish the Knicks could have won the 2000 East because the Pacers were terrible in the Finals -- just a team that couldn't compete.... At least the Knicks in '99 competed vs. the Spurs without Ewing.

[@sergiofabrietti9960]

Wasn't the foul before the shot?? The guy was still dribbling!!

[@billbookwalter9596]

If the ref is going to call a foul it was definitely on the floor … once he started his shooting motion he wasn’t touched

[@mox9076]

It's questionable, but that's what "home cooking" does for a team

[@johnckoo]

With the amount of fake calls that Reggie Miller got during the series, I’m not even listening to any naysayers on this one. It’s how the game was called back then.

[@JiKeeY202]

And sadly in 22 years (in terms of competitive relevance & even counting the Knicks last playoff appearance LOL almost a decade ago) this is still to this day the last great moment in franchise history! and you can only blame knick fans for continuing to patronize failure year after year!

[@rthompson9652]

Another media echoing noob. U watch too much espn clown

[@GatCat]

Wow, look at how the game has changed. 11 seconds on the clock and LJ and the announcers say they should go for 2 while down 3. Then foul and play another possession.

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

those were the days. but with this generation everybody from point guard to center can hit a three now.

[@mrmacross]

I don't think that's different from today. Down 3 with 11 seconds, the defense usually is a little softer because they are actively avoiding fouling so you can get an easy two, foul, and force the other team to make two clutch free throws. The defense is guarding against three-pointers, sort of like the NBA's version of the prevent defense in the NFL, so getting points at the basket is easier than normal. Threes aren't considered a must until you're around the 5 second mark.

[@kingdave31]

That 99 playoff run was magical, but it’s tempered by the fact that they never had a chance to win the Finals no matter who came out of the West. Also while we’re at it let’s forget that stupid conspiracy theory that the NBA rigged this series for the Knicks. Indiana had plenty of chances to win, they just didn’t.

[@tremendoushustle9548]

The refs bailed the Knicks out. That was the weakest foul cal of the entire game. 😢

[@mox9076]

I wish Patrick won a ring

[@jeremystark3350]

I will never forget where I was when the "Phantom Foul" happened. I was betting a huge stack of sports cards on this game & I had the Pacers. Grand Ma-Ma killed my soul with that shot.

[@dendreneto7699]

that's a bad call

[@aaronballantyne]

Ummmm... where was the foul? Look at the angle at 4:35... did he even get touched?

[@juanreyesjr580]

And it’s still a four point play all these years later!

[@italianauthority4243]

He got bumped moved forward and shot a 3, what are u like a salty pacer fan

[@SGWAPO]

he literally grabbed his arm at the gather

[@aaronballantyne]

@@italianauthority4243 I couldn't care less about the Pacers or Knicks- Raptors all day. but this seems like a pretty weak foul, especially by the standards of the 90's

[@italianauthority4243]

Aaron Ballantyne ok nobody told u to get hurt over it

[@saidullah146]

when i see knicks fans honestly what i think is im so glad i was born in LA and made into a die hard lakers fan you guys have suffered for so long and will continue suffering as a fan i went through the "knick fan experience" for 7 years i could NEVER imagine how you guys feel not winning since the 70s

[@juanreyesjr580]

Here’s how it feels, it’s frustrating it’s upsetting and yet we true Knick fans keep rooting! That’s what makes us the greatest fans of any NBA franchise! I know Laker fans from here in CT where I’ve been born and raised and still live here. Those same laker fans use to be bulls fans which have also rooted for the heat, GS. That team you root for has several front runner fans that will one day root for the Knicks when and I mean when we win our next championship. Hope it’s in my lifetime but the Knicks are due for some real success. That’s what it’s like for a Knicks fan born in 85 and saw the team be very good in the 90s just not excellent.

[@saidullah146]

Juan Reyes Jr yeah I can agree but those. Aren’t real lakers fans if you knew real lakers fans they’re rabid almost to a fault lol but loyal and nah I couldn’t agree more anyone who tells me they’re knicks fans and actually watch knicks games automatically get my respect lmao it must be a real struggle

[@rthompson9652]

@@saidullah146 lol struggle. Some ppl aren't jaded and dont feel the need to be so thirsty that they gots to root for a winning team by any means necessary. Some ppl went from the pistons to bulls to spurs to lakers to heat to cavs. Some of those very same travelling fans mask it as calling themselves lebron fans. The last 10yrs, flaker fans either a) were gs warriors fans or b) hid their flaker gear in the closet nd had it collect dust only hoping to take it outta there if the lakers got back decent. Make no mistake about it. Whoever wins this year has an asterisk next to it. Knicks fans are doing what real "fans" do which is support their team which will make it even sweeter when they finally break through. We are no different from lions, clippers, browns, bengals, kings nd wizards/bullets fans

[@saidullah146]

R Thompson lmao first of all the last 7-8 years the lakers had the worst record we still had one of the best viewership for our games still one of the most jersey sales and was top 5 in revenue in our trashiest yeArs as a franchise so ur argument doesn’t hold every team will have ban wagons secondly THIS year if anything will count more whoever wins the championship because ur asking elite athletes who have routines that are already going 100mph to stop for 4 months then restart and go 0-100mph again that’s WAY more difficult than a regular season plus teams who worked for home court won’t get it if the lakers win this year it’ll be even more impressive

[@juanreyesjr580]

R Thompson that’s right what you said is fact! Let’s go Knicks

[@joenelsaracho4836]

Thats not even the foul wtf

[@MetFansince]

It is as if they set the lighting in the studio to make people look as bad as possible.

[@jamesglimco4371]

6 dislikes are from Pacers fans

[@stevenfortney2752]

Not great. They don't even have his epic interview on the court with Jim Gray.

[@kelgbear]

No Foul.

[@thabesttheris]

That wasnt a foul

[@juanreyesjr580]

But it was still a four point play!

[@Godlovewalker]

Patrick Ewing is my favorite NBA player