NBA On NBC - Knicks @ Heat 2000 Playoffs Deciding Game 7!

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[@annie20232]

Every time these two teams played, it was like the NBA Finals

[@chrisanderson7984]

NBA on NBC is man memories.

[@alexistorres2425]

I absolutely agree

[@user-nf3rt8eo1x]

Damn that NBA on NBC always gets me going

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

Look at these players. You have everything, from veteran leadership, the athleticism, the shooting, the physicality, the rivalry, the seriousness! A lot of these things are missing in today's game!

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

@@chrisuncleahmad haha you do see that defensive intensity don't you??🤔

[@hainavidotcom]

@@tech-no-logictech9743 They don't understand that concept. They think you can go 0-500 mph in a traffic jam and expect nothing to happen. Not happening, you will wreck and get killed! they have no clue. All that fancy-carrying dribbling won't work. they will get a lot more TOs and less playing time. Anytime there is friction forearms or hand check, it hinders scoring to the best of scorers. For MJ to average 30+ throughout his career is amazing even though he is not playing at this time. Now you don't have that as the league purposely designed the game to limit D and bring in a barrage of chucking with no fundamentals. It is a boring and sad and failed product. That's why the league is creating all of this in-tournament and Play in BS. to get these guys to compete properly, If they did compete right, you wouldn't need those so-called incentives. the NBA is much to blame for this the players of today. PURE GARBAGE. Gimme 80s-90s-early 2000s all day.

[@thorgardhaugen2193]

Today's game is unwatchable, it's shit, 3p contests and non defence games....

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

@@thorgardhaugen2193 And lack of character.

[@whataboutrob442]

​@@chrisuncleahmadDid you see how hard it was to just set up in your offense. Basketball in the 90s was the best. This crap today is boring.

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

Damn. So much quality on the court. Mourning, Ewing, Spree, Hardaway, Johnson, Mashburn, Majerle, Houston, Ward, Childs, Thomas, PJ Brown, Thorpe, Weatherspoon. A guy like Bruce Bowen played only 12 minutes a game.

[@tupacalypse88]

12 minutes and he still almost hurt somebody😂😂

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

@@tupacalypse88 😅

[@nochey78]

THEY WERE ALL PLUMBERS!!!!

[@andrec2696]

Spree was a monster and tremendously underrated..

[@annie20232]

Poor man's Kawhi

[@ronniemartin5088]

Anyone else miss those late 90's early 00's NBA jerseys???? Those joints were straight 🔥💯 I'm bout to get me a NY Knicks away jersey any day now

[@noonevincecarterfan]

Jep. I'm a collector of the jerseys from that era actually. I own about 20 of them and am still buying more. Most of them look way better than those from this era.

[@Tonystarks717]

Word ol school

[@stojanzjajic4885]

Man, i'm watching this and crying😢 Today's NBA can't be compared to this level of competitiveness

[@hectorlopez1069]

I miss this basketball

[@Tyweezy84]

I totally understand, nostalgia for me as well

[@user-uf3rh8kf9s]

Stojan, that's an UNDERSTATEMENT.

[@kylesorhaindo853]

Basketball now is boring

[@isaiahwinbrone]

Those were the good old days

[@Leonard_Wilson]

It sucks seeing Ewing past his prime. With that said, I miss physical basketball like this.

[@coreyrowe4119]

Last stand for the late 90s Heat/Knicks playoff rivalry, they wouldn't meet again in the postseason until 2012.

[@annie20232]

It wasn't really a rivalry after those four series. The results were lopsided

[@360garrenzo]

The NBA has changed a lot since then.

[@waynemartin5784]

Yea bunch of fruit loops now

[@TheRealJayson3]

Ewing was 37 at this time; still a dominant force

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was done already

[@alexl.4362]

He was?

[@corywhite5608]

And hit the game winner too.

[@antonioalcantar4555]

Mis amados Knicks 💯, nos dieron tantas alegrías, y eso que ahí ya no estaba Starks ni Oakley!la intensidad, los uniformes, los tenis 😊, nada de tenis rosas con amarillo 🤢, nada de puro triple a lo loco, como no extrañar esa época de jugadores de respeto. Al final la cara de Pat Riley 😅.

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

Look at Majerle contesting all those Allen Houston shots. But people act like he was a "plumber". He is almost 35 years old here.

[@annie20232]

Allan*

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

@@annie20232 True! Thx☺️

[@ghariiscool]

Majerle was tough

[@IGH414]

Majerle was always known for his defensive skills

[@annie20232]

@@IGH414 Michael Jordan made him look like a plumber in the 93 Finals

[@chrisuncleahmad]

The last hurrah of that brief but white hot 4 year rivalry

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

Which the Knicks dominated beating the Heat 3 out of 4 years, if it wasn't for that fight and suspensions it would have been 4 straight.

[@annie20232]

@@rooseveltdarbey9493 If they reversed the suspensions, the Knicks could have pulled it off in Game 6

[@barbarapaparella1833]

​@@annie20232they were up 3-1 and I remember game 6 being close even with certain players being out.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

The 2000 playoffs was a series of last hurrahs for multiple teams

[@jordansoviet23]

This was really the last of the real Knicks that I known for. Now they're not even recognizable because of bad front office decision for decades now.

[@lanrebadmus2166]

Um, have you even watched this season?

[@NeonPolygons]

wow i already knew the outcome but just watching this version just kept me on the edge of my seat!

[@MDBBall]

👍

[@omniultima4747]

The way they played back then was beautiful, not 90% of the pick & roll like today's games.

[@anthonyrivera4735]

The Heat and Knicks had quite the rivalry from 1997-2000.

[@OrionOodama]

After this game, Pat Riley went into a massive overhaul while kept Mourning and Hardaway untouchable. The Heat traded for Eddie Jones, Anthony Mason, and Brian Grant. Problem was, health (Zo's kidney), youth and athleticism had caught up with the Heat the next year. Charlotte Hornets pulled a lopsided upset in sweeping fashion, and seemed satisfying to ex-Heat Mash and PJ Brown.

[@3JTriple]

Why Ewing should deserve repect. Even he was not his prime. He and Knicks were just overpowered the Prime Heat.

[@redpillfreedom6692]

To this day it boggles the mind that Clarence Weatherspoon took the final shot for Miami. Terrible execution.

[@rodprops]

For us then Knicks fans, that was a good thing! 🤣

[@Ropt6512]

KNICKS OWNED THEM AND ATE THEIR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER IN THOSE YEARS AND I LOVED IT!!!

[@justinjoseph6966]

Patrick Ewing WAS the Knicks. Once he left, it left a void that hadn’t been filled until Julius Randle, Tom Thibodeau and Jalen Brunson got here and started making the playoffs consistently again.

[@coreyortiz9913]

what about Melo?

[@justinjoseph6966]

@@coreyortiz9913 Melo was great and I loved his time here, but the front office didn’t build a good enough team around him for sustained success.

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

The Knicks beat the Heat 3 out of 4 years in this playoff rivalry. If it wasn't for that fight and suspensions in 1997 it would have been 4 straight.

[@andresdelportillo9917]

For a rivalry it was pretty one-sided

[@michaelrobinson540]

As a Knicks fan - I think the Better team lost every year.

[@OrionOodama]

In process, deprived us of a Bulls-Knicks matchup in 1997. Not saying the revamped/loaded Knicks can beat the Bulls, but they have a promising potential to make it at least an intensely competitive series.

[@TL2354]

@@michaelrobinson540Then you’re not a Knicks fan

[@Jamar-tq2bi]

If not for a favorable runner bounce shot from A. Houston would've been even at 2-2

[@NostalgikOne]

NBA Basketball was just amazing back then! We don’t get true rivalries like this anymore due to team hopping and the super-team era. True team basketball is refreshing to see…not hand the ball to your superstar and everyone stand around and watch. The defensive intensity really set the tone for rivalries like this too…this had a Finals feel to it!

[@phillawrencemedico6336]

It sucks to see Ewing lost all his mobility and the knees are gone

[@drstreetrunner3438]

Chris Childs was my favorite player back then and he was so effing good in this game… he out the Knicks on his back.

[@James-ki5ix]

After that b.s. 97 so called brawl which made the ECF that year a big waste of a playoff round since the bullshits won easily, Knicks beat them every other time they played them in the playoffs 98-00 instant karma.

[@AllenjayMesina-fo2ig]

I remember watching this on tv game when I was 12 years old it's a very intense game

[@vaiyoncaphart8531]

Spree came to hoop

[@kennybegeske8824]

Put This Game On NBA TV Hardwood Classic On TV

[@ilfusarrista1943]

Mourning used to suffer Ewing in the final moments of every game

[@3timez]

Knicks ♥️♥️

[@JoeMcCohn]

It can be seen that with age, Ewing's role in the Knicks became smaller and smaller, and Spreewell and Houston took on the burden of playing.

[@Leonard_Wilson]

Father Time is undefeated.

[@ghariiscool]

Knick fan here This game is always going to be one of my favorites

[@TimAtkinson-qs6sv]

How I miss the intensity. Loss in today’s game!!!! It’s just become a three point shoot around.

[@user-em1dw3ft6m]

No wonder Mourning’s kidney’s failed. He had to carry a franchise surrounded by scrubs and has beens. It’s quite amazing those Heat teams were as successful as they were.

[@TL2354]

He carried them to what? He got embarrassed by old man Ewing

[@user-em1dw3ft6m]

@@TL2354 lol Old man Ewing was embarrassing Shaq.

[@darkgray1]

Amazing stuff

[@vintagebasket]

thanks alot great rosters and dynamic game

[@MDBBall]

👍

[@JoshCConnor]

Can we see the next Series of the 00 ECF??

[@peterblue2708]

IN THE INTRO THEY USED "EPILOGUE" FROM DISNEY'S "DINOSAUR"

[@alexl.4362]

Really?

[@redpillfreedom6692]

It was released the same weekend this game was played.

[@vwdbthprprtfytb]

And Chris Child on this day

[@maxpower2511]

Man Ewing was shot by now, his knees were done

[@user-cu6sd3iz7r]

LETS GO KNICKS BABY.....WELCOME 2 THE BIG APPLE!

[@zoeboy2766]

I remember Mashburn looking like a deer in headlights during that game 😢

[@hendrikwidjaya1494]

Zo!!

[@razzdeoruta8837]

Never give a shake hands on your oponent

[@oliverqueen444]

And with that the war was over

[@kentonr91]

Ewing literally can’t move lol. It’s crazy he’s starting a game 7 at that point in his career

[@tylerriley2587]

Alonzo was past his prime at the time along with Hardaway

[@redpillfreedom6692]

Erm no. He was still in his prime, just at the end of it. This was the last time he played at All Star level

[@andresdelportillo9917]

LJ!!!!!

[@user-ws8pz4ux9q]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@kennybegeske8824]

Upload More And More Chicago Bulls Basketball games

[@billagap3213]

It's sad to see Ewing so bad and slow. But no-one beats father time i guess. Maybe except LeBron.

[@hainavidotcom]

Thats PEDS, its gonna show sooner or later like Lyle Alzado.

[@HeathOverledger]

However LeBron seems to be beating Father Time is having an effect on his legacy. He certainly couldn’t play into a 21st season with the same physicality as we’ve seen in this game above.

[@tupiprle2729]

He was 38 at that time and still 20 p 10 r machine, what are you talking about

[@billagap3213]

@@tupiprle2729 he was exposed in this game and he was a shadow of qhat he was in 80-90s which is absolutely normal. He wasn't averaging 20&10 as you say. More like 14&9. Plus next year he went to Seattle where he was really mediocre

[@TRJ2241987]

​@@billagap3213 LeBron hasn't played a full season since he was 33 years old. The notion that he has defeated father time is a joke. He only plays 55-65% of the season the last 5 years. Karl Malone only missed 1 or 2 games every single season until he was 40 years old