smackeddog wrote:https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/4/3/1...It even has the whole of Game 5 of the Heat series via youtube.
Loved that team, it's in part why I've persevered all these years
This team is the one I watched in my first year in US.
Tough team, tough times, great memories.
That team was awesome. Great run. Too many big man injuries late. Ewing's heel issue, LJ's knee, then Dudley's hyperextended elbow. They needed big bodies to slow down Robinson and Duncan and we didn't have enough left at the end.
technomaster wrote:That team was awesome. Great run. Too many big man injuries late. Ewing's heel issue, LJ's knee, then Dudley's hyperextended elbow. They needed big bodies to slow down Robinson and Duncan and we didn't have enough left at the end.
That spurs team was the worst possible match up for us with Ewing out and LJ hobbled
that team was a joyride... that team was basically running on fumes... a couple of great moves to get some youth into the lineup basically gave the team the jolt it needed. All that said, I think the team was way better than the record. Being an older team i think missing out on training camp and stuff impacted the record more than other teams - plus there was Ewing's Gold Club testimony
We had two of the best SG's in the league, and Spree was also a two way player with endless motor. So who do we start against a HOF front court duo without Ewing?
Chris Dudley.
Van Gundy starting Dudley and Charlie BackupWard doomed that series from the start.
He ran LJ ragged anyway.
Not that we really had a chance against the Spurs w/o Patrick, but it's a pure cringe-worthy moment hearing them announce in the NBA Finals...."now starting for your New York Knicks..."
Start Camby, or start Krazy Eyes and keep the ball in Spree's hands. Could have possibly gotten us a little closer to finishing a really crazy run.
That stretch in the one game where it was Spree versus Duncan was probably one of the best Finals highlights ever.
Not gonna lie...but I absolutely miss these m9ments....between this run and the Riley years the energy that the city had was amazing....
Hopefully we can catch lightning in that blue and orange bottle.
