| KG Clowns the Knicks and Craig Sager's Ugly Suit - 104 sec
In a post game interview, Kevin Garnett talks about the African concept of "Ubuntu", how Marbury has changed since KG played with him in Minnesota, how the Knicks are a mess and how Craig Sager's ugly suit is definitely not retro...
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Auteur : DJRYB13
Tags: Kevin Garnett KG Boston Celtics New York Knicks TNT Craig Sager Ugly suit Ubuntu NBA
 | | Reggie Miller vs. Knicks - 35 sec
Reggie Miller hits two consecutive 3's to tie the game in 1995 Playoff Game 1...
the Knicks choked again!!
Auteur : nypacers
Tags:Reggie Miller Pacers Knicks NBA
| | David Lee buzzer beating tip in - 156 sec
Double Overtime game winner with 0.1 seconds. Greatest buzzer beater ever?
Auteur : knickknack07
Tags:david lee NY knicks nba
| | HEAT 20th Anniversary Moment: HEAT/Knicks Rivalry Explodes! - 130 sec
HEATv takes you back to the intense 1997 NBA Playoff Series between the HEAT and the Knicks. The HEAT won the series 4-3.
Auteur : miamiheatis
Tags: miami heat new york knicks ny nyk playoffs fight ejection ward pj brown charlie 1997 series
| | LeBron James' 50pts&10ast vs Knicks - MVP, MVP! - 167 sec
NEW YORK, March 5,2008 (AP) -- The "MVP!" chants weren't enough for one fan, who had to come on the court to tell LeBron James how much he appreciated the superstar's spectacular performance.
That only made one of the best nights of James' career even better.
James had 50 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to win over the Madison Square Garden crowd and lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 119-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
He shot 16-of-30 from the field, including 7-of-13 from 3-point range, in his second 50-point game this season. He exited with fans standing and chanting "MVP!" in the final minute. One fan in a Cavaliers jersey ran onto the floor toward the Cleveland bench, even saying a few words to James, before being turned away by security and arrested.
"I've dreamed about playing well in this building and it's overtaken of how I could ever dream about," James said. "To get a standing ovation in the greatest basketball arena in the world, it was a dream come true for me. It's one of the best things that ever happened to me."
It could have been scary, with 17-year-old Anthony Erskine from Mount Vernon coming right up to James to talk to him on the bench after James had departed for good with 23 seconds left.
"It was a great feeling. You get a fan to come down there to express the way he feels about you ... told me I was his favorite player, that never happens," James said. "I respect him, I respect his pride and for him to come out there and tell me something like that face to face, it's like the [most] unbelievable thing that ever happened to me."
James said he was never afraid when he saw the fan coming.
"I'm 6-9 and 260," James said. "I'm all right."
The NBA's scoring leader had 45 points in a victory over the Knicks in Cleveland on Nov. 2. He fell two points shy of Kobe Bryant's NBA-best this season. The Lakers' star had a 52-point game on Sunday against Dallas.
James became the first player with at least 50 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in a game since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Jan. 19, 1975.
"You can't take it for granted because he's that good. He's just a great player," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "I try not to because coaching a guy like that, working with a guy like that, it's probably a once in a lifetime deal. You just try to take advantage of every second that you're with him."
Damon Jones added 15 points and Devin Brown had 14 for the Cavs, who won their third straight.
Jamal Crawford scored 25 points, Nate Robinson added 24 and Eddy Curry had 20 for the Knicks, who dropped their fourth in a row. Cleveland outscored New York 35-23 in the final quarter, with James hitting four 3-pointers.
The Cavs are still trying to mix in four newcomers from a trade while playing without Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Daniel Gibson and Sasha Pavlovic, three key members of their rotation. In the meantime, they've got James to carry them.
Shaking off an injury to his right pinkie early in the game, James scored 15 points in the third quarter, then turned the Knicks back in the fourth with his improved perimeter game.
New York trailed only 99-98 with under 4½ minutes left before James drilled consecutive 3-pointers. He nailed another 3 to make it 110-99 with 2:08 to go, and added one more for good measure about a minute later.
"The 3-ball for him, that's the shot that you would hope that he takes," said Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, who compared James' performance to some of those from Michael Jordan. "However, when he makes them like that, he's virtually unguardable because he's big, he's strong, he's fast and he's unselfish, also. He'll give the ball up."
James banged his right pinkie on the rim on a dunk attempt midway through the first quarter and had it examined during the ensuing timeout, but it barely slowed him. James scored 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting in the first half, tossing in a fallaway 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Cleveland a 58-54 lead.
The Knicks, who welcomed injured Stephon Marbury back to Madison Square Garden for the first time since ankle surgery in January, got 17 points and eight rebounds from David Lee. Lee started in place of Zach Randolph, who missed his third straight game with a bruised right foot.
Auteur : 1EDmanLV
Tags: NBA LeBron James LBJ 50 dunk moves pass assist crossover shot 3pt spin alley-oop buzzer-beater King MVP Cavaliers Knick
| | Knicks 2008 Promo - 56 sec
http://oneanswer.tv
My new Knicks promo for the 2008 season!
Auteur : OneAnswer3
Tags: basketball New York Knicks Isiah Thomas NBA Stephon Marbury Zach Randolph Celtics Commerical Promo Starbury Zeke
| | Kobe Bryant Dunk Against Knicks - 23 sec
Kobe Bryant Dunk Against Knicks
Auteur : devean3
Tags:Kobe Bryant Dunk NBA Lakers Basketball
| | 1999 New York Knicks - 487 sec
Prior to the lockout-shortened 1998--99 season, the Knicks traded Starks in a package to the Golden State Warriors for 1994's 1st team all league shooting guard Latrell Sprewell (whose contract was voided by the Warriors after choking Warriors' head coach P. J. Carlesimo during the previous season), while also trading Charles Oakley for Marcus Camby. After barely getting into the playoffs with a 27--23 record, the Knicks started an improbable postseason run. It started with the Knicks eliminating the #1 seeded Heat in the first round after Allan Houston bounced in a running one-hander off the front of the rim, high off the backboard, and in with 0.8 seconds left in the deciding 5th game. This remarkable upset marked only the second time in NBA history that an 8-seed had defeated the 1-seed in the NBA playoffs. After defeating the Atlanta Hawks in the second round four games to none, they faced the Pacers yet again in the Eastern Conference Finals. Despite losing Ewing to injury for the rest of the playoffs prior to Game 3, the Knicks won the series (aided in part to a four-point play by Larry Johnson in the final seconds of Game 3) to become the first eighth-seeded playoff team to make it to the NBA Finals. However, in the Finals, the San Antonio Spurs, with superstars David Robinson and Tim Duncan, proved too much for the injury-laden Knicks, who lost in five games. The remarkable fifth game of this Finals is remembered for its 2nd half scoring duel between the Spurs' Tim Duncan and the Knicks' Latrell Sprewell, and was decided by a long jumper by Avery Johnson with less than 10 seconds left to clinch the title for the Spurs.
Auteur : ginoongkamote
Tags: patrick ewing latrell sprewell allan houston
| | Bulls @ Knicks - 1995. Jordan's 55 point comeback - 656 sec
March 28, 1995
Well, everybody knows this game. And I know there are other shorter versions of this game which are also excellent. Considering the circumstances, it is an extraordinary game even for Jordan's standards. Also, it's the game in which he declared he's "really" back. So I wanted to make another version with more replays, more context, a post-game interview with Jordan, quotes, articles and so on.
Since almost everything has already been said about this game, I'll just point out a couple of quick things. First off, it should be mentioned that Riley's 94-95 Knicks was the #1 defensive team in the NBA, measured by points allowed per possession.
The only player who was able to score 40 or more points against the Knicks that season was young Shaq (41). Other than him, only 3 players managed to score 30 or more points at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks in the entire regular season. And here comes a guy who hasn't played basketball for 18 months, scores 55 points on 21-37 shooting (57%) in just his fifth game, commits only two turnovers, and dishes out the game winning assist. Just too good to be true by any standards.
One other thing is that there's a crucial play towards the end of this game which is not included in most of the highlights. Jordan is about to sink another jumper over Starks 1:20 to go in the game. Ewing comes out to double and manages to block the shot with his fingertips.
It's very important because after the game Jordan said that play was on the back of his mind and as soon as he saw Ewing coming out to double him in the last play, he knew his man would be wide open. Knowing that provides more context for the final assist and makes it even more special.
Post game notes & quotes:
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NEW YORK -- Message delivered. Message accepted.
Michael Jordan, in only the fifth game of his comeback, used the NBA's biggest stage to offer some irrefutable evidence that he still is the game's best - hands down, no doubt about it.
It was a game for the ages.
It was a game that at least 100,000 people will probably swear they saw at Madison Square Garden. In the end, it was Jordan who made a remarkable play that gave the Chicago Bulls a victory.
Jordan's pass to Bill Wennington for an uncontested dunk with 3.1 seconds to play on Tuesday night lifted the Bulls over the Knicks, 113-111. Jordan scored 55 points on 21-for-37 shooting, but it was his pass that won it.
The 55 points also established a new high for points scored in an NBA game this season. The previous high was 53 points by Willie Burton, but Jordan needed only four games and eight practices to beat that total.
Some statement, huh?
"I just let my game go, let my game come to me," he said. "I forgot how to make a statement."
Yeah, right.
"It was a statement that Michael Jordan is back to play basketball," said Bulls coach Phil Jackson. "That's one thing we can count on."
With the score tied, 111-111, and the final 10 seconds ticking away, Jordan drove into the lane against John Starks, drew New York's defense to him, then spotted Wennington alone underneath the basket. Wennington caught the bullet pass and stuffed the ball through the net.
Jordan said he was thinking shoot-first, but couldn't because of the Starks-Ewing double-team. "In the huddle," Bulls guard Steve Kerr said, "we decided to clear out and let Michael go. We put four shooters on the floor in case they tried to double-team Michael. Michael made his move, Ewing double-teamed and he threw it down to Bill. When he caught it, it didn't take a shooter to make that one."
"On the play before, I seemed to have Starks beat, Patrick came in to help and made the play," Jordan said. "I knew that. But I'd be lying if I said I came out to pass the ball. I came out to score. This time when Patrick came, I was able to make the pass and he was open."
The Knicks still had one last chance to answer, but it slipped away. Anthony Mason inbounded at midcourt to Starks, but as he went to make a spin move around Jordan, Starks slipped and lost control of the ball. It trickled beyond midcourt, and when Starks retrieved it he was called for a backcourt violation with 1.3 seconds to play.
"A lot of times when we came in here, I wanted to go out and do well and I was too enthusiastic and I was tense," Jordan said. "This time, I had low expectations for myself."
"I knew I wasn't that far away. As much as I practiced, I needed to play games. I guess it took four games to get a rhythm down."
It was almost as if Bulls picked up where they left off during the 1993 playoffs, the last time the Knicks had played against Jordan. Patrick Ewing (36 points) carried the Knicks down the stretch and almost carried them back, but just like he has done so many times, Jordan found a way.
All the Knicks could do afterward was shake their heads and regroup. None of them was surprised by Jordan's heroics.
"That's Michael Jordan. That's why he's the best," Starks said.
"I tried. I tried to throw everything I had at him. It was a matter of time before he played one of those games like you just weren't there."
Ewing, who had stepped away from Wennington and toward the ball on the winning play, had little to say after the game. Little except praise for Jordan.
"He's a great player _ the best in the game. And he proved it tonight," Ewing said.
Said Charles Oakley, "Everybody who played against Michael knows what he can do. Nothing's changed."
Charles Smith lamented the fact that Jordan, who has now played five games since coming out of retirement, waited until the Knicks game to look like his former superstar self.
"Now, he decides to play well?" Smith said. "I think it's all a joke that he's not playing well and he comes to the Garden and drops 50. He carried the whole team."
The game was the hottest ticket in town since Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals last year. Seats were said to be selling for as much as $1,500.
Fans came carrying posters welcoming back Knicks forward Anthony Mason, playing his first game at the Garden since a five-game suspension. But there were plenty of No. 45 Jordan jerseys in the crowd, too, and Jordan drew gasp after gasp once he began raining down jumpers.
"It's been a far bigger event than I wanted it to be," Jordan said. "It's been absurd, to an extent. It's almost embarrassing. I mean, I've been treated great, but. . . ."
He's been treated as a god. His comeback has been bigger than Elvis', bigger than almost anyone's.
"No, I'm not surprised," said Coach Pat Riley, looking out at the hundreds of media members during his post-game news conference. "That's why all of you are here. Some players simply transcend every aspect of the game. No one in the history of this game has had the impact that he has had. He got it started the other night against Atlanta, sort of building up to New York."
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MAD ABOUT MICHAEL // Chicago fans `figure best is yet to come'
by Greg Boeck, March 30, 1995. USA TODAY
His comeback is only five games and 12 days old, but Michael Jordan already has outdone the original.
Yes, the shaved head and wagging tongue are familiar.
But "Michael Madness" has lured media from Japan and Australia, put Jordan jerseys on the backs of rival Indiana fans, sparked unheard-of applause from normally cold-shouldered Boston fans, produced a rare sellout in Atlanta and paralyzed Chicago since his NBA return on March 19.
Still, who would have expected Jordan's 55-point performance for the Chicago Bulls against the New York Knicks Tuesday - the most by a player in a game this season?
Everybody's talking about Jordan: From corporate board rooms to mailrooms, from posh New York eateries like the "21" Club to pizza parlors, from the streets to the subways he was Topic A in New York Wednesday.
"He's very charismatic, very positive," says Dee Patton, a systems analyst who bet a New York bagel on the Knicks. "Everyone's happy to see him doing well. It's wonderful to see someone excel to that degree."
Adds Courtney Callahan, a free-lance writer: "He's the antithesis of O.J. And maybe that's what people like most - they want a sports hero to come out like a gentleman."
They also like the way he shoots, hustles, passes and brings energy and graceful sportsmanship back to the game. "Jordan is unbelievable. He's the best ever," says John Tabert, an electrician from Old Ridge, N.J.
In Chicago, where the Bulls play Boston tonight and Philadelphia Saturday, radio station WMAQ asked listeners Wednesday to vote on whether Jordan "should be proclaimed King of the World." Results: 41% said yes.
The world is watching.
Steven Tick, of Los Angeles-based Murray's Tickets, says the broker has had inquiries about tickets to Bulls games "from everywhere: Vienna, Sweden, Australia." The cost: starting at $200. "People love a comeback," says Tick.
Jordan is so hot that tickets to Tuesday's game were said to be fetching up to $1,500 outside Madison Square Garden. And courtside seats were dotted with awestruck celebrities.
The Bulls' five remaining road games - New Jersey (April 5), Cleveland (April 9), Detroit (April 12), Miami (April 17) and Milwaukee (April 23) - are sold out.
But that doesn't stop fans from calling or stopping by ticket offices searching for admittance.
Bruce Trout, the Detroit Pistons' box office manager, says his office gets 50 to 75 calls a day about tickets.
People are watching even if they can't get in the arenas. The Bulls-Knicks telecast on Turner Sports was watched in an estimated 3.2 million homes, the most for any regular-season game in Turner's 11-year association with the NBA.
Even teammates are caught up in Michaelmania. "We have Superman on our team," says Bulls guard Steve Kerr.
It's all taken Jordan by surprise.
"This is far bigger an event than I wanted it to be," Jordan says. "Initially it's fun; you feel wanted; you feel respect. Then it became absurd, a little embarrassing for me."
The Knicks' John Starks might have felt embarrassed himself, trying to guard Jordan. But he's realistic: "That's Michael Jordan. That's why he's the best. I tried to throw everything I had at him. It was a matter of time before he played one of those games like you're just not there."
Jordan clearly felt relieved. Tuesday's game came on the heels of Saturday's 32-point game in Atlanta, where he nailed the game-winning shot. Until then, he had made more news off the court than on the floor - where he looked rusty, at times out of sync with his teammates and often tired.
"It's a statement that Michael is back to play basketball," says Bulls coach Phil Jackson of the 55 points.
"Statement?" asks Jordan. "I forgot how to make a statement. I'm just trying to get myself back in a rhythm and not chase the game. I guess it took four games to get the rhythm down. I was nervous it'd take longer."
For fans, Tuesday's effort comes as a vindication.
"We have people here who don't really prefer Michael Jordan," says Rochelle Randall, who works at the Chicago Title and Trust accounting firm. "They think he is arrogant for thinking he could go and play baseball and then come back and play basketball when he wants to. But he backed up his talent with his 55 points."
Says fellow accountant Maxine Towers: "Awesome, awesome, awesome. Now, those people are saying, `OK, OK, OK.' "
And they pray for more.
Andre Spaulding says customers at the candy shop he manages in Chicago's State of Illinois building were abuzz about the future. "It set a very nice tone for the playoffs," he says. "They said he hadn't lost his step. They figure the best is yet to come. Nobody would be surprised now by a 62-, 63-point game."
For fans of other teams, that's not an appetizing thought.
Patrick Ward, a public relations executive in New York, is concerned if the Bulls meet the Knicks in the playoffs.
"He's going to psyche them," says Ward. The Knicks could fall "to the Michael mystique."
Personal loyalties are almost secondary, however.
"It's nice to see finesse back after watching all these arrogant young guys trying to make up for the talent they lack," says Charles Bollerman, of Flushing, N.Y.
While Jordan is uncomfortable with all the hoopla surrounding his return, he's enjoying the hoops. He shoots on off days and is getting to know his new teammates - seven weren't part of Jordan's three title teams - with one-on-one games.
"He looks like he's really in the mix," says coach Jackson.
"I missed the challenge," said Jordan. "I have a renewed appreciation for getting back to the level I was at. I'm not afraid of the work it'll take.
"I knew I could still do it; but when, I couldn't say. . . . I'm starting to get the hang of this," Jordan says, grinning.
So, is a repeat performance in store tonight?
"I don't know. That's the fun thing about it," says Jordan. "You don't know what I might do."
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Auteur : starks23
Tags:Michael Jordan Bulls Knicks 1995 Chicago New York Bird Kareem Wilt Lebron Wade Kobe Tmac Iverson
| | KNICKS POETRY SLAM - Cellise Craig - 174 sec
Catch the show again on MSG Thursday, March 8 at 4pm - http://msgnetwork.com/tv_schedule.jsp
The 2006-07 Knicks season marked the fourth annual year of the New York Knicks Poetry Slam program. What began as an intimate gathering of just 20 students at a bookstore in Harlem during the 2003-04 season, Knicks Poetry Slam expanded to over 1,200 young poets and supporters at an open audition at the Garden this past December and brought over 500 people to the Theatre at Madison Square Garden for the Finals in January.
The New York Knicks Poetry Slam program utilizes the popularity of hip-hop and poetry to give young people a vehicle to express their thoughts, concerns, passions and dreams through the written and spoken word.
Learn more about the Poetry Slam on Go to www.MSG.com/poetryslam.jsp or www.NYKnicks.com
Auteur : WELOVENYC
Tags:Knicks Poetry Slam Black History Month Expression Rap Urban Poet Youth Madison Square Garden MSG
| | Michael Jordan 1988: 47pts Vs. NY Knicks, "Stomach Virus" - 391 sec
There was another "Flu" game before the famous Utah game and it happened here. This version of MJ was too athletic to care about his illness. Sitting out the whole day sick, MJ came to NYC with a vengeance. The season was almost over and NY was fighting to get the 7th seed in the playoffs so the intensity was thick. MJ cut through it all with ridiculous baskets all night long. Having one of his 'super-zone' games where hitting 70-80% was the norm, MJ went 17-23 with his athletic bag of one-handed, double-pump jumpers, contorted shots, slashing drives, dunks and fades. MJ's incredible ability to hit difficult shots more consistently than most players hit open shots was beyond comprehension.
But again, it was the clutch defensive play that destroyed NY's chances of winning the game. It was the substance behind his style that always sealed the victory. Before becoming the greatest ever, MJ was the most exciting ever and Madison Square Garden never let us down.
(The famous alley-oop on Mark Jackson's head happens here).
Auteur : hoopsencyclopedia
Tags:Michael Jordan NY Knicks shaq lebron james kobe bryant dwyane wade la lakers Allen Iverson Tmac magic Vince Carter
| | NBA Dunk - Tom Chambers vs. Knicks - 41 sec
Tom Chambers throws down the most devastating dunk in the history of the NBA vs. the Knicks. The first NBA player to literally leap over a defender for a flush. Look at Chambers' head actually ABOVE the rim! This is just sick sick sick!!!
Auteur : monocrater
Tags: dunk nba basketball tom chambers phoenix suns kevin johnson new york knicks mark jackson slam dunks
| | Split vs. NY Knicks (McDonald's Open, 1990.) - 300 sec
First 5 minutes of celebrated basketball game which featured Pat Ewing facing Toni Kukoc, than best basketball player outside NBA
Auteur : MurayaZG
Tags:Kukoc Ewing Split NBA basketball versatility Bulls New York Knicks Naglic Tabak Oakley Wilkins
| | NBA on NBC 1993 Knicks/Bulls Game 1 Starting Lineups - 499 sec
Starting Lineups to Game One of the 1993 ECF between the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden
Bulls
PG - B.J. Armstrong
SG - Michael Jordan
SF - Scottie Pippen
PF - Horace Grant
C - Bill Cartwright
Knicks
PG - John Starks
SG - Doc Rivers
SF - Charles Smith
PF - Charles Oakley
C - Patrick Ewing
Announcers: Marv Albert and Mike Fratello
Auteur : TRJ22487
Tags: NBA on NBC
| | Raptors vs Knicks Preseason Oct 8 08 4thQ - 140 sec
http://raptorsrecap.ulmb.com/
Auteur : bigmac15
Tags: nba raptors knicks
| | Hawks vs. Knicks Press Conference 02-29-2008 - 245 sec
Hawks vs. Knicks Press Conference 02-29-2008
Auteur : atlspiritvideo
Tags: Hawks vs. Knicks Press Conference 02-29-2008
| | Bulls vs. Knicks: 1992 Playoffs, Game 7. Jordan 42pts - 594 sec
I really struggled to edit this one because there were so many great plays and sequences that I wanted to fit. Also wanted to include some plays that capture the amazing intensity of the game. The ending of the video is a little bit abrupt but that's because of the time limitation. It doesn't mean I cut out something important.
May 17, 1992
In one of the most intense playoff series ever, it was game 7 in Chicago. In game 6, Starks had played the game of his life. Scored a career high of 27 points in 27 minutes while holding Jordan to 9-25 shooting. People were questioning Jordan's strength and stamina after he admitted after the game that he was mentally drained.
After a two days rest, however, he is his old self once again. Jordan finishes with 42pts (15-29), 6rbds, 4 asts. Don't have the definite numbers for his steals and blocks. He starts the game shooting 10-13 from the field and ends the half with 29 points on 10-15 shooting.
Pippen who was really abused by Xavier McDaniel all series long finally comes up big with 17pts, 10rbds, and 11 asts. Grant also plays very solid defense.
This game has some of the most memorable sequences of Jordan's career. The face-off with Xavier and the hustle play in the second half where Magic says "Whose game is it? it's Michael Jordan's game", are really timeless classics.
Despite the great effort by the Bulls, Knicks manages to hold on within 2-10 points until the fourth quarter. Then, the lead gets bigger and they accept the defeat.
Post game notes and quotes:
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CHICAGO (AP) Jordan, who scored 42 points in a memorable effort, hopes the Bulls have been awakened by the scare. "We went through this series kind of sleepwalking, and they definitely woke us up," said the miracle man. "We came in and expected a four-game sweep like everyone else. They got in our face and said, `It's not going to be as easy as you guys think.' "
Perhaps the greatest pressure performer in sports, Jordan dominated from the start and scored 29 first-half points.
"But we responded to the pressure of the seventh game and played more like people expected. I think this has hardened us for the next series and the one after that."
Jordan said.
"It would have been very disappointing not to get to the level we did last year. If I was tired, I didn't feel it. This is the kind of game you want to play."
"I consulted my father, and he's a father, so he said, 'be aggressive. They'll take your lead and feed off what you do,' " Jordan related afterward.
"To be honest," said Riley, "it was the type of defense that I had not seen from them this series. We couldn't drive, or hit the gaps, or do much of anything."
"I wasn't prepared for this kind of game and ending. They flattened us in the third period and throughout the end of the game. They played as what they are - world champions."
"This series was like a slap in the face," Jordan said. "It was mentally draining to get up every morning and know what you were going to be in for. But I think this team learned how to face a physical team and overcome it."
While the Bulls' vulnerabilities were exposed by the Knicks, the test ultimately could prove beneficial. "I think they've made us a more hardened team," coach Phil Jackson said. "From here on, we'll play more aggressively."
Jordan, who was thought to be tiring because of heavy minutes and hard fouls, scored 18
points in the first quarter as the Bulls burst to a 30-25 lead.
"His first 6 minutes of basketball showed me we should have played the game yesterday,"
Riley said. "He had one day too much of rest."
"He's the best skilled player in the league," Knicks guard Gerald Wilkins said. "And when he comes with the strength he had today, there's nothing you can do. His strength was more than all the Bulls players' strength stacked up on each other."
Apart from the swooping, spinning reverse layups and high-rise jumpers, Jordan's best move may have come with 2:53 left in the first period, when he picked up a technical foul coming to the defense of teammate Scottie Pippen.
McDaniel had elbowed Pippen on a move to the basket. Knowing Pippen is a sensitive man of the '90s, Jordan spoke up for him.
"There was an intimidation factor on both sides," said Jordan. "I felt like he was trying to intimidate Scottie. It was very important to come to Scottie's support and
not let one player get inside his head."
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Auteur : starks23
Tags:Michael Jordan Knicks Bulls 1992 Magic Bird Kareem Wilt Lebron Wade Kobe Tmac Iverson
| | NBA Preseason: Knicks vs Nets [Chandler 22pts, Robinson 26pts] - 154 sec
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., October 20, 2008 (AP) --- Wilson Chandler scored 22 points in his first start of the preseason, leading the New York Knicks to a 114-106 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Monday night.
Looking increasingly comfortable running new coach Mike D'Antoni's system, the Knicks shot 50 percent in their second straight exhibition victory. They were especially sharp in the latter stages of the first and third quarters, when Nate Robinson and Stephon Marbury came off the bench to play with Chandler.
Robinson led the Knicks with 26 points, including a floater with 1:46 remaining after the Nets had trimmed New York's huge lead to four. Marbury had nine points on 3-of-3 shooting and six assists in just 16 minutes.
Normally the backup small forward, Chandler slid over to the power forward spot to replace David Lee, who has a sprained right ankle. Chandler was 10-of-15 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds.
Lee is expected to play Tuesday against Boston. D'Antoni didn't want to use Lee on back-to-back nights.
Missing a number of reserves, the Nets couldn't keep pace when the top subs were in. New Jersey trailed by only four midway through the third quarter, but Chandler and Marbury keyed a 16-2 spurt that made it 91-73 three minutes later.
Devin Harris scored 21 points for New Jersey, still winless this preseason in North America. The Nets swept a pair of games from Miami in Europe, but has lost all three games on home soil. Top draft pick Brook Lopez, playing extra minutes with fellow center Josh Boone out, had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Vince Carter scored 13 points.
Boone felt a rapid heartbeat at practice last Friday and is being held out until additional testing Wednesday. New Jersey also was without other potential key members of its rotation, including Keyon Dooling (upper respiratory infection), Jarvis Hayes (strained left hamstring), Eduardo Najera (left wrist) and Stromile Swift (back).
Robinson made all four shots, including three 3-pointers, and scored 11 points in 5 minutes of the first quarter, when the Knicks hit 62.5 percent and built a 36-29 lead. Robinson's four-point play early in the second extended the lead to 14, and New York led 67-58 at halftime.
Quentin Richardson scored 15 points for the Knicks. Chris Duhon had 10 points, seven assists and six rebounds.
Eddy Curry, formerly the Knicks' starting center but now seemingly buried deep on D'Antoni's bench, made his first field goal of the preseason in the first quarter. Curry fell behind after missing the first week of practice with a bacterial infection and had played in only two of the first four games.
The teams meet again Friday night at Madison Square Garden in the preseason finale.
Made by NBA TV.
Auteur : 1EDmanLV
Tags: NBA preseason New York Knicks Jersey Nets Robinson Chandler pass moves dunk 3pt block 2008
| | Bulls vs. Knicks 1997. Jordan 51 pts. (Van Gundy 'Con' Game) - 658 sec
Here's the game which was removed a while ago. If I recall correctly, this is a different broadcast than Hoops so there shouldn't be a problem.
January 21, 1997
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OK, you know the story. A few days before this game, Jeff Van Gundy says in a radio interview that Jordan sometimes tries to "con" his opponents by befriending them off the court only to torch them on it. Well, Jordan sees Van Gundy's words on Chicago newspapers and... the rest is in the video.
That aside, Bulls have some major problems coming into this game. Harper is injured and Rodman is suspended for kicking a cameraman. Randy Brown and Jason Caffey are the Bulls starters along with Jordan, Pippen and Longley.
Here are some interesting facts about the game:
* Knicks were the #1 defensive team in the NBA in 1996-97, measured by points allowed per 100 possessions. Jordan had another 50 point game this season which was against Miami Heat. Not surprisingly, Miami was the #2 defensive team that year.
* In addition to scoring 58% of Bulls points, Jordan also guards Allan Houston in the entire game and totally frustrates him. Houston misses 12 of his first 13 shots. (Finishes with 5-18).
* Bulls score 14 points in the 4th quarter. Jordan scores 12 of them and assists on the other two, a dunk by Caffey.
* Jordan shoots 18-for-30 (60%) from the floor. The rest of the team are 16-for-46 (35%).
* Jordan goes 5-for-8 from 3-point range. The other Bulls are 3-for-17 from beyond the arc.
* Pippen scores 15 points on 6-15 shooting. 13 of those points come in the first quarter.
* Two Bulls starters, Randy Brown and Longley, each finishes with just two points and four turnovers.
* With no Rodman around, Knicks grab 21 offensive rebounds.
Post game notes & quotes:
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CHICAGO - Jeff Van Gundy picked a fight with the biggest Bully on the NBA block.
You know the line, "You don't tug on Superman's cape." Well, in this league you don't knock Michael Jordan and not expect a quick and lethal response. Last night, Jordan reacted to the New York Knick coach's comments the only way he knows how.
Jordan scored 51 points - the most by an NBA player this season - including two crucial jumpers in the final 1:08, as the new-look Knicks experienced an old result, the Bulls escaping with an 88-87 victory at the United Center.
Where's the rest of the world's greatest team?
Dennis Rodman, suspended by the NBA, is in California chilling out. Scottie Pippen and Toni Kukoc are in the midst of shooting slumps. Ron Harper has missed five games with a sore back. And Luc Longley, Steve Kerr, Randy Brown and Jason Caffey have provided little support.
So the team has become a one-man operation.
"I was prepared to do whatever it took to win," said Jordan, who reached the 50-point mark for the 36th time in his career. "There were times where things were going so well everything seemed to be in slow motion. I didn't rush. I just relaxed and played."
Van Gundy, in his first full season as the Knicks' coach, said recently that Jordan tries to "con" fellow NBA players into thinking he's their friend.
"His way is to befriend them, soften them up, try to make them feel he cares about them," Van Gundy said. "Then he goes out there and tries to destroy them. The first step as a player is to realize that and don't go for it."
The comments resurfaced in Tuesday's Chicago Tribune, where Jordan saw them.
"It was probably a tactical mistake by the coach of the Knicks to attack Michael in the press. I thought he went out and played with a vendetta, a score to settle," Bulls coach Phil Jackson said.
After Jordan reached the 51-point mark with a 20-foot, fade-away jumper over Allan Houston - giving the Bulls an 88-81 lead with 26.7 seconds left - he yelled at Van Gundy.
"Some choice words," Jordan said of his offerings to Van Gundy.
"I think he said, `Calm down, you little hockey puck' - or something like that, something to that effect. I think he was talking about the hockey all-star game." said Van Gundy, attempting to downplay the obvious significance.
"Guess I didn't make any friends out there tonight," cracked Jordan.
"I think those words were more geared to motivating his players. But I don't think, on the court, they have befriended me," said Jordan, who counts New York's Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley as friends.
"I don't go on the court expecting to make friends. But when I leave the court, I don't take what happened on the court away from me. We're only playing a game. I don't view it as a war away from the game. If he feels like I take advantage of my friends, that's fine."
Van Gundy said after the game that his comments were meant as a compliment.
"He uses every weapon to his advantage - some physical, some mental. I respect that," said Van Gundy, whose team has dropped five straight regular-season games to the defending champions and lost to the Bulls in last year's playoffs. "I just say that if you fall into the trap of thinking he's your friend, he'll kill you."
In besting his own 50-point performance of Nov. 6, Jordan improved his average to 31 points - 4 1/2 more than anyone else - as he goes for his ninth NBA scoring title.
The league's all-time leader in points per game, Jordan was 18-of-30 from the floor, including 5-of-8 from 3-point range, and 10-of-11 from the line. The rest of the Chicago team shot 35 percent from the floor, and Jordan scored 12 of the Bulls' 14 fourth-quarter points.
Chris Childs and Jordan each received a technical foul in the first half after arguing on the court.
"It had a lot to do with the way Van Gundy has geared his players up to challenge me," Jordan said. "I don't have any ill feelings toward Childs."
Jordan does hope to take advantage of some friends - his teammates - when the Bulls play Thursday night at Cleveland. Harper is expected to come off the injured list, and the slumps of Pippen and Kukoc can't last forever.
"This team has always been able to bounce back," Jordan said. "That's what has made us great."
Auteur : starks23
Tags:Michael Jordan Bulls Knicks 1997 Van Gundy Chicago New York Bird Kareem Wilt Lebron Wade Kobe Tmac Iverson
| | Bulls @ Knicks - 1996 Playoffs Game 3. Jordan 46 points - 657 sec
May 11, 1996
This one had just about everything.
Bulls vs. Knicks, Jordan vs. Starks, Jordan's end game heroics, all kinds of hard physical play, referee Hollins knocking down Jeff Van Gundy and, of course, Charles Oakley...
After their historic 72-10 season, Bulls swept Riley's Miami and they were looking absolutely invincible. They beat the Knicks in the first two games of the next round but the victories didn't come easy. The third game became a do-or-die situation for the Knicks.
And they played as well as they could throughout the whole game. They were up by 8 points 1:21 to go and even the most optimistic Bulls fans were losing hope. Then it happened again. Jordan took over, scored 8 and sent the game to OT. He carried the team to a 3 point lead but even that wasn't enough in the end.
Both Ewing and Starks had terrific games but despite having a bunch of turnovers, I'd say Oakley was at least as important as them. He was just on another level, and I'm not talking about his 13 points and 13 rebounds. He intimidated and frustrated everybody. Just look at the footage and I'll think you'd agree. He would have been ejected in the first quarter under today's rules.
Jordan scored 46 on 17/35 (49%) shooting but he didn't get any help on the offensive end. Kukoc didn't play because of injury. Even though he was 3/15 in the first two games, he was still an offensive threat. Pippen, intimidated by Oakley, shot 10/29, Harper was 1/8. Bulls starters other than Jordan shot a combined total of 16/48 (33%).
By the way, Oakley really got into Pippen's head that year. Pippen was 29/88 (33%) in this series and his best game was the last one in which he shot just 5/12 (42%). That's how effective Oakley was in his job.
Before getting a little bit bored and losing 2 games, Bulls were up by 3-0 against the Sonics in the finals and they were 14-1. Up until that time, this was the only game they lost in the playoffs.
Post game quotes and notes:
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NEW YORK -- After the Bulls' 102-99 overtime loss to the Knicks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference playoff series, Jordan said he was "dead tired." You can't get more zonked than that unless you're in a casket being lowered into the ground.
But the real weariness for Jordan is playing the mind battles that come when his teammates fall by the wayside, as they fell on Saturday.
"We're totally out of sync," Jordan summed up postgame. "I've found myself bailing the team out in certain situations, because we're not in sync. And that's more rustrating than anything, that we haven't played the kind of basketball we're capable of playing."
The Knicks, with their tenacious, muscular defense, can do that to a frailer, athletic team like the Bulls. At least they do it to everybody but Jordan.
In the first half, the Bulls scored just 38 points to New York's 43. Much-needed scorers Scottie Pippen and Ron Harper were a combined 3-for-17 from the floor, largely as a result of being hurried and banged and pressured away from their comfort zones by the Knicks bruisers upfront - Anthony Mason, Charles Oakley and Patrick Ewing.
Moreover, the Bulls' center trifecta of Luc Longley, Bill Wennington and John Salley had first-half grand totals of three rebounds, two points, one turnover, zero assists, zero steals, zero blocks and six fouls.
Jordan, by contrast, had 22 points on 7-for-14 shooting from the floor and eight free throws. He had come to the bench for just one minute in the first half, and admitted he didn't want to come out then. The only fatigue he was feeling was caused by the mental support he had to give to teammates who seemed incapable of hitting barn doors with bulldozers.
When the Bulls finally made their run at the end of regulation - coming from 13 down with five minutes to play to snare a last-second tie at 88 - it was Jordan who scored the final 10 points. It was his remarkable three-point basket with 19 seconds left that forced overtime. It was Jordan who scored 16 of the Bulls' final 25 points, en route to a game-high 46 points. 24 of his 46 points came in the final 17 minutes. If he had not done this before, it would seem implausible.
And it was Jordan who had to consider how much more he could do with his teammates off their feed and Toni Kukoc off the traveling squad.
"Somehow we have to find our rhythm, so we have much more balanced productivity on offense," Jordan said. He added that he was "concerned" by Pippen's tentative and unproductive shot-taking. And then there was the sight of Steve Kerr blowing two layups off steals late in the third quarter.
"We had to laugh, we had to hug him, we had to support him," said Jordan, sounding like Mr. Rogers.
Before leaving for New York, Jordan talked about the way he begins to focus on a game long before the tipoff. He reads the moods and cycles and confidence levels of his teammates during practices and travel, so he can adjust his own game to benefit the team.
Taking a whole bunch of shots - he took 35 Saturday - is not what he wants to do, nor does he want to score almost 50 percent of the points. Not unless he has to.
And, if he has to, it means the Bulls, as a team, are in trouble.
"In this offense I could average 40 points a game, if I wanted to," Jordan said. "But that wouldn't be good for the team."
The specter of MJ carrying everyone on his cape during the playoffs is not a pleasant one. He is 33 and cannot possibly fly without a break the way he did when he was a 25-year-old ball of flame.
"I'm dead tired right now," said Jordan. "It's a good thing that we play at 5:30 (New York time). I'm just going to go and try to get rejuvenated, eat food or whatever.
"But I'll be ready at 5:30."
Indeed. He played 51 minutes and, as he spoke, had less than 24 hours to rest for Game 4.
He added that the Knicks played like a desperate team.
"They were fighting with their backs to the wall," he said. "They're scratching and fighting and doing everything they can to stay alive."
"This is a team we were not intimidated by," Knicks forward Anthony Mason said. "We knew we could beat them."
The game, as intense and grueling as any played in this rivalry during the Ewing-Jordan era, even featured a bit of the bizzarre when Referee Hue Hollins inadvertently knocked Van Gundy to the floor as he made a 3-second call against the Bulls with 9:31 left. Like his team, he rose to his feet.
Heading into overtime, Ewing said he told his teammates he wanted the ball. Ewing, who had 22 points and 13 rebounds, opened the extra quarter with a block of Luc Longley, which Starks converted into a 16-foot jumper. Starks and Ewing accounted for 18 straight points in the fourth quarter and overtime period. They were the only Knicks to score in overtime.
Pippen was wildly erratic after contributing a mediocre 30 points combined in the first two games of the series. He shot just 10 for 29 from the field and barely grazed the rim on an open three- pointer at the buzzer that would have created a second overtime.
"They won 72 games," said Knicks guard John Starks, when asked if he thought his team had figured out the Bulls. "The best ever. They're not gonna lay down."
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Auteur : starks23
Tags:Michael Jordan Ewing Starks Bulls Knicks 1996 Playoffs Chicago New York Oakley Bird Wilt Lebron Wade Kobe Tmac Iverson
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