Sunday’s Game 7 against the Pacers will mark the Knicks’ first since 2000. The Post’s Zach Braziller takes a look at some of their most memorable Game 7s:
2000 Eastern Conference semifinals: Knicks 83, Heat 82
For the fourth straight year, the Knicks and Heat meet in the postseason and the series goes the distance.
This time, the Knicks prevail for the third consecutive year, winning in Miami by a point.
Latrell Sprewell’s 24 points lead the Knicks, but it’s Patrick Ewing’s dunk with just over a minute left that gives them the lead for good in a slugfest between the two physical, defensive-minded teams.
The unsung hero is Chris Childs, who notches 15 points off the bench and helps to hold Tim Hardaway to a nightmarish 6-for-20 shooting performance.
1997 Eastern Conference semifinals: Heat 101, Knicks 90
The Knicks win 57 games during the regular season and seem headed for another showdown with Michael Jordan and the Bulls before blowing a 3-1 series lead to the Heat, lowlighted by a Game 5 brawl in Miami.
In Game 7, the Knicks are without Larry Johnson and John Starks, who left the bench during that fracas, and are overwhelmed by Hardaway (38 points).
Ewing does all he can, going for 37 points, 17 rebounds and four assists in defeat.
1995 Eastern Conference semifinals: Pacers 97, Knicks 95
The Knicks’ most recent Game 7 at the Garden ends in crushing fashion, with a missed Ewing finger roll at the buzzer that would’ve forced overtime.
Reggie Miller is the hero for the Pacers, scoring 29 points, after his eight points in nine seconds allowed Indiana to steal Game 1.
Ewing has a monster game as well — 29 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and four blocks — but his miss at the horn is what is remembered from this epic showdown.
1994 NBA Finals: Rockets 90, Knicks 84
The John Starks Game.
The Knicks guard shoots 2-for-18 from the field and 0-for-11 from 3-point range in a six-point loss to the Rockets.
Hakeem Olajuwon gets the better of Ewing, notching 25 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks in 46 dominant minutes.
1994 Eastern Conference finals: Knicks 94, Pacers 90
One of the games that made Ewing’s Hall of Fame legacy.
In 44 memorable minutes, he sends the Knicks back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1973, producing 24 points, 22 rebounds, seven assists and five blocks.
His put-back dunk on a Starks miss with 26.9 seconds is the game-winner.
Miller misses on the other end then commits a fragrant foul trying to stop the clock in the final seconds.
1973 Eastern Conference finals: Knicks 94, Celtics 78
For the first time, the Celtics lose a Game 7 at home at Boston Garden, as Walt Frazier leads the eventual NBA champion Knicks to a dominant 16-point road victory with 25 points and 10 rebounds.
Boston had won eight straight Game 7s on the parquet floor before this stunning result.
1970 NBA Finals: Knicks 113, Lakers 99
Captain and league MVP Willis Reed, suffering from a torn muscle in his right thigh, is a surprise starter, limping onto the floor and hitting two early jumpers to inspire his teammates.
Frazier takes it the rest of the way, producing a brilliant 36-point, 19-assist, seven-rebound effort to lead the Knicks to their first NBA title.
Afterward, Reed says, “I didn’t want to have to look at myself in the mirror 20 years later and say I wished I had tried to play.”
1951 NBA Finals: Royals 79, Knicks 75
The Knicks remain one of just four teams in NBA history to trail 3-0 in a series and force a Game 7. They can’t complete the comeback, though, as Rochester’s Arnie Risen overwhelms them with 24 points and 13 rebounds.
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