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SLAM ICONS launched in 2026 as a digital cover series devoted to the players, teams and moments that carry real basketball history.
Bad blood ran deep between the Knicks and the Heat of the late '90s. Hall of Fame head coach Pat Riley moved from New York to Miami in 1995, and across 1997 to 2000 the clubs collided in four straight postseasons. Two of those meetings turned into all-out brawls. The '97 playoffs brought the first real scuffle, and the Heat took that game and that series. Tempers went again in '98; this time the Knicks won both.
Come the '99 playoffs, Miami sat as the East's number one seed and hosted the eighth-seeded Knicks. Riley's side probably figured it would be a cakewalk. It wasn't.
Only the second eighth seed in NBA history to take down a number one, New York was also the first eighth seed to reach the Finals.
What was the method? Put the ball in the hands of a sharpshooting two-guard and let him drive at the core of Miami's defense. His floater in the dying seconds of that elimination game kissed the rim a few times and fell. The ball dropped right in front of the shooter, his momentum brought him to it, and he punched it with his right hand before racing down the floor with his fist raised.
There was no brawl to finish it. New York sealed the series on the serene touch of Allan Houston, steady through every storm that comes with playing in New York.
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