Zach Lowe

So the Knicks are back in the finals.

Obviously, the last time they were there was 1999.

But the one before that, the one they really had a chance in, you were there for the Houston Rockets in 1994.

all-time epic series seven games comes down to the wire in game six and game seven the whole thing do you remember a lot of people with the Knicks have told the story about the OJ game what do you remember about the OJ game oh the OJ game is game five I believe you know it was that game three I think whatever it is yeah one in three or four yeah but do you were you also made aware at some point during the game something is happening in the world

So I rewatched end of game six, Knicks down by two,

Starks takes the last second three that Hakeem just barely gets a piece of it.

I rewatched it.

I was like, let me see where Robert is on display.

You're guarding Charles Oakley, who's the inbounds passer.

But can you close your eyes and see that?

And was there a moment where you were like, oh, God, if this goes in, it's actually over?

Also on that team, Mario Eli.

A couple of famous incidents involving Mario Eli are part of your career.

You beat the Suns in that playoff run.

And that's the game, that's a series where Danny Ainge, frustrated at the end of one of the games, pegs Mario Eli in the head.

Close range.

No, I mean, I watched it again to remind myself, like, damn, that would have taken me out.

Now, flash forward three years.

You're a member of the Phoenix Suns, and Danny Ainge is one of the coaches.

I still didn't like him then.