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1973 NBA Finals

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for the Western Conference championship (the Warriors had upset the Bucks in six games). In Game 1, the Lakers won by 2, and in Game 2 the Lakers won by 10. In Game 3 at Oakland, the Lakers routed the Warriors 126–70, but the Warriors won Game 4 to send the series back to Los Angeles. In the Forum,
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After losing the first game, the Knicks reeled off four straight wins to reclaim the NBA title. This is the Knicks' most recent NBA Championship to date. New York would not make it back to the NBA Finals until
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Game 5 of the series was Wilt Chamberlain's last game played in the NBA. Chamberlain scored the last points of the game, and of his career, on an uncontested fast break dunk with one second remaining.
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4 games to 1 to win their second championship. The series was an exact reversal of the prior year, this time with the Lakers winning Game 1 and the Knicks taking the next four games. Knicks center
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gave the Lakers all they could handle before the Lakers came from behind in Game 7 to take the series. The Lakers next faced the
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This would also be the last Finals appearance of the decade for the Lakers. Their next appearance would be in
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One year after their NBA Finals loss, the Knicks were back in the playoffs. For some of the Knicks, including
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averaged 20 points per game in this series. In the Conference Finals, the Knicks faced the 68–14
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the Lakers took Game 5 and advanced to their fifth NBA Finals series in six seasons.
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4698: 4691: 4671: 4661: 4657: 4654: 4624: 4619: 4597:June 17th, 1994 4581:George Kalinsky 4576:Mike Walczewski 4522: 4486: 4465: 4414:Retired numbers 4409: 4393: 4379:General manager 4347: 4319: 4293:All-time roster 4276: 4269: 4259: 4248: 4245:New York Knicks 4244: 4241: 4211: 4206: 4198: 4197: 4195: 4187: 4186: 4184: 4176: 4168: 4160: 4152: 4144: 4136: 4128: 4120: 4112: 4104: 4091: 4083: 4075: 4067: 4059: 4051: 4043: 4035: 4030: 4029: 4024:New York Knicks 4023: 4022: 4019: 3989: 3984: 3934: 3869: 3804: 3739: 3674: 3609: 3544: 3479: 3475: 3470: 3426: 3353: 3348: 3311: 3306: 3289: 3278: 3273: 3272: 3237: 3197: 3190: 3164: 3157: 3131: 3124: 3104:Robinson, Flynn 3098: 3091: 3065: 3058: 3032: 3025: 2999: 2992: 2972:Hairston, Happy 2966: 2959: 2933: 2926: 2900: 2893: 2873:Erickson, Keith 2867: 2860: 2834: 2827: 2801: 2794: 2768: 2761: 2735: 2728: 2702: 2695: 2648: 2637: 2632: 2631: 2596: 2544: 2537: 2511: 2504: 2498:Grambling State 2478: 2471: 2445: 2438: 2412: 2405: 2379: 2372: 2346: 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106: 92: 43:New York Knicks 22:1973 NBA Finals 17: 12: 11: 5: 7574: 7572: 7564: 7563: 7558: 7553: 7548: 7543: 7538: 7533: 7528: 7523: 7518: 7508: 7507: 7501: 7500: 7498: 7497: 7492: 7487: 7482: 7477: 7472: 7467: 7462: 7457: 7452: 7447: 7442: 7437: 7432: 7427: 7422: 7416: 7414: 7410: 7409: 7407: 7406: 7401: 7396: 7391: 7386: 7381: 7376: 7371: 7366: 7361: 7356: 7351: 7346: 7341: 7336: 7331: 7325: 7323: 7319: 7318: 7315: 7314: 7312: 7311: 7305: 7303: 7299: 7298: 7296: 7295: 7290: 7285: 7280: 7275: 7270: 7265: 7260: 7255: 7250: 7245: 7239: 7237: 7233: 7232: 7230: 7229: 7224: 7219: 7214: 7209: 7204: 7202:Eddie Doucette 7199: 7194: 7189: 7183: 7181: 7172: 7168: 7167: 7165: 7164: 7159: 7153: 7151: 7147: 7146: 7139: 7137: 7136: 7129: 7122: 7114: 7105: 7104: 7102: 7101: 7096: 7091: 7085: 7083: 7075: 7074: 7071: 7070: 7068: 7067: 7061: 7059: 7055: 7054: 7052: 7047: 7045:Celtics–Lakers 7042: 7040:Lakers–Pistons 7037: 7032: 7030: 7023: 7022: 7017: 7012: 7004: 7002: 6998: 6997: 6994: 6993: 6991: 6990: 6985: 6980: 6975: 6970: 6965: 6960: 6955: 6950: 6945: 6940: 6935: 6930: 6924: 6922: 6916: 6915: 6913: 6912: 6907: 6902: 6897: 6892: 6887: 6881: 6879: 6867: 6866: 6861: 6856: 6851: 6846: 6841: 6835: 6833: 6827: 6826: 6823: 6822: 6820: 6819: 6813: 6807: 6801: 6795: 6789: 6783: 6777: 6771: 6765: 6759: 6753: 6747: 6740: 6738: 6732: 6731: 6729: 6728: 6723: 6718: 6713: 6708: 6703: 6697: 6695: 6683: 6682: 6677: 6672: 6667: 6662: 6657: 6652: 6647: 6642: 6637: 6632: 6627: 6622: 6617: 6612: 6607: 6602: 6597: 6592: 6587: 6582: 6577: 6572: 6567: 6562: 6557: 6552: 6551:(Games 3, 5-7) 6546: 6540: 6534: 6528: 6521: 6519: 6513: 6512: 6509: 6508: 6506: 6505: 6500: 6495: 6490: 6485: 6480: 6475: 6470: 6465: 6460: 6454: 6452: 6444: 6443: 6441: 6440: 6435: 6430: 6428:Michael Wilbon 6425: 6420: 6415: 6410: 6405: 6403:Scottie Pippen 6400: 6395: 6390: 6385: 6380: 6375: 6370: 6365: 6360: 6355: 6350: 6345: 6340: 6334: 6332: 6326: 6325: 6323: 6322: 6317: 6312: 6307: 6302: 6297: 6292: 6287: 6285:Rachel Nichols 6282: 6280:Mike Greenberg 6277: 6272: 6270:Malika Andrews 6266: 6264: 6258: 6257: 6255: 6254: 6249: 6247:Michele Tafoya 6244: 6239: 6234: 6229: 6224: 6219: 6214: 6209: 6204: 6199: 6194: 6189: 6184: 6179: 6177:Malika Andrews 6174: 6172:David Aldridge 6168: 6166: 6160: 6159: 6157: 6156: 6151: 6146: 6144:Jeff Van Gundy 6141: 6136: 6131: 6126: 6121: 6116: 6111: 6106: 6101: 6096: 6091: 6086: 6081: 6076: 6071: 6066: 6061: 6056: 6051: 6045: 6043: 6037: 6036: 6034: 6033: 6028: 6026:Chris Schenkel 6023: 6018: 6013: 6008: 6003: 5998: 5993: 5988: 5983: 5978: 5973: 5968: 5963: 5958: 5953: 5948: 5942: 5940: 5933: 5932: 5927: 5922: 5917: 5912: 5906: 5904: 5898: 5897: 5895: 5894: 5889: 5884: 5879: 5874: 5869: 5858: 5856: 5850: 5849: 5846: 5845: 5843: 5842: 5835: 5827: 5825: 5819: 5818: 5816: 5815: 5810: 5805: 5800: 5795: 5790: 5785: 5780: 5775: 5770: 5765: 5760: 5755: 5750: 5745: 5740: 5735: 5730: 5725: 5720: 5715: 5710: 5704: 5702: 5698: 5697: 5695: 5694: 5687: 5680: 5673: 5666: 5660: 5658: 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Index

New York Knicks
Red Holzman
Los Angeles Lakers
Bill Sharman
MVP
Willis Reed
Hall of Famers
Jerry Lucas
Willis Reed
Bill Bradley
Dave DeBusschere
Walt Frazier
Earl Monroe
Phil Jackson
Dick Barnett
Wilt Chamberlain
Jerry West
Gail Goodrich
Pat Riley
Darell Garretson
Mendy Rudolph
Eastern finals
Knicks
Celtics
Western finals
Lakers
Warriors
1972
NBA finals
1974

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