NBA1999 NBA Finals Game 5

KnicksVERSUSSpurs

1999 NBA Finals Game 5 · Jun 25, 1999

New York and San Antonio played a tense Finals Game 5 during the lockout-shortened season, with a championship sitting one possession away.

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Home starting five

New York Knicks

StarterAHAllan Houston

StarterCWCharlie Ward

StarterLJLarry Johnson

StarterLSLatrell Sprewell

Before the game

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A lockout-shortened season produced an unusual Finals between top-seeded San Antonio and eighth-seeded New York. The Spurs' Twin Towers had taken control, but Madison Square Garden hosted the Knicks' last chance to extend their improbable run.

San Antonio led 3–1 and could clinch the franchise's first championship.
New York was the first eighth seed to reach the Finals and was playing without injured star Patrick Ewing.

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94.4

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★ 4.76

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