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San Antonio SpursVERSUSNew York Knicks

1998-99 · NBA Finals Game 5 · Jun 25, 1999

#2 San Antonio Spurs vs #8 New York Knicks

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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Verified starters

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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Starter
MCMarcus Camby
Away starting five
San Antonio Spurs
StarterAJAvery Johnson
StarterDRDavid Robinson
StarterMEMario Elie
StarterSESean Elliott
StarterTDTim Duncan

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.