![]() ![]() Avery Johnson hit a huge shot to give the Spurs a 78-77 lead with seconds left in the 4th quarter. It had been a wild ride and a crazy short season, but the Knicks and Spurs would go at it for the championship. With the stage set, the whole season was getting ready to come to an end. The Spurs would reach the Finals led by Tim Duncan and David Robinson, the Twin Towers, after soundly defeating the Timberwolves, the Lakers, and the Trailblazers. However, they found themselves back in the Finals after a crazy road in the shortened 1999 season and wins in the playoffs over the Heat, the Hawks, and eastern conference rival Pacers. The 1994 Finals saw the Knicks let a championship slip out of their hands in a 7 game series with the Rockets. The Knicks had been in this position before, recently too. Regardless, today we look at the 1999 Finals after the shortened season. The lockout season that truly gets forgotten when talking the NBA, this was without a doubt a monumental series yet still reads as insignificant in some ways. ![]() In many ways, this is the forgotten NBA Finals series. ![]()
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