Though Ewing wants to play, team sources say there is an outside chance he’ll return but not before Game 3. Ewing has been ready since the final week of the regular season but the organization does not want to place its franchise center at risk. His belts cost more than most small cars.īut will he wear the only outfit that matters? It sounds as if Knicks management was saying “possibly the second round” because deep down they never thought the team would get this far. Thus far, all we really know about Ewing in these playoffs is that he has a fairly extensive wardrobe. “Considering the injuries and the lineup changes, we’ve done what we’ve had to do and this is just another chapter to the story. “This is what we’ve been playing for,” Buck Williams said. The Knicks have embraced their underdog role, and at the very least should make things interesting. Chris Mullin is no Jamal Mashburn.īut there is something to be said about a team playing with momentum. The Knicks can’t count on Rik Smits to get himself suspended and Miller is no Voshon Lenard. Indiana has talent, size, depth and a player who can win a game by himself. This will be the teams’ fourth postseason meeting since 1993, but the first with Indiana as heavy favorites and the Knicks without Patrick Ewing. The Knicks beat the Pacers to reach the NBA Finals in 1994, and the following year Indiana ended the Pat Riley era when Patrick Ewing’s finger roll at the buzzer rimmed out in Game 7 at the Garden.
The Indiana Pacers have almost been as much a part of the Knicks’ playoff history in the ’90s as the Chicago Bulls. Why do the Knicks seem to have a nasty rivalry with the entire NBA? Long before Larry Johnson ever took a swing at Alonzo Mourning and Jeff Van Gundy gnawed at Mourning’s ankle, John Starks head-butted Reggie Miller.
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