New York City is beginning to feel like the center of the professional basketball world again.
Months after the WNBA’s Liberty won their first-ever title, the NBA’s Knicks have snapped a decades-long Eastern Conference Finals drought to move within four wins of a Finals appearance and eight wins of a title. Fans in the Mecca of basketball have responded accordingly.
Despite the drought, the Knicks are undeniably one of the most storied franchises in professional sports. With some of the greatest players in league history suiting up in orange and blue, New York has experienced some large-scale success, though it has been over 50 years since the franchise was the last one standing.
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With that in mind, The Sporting News revisits the Knicks’ last NBA championship and the team’s history in the NBA Finals.
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When was the last time the Knicks won an NBA championship?
The last time the Knicks won an NBA championship was in 1973. New York needed five games to defeat the Lakers on the game’s biggest stage for the second time in four seasons.
The 1973 Knicks team was a who’s who of all-time greats, featuring five members of the NBA’s 75th…
