When I was a kid I usta keep stats of the NY Knicks bits I liked them so much! I would listen to email on the radio if they weren't telivesed on tv! Great memories wit announcer."Marv Albert"!

Walt Frazier one of the most underrated guards in NBA history...

@stewartberger7734

3 жыл бұрын

Without question. Frazier incredible talent

@musicola7371

2 жыл бұрын

I do not know about today, but Clyde was not underrated in his time.

@oldude979

Жыл бұрын

Underrated Only by people who were born too late and never saw him play,

I was at this game - as well as every Knick playoff game from 68/69 - 74/75.

@MORE1500

8 жыл бұрын

+Randy Weinberg I would love to see video of game 1 of the 1970 Eastern Conference semifinals between the Knicks and Baltimore. New York won 120-117 in double overtime.

@LazlosPlane

7 жыл бұрын

YES!!! I WAS AT THAT GAME AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A VIDEO OF IT EVER SINCE. Greatest game ever played, IMO.

@davidr5961

5 жыл бұрын

I remember one of the greatest comeback games the knicks had, in that era , was against the Bucks. Not sure what year, but they were down about 18 points, late in the 4th quarter, and kept them scoreless the last six minutes to win. Of of the greatest regular season comebacks ever, considering there was no 3 point play back then

@lloydkline6946

4 жыл бұрын

Really, wow, saw wilt and willis reed play live, jerry west, walt fraizer, elgin baylor, etc etc

@dimedropperpod

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidr5961 there's video of that game on youtube!

Thanks for posting this, Hal15Greer, one of my favorite players from the old days! Incredible game, I remember it like it was yesterday. When Willis Reed came out of the game -- figured Knicks have no chance. What a gutsy performance by the Knicks! Remember Bradley jump shot tying the game at 87 and then another Bradley jump shot gave the Knicks their first lead of the game at 93-91. Talks about the crowd being 6th man!!! What a clutch game Dave Stallworth had. Amazing, the whole thing.

@MORE1500

3 жыл бұрын

In his book, The Open Man, DeBusschere describes this game in vivid detail. I wish I could have been there.

@danstrauss4171

3 жыл бұрын

@@MORE1500 I wasn't there either. I was away at college and no one in my dorm had a TV, so we listened to Marv Albert's call on the radio, which was memorable. I'll have to get the book by DeBusschere!

Most exciting game I ever experienced. From the third quarter on every basket was like a goal in a play-off hockey game. The entire garden jumped up at the same time.

19:37 -- the play that made me a Dave Stallworth fan for life--driving on Wilt "past the basket for a backhander that is GOOD!" (Marv Albert)

I remember this game as if it were yesterday. The secondary front court players really stepped up, to face perhaps the greatest force ever in basketball, Wilt Chamberlain, and they succeeded.

Where to begin? This will always be one of the most exciting games ever played by the NY Knicks. The stakes were huge. Lose and you go back to LA without Reed and down 3-2...season over. That's where the energy came from, both for the team and the crowd. I was a young kid listening to the great Marv Albert on AM radio and, as you can tell from this clip, he made the game even more exciting. Hal15Greer, you have unearthed one of the true gems of New York basketball history. Thank you.

@jpsned

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!!!

DAVE STALLWORTH was the catalyst. ALL-American at Wichita State Univ. he avg. 24pts and 11reb in the old Missouri Valley Conference. Knicks drafted him 1966 avg. 13 pts 7 reb as rookie. Didn't play for 2 years bc of heart condition. Came back in time to get a chip, then traded to Baltimore for Earl Monroe. Dave is one of the forgotten men on that first Knick championship. People remember Willis and Clyde in game 7 but without Dave's effort in game 5 there would not have been a game 7. Knicks brought him back for 7 games in 1975 so he could retire a Knick.

the greatest game in Knicks history..Without it, there is no game 7

@bobscott7440

5 жыл бұрын

This series was won in game 5, not game 7. If the Knicks lose game 5, they lose the series in game 6 in Los Angeles.

@Evan3457

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobscott7440 You're both correct. This game was the crisis the Knicks had to solve to become champions. When Reed got hurt, they were already down 12 in the 1st quarter. They tried Bowman. He couldn't do anything. They tried either Hosket or May, I forget which, and that didn't work, either. They were down 13 at the half. They knew Willis wouldn't be able to play the 2nd half. On the fly, Holtzman and his players worked out the 1-3-1 offense they would use to score without a center, and they put Stallworth and DeBusschere on Chamberlain in shifts. Neither one could do much more with Wilt than lean on him a bit. They were lucky in that Chamberlain was not fully mobile after knee surgery had put him on the shelf for much of the season. And they pressed, harassed and trapped the Lakers into something like 30 turnovers. And they kept coming and coming and coming. In the end the Lakers folded, and the Knicks won going away by 7. I was 10 years old, listening on WHN-1050 AM to Marv Albert's masterwork call. I'm 50 years older now, and the memory of that night remains evergreen to me. The "Miracle on 33rd Street" would not have been complete if they hadn't won game 7. But they had 3 full days to try to get Willis ready to play. He promised he would play, "...if I have to play on one leg". They had the home crowd roaring behind them, a virtual sixth man. Willis took the horse needle; multiple shots in the leg were needed before they could hit the correct nerve to deaden the pain enough to let him play remotely effectively. He came out late for warmups. The Lakers were so distracted, they stopped their warmups watch Willis go through his pre-game routine. They psyched themselves out when he appeared more-or-less normal. He came out and hit the first two shots of the game, one from each side. Frazier took over and played one of the greatest all-around games in basketball history, and the Game 7 rout was on. But this game, game 5, the Knicks had to figure it all out in the heat of battle. Game 7 gets almost all the credit and fame, but game 5 was the "eye of the needle". In my mind, still the greatest game in Knicks history.

@casualfandestroyer2503

2 жыл бұрын

@@Evan3457 excuses for wilt like always

The most pivotal game in Knicks history. Dave Stallworth played a great game, pumping his fist after made baskets. The fully manned Lakers blew an opportunity to win at the Garden.

Some observations: whale of a game from Dave Stallworth. Great defense from Cazzie Russell. Both filing in for Reed. Small lineup critical move by Red Holzman.

@dimedropperpod

2 жыл бұрын

Wilt was lazy as hell. I know he had the surgery this year but after seeing multiple shots go in, he needs to get his ass out there. Plus he's not fighting nearly hard enough for position to take advantage of the size on the other end. He was a net negative in this 2nd half

I remember my Dad holding a basketball on the living room couch as we listened to the game on the radio (we lived in NJ and got the NY TV stations but it was blacked out), and he said, that without Reed, "there's no way they can win." 🙂

In that three forwards offense - The Knicks had five players each one capable of bringing the ball up the court against a full court press!!! Each one able to hit a shot from the outside or attack the rim!!!! Lol!!!! And we know that Cassie Russell when he got hot he could rain jump shots on the other team and produce a ton of points in a very short period of time!!!!!

@berniecioffoletti3398

4 күн бұрын

That tip-in by Cazzie late in the fourth was unbelievable!

When Frazier hit the final shot, there were still two seconds left to go in the game. But the crowd coming onto the court made it impossible to continue play, so the Lakers agreed not to inbound.

@BingCherry11

4 жыл бұрын

The Lakers knew they were not going to score 7 points in 2 seconds!!!

@jpsned

4 жыл бұрын

@@BingCherry11 Yeah, I think they had a feeling... : )

The Knicks in that era had the best defense in the league-- arguably the best team-oriented defense in NBA history. They were relentless- constantly pressing and causing turnovers and bad shots. They didn't make it easy for the Lakers to move the ball except around the perimeter. It's obvious in this film how much Chamberlain is favoring his bad knee. It looks as if he doesn't trust it yet. Nowadays they'd never let a star player play in this condition. Walt Frazier said that he watched Chamberlain when they started the series to see whether Wilt was jumping quickly or "winding up" (I don't recall the actual term used, but it was essentially that) for his jumps, and he was still "winding up" and not yet back to proper strength. The Lakers didn't have much depth past their big three and maybe Erickson.

@michaelny7

5 жыл бұрын

as a KID I listened to this on RAdio as our area in NYC hadnt been "wired for cable" I listened to a young marv albert as he describe the Knicks effort to battle Wilt and a term I heard then but changed - Dave Stallwrth"backhands" the ball into basket. Meaning he Scooped it as a Reverse layup. THe crowd went wild as the Knicks scrambled on defense and Really this was the turnaround of series. Wilt got 45 and like 20 rebounds in Game 6 BT we all know what happened in G 7

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

L.a.laker should"ve won the 1969& 1970 nba championship bill russell/ boston celtic / willis reed/ny knicks

OMG What a gem this video is. Been looking for a tape of this game forever. What a thrill listening to the Lakers announcer and of course our own Marv Albert. This game saved the series for the Knicks. Did you catch West being called for palming in the 1st half? Never happens in today's game. The fans were such a big factor in this game too. Greatest in the game!! Thanks for this unbelievable post

@clydespillenger5202

5 жыл бұрын

The other announcer was not the Lakers announcer (which would have been Chick Hearn), but Jim Gordon, who at the time broadcast Knicks games on local cable TV.

@epaddon

Жыл бұрын

@@clydespillenger5202 Gordon's broadcast was actually for the Knicks radio network stations outside New York. Apparently some contractual thing meant Marv Albert's broadcast could only be heard on WNBC while the stations outside New York would hear an entirely separate broadcast called by different announcers with Joe Hassell as host/color man and various New York area voices doing the PBP like Jim Gordon, Spencer Ross, Frank Messer and later John Sterling. This arrangement ended when the Knicks flagship moved from WNBC to WNEW.

@clydespillenger5202

Жыл бұрын

@@epaddon Thanks for the correction.

This was the greatest of them all. The euphoria at The Garden was just beyond words. Team basketball at its very best. and a great game by Dave Stallworth, who came back from a heart attack to play again in the NBA.

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

No earl Monroe

@bartonpercival3216

2 жыл бұрын

Monroe joined the Knicks in 1972

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

@@bartonpercival3216 thanks for information

That last steal and jumper by Clyde was one of the loudest sustained cheer by the fans I’ve ever heard. What a team that was.

The Lakers loss this game because the guards and forwards neglected to feed Wilt, look at how many times Wilt is calling for the ball and he is not fed the ball. Can't blame Wilt for this,I blame his teammates, if they feed him they probably close out the Knicks in 6,but instead they lose in game 7.

@RatedRex1

9 жыл бұрын

Tunes342 They were fronting Wilt and he wasn't fighting for position. Plus, Wilt wasn't looking to score as much at this stage of his career. Actually Reed was more active than Wilt, a better overall player and more valuable to his team. Wilt always looks ungainly. His footwork is bad. And he really doesn't show energy on the defensive end. Put Shaq in that situation and he smashes every Knick player in sight.

@Tunes342

9 жыл бұрын

rex waller , Wilt was calling for the ball, they ignored him. They should've fed him. Wilt had bad knees at this point. Shaq wouldn't be allowed to back Willis Reed down, so I don't think anybody would be getting smashed. Wilt had great footwork. Reed wasn't better than Wilt, he played on a better team. Wilt is the greatest

@RatedRex1

9 жыл бұрын

Tunes342 You Wilt lovers are so full of excuses. Wilt had horrible footwork. He often appeared clumsy. And I don't know how you can say that the Knicks were the better team, when Wilt had West and Baylor. I saw Wilt calling for the ball, but he was being fronted. He should have fault harder for better position. Shaq would back guys down the same way Wilt and Oscar did.

@bigLtow77

7 жыл бұрын

Wilt was the greatest center ever. His 76ers knocked off the Celtics in 67. No other team knocked the Celtics off in the 60's. While he lost to the Celtics and Knicks in the finals, it is important to remember that the Celtics and Knicks had more Hall of Famers. They also had deeper benches than the Lakers. Both Boston and New York had better coaches. Much better coaches. Wilt went through Kareem and Bill to win his titles. Who did Shaq go through at the center position? Nobody. Wilt was a better scorer, rebounder, and passer than Shaq. The two are not comparable. Wilt was also stronger, faster, and a much better athlete. Shaq and Kobe would not have won a title in the early 70's. Only the great teams of the 80's would have won championships in the early 70's. Case closed.

@LazlosPlane

7 жыл бұрын

People keep forgetting or have forgotten that Wilt had just had ankle surgery and was a shadow of his former self in this series. He never really regained his full abilities after that, although could still dominate in close. In this particular game you cannot blame Wilt OR the guards and forwards. Where was West? Why didn't he take over and have one of his 48 point games? They were completely mentally screwed up. All of them. They recovered, of course and won game 6 big time and Wilt dominated. In game seven, they again lost their composure from the very beginning. Plus, the Knicks were just a better team.

My brother and I were at this game (along with Game 7 where they won the championship). I have always thought this was the greatest game the Knicks played, more important than game 7 (even though that was the championship game). I think this way because the Knicks came back and won this game without Reed (their captain and the one that plugged up the middle). Had the Knicks lost this game there would not be a game 7. The series went back to LA for game 6. The Knicks lost game 6. Hence, winning game 5 set up game 7 (Reed sat out game 6) and in reality was only in game 7 for the first few minutes. This team was the most selfless group of players ever. The were the embodiment of Holzman’s “find the open man, help out on defense”.

Talk about rising to the occasion, WOW!

Much Appreciation

walt frazier was an outstanding guard. very underappreciated

@lloydkline6946

3 жыл бұрын

❤ walt fraizer & earl Monroe, backcourt nba

Game not televised into New York. Marv Albert on radio the lifeline for Knick fans.

@written12

3 жыл бұрын

There’s never been a quicker, more specific call of a basketball game than those of Marv Albert. You knew where players were, where they moved, who defended them etc..

@FuShengAlex

3 жыл бұрын

@@written12 hubie brown imho is the best basketball commentator in NBA history

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

Nba championship 1970 no local tv

this is great!! How many Hall of Famers on the court? Debush, Bradley, Fraz, Willis, Wilt, Baylor, West...did I miss anyone? Phenomenal three forwards! no center against Chamberlain...awesome victory!

What a joy it is to see basketball without that godforsaken 3-point line which has utterly destroyed the sport and transformed it into something that looks more like pinball than basketball.

@hamburg1306

5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you about the 3 point line. The game is unwatchable. And I loved the 3 point line in the ABA but less than 10 attempts a game back then now forget about it.

@AdamEllis33

4 жыл бұрын

The 3 point line was fun to begin with, but with all the crazy advanced stats it really has turned basketball into a 3 point shooting contest. Even when they're not falling teams still fire away because "the advanced stats like them." Not much fun for us viewers. I'd much rather see some skilled post play, but that art is long dead.

@LazlosPlane

4 жыл бұрын

The NBA has become 3's and dunks. So fcking boring.

@BingCherry11

4 жыл бұрын

Pin Ball is an excellent comparison. The three point shot has changed the game. And now they are thinking of introducing a four point shot!!!! It wont' be long before they say a shot from mid court will be worth 5 points!!!! Lol!!!

@BingCherry11

4 жыл бұрын

@@AdamEllis33 Well put - "A Three Point Shooting Contest". I don't know where the game is heading but with the three point shot taking it over I wonder where it will end up?????

I grew up on the west coast so I know many of the play callers west of the Mississippi, but not the great New York, Philly, Chicago, Boston announcers. Does anyone know who the two play-by-play announcers were in this game. The style of commentators from that era were since unmatched. They possessed a skill, passion and fire that made these games timeless! Thanks in advance...

The roar of the crowd at Barnett's basket 13:55 to pull the Knicks to within 1 (86-85) is deafening! MSG was in a frenzy!

u do n't see so great team game like 70's knicks...amazing team work eventough they play fo 30 min without their captain and leader willis reed and of course unbelievable coaching for red holzman,on he othe hand lakers eventough had 33 superstars,eventhough wilt and baylor had inlury problems,but not good team game but mostly one on one plays by wilt,baylor and west.tgeay had to wait 2 more years until sharman join them as coach.

The Knicks of the early 70's were staaacked. A great team.

@lloydkline6946

4 жыл бұрын

Early 1970s ny knick teams were loaded, they should beat late 1960s old bill Russell & olderly Boston celtics team's

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

❤️ Willis Reed/ NY knick 1970s/ bill Russell/ Boston Celtics 1960s dream basketball series

The Lakers look completely flustered and disorganized while the Knicks play like a well-oiled machine.

Cazzie R and Stallworth were amazing that game; it was funny watching a combination of Stall, Debuss, and Bradley trying to guard Chamberlain when Reed went out, but they managed

@LazlosPlane

7 жыл бұрын

Bradley had a great game, especially in the 3rd and 4th quarter -- steals, defense, fast breaks, key jumpers. Super clutch. Cazzie was great, Stallworth was over the top incredible. Wow. Never forget this game.

@jpsned

4 жыл бұрын

@@LazlosPlane Didn't Nate Bowman play, too?

@LazlosPlane

4 жыл бұрын

@@jpsned Yes, even Nate had a couple of good minutes!

@jpsned

4 жыл бұрын

@@LazlosPlane Good ol' Nate!

This Laker team was very brave. They managed a winning record without Wilt and often without Elgin. They had so many injuries that only six players were able to play one game (Mel Counts outscored Kareem in that one). Happy Hairston was the second-best player on the team (behind West) but was injured for these later playoff games. Everyone says "Poor Willis" but the Lakers lost just as much when they lost Hairston's 20 points and 14 rebounds. They started two career benchwarmers and took the Knicks to seven games. Nobody told us that West was injured for game 7 but it is very visible (the only time Frazier outscored him).

All those steals at key moments can demoralize any team!!!!

Great win by the Knicks

Give "Dancing Harry" credit.......he put the hex on the Lakers in this one

1970 NBA World Championship Series.

If that isn't team basketball I don't know what is!!! Lol!!!!!

Wilt had major surgery in December, 69 and did well to get back on court for playoffs

@lloydkline6946

4 жыл бұрын

Wilt was never the same basketball 🏀 player, lost alot of his power basketball moves

@coachwane

3 жыл бұрын

@@lloydkline6946 Agreed Wilt suffer from a Torn Patella Tendon during a away game in Phoenix. Lost alot of athleticism.

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

@@coachwane wilt used chewup willlis reed like candy

Sounds like Jim Gordon in play by play

@johnrobbins917

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed...and Marv

5:50

Jim Gordon called the action.

@wiedep

9 жыл бұрын

MrKTVM One of NY's best broadcasters.

The Knicks were looking to steal any entry pass to Wilt. It would not be easy to throw a pass past that defense. The Laker players did not want to throw any interceptions!!!.

Was this the last NBA game broadcast in black and white?

@LazlosPlane

7 жыл бұрын

This is not a "broadcast," in the sense of a nation-wide major network. I think what youre looking at here is the closed circuit or early Cable TV feed.

@rjpsuh06

7 жыл бұрын

blinkzone1 I think it's the coaches film in sync with the Knicks radio broadcast

Without Reed they played as we call it today small ball.

How can the commentary talk like that it sounds like they have all the breath in the world

I see alot of zones being played here, thought they were illegal.

@Tunes342

9 жыл бұрын

not in those days,you could play zone and double team a guy before he even caught the ball,I think illegal defense was born in the 80's

@RatedRex1

9 жыл бұрын

Tunes342 Wrong!! You couldn't play zone. But there was no defensive 3 seconds in those days. So the centers could hang inside the paint.

@Tunes342

9 жыл бұрын

rex waller , actually I'm right as usual. You could play a zone because there was no such thing as illegal defense. Centers were always allowed to hang in the paint, the NBA changed that in the early 2000's

@RatedRex1

9 жыл бұрын

Tunes342 Illegal defense rule was instituted in the 80s. But there was a rule against zones. If the referees thought you were only playing an area, they could call a technical foul. You will see that even Wilt comes out occasionally if his man goes out to the wing. What the illegal defensive rule did was to allow each player 2.9 seconds to play a zone and then they must recover to their man.

@LazlosPlane

7 жыл бұрын

You're quite right and I'm not sure why it wasn't called, but there were definitely times, i.g. Bradley was floating around guarding no one.

Marv Albert parts: 6:17 10:11 11:54 15:38 18:40 20:04

Wilt is reputed to be a great shot-blocker, but as you see here he often watches the opposing player shoots without contesting the shot. He seems very uncomfortable away from the rim.

@LazlosPlane

7 жыл бұрын

Wilt was still recovering from ankle surgery and was way not his normal self yet. You can catch him limping and faltering at times. But the man he was he never said a word.

@ShaunPhillipsAV

5 жыл бұрын

Chamberlain had missed most of that season with a serious knee injury that required surgery. For the rest of his career, he never liked moving in a lateral direction. Only up and down or forward and backward. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said that after he entered the league and started playing against Chamberlain for a while, he realized that was the way he could get the better of Wilt. By trying to keep making him move sideways, which he hated to do.

@lloydkline6946

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Russell said that the secret to blocking shot not to try to block every shot :; but let them know you are there

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

Wilt had a jump shot :: wilt problem he just didn't have a set route for free throws

@RatedRex1

2 жыл бұрын

@@lloydkline1518 Wilt jumpshot was low percentage, which is why his coaches asked Wilt to stop taking them. Wilt rarely took a jumpshot after the 1965 season.

12:43 How many refs call palming anymore? :)

@lloydkline6946

4 жыл бұрын

Dr.j used to palm the basketball 🏀 while dribbling

@bonniejohnson1518

2 жыл бұрын

i think magic johnson was one of the first to start turning the ball over frequently, ie palming..

Announcer sounds like an auctioneer

Wilt chewing up willis reed

❤ wilt vs willis battles ; bsttle of the titans of nba centers

Elgin Baylor's one-hand shot was ugly and low percentage. No one takes one-hand jumpers anymore, and it looks like Elgin shouldn't have been taking them either.

@LazlosPlane

7 жыл бұрын

Low percentage? Hilarious.

@ShaunPhillipsAV

7 жыл бұрын

Baylor shot 49% in 1970. Averaged 25, 10 & 5 at age 35.

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

George mcguiss had a one handed shot,, this is knee surgery& oldies elgin baylor /

@RatedRex1

2 жыл бұрын

@@lloydkline1518 yeah, 45 years ago. And if you remember, McGinnis played horribly in the 1977 NBA Finals. He never regained his dominance. McGinnis was the last guy to use a one-handed shot in the pros.

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

@@RatedRex1 i remember george mcginess; hugh hands george mcginess::: connie hawkin too had hugh hands connie hawkins: no problems scoring on kareem abdul jabber low post : connie hawkin problem was defense ; & knee surgery && ; however the reason for george mcginess decline ?? age?? Basketball got shooting videos : larry bird & red auerback: shooting ; oscar robinson basketball shooting videos ;; everybody got videos on basketball. shooting woman & men ;;;; george mcginess should"ve stay at indiana& bobby knight longer;;;: ???? it was a different era in nba

16:03 Spike Lee

@StewartJZully

7 жыл бұрын

dancing Harry